Too close to call: Demarcus Robinson (9.4) and Devaughn Vele (9.4) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Demarcus Robinson faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Demarcus Robinson WR · SF | Devaughn Vele WR · NO | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 10.1 (WR36) |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs CLE |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (29.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 12% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | FLEX · Flex |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Demarcus Robinson projects for 9.4 PPR points and Devaughn Vele for 9.4, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 9.4 PPR points for Demarcus Robinson and 9.4 for Devaughn Vele.
The sources range from 7.9 to 10.4 for Robinson and from 8.7 to 10.1 for Vele. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Devaughn Vele is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Vele at 8.7 PPR points, against 7.9 for Demarcus Robinson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Demarcus Robinson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Robinson at 10.4 PPR points, against 10.1 for Devaughn Vele.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Demarcus Robinson plays LV and Devaughn Vele plays CLE in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Robinson faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs and Vele faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs, so Demarcus Robinson 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 Demarcus Robinson has drawn 12% of his team's targets, and Devaughn Vele 19% of his team's targets.
Devaughn Vele 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, which here is Devaughn Vele.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Demarcus Robinson nor Devaughn Vele 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). Demarcus Robinson is projected by 5 of them and Devaughn Vele by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.