Two players, one answer.

Deion Burks vs Nate Carter

Any league · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 53% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Deion Burks is projected 0.6 points ahead of Nate Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 53% of the time. 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.

WR · IND

Deion Burks

0.6 projected

@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET

2.4 a game this season · last 3: 0, 6.8, 2.1

RB · KC

Nate Carter

0.0 projected

@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET

No games this season

What the call rests on

  • Deion Burks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 1:30 PM ET
  • Nate Carter: Sleeper's projection
  • Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 1:34 PM ET.
  • Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 1:34 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, scoredBurksCarter
PPR0.60
Half PPR0.50
Standard0.40

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 0.6 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.
  • Deion Burks plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Nate Carter'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%.