Two players, one answer.
Michael Carter vs Pat Freiermuth
Any format · 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
Pat Freiermuth by 64% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Pat Freiermuth by 32% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 85% held up in 2025
Start Pat Freiermuth
On Sleeper's projections, Pat Freiermuth is projected 9.2 points ahead of Michael Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 85% of the time.
TE · PIT
Pat Freiermuth
9.3 projected
vs CLE · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.6 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 3.1, 4
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
- Pat Freiermuth: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:20 PM ET
- Michael Carter: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:31 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Freiermuth | Carter |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 5.8 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
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%.