Too close to call: Braelon Allen (10.2) and Zach Charbonnet (10.0) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Braelon Allen faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Braelon Allen RB · NYJ | Zach Charbonnet RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.2 | 10.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.3 | 8.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.0 | 10.9 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.3 (RB34) | — |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-softest (25.4 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (18.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 73% carry share (last 3) | 44% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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It is a coin flip. Braelon Allen projects for 10.2 PPR points and Zach Charbonnet for 10.0, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 10.2 PPR points for Braelon Allen and 10.0 for Zach Charbonnet.
The sources range from 7.3 to 15.0 for Allen and from 8.6 to 10.9 for Charbonnet. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Zach Charbonnet is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Charbonnet at 8.6 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 10.9 for Zach Charbonnet.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Braelon Allen plays LV and Zach Charbonnet plays CHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Allen faces the 5th-softest defense against RBs and Charbonnet faces the 6th-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 Zach Charbonnet 44% 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 Zach Charbonnet 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 Zach Charbonnet by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.