Start Dallas Goedert. Goedert is projected for 10.8 PPR points vs 8.6 for Kyle Pitts Sr., and faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Dallas Goedert TE · PHI | Kyle Pitts Sr. TE · ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.9 | 6.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs SF |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (12.8 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (9.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · TE1 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Dallas Goedert. Goedert projects for 10.8 PPR points vs DAL, against 8.6 for Kyle Pitts Sr. vs SF: a 2.2-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.
Dallas Goedert is projected to score more: 10.8 PPR points to 8.6 for Kyle Pitts Sr..
The sources range from 9.9 to 11.3 for Goedert and from 6.9 to 9.8 for Pitts Sr.. Even Pitts Sr.'s highest projection is below Goedert's lowest.
Dallas Goedert is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Goedert at 9.9 PPR points, against 6.9 for Kyle Pitts Sr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Dallas Goedert has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Goedert at 11.3 PPR points, against 9.8 for Kyle Pitts Sr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Dallas Goedert plays DAL and Kyle Pitts Sr. plays SF in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Goedert faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs and Pitts Sr. faces the 4th-toughest defense against TEs, so Dallas Goedert 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 Dallas Goedert has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Kyle Pitts Sr. 19% of his team's targets.
Kyle Pitts Sr. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Dallas Goedert nor Kyle Pitts Sr. has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Dallas Goedert is projected by 4 of them and Kyle Pitts Sr. by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.