Start Woody Marks. Marks is projected for 13.2 PPR points vs 12.9 for Isaiah Likely, and faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Woody Marks RB · HOU | Isaiah Likely TE · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 13.2 | 12.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.4 | 12.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.9 | 14.3 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NYG | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-softest (21.6 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (10.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 51% carry share (last 3) | 29% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Woody Marks. Marks projects for 13.2 PPR points vs NYG, against 12.9 for Isaiah Likely 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.
Woody Marks is projected to score more: 13.2 PPR points to 12.9 for Isaiah Likely.
The sources range from 10.4 to 14.9 for Marks and from 12.0 to 14.3 for Likely. The ranges overlap, so Likely outscoring Marks is a realistic result.
Isaiah Likely is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Likely at 12.0 PPR points, against 10.4 for Woody Marks.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Woody Marks has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Marks at 14.9 PPR points, against 14.3 for Isaiah Likely.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Woody Marks plays NYG and Isaiah Likely plays HOU in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Marks faces the 15th-softest defense against RBs and Likely faces the 11th-toughest defense against TEs, so Woody Marks 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 Woody Marks has drawn 51% of his team's carries, and Isaiah Likely 29% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Isaiah Likely.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Woody Marks nor Isaiah Likely has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Woody Marks is projected by 5 of them and Isaiah Likely by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.