Start Josh Jacobs. Jacobs is projected for 15.5 PPR points vs 15.0 for Parker Washington, and faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Josh Jacobs RB · GB | Parker Washington WR · JAX | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.0 | 12.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.5 | 17.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.8 (RB13) | 14.2 (WR18) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) | 8th-softest (35.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 58% carry share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Josh Jacobs. Jacobs projects for 15.5 PPR points vs NE, against 15.0 for Parker Washington vs BAL: a 0.5-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.
Josh Jacobs is projected to score more: 15.5 PPR points to 15.0 for Parker Washington.
The sources range from 14.0 to 16.5 for Jacobs and from 12.6 to 17.1 for Washington. The ranges overlap, so Washington outscoring Jacobs is a realistic result.
Josh Jacobs is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Jacobs at 14.0 PPR points, against 12.6 for Parker Washington.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Parker Washington has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Washington at 17.1 PPR points, against 16.5 for Josh Jacobs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Josh Jacobs plays NE and Parker Washington plays BAL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Jacobs faces the 6th-toughest defense against RBs and Washington faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs, so Parker Washington 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 Josh Jacobs has drawn 58% of his team's carries, and Parker Washington 23% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Parker Washington.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Josh Jacobs nor Parker Washington 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). Josh Jacobs is projected by 6 of them and Parker Washington by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.