Two players, one answer.
Jalen Royals 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 60% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
About even (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 58% held up in 2025
Lean Jalen Royals
On Sleeper's projections, Jalen Royals is projected 1.8 points ahead of Michael Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 58% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · KC
Jalen Royals
1.9 projected
@ DEN · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2.5 a game this season · last 3: 0, 4.4, 0
RB · TEN
Michael Carter
0.1 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 1: 2.4
What the call rests on
- Jalen Royals: 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 | Royals | Carter |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 1.1 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 1.8 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 Jalen Royals'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%.