Two players, one answer.

Michael Carter vs Tanner Koziol

Any format · this week start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025

A toss-up

On Sleeper's projections, Tanner Koziol is projected 1.2 points ahead of Michael Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% 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.

TE · JAX

Tanner Koziol

1.3 projected

vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET

No games this season

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

  • Tanner Koziol: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
  • Michael Carter: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 5:40 PM ET
  • Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 5:50 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, scoredKoziolCarter
PPR1.30.1
Half PPR10.1
Standard0.80.1

What could change it before kickoff

  • A projection update of 1.2 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.

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%.