Start Jameson Williams. Williams is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs 9.9 for Omar Cooper Jr., and faces the 4th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jameson Williams WR · DET | Omar Cooper Jr. WR · NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.3 (WR26) | 9.8 (WR38) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs LV |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (25.3 pts/g allowed) | 15th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 16% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR3 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Jameson Williams. Williams projects for 10.7 PPR points vs MIN, against 9.9 for Omar Cooper Jr. vs LV: a 0.8-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.
Jameson Williams is projected to score more: 10.7 PPR points to 9.9 for Omar Cooper Jr..
The sources range from 10.1 to 11.3 for Williams and from 9.1 to 10.5 for Cooper Jr.. The ranges overlap, so Cooper Jr. outscoring Williams is a realistic result.
Jameson Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 10.1 PPR points, against 9.1 for Omar Cooper Jr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jameson Williams has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Williams at 11.3 PPR points, against 10.5 for Omar Cooper Jr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jameson Williams plays MIN and Omar Cooper Jr. plays LV in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 4th-toughest defense against WRs and Cooper Jr. faces the 15th-softest defense against WRs, so Omar Cooper Jr. 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 Jameson Williams has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Omar Cooper Jr. 16% of his team's targets.
Jameson Williams 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 Jameson Williams.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jameson Williams nor Omar Cooper Jr. 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). Jameson Williams is projected by 5 of them and Omar Cooper Jr. by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.