Start Tyjae Spears. Spears is projected for 5.4 PPR points vs 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin, and faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tyjae Spears RB · TEN | Jaleel McLaughlin RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 0.6 (RB67) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (17.9 pts/g allowed) | 12th-toughest (20.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% carry share (last 3) | 11% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Tyjae Spears. Spears projects for 5.4 PPR points vs CIN, against 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin vs PIT: a 5.0-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.
Tyjae Spears is projected to score more: 5.4 PPR points to 0.4 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
The sources range from 1.0 to 7.5 for Spears and from 0.0 to 1.1 for McLaughlin. The ranges overlap, so McLaughlin outscoring Spears is a realistic result.
Tyjae Spears is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Spears at 1.0 PPR points, against 0.0 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyjae Spears has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Spears at 7.5 PPR points, against 1.1 for Jaleel McLaughlin.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tyjae Spears plays CIN and Jaleel McLaughlin plays PIT in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Spears faces the 4th-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 Tyjae Spears has drawn 8% 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 Tyjae Spears 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). Tyjae Spears is projected by 5 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.