Start Kyren Williams. Williams is projected for 17.9 PPR points vs 17.4 for Drake London, and faces the 9th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kyren Williams RB · LAR | Drake London WR · ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.9 | 17.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.7 | 16.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.7 | 18.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.0 (RB5) | 18.7 (WR6) |
| Opponent | vs LAC | vs TB |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (23.5 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (29.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 52% carry share (last 3) | 32% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong WR1 |
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Start Kyren Williams. Williams projects for 17.9 PPR points vs LAC, against 17.4 for Drake London vs TB: 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.
Kyren Williams is projected to score more: 17.9 PPR points to 17.4 for Drake London.
The sources range from 16.7 to 19.7 for Williams and from 16.5 to 18.7 for London. The ranges overlap, so London outscoring Williams is a realistic result.
Kyren Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 16.7 PPR points, against 16.5 for Drake London.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kyren Williams has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Williams at 19.7 PPR points, against 18.7 for Drake London.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kyren Williams plays LAC and Drake London plays TB in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 9th-softest defense against RBs and London faces the 12th-toughest defense against WRs, so Kyren Williams 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 Kyren Williams has drawn 52% of his team's carries, and Drake London 32% of his team's targets.
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 Kyren Williams nor Drake London 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). Kyren Williams is projected by 6 of them and Drake London by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.