Too close to call: Tee Higgins (17.0) and James Cook III (16.9) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Tee Higgins faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tee Higgins WR · CIN | James Cook III RB · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 17.0 | 16.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.5 | 16.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.8 | 18.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.2 (WR10) | 16.7 (RB8) |
| Opponent | vs TEN | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (18.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 24% target share (last 3) | 69% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · Strong RB1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Tee Higgins projects for 17.0 PPR points and James Cook III for 16.9, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 17.0 PPR points for Tee Higgins and 16.9 for James Cook III.
The sources range from 15.5 to 19.8 for Higgins and from 16.1 to 18.8 for Cook III. Either result is well inside both ranges.
James Cook III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Cook III at 16.1 PPR points, against 15.5 for Tee Higgins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tee Higgins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Higgins at 19.8 PPR points, against 18.8 for James Cook III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tee Higgins plays TEN and James Cook III plays BAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Higgins faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs and Cook III faces the 5th-toughest defense against RBs, so Tee Higgins 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 Tee Higgins has drawn 24% of his team's targets, and James Cook III 69% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Tee Higgins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tee Higgins 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). Tee Higgins is projected by 5 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.