Start Devin Singletary. Singletary is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs 6.0 for Austin Ekeler, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Devin Singletary RB · NYG | Austin Ekeler RB · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 10.7 | 6.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.9 | 7.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.9 (RB42) | 5.5 (RB45) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (21.4 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (19.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 16% carry share (last 3) | 16% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Devin Singletary. Singletary projects for 10.7 PPR points vs PHI, against 6.0 for Austin Ekeler vs LAR: a 4.7-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.
Devin Singletary is projected to score more: 10.7 PPR points to 6.0 for Austin Ekeler.
The sources range from 5.9 to 13.9 for Singletary and from 3.6 to 7.6 for Ekeler. The ranges overlap, so Ekeler outscoring Singletary is a realistic result.
Devin Singletary is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Singletary at 5.9 PPR points, against 3.6 for Austin Ekeler.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Devin Singletary has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Singletary at 13.9 PPR points, against 7.6 for Austin Ekeler.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Devin Singletary plays PHI and Austin Ekeler plays LAR in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Singletary faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs and Ekeler faces the 12th-toughest defense against RBs, so Devin Singletary 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 Devin Singletary has drawn 16% of his team's carries, and Austin Ekeler 16% of his team's carries.
Austin Ekeler 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 Devin Singletary nor Austin Ekeler 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). Devin Singletary is projected by 6 of them and Austin Ekeler by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.