Start Ty Johnson. Johnson is projected for 5.5 PPR points vs 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ty Johnson RB · BUF | Jaleel McLaughlin RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 5.6 (RB43) | 0.6 (RB67) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (18.5 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (20.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 2% carry share (last 3) | 11% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ty Johnson. Johnson projects for 5.5 PPR points vs BAL, against 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin vs PIT: a 5.1-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.
Ty Johnson is projected to score more: 5.5 PPR points to 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
The sources range from 4.1 to 6.1 for Johnson and from 0.0 to 1.1 for McLaughlin. Even McLaughlin's highest projection is below Johnson's lowest.
Ty Johnson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Johnson at 4.1 PPR points, against 0.0 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ty Johnson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Johnson at 6.1 PPR points, against 1.1 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ty Johnson plays BAL and Jaleel McLaughlin plays PIT in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Johnson faces the 5th-toughest defense against RBs and McLaughlin faces the 12th-toughest defense against RBs, so Jaleel McLaughlin 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 Ty Johnson has drawn 2% of his team's carries, and Jaleel McLaughlin 11% of his team's carries.
Jaleel McLaughlin 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ty Johnson nor Jaleel McLaughlin 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). Ty Johnson is projected by 6 of them and Jaleel McLaughlin by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.