Start Parker Washington. Washington is projected for 16.7 PPR points vs 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka, and faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Parker Washington WR · JAX | Emeka Egbuka WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.7 | 12.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.1 | 11.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 18.4 | 14.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.3 (WR9) | 12.6 (WR21) |
| Opponent | vs IND | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-toughest (29.0 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 32% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Parker Washington. Washington projects for 16.7 PPR points vs IND, against 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka vs ATL: a 4.0-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.
Parker Washington is projected to score more: 16.7 PPR points to 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka.
The sources range from 16.1 to 18.4 for Washington and from 11.5 to 14.1 for Egbuka. Even Egbuka's highest projection is below Washington's lowest.
Parker Washington is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Washington at 16.1 PPR points, against 11.5 for Emeka Egbuka.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Parker Washington has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Washington at 18.4 PPR points, against 14.1 for Emeka Egbuka.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Parker Washington plays IND and Emeka Egbuka plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Washington faces the 8th-toughest defense against WRs and Egbuka faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs, so Emeka Egbuka 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 Parker Washington has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Emeka Egbuka 32% of his team's targets.
Emeka Egbuka 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 Emeka Egbuka.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Parker Washington nor Emeka Egbuka 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). Parker Washington is projected by 5 of them and Emeka Egbuka by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.