Start Keenan Allen. Allen is projected for 9.1 PPR points vs 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell, and faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Keenan Allen WR · IND | Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.1 | 6.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.1 | 4.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.7 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.7 (WR47) | 5.8 (WR61) |
| Opponent | vs JAX | vs LV |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed) | 15th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Keenan Allen. Allen projects for 9.1 PPR points vs JAX, against 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell vs LV: a 3.0-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.
Keenan Allen is projected to score more: 9.1 PPR points to 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell.
The sources range from 8.1 to 9.7 for Allen and from 4.8 to 7.5 for Mitchell. Even Mitchell's highest projection is below Allen's lowest.
Keenan Allen is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Allen at 8.1 PPR points, against 4.8 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Keenan Allen has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Allen at 9.7 PPR points, against 7.5 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Keenan Allen plays JAX and Adonai Mitchell plays LV in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Allen faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs and Mitchell faces the 15th-softest defense against WRs, so Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Adonai Mitchell 21% of his team's targets.
Keenan Allen 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, which here is Keenan Allen.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Keenan Allen nor Adonai Mitchell 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). Keenan Allen is projected by 5 of them and Adonai Mitchell by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.