Too close to call: Tyjae Spears (6.5) and Dylan Sampson (6.4) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Tyjae Spears faces the 2nd-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Tyjae Spears RB · TEN | Dylan Sampson RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.0 | 6.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CLE | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-toughest (16.2 pts/g allowed) | 13th-toughest (20.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% carry share (last 3) | 30% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Tyjae Spears projects for 6.5 PPR points and Dylan Sampson for 6.4, 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: 6.5 PPR points for Tyjae Spears and 6.4 for Dylan Sampson.
The sources range from 5.0 to 7.2 for Spears and from 6.1 to 6.7 for Sampson. 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 5.0 for Tyjae Spears.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyjae Spears has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Spears at 7.2 PPR points, against 6.7 for Dylan Sampson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tyjae Spears plays CLE and Dylan Sampson plays TEN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Spears faces the 2nd-toughest defense against RBs and Sampson faces the 13th-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 Tyjae Spears has drawn 8% of his team's carries, and Dylan Sampson 30% 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 Tyjae Spears nor Dylan Sampson 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). Tyjae Spears is projected by 5 of them and Dylan Sampson by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.