Too close to call: Bhayshul Tuten (15.1) and George Pickens (15.1) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Bhayshul Tuten faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Bhayshul Tuten RB · JAX | George Pickens WR · DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.4 | 13.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.3 | 16.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.5 (RB17) | 15.4 (WR12) |
| Opponent | vs IND | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-softest (22.0 pts/g allowed) | 12th-softest (33.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 63% carry share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · Strong WR1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Bhayshul Tuten projects for 15.1 PPR points and George Pickens for 15.1, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 15.1 PPR points for Bhayshul Tuten and 15.1 for George Pickens.
The sources range from 14.4 to 16.3 for Tuten and from 13.9 to 16.0 for Pickens. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Bhayshul Tuten is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Tuten at 14.4 PPR points, against 13.9 for George Pickens.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Bhayshul Tuten has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Tuten at 16.3 PPR points, against 16.0 for George Pickens.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bhayshul Tuten plays IND and George Pickens plays ARI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Tuten faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs and Pickens faces the 12th-softest defense against WRs, so George Pickens 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 Bhayshul Tuten has drawn 63% of his team's carries, and George Pickens 25% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is George Pickens.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bhayshul Tuten nor George Pickens 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). Bhayshul Tuten is projected by 6 of them and George Pickens by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.