Start Wan'Dale Robinson. Robinson is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs 6.2 for Ja'Kobi Lane, and faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Wan'Dale Robinson WR · TEN | Ja'Kobi Lane WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.8 | 3.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.3 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.9 (WR37) | 7.4 (WR54) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 15% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Wan'Dale Robinson. Robinson projects for 9.9 PPR points vs CIN, against 6.2 for Ja'Kobi Lane vs BUF: a 3.7-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.
Wan'Dale Robinson is projected to score more: 9.9 PPR points to 6.2 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
The sources range from 8.8 to 11.3 for Robinson and from 3.4 to 8.0 for Lane. Even Lane's highest projection is below Robinson's lowest.
Wan'Dale Robinson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Robinson at 8.8 PPR points, against 3.4 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Wan'Dale Robinson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Robinson at 11.3 PPR points, against 8.0 for Ja'Kobi Lane.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Wan'Dale Robinson plays CIN and Ja'Kobi Lane plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Robinson faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs and Lane faces the 1st-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 Wan'Dale Robinson has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Ja'Kobi Lane 15% of his team's targets.
Wan'Dale Robinson 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 Wan'Dale Robinson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Wan'Dale Robinson nor Ja'Kobi Lane 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). Wan'Dale Robinson is projected by 5 of them and Ja'Kobi Lane by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.