Start Xavier Worthy. Worthy is projected for 8.7 PPR points vs 7.4 for Keon Coleman, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Xavier Worthy WR · KC | Keon Coleman WR · BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.2 | 6.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.1 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 8.3 (WR48) | 7.0 (WR56) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs BAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.8 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Xavier Worthy. Worthy projects for 8.7 PPR points vs DEN, against 7.4 for Keon Coleman vs BAL: a 1.3-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.
Xavier Worthy is projected to score more: 8.7 PPR points to 7.4 for Keon Coleman.
The sources range from 8.2 to 9.1 for Worthy and from 6.7 to 8.0 for Coleman. Even Coleman's highest projection is below Worthy's lowest.
Xavier Worthy is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Worthy at 8.2 PPR points, against 6.7 for Keon Coleman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Xavier Worthy has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Worthy at 9.1 PPR points, against 8.0 for Keon Coleman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Xavier Worthy plays DEN and Keon Coleman plays BAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Worthy faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Coleman faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs, so Keon Coleman 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 Xavier Worthy has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Keon Coleman 19% of his team's targets.
Xavier Worthy 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 Xavier Worthy.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Xavier Worthy nor Keon Coleman 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). Xavier Worthy is projected by 5 of them and Keon Coleman by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.