Start Michael Mayer. Mayer is projected for 7.5 PPR points vs 5.2 for Gunnar Helm, and faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Michael Mayer TE · LV | Gunnar Helm TE · TEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 7.5 | 5.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.4 | 4.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.6 | 5.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.4 (TE20) | 5.7 (TE32) |
| Opponent | vs NYJ | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (10.4 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (15.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 11% target share (last 3) | 6% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Michael Mayer. Mayer projects for 7.5 PPR points vs NYJ, against 5.2 for Gunnar Helm vs CIN: a 2.3-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.
Michael Mayer is projected to score more: 7.5 PPR points to 5.2 for Gunnar Helm.
The sources range from 7.4 to 7.6 for Mayer and from 4.3 to 5.7 for Helm. Even Helm's highest projection is below Mayer's lowest.
Michael Mayer is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Mayer at 7.4 PPR points, against 4.3 for Gunnar Helm.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Michael Mayer has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Mayer at 7.6 PPR points, against 5.7 for Gunnar Helm.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Michael Mayer plays NYJ and Gunnar Helm plays CIN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mayer faces the 6th-toughest defense against TEs and Helm faces the 11th-softest defense against TEs, so Gunnar Helm 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 Michael Mayer has drawn 11% of his team's targets, and Gunnar Helm 6% of his team's targets.
Michael Mayer 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 Michael Mayer.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Michael Mayer nor Gunnar Helm 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). Michael Mayer is projected by 5 of them and Gunnar Helm by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.