Start Parker Washington. Washington is projected for 15.0 PPR points vs 10.8 for Keenan Allen, and faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Parker Washington WR · JAX | Keenan Allen WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.0 | 10.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.6 | 8.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.1 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.2 (WR18) | 12.0 (WR24) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (35.0 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (35.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 24% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Parker Washington. Washington projects for 15.0 PPR points vs BAL, against 10.8 for Keenan Allen vs DAL: a 4.2-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.
Parker Washington is projected to score more: 15.0 PPR points to 10.8 for Keenan Allen.
The sources range from 12.6 to 17.1 for Washington and from 8.2 to 12.7 for Allen. The ranges overlap, so Allen outscoring Washington is a realistic result.
Parker Washington is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Washington 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.
Parker Washington has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Washington at 17.1 PPR points, against 12.7 for Keenan Allen.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Parker Washington plays BAL and Keenan Allen plays DAL in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Washington faces the 8th-softest 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 Parker Washington has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Keenan Allen 24% of his team's targets.
Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Parker Washington 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). Parker Washington 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.