Start Efton Chism III. Chism III is projected for 7.5 PPR points vs 7.1 for Cooper Kupp, and faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Efton Chism III WR · NE | Cooper Kupp WR · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 6.2 (WR61) | 8.0 (WR50) |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (34.8 pts/g allowed) | 13th-softest (33.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 9% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Efton Chism III. Chism III projects for 7.5 PPR points vs GB, against 7.1 for Cooper Kupp vs ARI: a 0.4-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.
Efton Chism III is projected to score more: 7.5 PPR points to 7.1 for Cooper Kupp.
The sources range from 6.2 to 9.3 for Chism III and from 4.9 to 8.0 for Kupp. The ranges overlap, so Kupp outscoring Chism III is a realistic result.
Efton Chism III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Chism III at 6.2 PPR points, against 4.9 for Cooper Kupp.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Efton Chism III has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Chism III at 9.3 PPR points, against 8.0 for Cooper Kupp.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Efton Chism III plays GB and Cooper Kupp plays ARI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Chism III faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs and Kupp faces the 13th-softest defense against WRs, so Efton Chism III 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 Efton Chism III has drawn 9% of his team's targets, and Cooper Kupp 14% of his team's targets.
Cooper Kupp 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 Cooper Kupp.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Efton Chism III nor Cooper Kupp 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). Efton Chism III is projected by 6 of them and Cooper Kupp by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.