Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft is projected for 11.8 PPR points vs 11.4 for Aaron Jones Sr., and faces the 1st-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Tucker Kraft TE · GB | Aaron Jones Sr. RB · MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 11.8 | 11.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.6 | 8.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs DET | vs IND |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-softest (31.9 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (23.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 69% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · RB2 |
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Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft projects for 11.8 PPR points vs DET, against 11.4 for Aaron Jones Sr. vs IND: a 0.4-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.
Tucker Kraft is projected to score more: 11.8 PPR points to 11.4 for Aaron Jones Sr..
The sources range from 11.6 to 12.2 for Kraft and from 8.5 to 12.7 for Jones Sr.. The ranges overlap, so Jones Sr. outscoring Kraft is a realistic result.
Tucker Kraft is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kraft at 11.6 PPR points, against 8.5 for Aaron Jones Sr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Aaron Jones Sr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Jones Sr. at 12.7 PPR points, against 12.2 for Tucker Kraft.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tucker Kraft plays DET and Aaron Jones Sr. plays IND in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kraft faces the 1st-softest defense against TEs and Jones Sr. faces the 6th-softest defense against RBs, so Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft has drawn 20% of his team's targets, and Aaron Jones Sr. 69% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Tucker Kraft.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tucker Kraft nor Aaron Jones Sr. has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Tucker Kraft is projected by 4 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.