Two players, one answer.

Dean Connors vs Michael Carter

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Michael Carter by 31% (redraft PPR)
Dynasty
Dean Connors by 19% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Michael Carter and Dean Connors are projected level. 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.

RB · TEN

Michael Carter

0.1 projected

@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2.4 a game this season · last 1: 2.4

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

Michael Carter: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 12:20 AM ET
Dean Connors: 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, scored	Carter	Connors
PPR	0.1	0.1
Half PPR	0.1	0.1
Standard	0.1	0.1

What could change it before kickoff

A projection update of 0 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 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%.