Too close to call: Ladd McConkey (11.5) and Tucker Kraft (11.3) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 9, and Ladd McConkey faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | Tucker Kraft TE · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.0 (WR31) | 12.4 (TE7) |
| Opponent | vs HOU | vs NE |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-softest (37.3 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (11.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 9% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | START · 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. Ladd McConkey projects for 11.5 PPR points and Tucker Kraft for 11.3, within 0.2 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: 11.5 PPR points for Ladd McConkey and 11.3 for Tucker Kraft.
The sources range from 10.5 to 13.0 for McConkey and from 10.8 to 12.4 for Kraft. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Tucker Kraft is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kraft at 10.8 PPR points, against 10.5 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 13.0 PPR points, against 12.4 for Tucker Kraft.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ladd McConkey plays HOU and Tucker Kraft plays NE in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McConkey faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs and Kraft faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs, so Ladd McConkey 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 Ladd McConkey has drawn 9% of his team's targets, and Tucker Kraft 17% of his team's targets.
Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ladd McConkey nor Tucker Kraft has an injury designation for Week 9.
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). Ladd McConkey is projected by 6 of them and Tucker Kraft by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.