Start Jordan Mason. Mason is projected for 10.0 PPR points vs 9.5 for Emanuel Wilson, and faces the 6th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Jordan Mason RB · MIN | Emanuel Wilson RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.6 | 7.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs IND | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-softest (23.9 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 32% carry share (last 3) | 65% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Jordan Mason. Mason projects for 10.0 PPR points vs IND, against 9.5 for Emanuel Wilson vs KC: a 0.5-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.
Jordan Mason is projected to score more: 10.0 PPR points to 9.5 for Emanuel Wilson.
The sources range from 9.6 to 10.3 for Mason and from 7.1 to 10.7 for Wilson. The ranges overlap, so Wilson outscoring Mason is a realistic result.
Jordan Mason is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Mason at 9.6 PPR points, against 7.1 for Emanuel Wilson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Emanuel Wilson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Wilson at 10.7 PPR points, against 10.3 for Jordan Mason.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jordan Mason plays IND and Emanuel Wilson plays KC in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mason faces the 6th-softest defense against RBs and Wilson faces the 11th-toughest defense against RBs, so Jordan Mason 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 Jordan Mason has drawn 32% of his team's carries, and Emanuel Wilson 65% of his team's carries.
Emanuel Wilson 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 Jordan Mason nor Emanuel Wilson 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). Jordan Mason is projected by 5 of them and Emanuel Wilson by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.