Start Mike Gesicki. Gesicki is projected for 8.9 PPR points vs 8.6 for Eli Raridon, and faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Mike Gesicki TE · CIN | Eli Raridon TE · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.1 | 7.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.2 (TE22) | 8.7 (TE20) |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs GB |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (13.9 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-toughest (9.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 9% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Mike Gesicki. Gesicki projects for 8.9 PPR points vs ATL, against 8.6 for Eli Raridon vs GB: a 0.3-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.
Mike Gesicki is projected to score more: 8.9 PPR points to 8.6 for Eli Raridon.
The sources range from 8.1 to 10.2 for Gesicki and from 7.5 to 11.4 for Raridon. The ranges overlap, so Raridon outscoring Gesicki is a realistic result.
Mike Gesicki is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Gesicki at 8.1 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 10.2 for Mike Gesicki.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Mike Gesicki plays ATL and Eli Raridon plays GB in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Gesicki faces the 16th-softest defense against TEs and Raridon faces the 2nd-toughest defense against TEs, so Mike Gesicki 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 Mike Gesicki has drawn 9% of his team's targets, and Eli Raridon 14% of his team's targets.
Eli Raridon 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 Eli Raridon.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Mike Gesicki 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). Mike Gesicki 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.