Start Jonah Coleman. Coleman is projected for 9.3 PPR points vs 7.6 for Zonovan Knight, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jonah Coleman RB · DEN | Zonovan Knight RB · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.3 | 7.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.6 | 4.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.1 (RB29) | 11.3 (RB26) |
| Opponent | vs KC | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (19.5 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 28% carry share (last 3) | 30% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Jonah Coleman. Coleman projects for 9.3 PPR points vs KC, against 7.6 for Zonovan Knight vs DAL: a 1.7-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.
Jonah Coleman is projected to score more: 9.3 PPR points to 7.6 for Zonovan Knight.
The sources range from 7.6 to 11.7 for Coleman and from 4.1 to 11.3 for Knight. The ranges overlap, so Knight outscoring Coleman is a realistic result.
Jonah Coleman is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Coleman at 7.6 PPR points, against 4.1 for Zonovan Knight.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jonah Coleman has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Coleman at 11.7 PPR points, against 11.3 for Zonovan Knight.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jonah Coleman plays KC and Zonovan Knight plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Coleman faces the 9th-toughest defense against RBs and Knight faces the 7th-softest defense against RBs, so Zonovan Knight 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 Jonah Coleman has drawn 28% of his team's carries, and Zonovan Knight 30% of his team's carries.
Zonovan Knight 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jonah Coleman nor Zonovan Knight 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). Jonah Coleman is projected by 6 of them and Zonovan Knight by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.