Start D'Andre Swift. Swift is projected for 15.3 PPR points vs 14.8 for Tee Higgins, and faces the 16th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| D'Andre Swift RB · CHI | Tee Higgins WR · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 15.3 | 14.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.1 | 14.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.7 | 15.2 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (20.7 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 36% carry share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · WR2 |
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Start D'Andre Swift. Swift projects for 15.3 PPR points vs NE, against 14.8 for Tee Higgins vs BAL: a 0.5-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: 15.3 PPR points to 14.8 for Tee Higgins.
The sources range from 13.1 to 16.7 for Swift and from 14.4 to 15.2 for Higgins. The ranges overlap, so Higgins outscoring Swift is a realistic result.
Tee Higgins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Higgins at 14.4 PPR points, against 13.1 for D'Andre Swift.
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 16.7 PPR points, against 15.2 for Tee Higgins.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
D'Andre Swift plays NE and Tee Higgins plays BAL in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Swift faces the 16th-softest defense against RBs and Higgins faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs, so Tee Higgins 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 36% of his team's carries, and Tee Higgins 22% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Tee Higgins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither D'Andre Swift nor Tee Higgins 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). D'Andre Swift is projected by 5 of them and Tee Higgins by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.