Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan is projected for 15.1 PPR points vs 11.4 for Jaylen Waddle, and faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Tetairoa McMillan WR · CAR | Jaylen Waddle WR · DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 15.1 | 11.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.4 | 10.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.7 | 12.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.7 (WR11) | — |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (35.7 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-toughest (23.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 30% target share (last 3) | 27% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · WR3 |
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Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan projects for 15.1 PPR points vs GB, against 11.4 for Jaylen Waddle vs KC: a 3.7-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.
Tetairoa McMillan is projected to score more: 15.1 PPR points to 11.4 for Jaylen Waddle.
The sources range from 14.4 to 15.7 for McMillan and from 10.7 to 12.4 for Waddle. Even Waddle's highest projection is below McMillan's lowest.
Tetairoa McMillan is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McMillan at 14.4 PPR points, against 10.7 for Jaylen Waddle.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tetairoa McMillan has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McMillan at 15.7 PPR points, against 12.4 for Jaylen Waddle.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tetairoa McMillan plays GB and Jaylen Waddle plays KC in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McMillan faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs and Waddle faces the 2nd-toughest defense against WRs, so Tetairoa McMillan 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 Tetairoa McMillan has drawn 30% of his team's targets, and Jaylen Waddle 27% of his team's targets.
Tetairoa McMillan 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 Tetairoa McMillan.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tetairoa McMillan nor Jaylen Waddle 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). Tetairoa McMillan 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.