Start D'Andre Swift. Swift is projected for 14.1 PPR points vs 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier, and faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| D'Andre Swift RB · CHI | Tyler Allgeier RB · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 14.1 | 8.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.0 | 6.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.7 | 11.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 17.7 (RB6) | 11.5 (RB25) |
| Opponent | vs SEA | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (20.9 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 54% carry share (last 3) | 38% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start D'Andre Swift. Swift projects for 14.1 PPR points vs SEA, against 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier vs DAL: a 5.8-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 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
The sources range from 13.0 to 17.7 for Swift and from 6.3 to 11.5 for Allgeier. Even Allgeier's highest projection is below Swift's lowest.
D'Andre Swift is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Swift at 13.0 PPR points, against 6.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
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 11.5 for Tyler Allgeier.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
D'Andre Swift plays SEA and Tyler Allgeier plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Swift faces the 15th-toughest defense against RBs and Allgeier faces the 7th-softest defense against RBs, so Tyler Allgeier 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 Tyler Allgeier 38% of his team's carries.
D'Andre Swift 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 Tyler Allgeier 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 Tyler Allgeier by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.