Too close to call: Sam LaPorta (11.4) and Saquon Barkley (11.4) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Sam LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Saquon Barkley RB · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.7 | 1.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.1 | 16.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (TE4) | 16.6 (RB10) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs WAS |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (6.9 pts/g allowed) | 7th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 34% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · Strong RB1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Sam LaPorta projects for 11.4 PPR points and Saquon Barkley for 11.4, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 11.4 PPR points for Sam LaPorta and 11.4 for Saquon Barkley.
The sources range from 10.7 to 12.1 for LaPorta and from 1.0 to 16.6 for Barkley. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 10.7 PPR points, against 1.0 for Saquon Barkley.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Saquon Barkley has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Barkley at 16.6 PPR points, against 12.1 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays MIN and Saquon Barkley plays WAS in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs and Barkley faces the 7th-toughest defense against RBs, so Saquon Barkley has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Sam LaPorta has drawn 18% of his team's targets, and Saquon Barkley 34% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Sam LaPorta.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Saquon Barkley has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Sam LaPorta is projected by 5 of them and Saquon Barkley by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.