Two players, one answer.
Michael Carter vs Theo Wease Jr.
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Michael Carter by 46% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Theo Wease Jr. by 8% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 51% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Theo Wease Jr. is projected 0.2 points ahead of Michael Carter. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 51% 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 · LAC
Theo Wease Jr.
0.3 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ET
3.4 a game this season · last 2: 2.6, 4.1
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
- Theo Wease Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 PM ET
- Michael Carter: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 11:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 11:37 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 11:37 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, scored | Jr. | Carter |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Half PPR | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Standard | 0.2 | 0.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0.2 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.
- Michael Carter plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Theo Wease Jr.'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%.