Start Emeka Egbuka. Egbuka is projected for 12.7 PPR points vs 12.1 for Rachaad White, and faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Emeka Egbuka WR · TB | Rachaad White RB · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.7 | 12.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.1 | 15.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.6 (WR21) | 11.5 (RB24) |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 32% target share (last 3) | 28% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Emeka Egbuka. Egbuka projects for 12.7 PPR points vs ATL, against 12.1 for Rachaad White vs PHI: a 0.6-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.
Emeka Egbuka is projected to score more: 12.7 PPR points to 12.1 for Rachaad White.
The sources range from 11.5 to 14.1 for Egbuka and from 10.8 to 15.5 for White. The ranges overlap, so White outscoring Egbuka is a realistic result.
Emeka Egbuka is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Egbuka at 11.5 PPR points, against 10.8 for Rachaad White.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rachaad White has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has White at 15.5 PPR points, against 14.1 for Emeka Egbuka.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Emeka Egbuka plays ATL and Rachaad White plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Egbuka faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs and White faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs, 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 Emeka Egbuka has drawn 32% of his team's targets, and Rachaad White 28% 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 Emeka Egbuka.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Emeka Egbuka nor Rachaad White 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). Emeka Egbuka is projected by 5 of them and Rachaad White by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.