Start Dallas Goedert. Goedert is projected for 10.8 PPR points vs 9.6 for Pat Freiermuth, and faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Dallas Goedert TE · PHI | Pat Freiermuth TE · PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 10.8 | 9.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.3 | 10.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs NO |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (12.8 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (17.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 13% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · TE1 | FLEX · Streamer |
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Start Dallas Goedert. Goedert projects for 10.8 PPR points vs DAL, against 9.6 for Pat Freiermuth vs NO: a 1.2-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 9.6 for Pat Freiermuth.
The sources range from 9.9 to 11.3 for Goedert and from 8.7 to 10.0 for Freiermuth. The ranges overlap, so Freiermuth outscoring Goedert is a realistic result.
Dallas Goedert is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Goedert at 9.9 PPR points, against 8.7 for Pat Freiermuth.
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 10.0 for Pat Freiermuth.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Dallas Goedert plays DAL and Pat Freiermuth plays NO in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Goedert faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs and Freiermuth faces the 6th-softest defense against TEs, so Pat Freiermuth 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 Pat Freiermuth 13% of his team's targets.
Dallas Goedert 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 Dallas Goedert.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Dallas Goedert nor Pat Freiermuth 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 Pat Freiermuth by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.