Start Christian Watson. Watson is projected for 15.8 PPR points vs 15.0 for A.J. Brown, and faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Christian Watson WR · GB | A.J. Brown WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.8 | 15.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.5 | 13.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.2 | 16.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.2 (WR13) | 14.5 (WR14) |
| Opponent | vs CAR | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (27.7 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Christian Watson. Watson projects for 15.8 PPR points vs CAR, against 15.0 for A.J. Brown vs MIA: a 0.8-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.
Christian Watson is projected to score more: 15.8 PPR points to 15.0 for A.J. Brown.
The sources range from 14.5 to 18.2 for Watson and from 13.4 to 16.6 for Brown. The ranges overlap, so Brown outscoring Watson is a realistic result.
Christian Watson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Watson at 14.5 PPR points, against 13.4 for A.J. Brown.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Christian Watson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Watson at 18.2 PPR points, against 16.6 for A.J. Brown.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Christian Watson plays CAR and A.J. Brown plays MIA in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Watson faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs and Brown faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs, so Christian Watson 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 Christian Watson has drawn 21% of his team's targets, and A.J. Brown 22% of his team's targets.
A.J. Brown 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 A.J. Brown.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Christian Watson nor A.J. Brown 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). Christian Watson is projected by 5 of them and A.J. Brown by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.