Start Chuba Hubbard. Hubbard is projected for 16.9 PPR points vs 16.1 for Nico Collins, and faces the 10th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Chuba Hubbard RB · CAR | Nico Collins WR · HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 16.9 | 16.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.9 | 18.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.5 (RB11) | 15.8 (WR12) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs LAC |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (24.4 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (30.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 77% carry share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong WR1 |
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Start Chuba Hubbard. Hubbard projects for 16.9 PPR points vs DEN, against 16.1 for Nico Collins vs LAC: a 0.8-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.
Chuba Hubbard is projected to score more: 16.9 PPR points to 16.1 for Nico Collins.
The sources range from 15.1 to 17.9 for Hubbard and from 13.9 to 18.6 for Collins. The ranges overlap, so Collins outscoring Hubbard is a realistic result.
Chuba Hubbard is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hubbard at 15.1 PPR points, against 13.9 for Nico Collins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Nico Collins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Collins at 18.6 PPR points, against 17.9 for Chuba Hubbard.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Chuba Hubbard plays DEN and Nico Collins plays LAC in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Hubbard faces the 10th-softest defense against RBs and Collins faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs, so Chuba Hubbard 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 Chuba Hubbard has drawn 77% of his team's carries, and Nico Collins 18% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Nico Collins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Chuba Hubbard nor Nico Collins 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). Chuba Hubbard is projected by 6 of them and Nico Collins by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.