Start Ladd McConkey. McConkey is projected for 10.6 PPR points vs 9.2 for Kendrick Bourne, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | Kendrick Bourne WR · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.6 | 9.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.4 | 8.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.0 | 9.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.5 (WR33) | 9.1 (WR44) |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) | 10th-softest (35.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 8% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Ladd McConkey. McConkey projects for 10.6 PPR points vs LAR, against 9.2 for Kendrick Bourne vs DAL: a 1.4-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.
Ladd McConkey is projected to score more: 10.6 PPR points to 9.2 for Kendrick Bourne.
The sources range from 10.4 to 11.0 for McConkey and from 8.3 to 9.7 for Bourne. Even Bourne's highest projection is below McConkey's lowest.
Ladd McConkey is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McConkey at 10.4 PPR points, against 8.3 for Kendrick Bourne.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 11.0 PPR points, against 9.7 for Kendrick Bourne.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ladd McConkey plays LAR and Kendrick Bourne plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McConkey faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs and Bourne faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs, so Kendrick Bourne 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 Ladd McConkey has drawn 8% of his team's targets, and Kendrick Bourne 18% of his team's targets.
Kendrick Bourne 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 Kendrick Bourne.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ladd McConkey nor Kendrick Bourne has an injury designation for Week 8.
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). Ladd McConkey is projected by 5 of them and Kendrick Bourne by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.