Start Jalen Coker. Coker is projected for 13.1 PPR points vs 10.5 for Malik Washington, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jalen Coker WR · CAR | Malik Washington WR · MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.1 | 10.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 9.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.0 | 11.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.1 (WR19) | 10.7 (WR33) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs DET |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.9 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-softest (37.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Jalen Coker. Coker projects for 13.1 PPR points vs DEN, against 10.5 for Malik Washington vs DET: a 2.6-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.
Jalen Coker is projected to score more: 13.1 PPR points to 10.5 for Malik Washington.
The sources range from 12.0 to 14.0 for Coker and from 9.9 to 11.1 for Washington. Even Washington's highest projection is below Coker's lowest.
Jalen Coker is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Coker at 12.0 PPR points, against 9.9 for Malik Washington.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jalen Coker has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Coker at 14.0 PPR points, against 11.1 for Malik Washington.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jalen Coker plays DEN and Malik Washington plays DET in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Coker faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Washington faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs, so Malik Washington 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 Jalen Coker has drawn 22% of his team's targets, and Malik Washington 22% of his team's targets.
Jalen Coker 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 Jalen Coker.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jalen Coker nor Malik Washington has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Jalen Coker is projected by 6 of them and Malik Washington by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.