Start Jordan Addison. Addison is projected for 9.5 PPR points vs 9.1 for Keenan Allen, and faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jordan Addison WR · MIN | Keenan Allen WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.5 | 9.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.6 (WR40) | 8.7 (WR47) |
| Opponent | vs DET | vs JAX |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-softest (39.2 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (38.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Jordan Addison. Addison projects for 9.5 PPR points vs DET, against 9.1 for Keenan Allen vs JAX: 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.
Jordan Addison is projected to score more: 9.5 PPR points to 9.1 for Keenan Allen.
The sources range from 9.1 to 9.8 for Addison and from 8.1 to 9.7 for Allen. The ranges overlap, so Allen outscoring Addison is a realistic result.
Jordan Addison is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Addison at 9.1 PPR points, against 8.1 for Keenan Allen.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jordan Addison has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Addison at 9.8 PPR points, against 9.7 for Keenan Allen.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jordan Addison plays DET and Keenan Allen plays JAX in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Addison faces the 3rd-softest defense against WRs and Allen faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Jordan Addison 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 Jordan Addison has drawn 22% of his team's targets, and Keenan Allen 23% of his team's targets.
Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jordan Addison nor Keenan Allen 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). Jordan Addison is projected by 5 of them and Keenan Allen by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.