Start Jameson Williams. Williams is projected for 13.1 PPR points vs 12.8 for Saquon Barkley, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jameson Williams WR · DET | Saquon Barkley RB · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.1 | 12.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 11.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.0 | 14.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.5 (WR21) | 12.5 (RB24) |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs NYG |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (25.4 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (19.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 27% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Jameson Williams. Williams projects for 13.1 PPR points vs MIA, against 12.8 for Saquon Barkley vs NYG: a 0.3-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 12.8 for Saquon Barkley.
The sources range from 12.0 to 14.0 for Williams and from 11.5 to 14.7 for Barkley. The ranges overlap, so Barkley 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 11.5 for Saquon Barkley.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Saquon Barkley has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Barkley at 14.7 PPR points, against 14.0 for Jameson Williams.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jameson Williams plays MIA and Saquon Barkley plays NYG in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Williams faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs and Barkley faces the 11th-toughest defense against RBs, so Saquon Barkley 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 Saquon Barkley 27% 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 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 Saquon Barkley 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 Saquon Barkley by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.