Too close to call: Dylan Sampson (6.4) and Justice Hill (6.4) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Dylan Sampson faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Dylan Sampson RB · CLE | Justice Hill RB · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs TEN | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (20.0 pts/g allowed) | 7th-toughest (18.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 30% carry share (last 3) | 6% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Dylan Sampson projects for 6.4 PPR points and Justice Hill for 6.4, within 0.0 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: 6.4 PPR points for Dylan Sampson and 6.4 for Justice Hill.
The sources range from 6.1 to 6.7 for Sampson and from 4.8 to 7.6 for Hill. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Dylan Sampson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Sampson at 6.1 PPR points, against 4.8 for Justice Hill.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Justice Hill has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hill at 7.6 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 Justice Hill plays CIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Sampson faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs and Hill faces the 7th-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 Justice Hill 6% 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 Justice Hill 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 Justice Hill by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.