Start Ja'Marr Chase. Chase is projected for 21.1 PPR points vs 14.3 for Rashee Rice, and faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Ja'Marr Chase WR · CIN | Rashee Rice WR · KC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 21.1 | 14.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 19.2 | 13.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 22.9 | 15.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 20.4 (WR3) | 15.5 (WR14) |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (30.1 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (28.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 31% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Ja'Marr Chase. Chase projects for 21.1 PPR points vs ATL, against 14.3 for Rashee Rice vs NYJ: a 6.8-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.
Ja'Marr Chase is projected to score more: 21.1 PPR points to 14.3 for Rashee Rice.
The sources range from 19.2 to 22.9 for Chase and from 13.1 to 15.6 for Rice. Even Rice's highest projection is below Chase's lowest.
Ja'Marr Chase is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Chase at 19.2 PPR points, against 13.1 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ja'Marr Chase has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Chase at 22.9 PPR points, against 15.6 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ja'Marr Chase plays ATL and Rashee Rice plays NYJ in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Chase faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs and Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, so Ja'Marr Chase 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 Ja'Marr Chase has drawn 31% of his team's targets, and Rashee Rice 19% of his team's targets.
Ja'Marr Chase 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 Ja'Marr Chase.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ja'Marr Chase nor Rashee Rice 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). Ja'Marr Chase is projected by 6 of them and Rashee Rice by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.