Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft is projected for 11.6 PPR points vs 10.2 for Braelon Allen, and faces the 15th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tucker Kraft TE · GB | Braelon Allen RB · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.6 | 10.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.8 | 7.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.7 | 15.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.0 (TE5) | 7.3 (RB34) |
| Opponent | vs CAR | vs LV |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-softest (13.5 pts/g allowed) | 5th-softest (25.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 73% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft projects for 11.6 PPR points vs CAR, against 10.2 for Braelon Allen vs LV: a 1.4-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.
Tucker Kraft is projected to score more: 11.6 PPR points to 10.2 for Braelon Allen.
The sources range from 10.8 to 12.7 for Kraft and from 7.3 to 15.0 for Allen. The ranges overlap, so Allen outscoring Kraft is a realistic result.
Tucker Kraft is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kraft 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.
Braelon Allen has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Allen at 15.0 PPR points, against 12.7 for Tucker Kraft.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tucker Kraft plays CAR and Braelon Allen plays LV in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kraft faces the 15th-softest defense against TEs 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 Tucker Kraft has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Braelon Allen 73% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Tucker Kraft.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tucker Kraft 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). Tucker Kraft is projected by 5 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.