Two players, one answer.
Samaje Perine vs Troy Franklin
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Samaje Perine by 6% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Troy Franklin by 83% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 66% held up in 2025
Lean Samaje Perine
On Sleeper's projections, Samaje Perine is projected 3.6 points ahead of Troy Franklin. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 66% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · CIN
Samaje Perine
7.0 projected
vs TEN · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.3 a game this season · last 3: 0.7, 15.8, 7.6
WR · DEN
Troy Franklin
3.4 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ET
2 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 1.2, 0
What the call rests on
- Samaje Perine: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:10 PM ET
- Troy Franklin: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 1:11 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 1:11 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 | Perine | Franklin |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7 | 3.4 |
| Half PPR | 6.2 | 2.8 |
| Standard | 5.3 | 2.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Samaje Perine plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Troy Franklin'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%.