Start J.K. Dobbins. Dobbins is projected for 5.5 PPR points vs 0.4 for Audric Estime, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| J.K. Dobbins RB · DEN | Audric Estime RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 6.2 (RB37) | — |
| Opponent | vs KC | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (19.5 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (20.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 49% carry share (last 3) | 31% carry share (last 1) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start J.K. Dobbins. Dobbins projects for 5.5 PPR points vs KC, against 0.4 for Audric Estime vs PIT: a 5.1-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.
J.K. Dobbins is projected to score more: 5.5 PPR points to 0.4 for Audric Estime.
The sources range from 2.5 to 6.4 for Dobbins and from 0.4 to 0.4 for Estime. Even Estime's highest projection is below Dobbins's lowest.
J.K. Dobbins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Dobbins at 2.5 PPR points, against 0.4 for Audric Estime.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
J.K. Dobbins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Dobbins at 6.4 PPR points, against 0.4 for Audric Estime.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
J.K. Dobbins plays KC and Audric Estime plays PIT in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Dobbins faces the 9th-toughest defense against RBs and Estime faces the 12th-toughest defense against RBs, so Audric Estime 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 J.K. Dobbins has drawn 49% of his team's carries, and Audric Estime 31% of his team's carries.
J.K. Dobbins 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 J.K. Dobbins nor Audric Estime 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). J.K. Dobbins is projected by 6 of them and Audric Estime by 1.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.