Start Adonai Mitchell. Mitchell is projected for 6.1 PPR points vs 5.6 for Ted Hurst III, and faces the 15th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | Ted Hurst III WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.8 (WR61) | 5.4 (WR68) |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Adonai Mitchell. Mitchell projects for 6.1 PPR points vs LV, against 5.6 for Ted Hurst III vs ATL: a 0.5-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: 6.1 PPR points to 5.6 for Ted Hurst III.
The sources range from 4.8 to 7.5 for Mitchell and from 5.0 to 6.8 for Hurst III. The ranges overlap, so Hurst III outscoring Mitchell is a realistic result.
Ted Hurst III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hurst III at 5.0 PPR points, against 4.8 for Adonai Mitchell.
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 7.5 PPR points, against 6.8 for Ted Hurst III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Adonai Mitchell plays LV and Ted Hurst III plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mitchell faces the 15th-softest defense against WRs and Hurst III faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs, so Ted Hurst III 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 21% of his team's targets, and Ted Hurst III 9% 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 Ted Hurst III 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). Adonai Mitchell is projected by 5 of them and Ted Hurst III by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.