Start A.J. Brown. Brown is projected for 15.0 PPR points vs 9.3 for Josh Downs, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| A.J. Brown WR · NE | Josh Downs WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.0 | 9.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.4 | 8.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.6 | 10.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.5 (WR14) | 9.3 (WR42) |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs JAX |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start A.J. Brown. Brown projects for 15.0 PPR points vs MIA, against 9.3 for Josh Downs vs JAX: a 5.7-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.
A.J. Brown is projected to score more: 15.0 PPR points to 9.3 for Josh Downs.
The sources range from 13.4 to 16.6 for Brown and from 8.4 to 10.1 for Downs. Even Downs's highest projection is below Brown's lowest.
A.J. Brown is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Brown at 13.4 PPR points, against 8.4 for Josh Downs.
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 16.6 PPR points, against 10.1 for Josh Downs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
A.J. Brown plays MIA and Josh Downs plays JAX in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Brown faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and Downs faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Josh Downs 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 22% of his team's targets, and Josh Downs 18% 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 A.J. Brown nor Josh Downs 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). A.J. Brown is projected by 5 of them and Josh Downs by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.