Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. is projected for 11.8 PPR points vs 11.5 for Ladd McConkey, and faces the 6th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Harold Fannin Jr. TE · CLE | Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.8 | 11.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.5 | 13.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.9 (TE9) | 11.0 (WR31) |
| Opponent | vs NO | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-softest (17.0 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (37.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · TE1 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. projects for 11.8 PPR points vs NO, against 11.5 for Ladd McConkey vs HOU: a 0.3-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.
Harold Fannin Jr. is projected to score more: 11.8 PPR points to 11.5 for Ladd McConkey.
The sources range from 11.4 to 12.5 for Fannin Jr. and from 10.5 to 13.0 for McConkey. The ranges overlap, so McConkey outscoring Fannin Jr. is a realistic result.
Harold Fannin Jr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fannin Jr. at 11.4 PPR points, against 10.5 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 13.0 PPR points, against 12.5 for Harold Fannin Jr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Harold Fannin Jr. plays NO and Ladd McConkey plays HOU in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Fannin Jr. faces the 6th-softest defense against TEs and McConkey faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Ladd McConkey 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 Ladd McConkey 9% 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 Ladd McConkey 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 Ladd McConkey by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.