Saquon Barkley vs. Davante Adams: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Saquon Barkley. Davante Adams is on a bye, and Saquon Barkley is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs WAS.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Saquon Barkley vs. Davante Adams: Week 8 side by side

Saquon Barkley
RB · PHI
Davante Adams
WR · LAR
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)11.4—
Floor (lowest source)1.0—
Ceiling (highest source)16.6—
StatChasers projection16.6 (RB10)—
Opponentvs WASBye
Opponent vs. position7th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage34% carry share (last 3)—
PositionRBWR
Our callSTART · Strong RB1SIT · No projection

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Saquon Barkley vs. Davante Adams Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Saquon Barkley or Davante Adams in Week 8?

Start Saquon Barkley. Davante Adams is on a bye, while Saquon Barkley projects for 11.4 PPR points vs WAS.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Saquon Barkley or Davante Adams?

Saquon Barkley plays WAS and Davante Adams is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Saquon Barkley vs. Davante Adams?

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.

Are Saquon Barkley and Davante Adams playing in Week 8?

Saquon Barkley has no injury designation, and Davante Adams is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Saquon Barkley and Davante Adams projections come from?

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). Saquon Barkley is projected by 6 of them and Davante Adams by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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