Start Kyren Williams. Williams is projected for 17.9 PPR points vs 16.9 for James Cook III, and faces the 9th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kyren Williams RB · LAR | James Cook III RB · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.9 | 16.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.7 | 16.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.7 | 18.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.0 (RB5) | 16.7 (RB8) |
| Opponent | vs LAC | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (23.5 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (18.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 52% carry share (last 3) | 69% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong RB1 |
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Start Kyren Williams. Williams projects for 17.9 PPR points vs LAC, against 16.9 for James Cook III vs BAL: a 1.0-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.
Kyren Williams is projected to score more: 17.9 PPR points to 16.9 for James Cook III.
The sources range from 16.7 to 19.7 for Williams and from 16.1 to 18.8 for Cook III. The ranges overlap, so Cook III outscoring Williams is a realistic result.
Kyren Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 16.7 PPR points, against 16.1 for James Cook III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kyren Williams has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Williams at 19.7 PPR points, against 18.8 for James Cook III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kyren Williams plays LAC and James Cook III plays BAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 9th-softest defense against RBs and Cook III faces the 5th-toughest defense against RBs, so Kyren Williams 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 Kyren Williams has drawn 52% of his team's carries, and James Cook III 69% of his team's carries.
James Cook III 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 Kyren Williams nor James Cook III 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). Kyren Williams is projected by 6 of them and James Cook III by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.