Too close to call: AJ Barner (8.1) and Tyler Higbee (8.0) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and AJ Barner faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| AJ Barner TE · SEA | Tyler Higbee TE · LAR | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.6 | 9.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.6 (TE19) | 9.0 (TE16) |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs LAC |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (13.1 pts/g allowed) | 10th-toughest (11.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 14% target share (last 3) | 11% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | FLEX · Streamer |
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It is a coin flip. AJ Barner projects for 8.1 PPR points and Tyler Higbee for 8.0, within 0.1 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: 8.1 PPR points for AJ Barner and 8.0 for Tyler Higbee.
The sources range from 7.6 to 8.6 for Barner and from 6.6 to 9.0 for Higbee. Either result is well inside both ranges.
AJ Barner is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Barner at 7.6 PPR points, against 6.6 for Tyler Higbee.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyler Higbee has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Higbee at 9.0 PPR points, against 8.6 for AJ Barner.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
AJ Barner plays CHI and Tyler Higbee plays LAC in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Barner faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs and Higbee faces the 10th-toughest 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 AJ Barner has drawn 14% of his team's targets, and Tyler Higbee 11% of his team's targets.
AJ Barner 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 AJ Barner.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither AJ Barner nor Tyler Higbee 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). AJ Barner is projected by 5 of them and Tyler Higbee by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.