Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan is projected for 14.3 PPR points vs 11.1 for Adonai Mitchell, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Tetairoa McMillan WR · CAR | Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.3 | 11.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.5 | 10.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.0 | 11.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.4 (WR17) | 11.4 (WR26) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.9 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-toughest (24.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 26% target share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · WR3 |
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Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan projects for 14.3 PPR points vs DEN, against 11.1 for Adonai Mitchell vs KC: a 3.2-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.
Tetairoa McMillan is projected to score more: 14.3 PPR points to 11.1 for Adonai Mitchell.
The sources range from 13.5 to 16.0 for McMillan and from 10.3 to 11.6 for Mitchell. Even Mitchell's highest projection is below McMillan's lowest.
Tetairoa McMillan is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McMillan at 13.5 PPR points, against 10.3 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tetairoa McMillan has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McMillan at 16.0 PPR points, against 11.6 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tetairoa McMillan plays DEN and Adonai Mitchell plays KC in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McMillan faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Mitchell faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs, so Tetairoa McMillan 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 Tetairoa McMillan has drawn 26% of his team's targets, and Adonai Mitchell 25% of his team's targets.
Tetairoa McMillan 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 Tetairoa McMillan.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tetairoa McMillan nor Adonai Mitchell has an injury designation for Week 9.
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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). Tetairoa McMillan is projected by 6 of them and Adonai Mitchell by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.