Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. is projected for 9.4 PPR points vs 7.8 for Mike Gesicki, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Harold Fannin Jr. TE · CLE | Mike Gesicki TE · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.4 | 7.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.5 | 7.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.7 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.6 (TE14) | 7.3 (TE21) |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (10.9 pts/g allowed) | 8th-toughest (10.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 7% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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Start Harold Fannin Jr.. Fannin Jr. projects for 9.4 PPR points vs PIT, against 7.8 for Mike Gesicki vs TEN: a 1.6-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: 9.4 PPR points to 7.8 for Mike Gesicki.
The sources range from 8.5 to 10.7 for Fannin Jr. and from 7.0 to 8.3 for Gesicki. Even Gesicki'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 8.5 PPR points, against 7.0 for Mike Gesicki.
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 10.7 PPR points, against 8.3 for Mike Gesicki.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Harold Fannin Jr. plays PIT and Mike Gesicki plays TEN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Fannin Jr. faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs and Gesicki faces the 8th-toughest defense against TEs, so Harold Fannin Jr. 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 17% of his team's targets, and Mike Gesicki 7% 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 Mike Gesicki 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). Harold Fannin Jr. is projected by 5 of them and Mike Gesicki by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.