Start Chris Rodriguez Jr.. Rodriguez Jr. is projected for 5.8 PPR points vs 5.5 for Justice Hill, and faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB · JAX | Justice Hill RB · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.1 | 3.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.8 (RB39) | 5.8 (RB41) |
| Opponent | vs IND | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-softest (22.0 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-softest (27.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% carry share (last 3) | 8% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Chris Rodriguez Jr.. Rodriguez Jr. projects for 5.8 PPR points vs IND, against 5.5 for Justice Hill vs BUF: a 0.3-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.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is projected to score more: 5.8 PPR points to 5.5 for Justice Hill.
The sources range from 5.1 to 6.2 for Rodriguez Jr. and from 3.2 to 6.6 for Hill. The ranges overlap, so Hill outscoring Rodriguez Jr. is a realistic result.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Rodriguez Jr. at 5.1 PPR points, against 3.2 for Justice Hill.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Justice Hill has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hill at 6.6 PPR points, against 6.2 for Chris Rodriguez Jr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. plays IND and Justice Hill plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Rodriguez Jr. faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs and Hill faces the 3rd-softest defense against RBs, so Justice Hill 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 Rodriguez Jr. has drawn 24% of his team's carries, and Justice Hill 8% of his team's carries.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. nor Justice Hill 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). Chris Rodriguez Jr. is projected by 6 of them and Justice Hill by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.