Start Demarcus Robinson. Robinson is projected for 9.4 PPR points vs 7.5 for Quentin Johnston, and faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Demarcus Robinson WR · SF | Quentin Johnston WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 9.4 | 7.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 7.5 (WR52) |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (37.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 12% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Demarcus Robinson. Robinson projects for 9.4 PPR points vs LV, against 7.5 for Quentin Johnston vs HOU: a 1.9-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.
Demarcus Robinson is projected to score more: 9.4 PPR points to 7.5 for Quentin Johnston.
The sources range from 7.9 to 10.4 for Robinson and from 6.5 to 8.0 for Johnston. The ranges overlap, so Johnston outscoring Robinson is a realistic result.
Demarcus Robinson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Robinson at 7.9 PPR points, against 6.5 for Quentin Johnston.
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 8.0 for Quentin Johnston.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Demarcus Robinson plays LV and Quentin Johnston plays HOU in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Robinson faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs and Johnston faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Quentin Johnston 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 Quentin Johnston 9% of his team's targets.
Demarcus Robinson 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 Demarcus Robinson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Demarcus Robinson nor Quentin Johnston 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 Quentin Johnston by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.