Too close to call: DeMario Douglas (9.5) and Josh Downs (9.5) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and DeMario Douglas faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| DeMario Douglas WR · NE | Josh Downs WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs MIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (31.5 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (27.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 16% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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It is a coin flip. DeMario Douglas projects for 9.5 PPR points and Josh Downs for 9.5, 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: 9.5 PPR points for DeMario Douglas and 9.5 for Josh Downs.
The sources range from 8.6 to 10.5 for Douglas and from 8.4 to 10.6 for Downs. Either result is well inside both ranges.
DeMario Douglas is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Douglas at 8.6 PPR points, against 8.4 for Josh Downs.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Josh Downs has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Downs at 10.6 PPR points, against 10.5 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
DeMario Douglas plays CHI and Josh Downs plays MIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Douglas faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs and Downs faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so DeMario Douglas 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 DeMario Douglas has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Josh Downs 16% of his team's targets.
DeMario Douglas 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 DeMario Douglas.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither DeMario Douglas nor Josh Downs has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). DeMario Douglas is projected by 4 of them and Josh Downs by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.