Too close to call: Omarion Hampton (8.7) and Dylan Sampson (8.6) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Omarion Hampton faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Omarion Hampton RB · LAC | Dylan Sampson RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.8 (RB32) | 7.4 (RB36) |
| Opponent | vs HOU | vs NO |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-softest (22.3 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (30.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 37% carry share (last 3) | 11% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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It is a coin flip. Omarion Hampton projects for 8.7 PPR points and Dylan Sampson for 8.6, within 0.1 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: 8.7 PPR points for Omarion Hampton and 8.6 for Dylan Sampson.
The sources range from 8.3 to 9.2 for Hampton and from 7.4 to 9.0 for Sampson. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Omarion Hampton is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hampton at 8.3 PPR points, against 7.4 for Dylan Sampson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Omarion Hampton has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hampton at 9.2 PPR points, against 9.0 for Dylan Sampson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Omarion Hampton plays HOU and Dylan Sampson plays NO in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Hampton faces the 13th-softest defense against RBs and Sampson faces the 1st-softest 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 Omarion Hampton has drawn 37% of his team's carries, and Dylan Sampson 11% of his team's carries.
Omarion Hampton 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 Omarion Hampton nor Dylan Sampson has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Omarion Hampton is projected by 6 of them and Dylan Sampson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.