Start Jahan Dotson. Dotson is projected for 7.6 PPR points vs 7.1 for Malachi Fields, and faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jahan Dotson WR · ATL | Malachi Fields WR · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.0 (WR55) | 6.9 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-softest (32.9 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (39.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Jahan Dotson. Dotson projects for 7.6 PPR points vs CIN, against 7.1 for Malachi Fields vs PHI: a 0.5-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.
Jahan Dotson is projected to score more: 7.6 PPR points to 7.1 for Malachi Fields.
The sources range from 5.7 to 9.1 for Dotson and from 6.5 to 8.4 for Fields. The ranges overlap, so Fields outscoring Dotson is a realistic result.
Malachi Fields is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fields at 6.5 PPR points, against 5.7 for Jahan Dotson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jahan Dotson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Dotson at 9.1 PPR points, against 8.4 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jahan Dotson plays CIN and Malachi Fields plays PHI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Dotson faces the 14th-softest defense against WRs and Fields faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields 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 Jahan Dotson has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Malachi Fields 12% of his team's targets.
Jahan Dotson 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 Jahan Dotson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jahan Dotson nor Malachi Fields 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). Jahan Dotson is projected by 6 of them and Malachi Fields by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.