Too close to call: Kimani Vidal (5.5) and Tyjae Spears (5.4) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Kimani Vidal faces the 14th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kimani Vidal RB · LAC | Tyjae Spears RB · TEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.9 | 7.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 6.5 (RB36) | — |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (20.6 pts/g allowed) | 4th-toughest (17.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% carry share (last 3) | 8% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Kimani Vidal projects for 5.5 PPR points and Tyjae Spears for 5.4, 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: 5.5 PPR points for Kimani Vidal and 5.4 for Tyjae Spears.
The sources range from 1.6 to 7.9 for Vidal and from 1.0 to 7.5 for Spears. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Kimani Vidal is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Vidal at 1.6 PPR points, against 1.0 for Tyjae Spears.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kimani Vidal has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Vidal at 7.9 PPR points, against 7.5 for Tyjae Spears.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kimani Vidal plays LAR and Tyjae Spears plays CIN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Vidal faces the 14th-toughest defense against RBs and Spears faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs, so Kimani Vidal 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 Kimani Vidal has drawn 23% of his team's carries, and Tyjae Spears 8% of his team's carries.
Kimani Vidal 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.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kimani Vidal nor Tyjae Spears 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). Kimani Vidal is projected by 6 of them and Tyjae Spears by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.