Start Malik Nabers. Nabers is projected for 16.5 PPR points vs 15.5 for Josh Jacobs, and faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Malik Nabers WR · NYG | Josh Jacobs RB · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 16.5 | 15.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.2 | 14.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 19.1 | 16.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.1 (WR10) | 15.8 (RB13) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs NE |
| Opponent vs. position | 2nd-softest (39.4 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 36% target share (last 3) | 58% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · Strong WR1 | START · RB2 |
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Start Malik Nabers. Nabers projects for 16.5 PPR points vs PHI, against 15.5 for Josh Jacobs vs NE: a 1.0-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.
Malik Nabers is projected to score more: 16.5 PPR points to 15.5 for Josh Jacobs.
The sources range from 15.2 to 19.1 for Nabers and from 14.0 to 16.5 for Jacobs. The ranges overlap, so Jacobs outscoring Nabers is a realistic result.
Malik Nabers is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Nabers at 15.2 PPR points, against 14.0 for Josh Jacobs.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Malik Nabers has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Nabers at 19.1 PPR points, against 16.5 for Josh Jacobs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Malik Nabers plays PHI and Josh Jacobs plays NE in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Nabers faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs and Jacobs faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs, so Malik Nabers 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 Malik Nabers has drawn 36% of his team's targets, and Josh Jacobs 58% 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 Malik Nabers.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Malik Nabers nor Josh Jacobs 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). Malik Nabers is projected by 6 of them and Josh Jacobs by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.