Two players, one answer.
Dean Connors vs Samaje Perine
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
Samaje Perine by 15% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Dean Connors by 80% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 78% held up in 2025
Start Samaje Perine
On Sleeper's projections, Samaje Perine is projected 7 points ahead of Dean Connors. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 78% of the time.
RB · CIN
Samaje Perine
7.1 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.3 a game this season · last 3: 0.7, 15.8, 7.6
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
- Samaje Perine: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Dean Connors: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:40 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 | Perine | Connors |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 5.4 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Samaje Perine 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%.