Start D'Andre Swift. Swift is projected for 14.1 PPR points vs 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson, and faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| D'Andre Swift RB · CHI | Emanuel Wilson RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 14.1 | 8.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.0 | 2.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.7 | 14.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 17.7 (RB6) | 14.7 (RB18) |
| Opponent | vs SEA | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (20.9 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (18.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 54% carry share (last 3) | 62% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · RB2 |
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Start D'Andre Swift. Swift projects for 14.1 PPR points vs SEA, against 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson vs CHI: a 5.4-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.
D'Andre Swift is projected to score more: 14.1 PPR points to 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson.
The sources range from 13.0 to 17.7 for Swift and from 2.9 to 14.7 for Wilson. The ranges overlap, so Wilson outscoring Swift is a realistic result.
D'Andre Swift is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Swift at 13.0 PPR points, against 2.9 for Emanuel Wilson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
D'Andre Swift has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Swift at 17.7 PPR points, against 14.7 for Emanuel Wilson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
D'Andre Swift plays SEA and Emanuel Wilson plays CHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Swift faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs and Wilson faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs, so D'Andre Swift 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 D'Andre Swift has drawn 54% of his team's carries, and Emanuel Wilson 62% of his team's carries.
Emanuel Wilson 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither D'Andre Swift nor Emanuel Wilson has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). D'Andre Swift is projected by 6 of them and Emanuel Wilson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.