Start Ladd McConkey. McConkey is projected for 10.6 PPR points vs 9.3 for DeMario Douglas, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | DeMario Douglas WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.6 | 9.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.4 | 8.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.0 | 10.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.5 (WR33) | 8.2 (WR49) |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ladd McConkey. McConkey projects for 10.6 PPR points vs LAR, against 9.3 for DeMario Douglas vs MIA: a 1.3-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.
Ladd McConkey is projected to score more: 10.6 PPR points to 9.3 for DeMario Douglas.
The sources range from 10.4 to 11.0 for McConkey and from 8.2 to 10.6 for Douglas. The ranges overlap, so Douglas outscoring McConkey is a realistic result.
Ladd McConkey is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McConkey at 10.4 PPR points, against 8.2 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 11.0 PPR points, against 10.6 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ladd McConkey plays LAR and DeMario Douglas plays MIA in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McConkey faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs, so Ladd McConkey 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 Ladd McConkey has drawn 8% of his team's targets, and DeMario Douglas 19% 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 Ladd McConkey nor DeMario Douglas has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). Ladd McConkey is projected by 5 of them and DeMario Douglas by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.