Start Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson is projected for 13.6 PPR points vs 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka, and faces the 4th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rhamondre Stevenson RB · NE | Emeka Egbuka WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 13.6 | 12.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.9 | 14.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.2 (RB19) | 12.6 (WR21) |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-softest (26.4 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 39% carry share (last 3) | 32% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson projects for 13.6 PPR points vs MIA, against 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka vs ATL: a 0.9-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.
Rhamondre Stevenson is projected to score more: 13.6 PPR points to 12.7 for Emeka Egbuka.
The sources range from 10.5 to 15.9 for Stevenson and from 11.5 to 14.1 for Egbuka. The ranges overlap, so Egbuka outscoring Stevenson is a realistic result.
Emeka Egbuka is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Egbuka at 11.5 PPR points, against 10.5 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rhamondre Stevenson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Stevenson at 15.9 PPR points, against 14.1 for Emeka Egbuka.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rhamondre Stevenson plays MIA and Emeka Egbuka plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Stevenson faces the 4th-softest defense against RBs and Egbuka faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs, so Rhamondre Stevenson 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 Rhamondre Stevenson has drawn 39% of his team's carries, and Emeka Egbuka 32% of his team's targets.
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 Rhamondre Stevenson 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). Rhamondre Stevenson is projected by 6 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.