Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Lane is projected for 6.8 PPR points vs 6.4 for Rashod Bateman, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Ja'Kobi Lane WR · BAL | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 14% target share (last 2) | 10% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Lane projects for 6.8 PPR points vs CIN, against 6.4 for Rashod Bateman vs CIN: a 0.4-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.
Ja'Kobi Lane is projected to score more: 6.8 PPR points to 6.4 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 6.2 to 7.6 for Lane and from 5.4 to 7.1 for Bateman. The ranges overlap, so Bateman outscoring Lane is a realistic result.
Ja'Kobi Lane is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Lane at 6.2 PPR points, against 5.4 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ja'Kobi Lane has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Lane at 7.6 PPR points, against 7.1 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ja'Kobi Lane plays CIN and Rashod Bateman plays CIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Lane faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, so Ja'Kobi Lane 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 Ja'Kobi Lane has drawn 14% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 10% of his team's targets.
Ja'Kobi Lane 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 Ja'Kobi Lane.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ja'Kobi Lane nor Rashod Bateman 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). Ja'Kobi Lane is projected by 3 of them and Rashod Bateman by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.