Start Tre Tucker. Tucker is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell, and faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tre Tucker WR · LV | Adonai Mitchell WR · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.7 | 6.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.3 | 4.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.0 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.0 (WR29) | 5.8 (WR61) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs LV |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (30.6 pts/g allowed) | 15th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR3 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Tre Tucker. Tucker projects for 10.7 PPR points vs NYJ, against 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell vs LV: a 4.6-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.
Tre Tucker is projected to score more: 10.7 PPR points to 6.1 for Adonai Mitchell.
The sources range from 10.3 to 11.0 for Tucker and from 4.8 to 7.5 for Mitchell. Even Mitchell's highest projection is below Tucker's lowest.
Tre Tucker is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Tucker at 10.3 PPR points, against 4.8 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tre Tucker has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Tucker at 11.0 PPR points, against 7.5 for Adonai Mitchell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tre Tucker plays NYJ and Adonai Mitchell plays LV in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Tucker faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs and Mitchell faces the 15th-softest 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 Tre Tucker has drawn 20% of his team's targets, and Adonai Mitchell 21% 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 Tre Tucker 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). Tre Tucker 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.