Start Keon Coleman. Coleman is projected for 7.4 PPR points vs 6.8 for Rashod Bateman, and faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Keon Coleman WR · BUF | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.0 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 7.0 (WR56) | 6.6 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Keon Coleman. Coleman projects for 7.4 PPR points vs BAL, against 6.8 for Rashod Bateman vs BUF: a 0.6-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.
Keon Coleman is projected to score more: 7.4 PPR points to 6.8 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 6.7 to 8.0 for Coleman and from 5.6 to 8.3 for Bateman. The ranges overlap, so Bateman outscoring Coleman is a realistic result.
Keon Coleman is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Coleman at 6.7 PPR points, against 5.6 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashod Bateman has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Bateman at 8.3 PPR points, against 8.0 for Keon Coleman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Keon Coleman plays BAL and Rashod Bateman plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Coleman faces the 7th-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 Keon Coleman has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 12% of his team's targets.
Keon Coleman 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 Keon Coleman.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Keon Coleman 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). Keon Coleman 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.