Two players, one answer.
DeMario Douglas 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
DeMario Douglas by 30% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
DeMario Douglas by 44% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 81% held up in 2025
Start DeMario Douglas
On Sleeper's projections, DeMario Douglas is projected 8.1 points ahead of Michael Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 81% of the time.
WR · NE
DeMario Douglas
8.2 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 22.5, 19.6, 5.3
RB · TEN
Michael Carter
0.1 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 1: 2.4
- DeMario Douglas has scored 15.8 a game over his last three, above his 9.2 season average.
What the call rests on
- DeMario Douglas: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 AM ET
- Michael Carter: 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 | Douglas | Carter |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Michael Carter plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before DeMario Douglas'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%.