Too close to call: DK Metcalf (12.3) and Rachaad White (12.1) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and DK Metcalf faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| DK Metcalf WR · PIT | Rachaad White RB · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.1 | 15.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.1 (WR19) | 11.5 (RB24) |
| Opponent | vs CLE | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-softest (31.8 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 25% target share (last 3) | 28% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. DK Metcalf projects for 12.3 PPR points and Rachaad White for 12.1, 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: 12.3 PPR points for DK Metcalf and 12.1 for Rachaad White.
The sources range from 11.5 to 13.1 for Metcalf and from 10.8 to 15.5 for White. Either result is well inside both ranges.
DK Metcalf is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Metcalf at 11.5 PPR points, against 10.8 for Rachaad White.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rachaad White has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has White at 15.5 PPR points, against 13.1 for DK Metcalf.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
DK Metcalf plays CLE and Rachaad White plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Metcalf faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs and White faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs, 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 DK Metcalf has drawn 25% of his team's targets, and Rachaad White 28% 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 DK Metcalf.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither DK Metcalf nor Rachaad White 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). DK Metcalf is projected by 5 of them and Rachaad White by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.