Start Matthew Golden. Golden is projected for 15.8 PPR points vs 15.5 for Josh Jacobs, and faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Matthew Golden WR · GB | Josh Jacobs RB · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.8 | 15.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.9 | 14.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.2 | 16.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.6 (WR13) | 15.8 (RB13) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs NE |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 31% target share (last 3) | 58% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Matthew Golden. Golden projects for 15.8 PPR points vs NE, against 15.5 for Josh Jacobs vs NE: a 0.3-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.
Matthew Golden is projected to score more: 15.8 PPR points to 15.5 for Josh Jacobs.
The sources range from 14.9 to 17.2 for Golden and from 14.0 to 16.5 for Jacobs. The ranges overlap, so Jacobs outscoring Golden is a realistic result.
Matthew Golden is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Golden at 14.9 PPR points, against 14.0 for Josh Jacobs.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Matthew Golden has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Golden at 17.2 PPR points, against 16.5 for Josh Jacobs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Matthew Golden plays NE and Josh Jacobs plays NE in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Golden faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and Jacobs faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs, so Matthew Golden 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 Matthew Golden has drawn 31% 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 Matthew Golden.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Matthew Golden 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). Matthew Golden 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.