Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. is projected for 11.8 PPR points vs 9.0 for Greg Dulcich, and faces the 6th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Harold Fannin Jr. TE · CLE | Greg Dulcich TE · MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.8 | 9.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.4 | 8.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.5 | 9.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.9 (TE9) | 9.4 (TE18) |
| Opponent | vs NO | vs DET |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-softest (17.0 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (27.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · TE1 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. projects for 11.8 PPR points vs NO, against 9.0 for Greg Dulcich vs DET: a 2.8-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.
Harold Fannin Jr. is projected to score more: 11.8 PPR points to 9.0 for Greg Dulcich.
The sources range from 11.4 to 12.5 for Fannin Jr. and from 8.1 to 9.6 for Dulcich. Even Dulcich's highest projection is below Fannin Jr.'s lowest.
Harold Fannin Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fannin Jr. at 11.4 PPR points, against 8.1 for Greg Dulcich.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Harold Fannin Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Fannin Jr. at 12.5 PPR points, against 9.6 for Greg Dulcich.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Harold Fannin Jr. plays NO and Greg Dulcich plays DET in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Fannin Jr. faces the 6th-softest defense against TEs and Dulcich faces the 1st-softest defense against TEs, so Greg Dulcich 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 Harold Fannin Jr. has drawn 24% of his team's targets, and Greg Dulcich 21% of his team's targets.
Harold Fannin Jr. 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 Harold Fannin Jr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Harold Fannin Jr. nor Greg Dulcich has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Harold Fannin Jr. is projected by 5 of them and Greg Dulcich by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.