Start Dylan Sampson. Sampson is projected for 6.4 PPR points vs 5.6 for George Holani, and faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Dylan Sampson RB · CLE | George Holani RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs TEN | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (20.0 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 30% carry share (last 3) | 19% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Dylan Sampson. Sampson projects for 6.4 PPR points vs TEN, against 5.6 for George Holani vs KC: a 0.8-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.
Dylan Sampson is projected to score more: 6.4 PPR points to 5.6 for George Holani.
The sources range from 6.1 to 6.7 for Sampson and from 3.7 to 7.1 for Holani. The ranges overlap, so Holani outscoring Sampson is a realistic result.
Dylan Sampson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Sampson at 6.1 PPR points, against 3.7 for George Holani.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
George Holani has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Holani at 7.1 PPR points, against 6.7 for Dylan Sampson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Dylan Sampson plays TEN and George Holani plays KC in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Sampson faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs and Holani faces the 11th-toughest defense against RBs, so Dylan Sampson 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 Dylan Sampson has drawn 30% of his team's carries, and George Holani 19% of his team's carries.
Dylan Sampson 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Dylan Sampson nor George Holani 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). Dylan Sampson is projected by 4 of them and George Holani by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.