Start D'Andre Swift. Swift is projected for 17.5 PPR points vs 12.6 for Tyler Warren, and faces the 2nd-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| D'Andre Swift RB · CHI | Tyler Warren TE · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 17.5 | 12.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.6 | 11.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.6 | 13.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.3 (RB5) | 13.0 (TE5) |
| Opponent | vs TB | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-toughest (16.9 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (13.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 66% carry share (last 3) | 24% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start D'Andre Swift. Swift projects for 17.5 PPR points vs TB, against 12.6 for Tyler Warren vs DAL: a 4.9-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: 17.5 PPR points to 12.6 for Tyler Warren.
The sources range from 16.6 to 18.6 for Swift and from 11.8 to 13.3 for Warren. Even Warren's highest projection is below Swift's lowest.
D'Andre Swift is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Swift at 16.6 PPR points, against 11.8 for Tyler Warren.
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 18.6 PPR points, against 13.3 for Tyler Warren.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
D'Andre Swift plays TB and Tyler Warren plays DAL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Swift faces the 2nd-toughest defense against RBs and Warren faces the 16th-toughest defense against TEs, so Tyler Warren 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 66% of his team's carries, and Tyler Warren 24% 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 Tyler Warren.
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 Warren 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). D'Andre Swift is projected by 6 of them and Tyler Warren by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.