Start Braelon Allen. Allen is projected for 10.2 PPR points vs 5.4 for Tyjae Spears, and faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Braelon Allen RB · NYJ | Tyjae Spears RB · TEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.2 | 5.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.3 | 1.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.0 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.3 (RB34) | — |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-softest (25.4 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (17.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 73% carry share (last 3) | 8% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Braelon Allen. Allen projects for 10.2 PPR points vs LV, against 5.4 for Tyjae Spears vs CIN: a 4.8-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 5.4 for Tyjae Spears.
The sources range from 7.3 to 15.0 for Allen and from 1.0 to 7.5 for Spears. The ranges overlap, so Spears outscoring Allen is a realistic result.
Braelon Allen is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Allen at 7.3 PPR points, against 1.0 for Tyjae Spears.
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 7.5 for Tyjae Spears.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Braelon Allen plays LV and Tyjae Spears plays CIN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Allen faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs and Spears faces the 4th-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 Tyjae Spears 8% 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 Tyjae Spears 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 Tyjae Spears by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.