Start Ashton Jeanty. Jeanty is projected for 16.2 PPR points vs 12.1 for Rachaad White, and faces the 16th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ashton Jeanty RB · LV | Rachaad White RB · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.2 | 12.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.7 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.8 | 15.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.0 (RB16) | 11.5 (RB24) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (21.4 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 51% carry share (last 3) | 28% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Ashton Jeanty. Jeanty projects for 16.2 PPR points vs NYJ, against 12.1 for Rachaad White vs PHI: a 4.1-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.
Ashton Jeanty is projected to score more: 16.2 PPR points to 12.1 for Rachaad White.
The sources range from 15.7 to 16.8 for Jeanty and from 10.8 to 15.5 for White. Even White's highest projection is below Jeanty's lowest.
Ashton Jeanty is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Jeanty at 15.7 PPR points, against 10.8 for Rachaad White.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ashton Jeanty has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Jeanty at 16.8 PPR points, against 15.5 for Rachaad White.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ashton Jeanty plays NYJ and Rachaad White plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Jeanty faces the 16th-softest defense against RBs and White faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs, so Ashton Jeanty 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 Ashton Jeanty has drawn 51% of his team's carries, and Rachaad White 28% of his team's carries.
Ashton Jeanty 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ashton Jeanty nor Rachaad White 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). Ashton Jeanty is projected by 6 of them and Rachaad White by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.