Two players, one answer.
Chig Okonkwo vs Dean Connors
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Chig Okonkwo by 63% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dean Connors by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start Chig Okonkwo
On Sleeper's projections, Chig Okonkwo is projected 7.6 points ahead of Dean Connors. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
TE · WAS
Chig Okonkwo
7.7 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
7.5 a game this season · last 3: 2.5, 10, 13.9
RB · LAR
Dean Connors
0.1 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
0 a game this season · last 1: 0
What the call rests on
- Chig Okonkwo: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
- Dean Connors: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 12:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 12:27 PM 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, scored | Okonkwo | Connors |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 4.5 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Dean Connors plays first (Sun 4:05 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Chig Okonkwo'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%.