2026 season · Week 5 · TE
Toss-up between Loveland and Schultz in PPR. Too close to call: 9.2 vs 9.1 projected PPR points; Loveland's target share has risen 3 straight weeks (8% → 29%); Schultz's target share has fallen 2 straight weeks (28% → 8%). In half-PPR scoring the call flips to Loveland. In standard scoring the call flips to Loveland.
Colston LovelandCHITE@ GB9.4 PPR pts
Floor 2 · median 8.1 · ceiling 18
Too close to call: 9.2 vs 9.1 projected PPR points; Loveland's target share has risen 3 straight weeks (8% → 29%); Schultz's target share has fallen 2 straight weeks (28% → 8%).
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Dalton SchultzHOUTE@ TEN9.3 PPR pts
Floor 2 · median 8.2 · ceiling 18
Too close to call: 9.1 vs 9.2 projected PPR points; Schultz's target share has fallen 2 straight weeks (28% → 8%); Loveland's target share has risen 3 straight weeks (8% → 29%).
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Both players come from the same weekly projection: a mean and an 80% range from 2,000 simulated games, scored in your format, and the chance he plays. Start goes to the higher expected points (chance to play × projection); within 10% is a Flex-level close call. The tier ranks each player against everyone at his position this week. Reasons are templates filled with the model's numbers.
Updated Tue, Oct 6, 2:39 PM ETFull methodology
Toss-up between Loveland and Schultz in PPR. Too close to call: 9.2 vs 9.1 projected PPR points; Loveland's target share has risen 3 straight weeks (8% → 29%); Schultz's target share has fallen 2 straight weeks (28% → 8%). In half-PPR scoring the call flips to Loveland. In standard scoring the call flips to Loveland.
Colston Loveland: his 90th-percentile outcome is 18 PPR points against 18 for Dalton Schultz, from 2,000 simulated games each.
Dalton Schultz: a floor (10th percentile) of 2 PPR points vs 2, and a 98% chance to play vs 98%.
PPR: Loveland 9.4, Schultz 9.3; half-PPR: Loveland 7.7, Schultz 7.4; standard: Loveland 6.0, Schultz 5.5 (points if he plays).
