Too close to call: Alvin Kamara (11.6) and Ladd McConkey (11.5) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Alvin Kamara faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Alvin Kamara RB · NO | Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.6 | 13.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.5 (RB30) | 11.0 (WR31) |
| Opponent | vs CLE | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (21.1 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (37.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% carry share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Alvin Kamara projects for 11.6 PPR points and Ladd McConkey for 11.5, 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: 11.6 PPR points for Alvin Kamara and 11.5 for Ladd McConkey.
The sources range from 9.5 to 12.6 for Kamara and from 10.5 to 13.0 for McConkey. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Ladd McConkey is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McConkey at 10.5 PPR points, against 9.5 for Alvin Kamara.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 13.0 PPR points, against 12.6 for Alvin Kamara.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Alvin Kamara plays CLE and Ladd McConkey plays HOU in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kamara faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs and McConkey faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Ladd McConkey 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 Alvin Kamara has drawn 22% of his team's carries, and Ladd McConkey 9% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Ladd McConkey.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Alvin Kamara nor Ladd McConkey has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Alvin Kamara is projected by 6 of them and Ladd McConkey by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.