Start Ted Hurst III. Hurst III is projected for 8.5 PPR points vs 7.6 for Brandin Cooks, and faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Ted Hurst III WR · TB | Brandin Cooks WR · SF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.6 | 8.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CAR | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-toughest (29.4 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (37.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 10% target share (last 3) | 6% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ted Hurst III. Hurst III projects for 8.5 PPR points vs CAR, against 7.6 for Brandin Cooks vs ATL: a 0.9-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.
Ted Hurst III is projected to score more: 8.5 PPR points to 7.6 for Brandin Cooks.
The sources range from 7.1 to 10.6 for Hurst III and from 6.3 to 8.7 for Cooks. The ranges overlap, so Cooks outscoring Hurst III is a realistic result.
Ted Hurst III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hurst III at 7.1 PPR points, against 6.3 for Brandin Cooks.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ted Hurst III has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hurst III at 10.6 PPR points, against 8.7 for Brandin Cooks.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ted Hurst III plays CAR and Brandin Cooks plays ATL in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Hurst III faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs and Cooks faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs, so Brandin Cooks 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 Ted Hurst III has drawn 10% of his team's targets, and Brandin Cooks 6% of his team's targets.
Ted Hurst III 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 Ted Hurst III.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ted Hurst III 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). Ted Hurst III 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.