Start Jameson Williams. Williams is projected for 13.1 PPR points vs 12.2 for Sam LaPorta, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jameson Williams WR · DET | Sam LaPorta TE · DET | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.1 | 12.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 11.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.0 | 13.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.5 (WR21) | 11.3 (TE12) |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (25.4 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-softest (19.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · TE1 |
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Start Jameson Williams. Williams projects for 13.1 PPR points vs MIA, against 12.2 for Sam LaPorta vs MIA: a 0.9-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: 13.1 PPR points to 12.2 for Sam LaPorta.
The sources range from 12.0 to 14.0 for Williams and from 11.3 to 13.3 for LaPorta. The ranges overlap, so LaPorta outscoring Williams is a realistic result.
Jameson Williams is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Williams at 12.0 PPR points, against 11.3 for Sam LaPorta.
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 14.0 PPR points, against 13.3 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jameson Williams plays MIA and Sam LaPorta plays MIA in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and LaPorta faces the 3rd-softest defense against TEs, so Sam LaPorta 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 22% of his team's targets, and Sam LaPorta 14% 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 Sam LaPorta 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). Jameson Williams is projected by 6 of them and Sam LaPorta by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.