Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Mike Evans: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Mike Evans is on a bye, and Ja'Kobi Lane is projected for 6.2 PPR points vs BUF.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Mike Evans: Week 8 side by side

Ja'Kobi Lane
WR · BAL
Mike Evans
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)6.2—
Floor (lowest source)3.4—
Ceiling (highest source)8.0—
StatChasers projection7.4 (WR54)—
Opponentvs BUFBye
Opponent vs. position1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage15% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Mike Evans Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Mike Evans in Week 8?

Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Mike Evans is on a bye, while Ja'Kobi Lane projects for 6.2 PPR points vs BUF.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Ja'Kobi Lane or Mike Evans?

Ja'Kobi Lane plays BUF and Mike Evans is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Mike Evans?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Ja'Kobi Lane and Mike Evans playing in Week 8?

Ja'Kobi Lane has no injury designation, and Mike Evans is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Ja'Kobi Lane and Mike Evans projections come from?

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). Ja'Kobi Lane is projected by 5 of them and Mike Evans by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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