Start Kyle Pitts Sr.. Pitts Sr. is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs 8.6 for Eli Raridon, and faces the 8th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Kyle Pitts Sr. TE · ATL | Eli Raridon TE · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 9.9 | 8.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.6 | 11.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.6 (TE14) | 8.7 (TE20) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs GB |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (16.5 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-toughest (9.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kyle Pitts Sr.. Pitts Sr. projects for 9.9 PPR points vs CIN, against 8.6 for Eli Raridon vs GB: a 1.3-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.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is projected to score more: 9.9 PPR points to 8.6 for Eli Raridon.
The sources range from 8.9 to 10.6 for Pitts Sr. and from 7.5 to 11.4 for Raridon. The ranges overlap, so Raridon outscoring Pitts Sr. is a realistic result.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Pitts Sr. at 8.9 PPR points, against 7.5 for Eli Raridon.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Eli Raridon has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Raridon at 11.4 PPR points, against 10.6 for Kyle Pitts Sr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kyle Pitts Sr. plays CIN and Eli Raridon plays GB in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Pitts Sr. faces the 8th-softest defense against TEs and Raridon faces the 2nd-toughest defense against TEs, so Kyle Pitts Sr. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Eli Raridon 14% of his team's targets.
Kyle Pitts Sr. 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, which here is Kyle Pitts Sr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kyle Pitts Sr. nor Eli Raridon 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). Kyle Pitts Sr. is projected by 5 of them and Eli Raridon by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.