Two players, one answer.
CJ Daniels vs Michael Carter
Any league · this week start/sit · Standard
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
CJ Daniels by 6% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
CJ Daniels by 23% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · Standard · 62% held up in 2025
Lean Michael Carter
On Sleeper's projections, Michael Carter is projected 2.3 points ahead of CJ Daniels. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 62% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · TEN
Michael Carter
— final · points pending · 2.7 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
1.4 a game this season · last 1: 1.4
WR · LAR
CJ Daniels
0.4 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
No games this season
- Their games have already kicked off, so most platforms have locked them in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Michael Carter: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
- CJ Daniels: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sun, Nov 1, 6:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sun, Nov 1, 6:36 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 | Carter | Daniels |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| Half PPR | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| Standard | 2.7 | 0.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.3 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.
- Michael Carter plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before CJ Daniels's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard 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%.