Too close to call: Chris Bell (6.5) and Marvin Harrison Jr. (6.3) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Chris Bell faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Chris Bell WR · MIA | Marvin Harrison Jr. WR · HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 6.2 (WR59) | 7.1 (WR54) |
| Opponent | vs DET | vs LAC |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-softest (37.7 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (30.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 13% target share (last 2) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Chris Bell projects for 6.5 PPR points and Marvin Harrison Jr. for 6.3, 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: 6.5 PPR points for Chris Bell and 6.3 for Marvin Harrison Jr..
The sources range from 5.6 to 7.4 for Bell and from 4.1 to 7.5 for Harrison Jr.. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Chris Bell is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bell at 5.6 PPR points, against 4.1 for Marvin Harrison Jr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Marvin Harrison Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Harrison Jr. at 7.5 PPR points, against 7.4 for Chris Bell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chris Bell plays DET and Marvin Harrison Jr. plays LAC in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bell faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs and Harrison Jr. faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs, so Chris Bell 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 Chris Bell has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Marvin Harrison Jr. 13% of his team's targets.
Chris Bell 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 Chris Bell.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chris Bell nor Marvin Harrison Jr. 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). Chris Bell is projected by 6 of them and Marvin Harrison Jr. by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.