Start DeMario Douglas. Douglas is projected for 9.3 PPR points vs 7.6 for Rashid Shaheed, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| DeMario Douglas WR · NE | Rashid Shaheed WR · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.3 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.2 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.2 (WR49) | — |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed) | 10th-toughest (29.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 15% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start DeMario Douglas. Douglas projects for 9.3 PPR points vs MIA, against 7.6 for Rashid Shaheed vs CHI: a 1.7-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.
DeMario Douglas is projected to score more: 9.3 PPR points to 7.6 for Rashid Shaheed.
The sources range from 8.2 to 10.6 for Douglas and from 6.5 to 8.5 for Shaheed. The ranges overlap, so Shaheed outscoring Douglas is a realistic result.
DeMario Douglas is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Douglas at 8.2 PPR points, against 6.5 for Rashid Shaheed.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
DeMario Douglas has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Douglas at 10.6 PPR points, against 8.5 for Rashid Shaheed.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
DeMario Douglas plays MIA and Rashid Shaheed plays CHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Douglas faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and Shaheed faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs, so Rashid Shaheed 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 19% of his team's targets, and Rashid Shaheed 15% 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 Rashid Shaheed 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). DeMario Douglas is projected by 5 of them and Rashid Shaheed by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.