Start Rachaad White. White is projected for 12.1 PPR points vs 10.2 for Braelon Allen, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rachaad White RB · WAS | Braelon Allen RB · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.1 | 10.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.8 | 7.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.5 (RB24) | 7.3 (RB34) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs LV |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) | 5th-softest (25.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 28% carry share (last 3) | 73% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · RB2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Rachaad White. White projects for 12.1 PPR points vs PHI, against 10.2 for Braelon Allen vs LV: a 1.9-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.
Rachaad White is projected to score more: 12.1 PPR points to 10.2 for Braelon Allen.
The sources range from 10.8 to 15.5 for White and from 7.3 to 15.0 for Allen. The ranges overlap, so Allen outscoring White is a realistic result.
Rachaad White is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has White at 10.8 PPR points, against 7.3 for Braelon Allen.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rachaad White has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has White at 15.5 PPR points, against 15.0 for Braelon Allen.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rachaad White plays PHI and Braelon Allen plays LV in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, White faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs and Allen faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs, so Braelon Allen 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 Rachaad White has drawn 28% of his team's carries, and Braelon Allen 73% of his team's carries.
Braelon Allen 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 Rachaad White nor Braelon Allen 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). Rachaad White is projected by 6 of them and Braelon Allen by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.