Start Chuba Hubbard. Hubbard is projected for 15.5 PPR points vs 9.1 for Aaron Jones Sr., and faces the 6th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Chuba Hubbard RB · CAR | Aaron Jones Sr. RB · MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.5 | 9.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.4 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.7 | 10.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.3 (RB14) | — |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs DET |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-softest (25.0 pts/g allowed) | 10th-toughest (19.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 70% carry share (last 3) | 55% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · RB2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Chuba Hubbard. Hubbard projects for 15.5 PPR points vs GB, against 9.1 for Aaron Jones Sr. vs DET: a 6.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Chuba Hubbard is projected to score more: 15.5 PPR points to 9.1 for Aaron Jones Sr..
The sources range from 14.4 to 16.7 for Hubbard and from 6.5 to 10.5 for Jones Sr.. Even Jones Sr.'s highest projection is below Hubbard's lowest.
Chuba Hubbard is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hubbard at 14.4 PPR points, against 6.5 for Aaron Jones Sr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Chuba Hubbard has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hubbard at 16.7 PPR points, against 10.5 for Aaron Jones Sr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chuba Hubbard plays GB and Aaron Jones Sr. plays DET in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Hubbard faces the 6th-softest defense against RBs and Jones Sr. faces the 10th-toughest defense against RBs, so Chuba Hubbard has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Chuba Hubbard has drawn 70% of his team's carries, and Aaron Jones Sr. 55% of his team's carries.
Chuba Hubbard has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chuba Hubbard nor Aaron Jones Sr. has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Chuba Hubbard is projected by 6 of them and Aaron Jones Sr. by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.