Start Antonio Williams. Williams is projected for 8.8 PPR points vs 6.8 for Rashod Bateman, and faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Antonio Williams WR · WAS | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 8.8 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.9 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.5 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.2 (WR43) | 6.6 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-softest (40.1 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 16% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Antonio Williams. Williams projects for 8.8 PPR points vs PHI, against 6.8 for Rashod Bateman vs BUF: a 2.0-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: 8.8 PPR points to 6.8 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 7.9 to 10.5 for Williams and from 5.6 to 8.3 for Bateman. The ranges overlap, so Bateman outscoring Williams is a realistic result.
Antonio Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 7.9 PPR points, against 5.6 for Rashod Bateman.
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 10.5 PPR points, against 8.3 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Antonio Williams plays PHI and Rashod Bateman plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs, so Rashod Bateman 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 16% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 12% 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 Rashod Bateman 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). Antonio Williams is projected by 5 of them and Rashod Bateman by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.