Start Tee Higgins. Higgins is projected for 18.1 PPR points vs 17.2 for Jonathan Taylor, and faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Tee Higgins WR · CIN | Jonathan Taylor RB · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 18.1 | 17.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.5 | 15.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.8 | 19.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 18.1 (WR8) | 15.2 (RB14) |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 15th-toughest (30.1 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (26.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 53% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · RB2 |
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Start Tee Higgins. Higgins projects for 18.1 PPR points vs ATL, against 17.2 for Jonathan Taylor vs DAL: a 0.9-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.
Tee Higgins is projected to score more: 18.1 PPR points to 17.2 for Jonathan Taylor.
The sources range from 16.5 to 19.8 for Higgins and from 15.2 to 19.6 for Taylor. The ranges overlap, so Taylor outscoring Higgins is a realistic result.
Tee Higgins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Higgins at 16.5 PPR points, against 15.2 for Jonathan Taylor.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tee Higgins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Higgins at 19.8 PPR points, against 19.6 for Jonathan Taylor.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tee Higgins plays ATL and Jonathan Taylor plays DAL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Higgins faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs and Taylor faces the 4th-softest defense against RBs, so Jonathan Taylor 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 Tee Higgins has drawn 21% of his team's targets, and Jonathan Taylor 53% 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 Tee Higgins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tee Higgins nor Jonathan Taylor has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Tee Higgins is projected by 6 of them and Jonathan Taylor by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.