Start Michael Wilson. Wilson is projected for 13.7 PPR points vs 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson, and faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Michael Wilson WR · ARI | Emanuel Wilson RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 13.7 | 8.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.6 | 2.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.8 | 14.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.7 (WR17) | 14.7 (RB18) |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (35.5 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (18.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 62% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Michael Wilson. Wilson projects for 13.7 PPR points vs DAL, against 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson vs CHI: a 5.0-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.
Michael Wilson is projected to score more: 13.7 PPR points to 8.7 for Emanuel Wilson.
The sources range from 12.6 to 15.8 for Wilson and from 2.9 to 14.7 for Wilson. The ranges overlap, so Wilson outscoring Wilson is a realistic result.
Michael Wilson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Wilson at 12.6 PPR points, against 2.9 for Emanuel Wilson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Michael Wilson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Wilson at 15.8 PPR points, against 14.7 for Emanuel Wilson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Michael Wilson plays DAL and Emanuel Wilson plays CHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Wilson faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and Wilson faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs, so Michael Wilson 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 Michael Wilson has drawn 18% of his team's targets, and Emanuel Wilson 62% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Michael Wilson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Michael Wilson nor Emanuel Wilson has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). Michael Wilson is projected by 5 of them and Emanuel Wilson by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.