Start Michael Wilson. Wilson is projected for 13.4 PPR points vs 10.8 for Keenan Allen, and faces the 1st-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Michael Wilson WR · ARI | Keenan Allen WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.4 | 10.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.6 | 8.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.8 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.6 (WR20) | 12.0 (WR24) |
| Opponent | vs SEA | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (23.3 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (35.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 25% target share (last 3) | 24% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Michael Wilson. Wilson projects for 13.4 PPR points vs SEA, against 10.8 for Keenan Allen vs DAL: a 2.6-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.
Michael Wilson is projected to score more: 13.4 PPR points to 10.8 for Keenan Allen.
The sources range from 12.6 to 14.8 for Wilson and from 8.2 to 12.7 for Allen. The ranges overlap, so Allen outscoring Wilson is a realistic result.
Michael Wilson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Wilson at 12.6 PPR points, against 8.2 for Keenan Allen.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Michael Wilson has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Wilson at 14.8 PPR points, against 12.7 for Keenan Allen.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Michael Wilson plays SEA and Keenan Allen plays DAL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Wilson faces the 1st-toughest defense against WRs and Allen faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs, so Keenan Allen 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 Michael Wilson has drawn 25% of his team's targets, and Keenan Allen 24% of his team's targets.
Michael Wilson 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 Michael Wilson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Michael Wilson nor Keenan Allen 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). Michael Wilson is projected by 6 of them and Keenan Allen by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.