Too close to call: Parker Washington (16.7) and Chase Brown (16.5) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Parker Washington faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Parker Washington WR · JAX | Chase Brown RB · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.7 | 16.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.1 | 13.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.4 | 17.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.3 (WR9) | 16.7 (RB7) |
| Opponent | vs IND | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-toughest (29.0 pts/g allowed) | 14th-softest (22.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 50% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong RB1 |
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It is a coin flip. Parker Washington projects for 16.7 PPR points and Chase Brown for 16.5, 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: 16.7 PPR points for Parker Washington and 16.5 for Chase Brown.
The sources range from 16.1 to 18.4 for Washington and from 13.8 to 17.7 for Brown. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Parker Washington is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Washington at 16.1 PPR points, against 13.8 for Chase Brown.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Parker Washington has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Washington at 18.4 PPR points, against 17.7 for Chase Brown.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Parker Washington plays IND and Chase Brown plays TEN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Washington faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs and Brown faces the 14th-softest defense against RBs, so Chase Brown 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 Parker Washington has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Chase Brown 50% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Parker Washington.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Parker Washington nor Chase Brown 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). Parker Washington is projected by 5 of them and Chase Brown by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.