Start Deshaun Watson. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, and Deshaun Watson is projected for 13.9 PPR points vs PIT.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Deshaun Watson QB · CLE | J.J. McCarthy QB · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 13.9 | — |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.5 | — |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.8 | — |
| StatChasers projection | 15.8 (QB18) | — |
| Opponent | vs PIT | Bye |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (13.2 pts/g allowed) | — |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · No projection |
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Start Deshaun Watson. J.J. McCarthy is on a bye, while Deshaun Watson projects for 13.9 PPR points vs PIT.
Deshaun Watson plays PIT and J.J. McCarthy is on a bye in Week 8.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
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Deshaun Watson has no injury designation, and J.J. McCarthy is on a bye.
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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). Deshaun Watson is projected by 6 of them and J.J. McCarthy by 0.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.