Start Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson is projected for 12.0 PPR points vs 11.7 for Jaylen Waddle, and faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Rhamondre Stevenson RB · NE | Jaylen Waddle WR · DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 12.0 | 11.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.2 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (17.0 pts/g allowed) | 10th-softest (34.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 39% carry share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR3 |
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Start Rhamondre Stevenson. Stevenson projects for 12.0 PPR points vs CHI, against 11.7 for Jaylen Waddle vs ARI: 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.
Rhamondre Stevenson is projected to score more: 12.0 PPR points to 11.7 for Jaylen Waddle.
The sources range from 11.1 to 14.2 for Stevenson and from 11.2 to 12.7 for Waddle. The ranges overlap, so Waddle outscoring Stevenson is a realistic result.
Jaylen Waddle is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Waddle at 11.2 PPR points, against 11.1 for Rhamondre Stevenson.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rhamondre Stevenson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Stevenson at 14.2 PPR points, against 12.7 for Jaylen Waddle.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rhamondre Stevenson plays CHI and Jaylen Waddle plays ARI in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Stevenson faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs and Waddle faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs, 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 Rhamondre Stevenson has drawn 39% of his team's carries, and Jaylen Waddle 21% of his team's targets.
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 Rhamondre Stevenson nor Jaylen Waddle 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). Rhamondre Stevenson is projected by 5 of them and Jaylen Waddle by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.