Two players, one answer.
Chimere Dike 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
Dean Connors by 22% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dean Connors by 3% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 67% held up in 2025
Lean Chimere Dike
On Sleeper's projections, Chimere Dike is projected 3.8 points ahead of Dean Connors. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 67% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · TEN
Chimere Dike
3.9 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1 a game this season · last 3: 5.8, 0, 0
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
- Chimere Dike: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 AM ET
- Dean Connors: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 9:20 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 9:27 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, scored | Dike | Connors |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 2.4 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Chimere Dike plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Dean Connors'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%.