Too close to call: Rashee Rice (14.3) and Derrick Henry (14.2) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Rashee Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Rashee Rice WR · KC | Derrick Henry RB · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.3 | 14.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.1 | 11.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.6 | 16.9 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.5 (WR14) | 13.9 (RB18) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs JAX |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (28.5 pts/g allowed) | 1st-toughest (16.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 65% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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It is a coin flip. Rashee Rice projects for 14.3 PPR points and Derrick Henry for 14.2, within 0.1 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: 14.3 PPR points for Rashee Rice and 14.2 for Derrick Henry.
The sources range from 13.1 to 15.6 for Rice and from 11.9 to 16.9 for Henry. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Rashee Rice is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Rice at 13.1 PPR points, against 11.9 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 16.9 PPR points, against 15.6 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashee Rice plays NYJ and Derrick Henry plays JAX in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs and Henry faces the 1st-toughest defense against RBs, so Rashee Rice 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 Derrick Henry 65% of his team's carries.
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 Derrick Henry 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 Derrick Henry by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.