Too close to call: Dalton Schultz (8.8) and Eli Raridon (8.6) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Dalton Schultz faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Dalton Schultz TE · HOU | Eli Raridon TE · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.7 | 11.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.7 (TE16) | 8.7 (TE20) |
| Opponent | vs LAC | vs GB |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (10.2 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-toughest (9.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Dalton Schultz projects for 8.8 PPR points and Eli Raridon for 8.6, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 8.8 PPR points for Dalton Schultz and 8.6 for Eli Raridon.
The sources range from 8.5 to 9.7 for Schultz and from 7.5 to 11.4 for Raridon. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Dalton Schultz is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Schultz at 8.5 PPR points, against 7.5 for Eli Raridon.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Eli Raridon has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Raridon at 11.4 PPR points, against 9.7 for Dalton Schultz.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Dalton Schultz plays LAC and Eli Raridon plays GB in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Schultz faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs and Raridon faces the 2nd-toughest defense against TEs, so Dalton Schultz 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 Dalton Schultz has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Eli Raridon 14% of his team's targets.
Dalton Schultz 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 Dalton Schultz.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Dalton Schultz nor Eli Raridon 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). Dalton Schultz is projected by 5 of them and Eli Raridon by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.