Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft is projected for 11.3 PPR points vs 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Tucker Kraft TE · GB | Chig Okonkwo TE · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.3 | 8.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.8 | 8.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.4 | 9.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.4 (TE7) | 9.0 (TE19) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (11.9 pts/g allowed) | 7th-toughest (10.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 20% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · TE1 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Tucker Kraft. Kraft projects for 11.3 PPR points vs NE, against 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo vs LAR: a 2.4-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.
Tucker Kraft is projected to score more: 11.3 PPR points to 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo.
The sources range from 10.8 to 12.4 for Kraft and from 8.3 to 9.4 for Okonkwo. Even Okonkwo's highest projection is below Kraft's lowest.
Tucker Kraft is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kraft at 10.8 PPR points, against 8.3 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tucker Kraft has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Kraft at 12.4 PPR points, against 9.4 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tucker Kraft plays NE and Chig Okonkwo plays LAR in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kraft faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs and Okonkwo faces the 7th-toughest defense against TEs, so Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Chig Okonkwo 20% of his team's targets.
Chig Okonkwo 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 Chig Okonkwo.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tucker Kraft nor Chig Okonkwo has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Tucker Kraft is projected by 5 of them and Chig Okonkwo by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.