Start Jordan Mason. Mason is projected for 10.7 PPR points vs 9.0 for Rico Dowdle, and faces the 10th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Jordan Mason RB · MIN | Rico Dowdle RB · PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.7 | 9.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.4 | 9.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.4 (RB22) | 8.8 (RB30) |
| Opponent | vs DET | vs CLE |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-toughest (19.8 pts/g allowed) | 8th-toughest (19.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 47% carry share (last 3) | 31% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · RB2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Jordan Mason. Mason projects for 10.7 PPR points vs DET, against 9.0 for Rico Dowdle vs CLE: 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.
Jordan Mason is projected to score more: 10.7 PPR points to 9.0 for Rico Dowdle.
The sources range from 8.7 to 12.4 for Mason and from 8.5 to 9.5 for Dowdle. The ranges overlap, so Dowdle outscoring Mason is a realistic result.
Jordan Mason is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Mason at 8.7 PPR points, against 8.5 for Rico Dowdle.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jordan Mason has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Mason at 12.4 PPR points, against 9.5 for Rico Dowdle.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jordan Mason plays DET and Rico Dowdle plays CLE in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Mason faces the 10th-toughest defense against RBs and Dowdle faces the 8th-toughest defense against RBs, so Jordan Mason 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 Mason has drawn 47% of his team's carries, and Rico Dowdle 31% of his team's carries.
Jordan Mason 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 Jordan Mason nor Rico Dowdle has an injury designation for Week 8.
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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 Mason is projected by 6 of them and Rico Dowdle by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.