Start Bijan Robinson. Robinson is projected for 21.2 PPR points vs 18.1 for Tee Higgins, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Bijan Robinson RB · ATL | Tee Higgins WR · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 21.2 | 18.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 17.5 | 16.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 23.7 | 19.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 22.4 (RB3) | 18.1 (WR8) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (19.4 pts/g allowed) | 15th-toughest (30.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 70% carry share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong WR1 |
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Start Bijan Robinson. Robinson projects for 21.2 PPR points vs CIN, against 18.1 for Tee Higgins vs ATL: a 3.1-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.
Bijan Robinson is projected to score more: 21.2 PPR points to 18.1 for Tee Higgins.
The sources range from 17.5 to 23.7 for Robinson and from 16.5 to 19.8 for Higgins. The ranges overlap, so Higgins outscoring Robinson is a realistic result.
Bijan Robinson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Robinson at 17.5 PPR points, against 16.5 for Tee Higgins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Bijan Robinson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Robinson at 23.7 PPR points, against 19.8 for Tee Higgins.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bijan Robinson plays CIN and Tee Higgins plays ATL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Robinson faces the 7th-toughest defense against RBs and Higgins faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs, so Tee Higgins 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 Bijan Robinson has drawn 70% of his team's carries, and Tee Higgins 21% 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 Tee Higgins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bijan Robinson nor Tee Higgins 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). Bijan Robinson is projected by 6 of them and Tee Higgins by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.