Start Luther Burden III. Burden III is projected for 12.6 PPR points vs 12.1 for Quinshon Judkins, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Luther Burden III WR · CHI | Quinshon Judkins RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 12.6 | 12.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.6 | 11.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.7 | 13.2 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (31.7 pts/g allowed) | 13th-toughest (20.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 61% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Luther Burden III. Burden III projects for 12.6 PPR points vs NE, against 12.1 for Quinshon Judkins vs TEN: a 0.5-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.
Luther Burden III is projected to score more: 12.6 PPR points to 12.1 for Quinshon Judkins.
The sources range from 12.6 to 12.7 for Burden III and from 11.1 to 13.2 for Judkins. The ranges overlap, so Judkins outscoring Burden III is a realistic result.
Luther Burden III is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Burden III at 12.6 PPR points, against 11.1 for Quinshon Judkins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Quinshon Judkins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Judkins at 13.2 PPR points, against 12.7 for Luther Burden III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Luther Burden III plays NE and Quinshon Judkins plays TEN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Burden III faces the 16th-toughest defense against WRs and Judkins faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs, so Luther Burden III 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 Luther Burden III has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Quinshon Judkins 61% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Luther Burden III.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Luther Burden III nor Quinshon Judkins has an injury designation for Week 7.
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). Luther Burden III is projected by 4 of them and Quinshon Judkins by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.