Start Kyle Pitts Sr.. Pitts Sr. is projected for 9.2 PPR points vs 7.8 for Mike Gesicki, and faces the 8th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Kyle Pitts Sr. TE · ATL | Mike Gesicki TE · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.2 | 7.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.3 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.9 (TE13) | 7.3 (TE21) |
| Opponent | vs TB | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (16.2 pts/g allowed) | 8th-toughest (10.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 7% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Streamer | SIT · Bench |
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Start Kyle Pitts Sr.. Pitts Sr. projects for 9.2 PPR points vs TB, against 7.8 for Mike Gesicki vs TEN: a 1.4-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.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is projected to score more: 9.2 PPR points to 7.8 for Mike Gesicki.
The sources range from 8.1 to 10.3 for Pitts Sr. and from 7.0 to 8.3 for Gesicki. The ranges overlap, so Gesicki outscoring Pitts Sr. is a realistic result.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Pitts Sr. at 8.1 PPR points, against 7.0 for Mike Gesicki.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kyle Pitts Sr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Pitts Sr. at 10.3 PPR points, against 8.3 for Mike Gesicki.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kyle Pitts Sr. plays TB and Mike Gesicki plays TEN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Pitts Sr. faces the 8th-softest defense against TEs and Gesicki faces the 8th-toughest defense against TEs, so Kyle Pitts Sr. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. has drawn 18% of his team's targets, and Mike Gesicki 7% of his team's targets.
Kyle Pitts Sr. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kyle Pitts Sr. nor Mike Gesicki 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). Kyle Pitts Sr. is projected by 5 of them and Mike Gesicki by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.