Too close to call: Kenneth Walker III (19.2) and Trey McBride (19.1) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Kenneth Walker III faces the 11th-softest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kenneth Walker III RB · KC | Trey McBride TE · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 19.2 | 19.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 16.7 | 17.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 20.6 | 21.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 19.7 (RB3) | 20.2 (TE1) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (22.4 pts/g allowed) | 14th-toughest (12.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 82% carry share (last 3) | 26% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · Strong TE1 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Kenneth Walker III projects for 19.2 PPR points and Trey McBride for 19.1, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 19.2 PPR points for Kenneth Walker III and 19.1 for Trey McBride.
The sources range from 16.7 to 20.6 for Walker III and from 17.0 to 21.3 for McBride. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Trey McBride is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McBride at 17.0 PPR points, against 16.7 for Kenneth Walker III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Trey McBride has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McBride at 21.3 PPR points, against 20.6 for Kenneth Walker III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kenneth Walker III plays DEN and Trey McBride plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Walker III faces the 11th-softest defense against RBs and McBride faces the 14th-toughest defense against TEs, so Kenneth Walker III 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 Kenneth Walker III has drawn 82% of his team's carries, and Trey McBride 26% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Trey McBride.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kenneth Walker III nor Trey McBride 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). Kenneth Walker III is projected by 6 of them and Trey McBride by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.