Start Kalif Raymond. Raymond is projected for 7.1 PPR points vs 6.3 for Malachi Fields, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Kalif Raymond WR · CHI | Malachi Fields WR · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (31.7 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (38.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% target share (last 3) | 11% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kalif Raymond. Raymond projects for 7.1 PPR points vs NE, against 6.3 for Malachi Fields vs HOU: a 0.8-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.
Kalif Raymond is projected to score more: 7.1 PPR points to 6.3 for Malachi Fields.
The sources range from 5.3 to 8.9 for Raymond and from 5.5 to 8.0 for Fields. The ranges overlap, so Fields outscoring Raymond is a realistic result.
Malachi Fields is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fields at 5.5 PPR points, against 5.3 for Kalif Raymond.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kalif Raymond has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Raymond at 8.9 PPR points, against 8.0 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kalif Raymond plays NE and Malachi Fields plays HOU in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Raymond faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs and Fields faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields 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 Kalif Raymond has drawn 8% of his team's targets, and Malachi Fields 11% of his team's targets.
Malachi Fields 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 Malachi Fields.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kalif Raymond nor Malachi Fields has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Kalif Raymond is projected by 4 of them and Malachi Fields by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.