Too close to call: Derrick Henry (16.7) and Parker Washington (16.7) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Derrick Henry faces the 3rd-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Derrick Henry RB · BAL | Parker Washington WR · JAX | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.8 | 16.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.8 | 18.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.4 (RB13) | 16.3 (WR9) |
| Opponent | vs BUF | vs IND |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-softest (27.3 pts/g allowed) | 8th-toughest (29.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 68% carry share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · Strong WR1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Derrick Henry projects for 16.7 PPR points and Parker Washington for 16.7, 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: 16.7 PPR points for Derrick Henry and 16.7 for Parker Washington.
The sources range from 15.8 to 18.8 for Henry and from 16.1 to 18.4 for Washington. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Parker Washington is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Washington at 16.1 PPR points, against 15.8 for Derrick Henry.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Derrick Henry has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Henry at 18.8 PPR points, against 18.4 for Parker Washington.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Derrick Henry plays BUF and Parker Washington plays IND in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Henry faces the 3rd-softest defense against RBs and Washington faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs, so Derrick Henry 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 Derrick Henry has drawn 68% of his team's carries, and Parker Washington 23% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Parker Washington.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Derrick Henry nor Parker Washington 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). Derrick Henry is projected by 6 of them and Parker Washington by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.