Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Lane is projected for 6.2 PPR points vs 5.6 for Ted Hurst III, and faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ja'Kobi Lane WR · BAL | Ted Hurst III WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 3.4 | 5.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.0 | 6.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.4 (WR54) | 5.4 (WR68) |
| Opponent | vs BUF | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Lane projects for 6.2 PPR points vs BUF, against 5.6 for Ted Hurst III vs ATL: a 0.6-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.
Ja'Kobi Lane is projected to score more: 6.2 PPR points to 5.6 for Ted Hurst III.
The sources range from 3.4 to 8.0 for Lane and from 5.0 to 6.8 for Hurst III. The ranges overlap, so Hurst III outscoring Lane is a realistic result.
Ted Hurst III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hurst III at 5.0 PPR points, against 3.4 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
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 8.0 PPR points, against 6.8 for Ted Hurst III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ja'Kobi Lane plays BUF and Ted Hurst III plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Lane faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs and Hurst III faces the 11th-softest 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 15% of his team's targets, and Ted Hurst III 9% 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 Ted Hurst III 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). Ja'Kobi Lane is projected by 5 of them and Ted Hurst III by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.