Too close to call: Jaylen Waddle (11.7) and J.K. Dobbins (11.7) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Jaylen Waddle faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Jaylen Waddle WR · DEN | J.K. Dobbins RB · DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.2 | 9.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.7 | 14.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs ARI | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (34.9 pts/g allowed) | 14th-toughest (20.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 58% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR3 | START · RB2 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Jaylen Waddle projects for 11.7 PPR points and J.K. Dobbins for 11.7, within 0.0 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: 11.7 PPR points for Jaylen Waddle and 11.7 for J.K. Dobbins.
The sources range from 11.2 to 12.7 for Waddle and from 9.6 to 14.0 for Dobbins. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Jaylen Waddle is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Waddle at 11.2 PPR points, against 9.6 for J.K. Dobbins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
J.K. Dobbins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Dobbins at 14.0 PPR points, against 12.7 for Jaylen Waddle.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jaylen Waddle plays ARI and J.K. Dobbins plays ARI in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Waddle faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and Dobbins faces the 14th-toughest defense against RBs, so Jaylen Waddle 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 Jaylen Waddle has drawn 21% of his team's targets, and J.K. Dobbins 58% 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 Jaylen Waddle.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jaylen Waddle nor J.K. Dobbins has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Jaylen Waddle is projected by 4 of them and J.K. Dobbins by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.