Start Rashee Rice. Rice is projected for 14.3 PPR points vs 11.2 for DeMario Douglas, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Rashee Rice WR · KC | DeMario Douglas WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.3 | 11.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.1 | 8.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.5 (WR14) | 10.4 (WR34) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs GB |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (28.5 pts/g allowed) | 9th-softest (34.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Rashee Rice. Rice projects for 14.3 PPR points vs NYJ, against 11.2 for DeMario Douglas vs GB: a 3.1-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.
Rashee Rice is projected to score more: 14.3 PPR points to 11.2 for DeMario Douglas.
The sources range from 13.1 to 15.6 for Rice and from 8.8 to 13.5 for Douglas. The ranges overlap, so Douglas outscoring Rice is a realistic result.
Rashee Rice is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Rice at 13.1 PPR points, against 8.8 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashee Rice has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Rice at 15.6 PPR points, against 13.5 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashee Rice plays NYJ and DeMario Douglas plays GB in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 9th-softest 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 Rashee Rice has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and DeMario Douglas 19% of his team's targets.
Rashee Rice 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 Rashee Rice.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Rashee Rice nor DeMario Douglas 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). Rashee Rice is projected by 6 of them and DeMario Douglas by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.