Too close to call: Malachi Fields (6.3) and Dontayvion Wicks (6.1) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Malachi Fields faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Malachi Fields WR · NYG | Dontayvion Wicks WR · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.0 | 6.8 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs HOU | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-softest (38.1 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (36.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 11% target share (last 3) | 16% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Malachi Fields projects for 6.3 PPR points and Dontayvion Wicks for 6.1, 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: 6.3 PPR points for Malachi Fields and 6.1 for Dontayvion Wicks.
The sources range from 5.5 to 8.0 for Fields and from 5.6 to 6.8 for Wicks. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Dontayvion Wicks is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Wicks at 5.6 PPR points, against 5.5 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Malachi Fields has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Fields at 8.0 PPR points, against 6.8 for Dontayvion Wicks.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Malachi Fields plays HOU and Dontayvion Wicks plays DAL in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Fields faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs and Wicks faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields 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 Malachi Fields has drawn 11% of his team's targets, and Dontayvion Wicks 16% of his team's targets.
Dontayvion Wicks 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 Dontayvion Wicks.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Malachi Fields nor Dontayvion Wicks has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Malachi Fields is projected by 4 of them and Dontayvion Wicks by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.