Start Braelon Allen. Allen is projected for 10.2 PPR points vs 9.0 for Rico Dowdle, and faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Braelon Allen RB · NYJ | Rico Dowdle RB · PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.2 | 9.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.0 | 9.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.3 (RB34) | 8.8 (RB30) |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs CLE |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-softest (25.4 pts/g allowed) | 8th-toughest (19.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 73% carry share (last 3) | 31% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Braelon Allen. Allen projects for 10.2 PPR points vs LV, against 9.0 for Rico Dowdle vs CLE: a 1.2-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.
Braelon Allen is projected to score more: 10.2 PPR points to 9.0 for Rico Dowdle.
The sources range from 7.3 to 15.0 for Allen and from 8.5 to 9.5 for Dowdle. The ranges overlap, so Dowdle outscoring Allen is a realistic result.
Rico Dowdle is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Dowdle at 8.5 PPR points, against 7.3 for Braelon Allen.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Braelon Allen has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Allen at 15.0 PPR points, against 9.5 for Rico Dowdle.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Braelon Allen plays LV and Rico Dowdle plays CLE in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Allen faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs and Dowdle faces the 8th-toughest 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 Braelon Allen has drawn 73% of his team's carries, and Rico Dowdle 31% 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 Braelon Allen nor Rico Dowdle 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). Braelon Allen is projected by 6 of them and Rico Dowdle by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.