Too close to call: Adonai Mitchell (7.3) and Rashid Shaheed (7.1) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Adonai Mitchell faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | Rashid Shaheed WR · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.7 | 7.9 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (23.2 pts/g allowed) | 1st-toughest (20.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 16% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Adonai Mitchell projects for 7.3 PPR points and Rashid Shaheed for 7.1, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 7.3 PPR points for Adonai Mitchell and 7.1 for Rashid Shaheed.
The sources range from 6.6 to 7.7 for Mitchell and from 5.9 to 7.9 for Shaheed. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Adonai Mitchell is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Mitchell at 6.6 PPR points, against 5.9 for Rashid Shaheed.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashid Shaheed has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Shaheed at 7.9 PPR points, against 7.7 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Adonai Mitchell plays MIA and Rashid Shaheed plays KC in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mitchell faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and Shaheed faces the 1st-toughest defense against WRs, so Adonai Mitchell 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 22% of his team's targets, and Rashid Shaheed 16% 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 Rashid Shaheed 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). Adonai Mitchell is projected by 4 of them and Rashid Shaheed by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.