Start Tyler Warren. Warren is projected for 12.6 PPR points vs 12.2 for DJ Moore, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Tyler Warren TE · IND | DJ Moore WR · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.8 | 11.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.0 (TE5) | 11.3 (WR28) |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs MIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (13.7 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (25.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · WR3 |
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Start Tyler Warren. Warren projects for 12.6 PPR points vs DAL, against 12.2 for DJ Moore vs MIN: a 0.4-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.
Tyler Warren is projected to score more: 12.6 PPR points to 12.2 for DJ Moore.
The sources range from 11.8 to 13.3 for Warren and from 11.3 to 13.1 for Moore. The ranges overlap, so Moore outscoring Warren is a realistic result.
Tyler Warren is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Warren at 11.8 PPR points, against 11.3 for DJ Moore.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyler Warren has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Warren at 13.3 PPR points, against 13.1 for DJ Moore.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tyler Warren plays DAL and DJ Moore plays MIN in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Warren faces the 16th-toughest defense against TEs and Moore faces the 4th-toughest defense against WRs, so Tyler Warren 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 Tyler Warren has drawn 24% of his team's targets, and DJ Moore 21% of his team's targets.
Tyler Warren 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 Tyler Warren.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tyler Warren nor DJ Moore 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). Tyler Warren is projected by 5 of them and DJ Moore by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.