Start Adonai Mitchell. Mitchell is projected for 11.1 PPR points vs 10.0 for Khalil Shakir, and faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | Khalil Shakir WR · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.1 | 10.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.3 | 9.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.4 (WR26) | 9.8 (WR42) |
| Opponent | vs KC | vs MIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-toughest (24.9 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (25.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 25% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR3 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Adonai Mitchell. Mitchell projects for 11.1 PPR points vs KC, against 10.0 for Khalil Shakir vs MIN: a 1.1-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.
Adonai Mitchell is projected to score more: 11.1 PPR points to 10.0 for Khalil Shakir.
The sources range from 10.3 to 11.6 for Mitchell and from 9.0 to 11.5 for Shakir. The ranges overlap, so Shakir outscoring Mitchell is a realistic result.
Adonai Mitchell is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Mitchell at 10.3 PPR points, against 9.0 for Khalil Shakir.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Adonai Mitchell has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Mitchell at 11.6 PPR points, against 11.5 for Khalil Shakir.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Adonai Mitchell plays KC and Khalil Shakir plays MIN in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mitchell faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs and Shakir faces the 4th-toughest defense against WRs, so Khalil Shakir 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 Adonai Mitchell has drawn 25% of his team's targets, and Khalil Shakir 19% of his team's targets.
Adonai Mitchell 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 Adonai Mitchell.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Adonai Mitchell nor Khalil Shakir has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Adonai Mitchell is projected by 6 of them and Khalil Shakir by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.