Too close to call: Tee Higgins (17.0) and Brock Bowers (16.8) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Tee Higgins faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tee Higgins WR · CIN | Brock Bowers TE · LV | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.0 | 16.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.5 | 15.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.8 | 18.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.2 (WR10) | 16.9 (TE2) |
| Opponent | vs TEN | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (10.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong TE1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Tee Higgins projects for 17.0 PPR points and Brock Bowers for 16.8, 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: 17.0 PPR points for Tee Higgins and 16.8 for Brock Bowers.
The sources range from 15.5 to 19.8 for Higgins and from 15.2 to 18.7 for Bowers. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Tee Higgins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Higgins at 15.5 PPR points, against 15.2 for Brock Bowers.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tee Higgins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Higgins at 19.8 PPR points, against 18.7 for Brock Bowers.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tee Higgins plays TEN and Brock Bowers plays NYJ in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Higgins faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs and Bowers faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs, so Tee Higgins 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 Tee Higgins has drawn 24% of his team's targets, and Brock Bowers 23% of his team's targets.
Tee Higgins 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 Tee Higgins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tee Higgins nor Brock Bowers 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). Tee Higgins is projected by 5 of them and Brock Bowers by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.