Start Christian Watson. Watson is projected for 15.8 PPR points vs 13.2 for DJ Moore, and faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Christian Watson WR · GB | DJ Moore WR · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.8 | 13.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.5 | 11.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.2 | 14.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.2 (WR13) | 12.7 (WR20) |
| Opponent | vs CAR | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (27.7 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Christian Watson. Watson projects for 15.8 PPR points vs CAR, against 13.2 for DJ Moore vs BAL: a 2.6-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.
Christian Watson is projected to score more: 15.8 PPR points to 13.2 for DJ Moore.
The sources range from 14.5 to 18.2 for Watson and from 11.9 to 14.7 for Moore. The ranges overlap, so Moore outscoring Watson is a realistic result.
Christian Watson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Watson at 14.5 PPR points, against 11.9 for DJ Moore.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Christian Watson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Watson at 18.2 PPR points, against 14.7 for DJ Moore.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Christian Watson plays CAR and DJ Moore plays BAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Watson faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs and Moore faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs, so DJ Moore 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 Christian Watson has drawn 21% of his team's targets, and DJ Moore 14% of his team's targets.
Christian Watson 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 Christian Watson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Christian Watson nor DJ Moore 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). Christian Watson is projected by 5 of them and DJ Moore by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.