Two players, one answer.

Carnell Tate vs Tetairoa McMillan

Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 55% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Tetairoa McMillan is projected 1.2 points ahead of Carnell Tate. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 55% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.

WR · CAR

Tetairoa McMillan

14.8 projected

@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET

16.2 a game this season · last 3: 45.2, 14.6, 8

WR · TEN

Carnell Tate

13.6 projected

@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

11 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 19, 9.9

What the call rests on

  • Tetairoa McMillan: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
  • Carnell Tate: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 AM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 12:22 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
Same projections, scoredMcMillanTate
PPR14.813.6
Half PPR12.211
Standard9.78.4

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.2 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
  • Tetairoa McMillan plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Carnell Tate's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.