Too close to call: DeVonta Smith (13.8) and Rhamondre Stevenson (13.6) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and DeVonta Smith faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| DeVonta Smith WR · PHI | Rhamondre Stevenson RB · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 10.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 14.2 (RB19) |
| Opponent | vs WAS | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (26.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 34% target share (last 3) | 39% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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It is a coin flip. DeVonta Smith projects for 13.8 PPR points and Rhamondre Stevenson for 13.6, within 0.2 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: 13.8 PPR points for DeVonta Smith and 13.6 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
The sources range from 12.0 to 15.9 for Smith and from 10.5 to 15.9 for Stevenson. Either result is well inside both ranges.
DeVonta Smith is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Smith at 12.0 PPR points, against 10.5 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
They share the same ceiling, 15.9 PPR points.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
DeVonta Smith plays WAS and Rhamondre Stevenson plays MIA in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Smith faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs and Stevenson faces the 4th-softest defense against RBs, so Rhamondre Stevenson 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 DeVonta Smith has drawn 34% of his team's targets, and Rhamondre Stevenson 39% 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 DeVonta Smith.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither DeVonta Smith nor Rhamondre Stevenson 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). DeVonta Smith is projected by 4 of them and Rhamondre Stevenson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.