Start Antonio Williams. Williams is projected for 11.0 PPR points vs 7.6 for Jahan Dotson, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Antonio Williams WR · WAS | Jahan Dotson WR · ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.0 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.7 | 5.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.8 | 9.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.7 (WR32) | 7.0 (WR55) |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) | 14th-softest (32.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 15% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Antonio Williams. Williams projects for 11.0 PPR points vs LAR, against 7.6 for Jahan Dotson vs CIN: a 3.4-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.
Antonio Williams is projected to score more: 11.0 PPR points to 7.6 for Jahan Dotson.
The sources range from 9.7 to 12.8 for Williams and from 5.7 to 9.1 for Dotson. Even Dotson's highest projection is below Williams's lowest.
Antonio Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 9.7 PPR points, against 5.7 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Antonio Williams has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Williams at 12.8 PPR points, against 9.1 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Antonio Williams plays LAR and Jahan Dotson plays CIN in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs and Dotson faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs, so Jahan Dotson 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 Antonio Williams has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Jahan Dotson 15% of his team's targets.
Antonio Williams 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 Antonio Williams.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Antonio Williams nor Jahan Dotson 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). Antonio Williams is projected by 6 of them and Jahan Dotson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.