Start Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs is projected for 23.9 PPR points vs 16.4 for Bucky Irving, and faces the 1st-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jahmyr Gibbs RB · DET | Bucky Irving RB · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 23.9 | 16.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 21.5 | 15.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 25.6 | 17.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 24.6 (RB1) | 16.4 (RB12) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (16.0 pts/g allowed) | 8th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 86% carry share (last 3) | 57% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong RB1 |
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Start Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs projects for 23.9 PPR points vs MIN, against 16.4 for Bucky Irving vs ATL: a 7.5-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.
Jahmyr Gibbs is projected to score more: 23.9 PPR points to 16.4 for Bucky Irving.
The sources range from 21.5 to 25.6 for Gibbs and from 15.8 to 17.3 for Irving. Even Irving's highest projection is below Gibbs's lowest.
Jahmyr Gibbs is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Gibbs at 21.5 PPR points, against 15.8 for Bucky Irving.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jahmyr Gibbs has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Gibbs at 25.6 PPR points, against 17.3 for Bucky Irving.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jahmyr Gibbs plays MIN and Bucky Irving plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Gibbs faces the 1st-toughest defense against RBs and Irving faces the 8th-softest defense against RBs, so Bucky Irving 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 Jahmyr Gibbs has drawn 86% of his team's carries, and Bucky Irving 57% of his team's carries.
Jahmyr Gibbs 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 Jahmyr Gibbs nor Bucky Irving 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). Jahmyr Gibbs is projected by 6 of them and Bucky Irving by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.