Too close to call: Bhayshul Tuten (14.4) and Rashee Rice (14.3) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Bhayshul Tuten faces the 8th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Bhayshul Tuten RB · JAX | Rashee Rice WR · KC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.3 | 15.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 15.5 (WR14) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-toughest (19.5 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (28.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 57% carry share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR2 |
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 14.4 PPR points and Rashee Rice for 14.3, within 0.1 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: 14.4 PPR points for Bhayshul Tuten and 14.3 for Rashee Rice.
The sources range from 13.5 to 15.3 for Tuten and from 13.1 to 15.6 for Rice. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Bhayshul Tuten is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Tuten at 13.5 PPR points, against 13.1 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashee Rice has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Rice at 15.6 PPR points, against 15.3 for Bhayshul Tuten.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bhayshul Tuten plays BAL and Rashee Rice plays NYJ in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Tuten faces the 8th-toughest defense against RBs and Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, so Rashee Rice 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 57% of his team's carries, and Rashee Rice 19% 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 Rashee Rice.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bhayshul Tuten nor Rashee Rice 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). Bhayshul Tuten is projected by 5 of them and Rashee Rice by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.