Start Kendrick Bourne. Bourne is projected for 9.2 PPR points vs 6.8 for Rashod Bateman, and faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kendrick Bourne WR · ARI | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.1 (WR44) | 6.6 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (35.5 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kendrick Bourne. Bourne projects for 9.2 PPR points vs DAL, against 6.8 for Rashod Bateman vs BUF: a 2.4-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.
Kendrick Bourne is projected to score more: 9.2 PPR points to 6.8 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 8.3 to 9.7 for Bourne and from 5.6 to 8.3 for Bateman. The ranges overlap, so Bateman outscoring Bourne is a realistic result.
Kendrick Bourne is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bourne at 8.3 PPR points, against 5.6 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kendrick Bourne has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Bourne at 9.7 PPR points, against 8.3 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kendrick Bourne plays DAL and Rashod Bateman plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bourne faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs, so Rashod Bateman 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 Kendrick Bourne has drawn 18% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 12% 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 Kendrick Bourne nor Rashod Bateman 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). Kendrick Bourne is projected by 5 of them and Rashod Bateman by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.