Start Ryan Flournoy. Flournoy is projected for 8.0 PPR points vs 7.6 for Brandin Cooks, and faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Ryan Flournoy WR · DAL | Brandin Cooks WR · SF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.0 | 6.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-softest (38.3 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (37.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 13% target share (last 3) | 6% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ryan Flournoy. Flournoy projects for 8.0 PPR points vs PHI, against 7.6 for Brandin Cooks vs ATL: a 0.4-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.
Ryan Flournoy is projected to score more: 8.0 PPR points to 7.6 for Brandin Cooks.
The sources range from 7.0 to 8.8 for Flournoy and from 6.3 to 8.7 for Cooks. The ranges overlap, so Cooks outscoring Flournoy is a realistic result.
Ryan Flournoy is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Flournoy at 7.0 PPR points, against 6.3 for Brandin Cooks.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ryan Flournoy has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Flournoy at 8.8 PPR points, against 8.7 for Brandin Cooks.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ryan Flournoy plays PHI and Brandin Cooks plays ATL in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Flournoy faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs and Cooks faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs, so Ryan Flournoy 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 Ryan Flournoy has drawn 13% of his team's targets, and Brandin Cooks 6% of his team's targets.
Ryan Flournoy 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, which here is Ryan Flournoy.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ryan Flournoy nor Brandin Cooks has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Ryan Flournoy is projected by 4 of them and Brandin Cooks by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.