Start Drake London. London is projected for 17.4 PPR points vs 16.9 for James Cook III, and faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Drake London WR · ATL | James Cook III RB · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.4 | 16.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.5 | 16.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.7 | 18.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.7 (WR6) | 16.7 (RB8) |
| Opponent | vs TB | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-toughest (29.9 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (18.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 32% target share (last 3) | 69% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong RB1 |
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Start Drake London. London projects for 17.4 PPR points vs TB, against 16.9 for James Cook III vs BAL: a 0.5-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 16.9 for James Cook III.
The sources range from 16.5 to 18.7 for London and from 16.1 to 18.8 for Cook III. The ranges overlap, so Cook III outscoring London is a realistic result.
Drake London is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has London at 16.5 PPR points, against 16.1 for James Cook III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
James Cook III has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Cook III at 18.8 PPR points, against 18.7 for Drake London.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Drake London plays TB and James Cook III plays BAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, London faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs and Cook III faces the 5th-toughest defense against RBs, so Drake London 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 James Cook III 69% 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 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 James Cook III 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 James Cook III by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.