Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. is projected for 9.4 PPR points vs 8.1 for AJ Barner, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Harold Fannin Jr. TE · CLE | AJ Barner TE · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.4 | 8.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.6 (TE14) | 7.6 (TE19) |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (10.9 pts/g allowed) | 16th-softest (13.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. projects for 9.4 PPR points vs PIT, against 8.1 for AJ Barner vs CHI: a 1.3-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.
Harold Fannin Jr. is projected to score more: 9.4 PPR points to 8.1 for AJ Barner.
The sources range from 8.5 to 10.7 for Fannin Jr. and from 7.6 to 8.6 for Barner. The ranges overlap, so Barner outscoring Fannin Jr. is a realistic result.
Harold Fannin Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fannin Jr. at 8.5 PPR points, against 7.6 for AJ Barner.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Harold Fannin Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Fannin Jr. at 10.7 PPR points, against 8.6 for AJ Barner.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Harold Fannin Jr. plays PIT and AJ Barner plays CHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Fannin Jr. faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs and Barner faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs, so AJ Barner 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 Harold Fannin Jr. has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and AJ Barner 14% of his team's targets.
Harold Fannin Jr. 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 Harold Fannin Jr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Harold Fannin Jr. nor AJ Barner 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). Harold Fannin Jr. is projected by 5 of them and AJ Barner by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.