Start Jalen Coker. Coker is projected for 13.1 PPR points vs 10.6 for Tre Tucker, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jalen Coker WR · CAR | Tre Tucker WR · LV | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.1 | 10.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 9.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.0 | 13.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.1 (WR19) | 9.9 (WR39) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs SF |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.9 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (29.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 19% 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 10.6 for Tre Tucker vs SF: a 2.5-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 10.6 for Tre Tucker.
The sources range from 12.0 to 14.0 for Coker and from 9.4 to 13.4 for Tucker. The ranges overlap, so Tucker outscoring Coker is a realistic result.
Jalen Coker is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Coker at 12.0 PPR points, against 9.4 for Tre Tucker.
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 13.4 for Tre Tucker.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jalen Coker plays DEN and Tre Tucker plays SF in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Coker faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Tucker faces the 11th-toughest defense against WRs, so Tre Tucker 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 Tre Tucker 19% 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 Tre Tucker 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 Tre Tucker by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.