Start Drake London. London is projected for 17.4 PPR points vs 12.3 for DK Metcalf, and faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Drake London WR · ATL | DK Metcalf WR · PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.4 | 12.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.5 | 11.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.7 | 13.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.7 (WR6) | 13.1 (WR19) |
| Opponent | vs TB | vs CLE |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-toughest (29.9 pts/g allowed) | 14th-softest (31.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 32% target share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Drake London. London projects for 17.4 PPR points vs TB, against 12.3 for DK Metcalf vs CLE: a 5.1-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.
Drake London is projected to score more: 17.4 PPR points to 12.3 for DK Metcalf.
The sources range from 16.5 to 18.7 for London and from 11.5 to 13.1 for Metcalf. Even Metcalf's highest projection is below London's lowest.
Drake London is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has London at 16.5 PPR points, against 11.5 for DK Metcalf.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Drake London has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has London at 18.7 PPR points, against 13.1 for DK Metcalf.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Drake London plays TB and DK Metcalf plays CLE in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, London faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs and Metcalf faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs, so DK Metcalf 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 Drake London has drawn 32% of his team's targets, and DK Metcalf 25% of his team's targets.
Drake London 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 Drake London.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Drake London nor DK Metcalf 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). Drake London is projected by 5 of them and DK Metcalf by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.