Start Christian Watson. Watson is projected for 15.8 PPR points vs 13.1 for Jameson Williams, and faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Christian Watson WR · GB | Jameson Williams WR · DET | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.0 | 12.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.9 | 14.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.9 (WR11) | 12.5 (WR21) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-toughest (25.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Christian Watson. Watson projects for 15.8 PPR points vs NE, against 13.1 for Jameson Williams vs MIA: a 2.7-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 13.1 for Jameson Williams.
The sources range from 15.0 to 16.9 for Watson and from 12.0 to 14.0 for Williams. Even Williams's highest projection is below Watson's lowest.
Christian Watson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Watson at 15.0 PPR points, against 12.0 for Jameson Williams.
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 16.9 PPR points, against 14.0 for Jameson Williams.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Christian Watson plays NE and Jameson Williams plays MIA in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Watson faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and Williams faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs, so Christian Watson 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 22% of his team's targets, and Jameson Williams 22% of his team's targets.
Jameson Williams 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 Jameson Williams.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Christian Watson nor Jameson Williams 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). Christian Watson is projected by 6 of them and Jameson Williams by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.