Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Smith-Njigba is projected for 23.0 PPR points vs 15.1 for George Pickens, and faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR · SEA | George Pickens WR · DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 23.0 | 15.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 20.8 | 13.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 25.0 | 16.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 22.6 (WR2) | 15.4 (WR12) |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-toughest (29.2 pts/g allowed) | 12th-softest (33.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 36% target share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong WR1 |
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Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Smith-Njigba projects for 23.0 PPR points vs CHI, against 15.1 for George Pickens vs ARI: a 7.9-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.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected to score more: 23.0 PPR points to 15.1 for George Pickens.
The sources range from 20.8 to 25.0 for Smith-Njigba and from 13.9 to 16.0 for Pickens. Even Pickens's highest projection is below Smith-Njigba's lowest.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Smith-Njigba at 20.8 PPR points, against 13.9 for George Pickens.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Smith-Njigba at 25.0 PPR points, against 16.0 for George Pickens.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba plays CHI and George Pickens plays ARI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Smith-Njigba faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs and Pickens faces the 12th-softest defense against WRs, so George Pickens 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba has drawn 36% of his team's targets, and George Pickens 25% of his team's targets.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba 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 Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jaxon Smith-Njigba nor George Pickens 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). Jaxon Smith-Njigba is projected by 5 of them and George Pickens by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.