Start Jaylin Noel. Noel is projected for 7.5 PPR points vs 7.1 for Rashid Shaheed, and faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Jaylin Noel WR · HOU | Rashid Shaheed WR · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.9 | 7.9 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NYG | vs KC |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (31.1 pts/g allowed) | 1st-toughest (20.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 13% target share (last 3) | 16% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Jaylin Noel. Noel projects for 7.5 PPR points vs NYG, against 7.1 for Rashid Shaheed vs KC: a 0.4-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.
Jaylin Noel is projected to score more: 7.5 PPR points to 7.1 for Rashid Shaheed.
The sources range from 4.9 to 8.9 for Noel and from 5.9 to 7.9 for Shaheed. The ranges overlap, so Shaheed outscoring Noel is a realistic result.
Rashid Shaheed is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Shaheed at 5.9 PPR points, against 4.9 for Jaylin Noel.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jaylin Noel has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Noel at 8.9 PPR points, against 7.9 for Rashid Shaheed.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jaylin Noel plays NYG and Rashid Shaheed plays KC in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Noel faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs and Shaheed faces the 1st-toughest defense against WRs, so Jaylin Noel 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 Jaylin Noel has drawn 13% of his team's targets, and Rashid Shaheed 16% of his team's targets.
Rashid Shaheed 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 Rashid Shaheed.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jaylin Noel nor Rashid Shaheed 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). Jaylin Noel is projected by 4 of them and Rashid Shaheed by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.