Too close to call: A.J. Brown (16.2) and Chris Olave (16.2) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and A.J. Brown faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| A.J. Brown WR · NE | Chris Olave WR · NO | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.9 | 15.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.4 | 17.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (31.5 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (28.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 2) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong WR1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. A.J. Brown projects for 16.2 PPR points and Chris Olave for 16.2, within 0.0 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: 16.2 PPR points for A.J. Brown and 16.2 for Chris Olave.
The sources range from 14.9 to 18.4 for Brown and from 15.5 to 17.1 for Olave. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Chris Olave is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Olave at 15.5 PPR points, against 14.9 for A.J. Brown.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
A.J. Brown has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Brown at 18.4 PPR points, against 17.1 for Chris Olave.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
A.J. Brown plays CHI and Chris Olave plays PIT in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Brown faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs and Olave faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs, so A.J. Brown 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 A.J. Brown has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Chris Olave 25% of his team's targets.
Chris Olave 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 Chris Olave.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither A.J. Brown nor Chris Olave has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). A.J. Brown is projected by 4 of them and Chris Olave by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.