Start Mack Hollins. Hollins is projected for 9.1 PPR points vs 7.1 for Malachi Fields, and faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Mack Hollins WR · NE | Malachi Fields WR · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 9.1 | 7.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.3 | 8.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 9.3 (WR47) | 6.9 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-softest (34.8 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (39.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 17% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Mack Hollins. Hollins projects for 9.1 PPR points vs GB, against 7.1 for Malachi Fields vs PHI: a 2.0-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.
Mack Hollins is projected to score more: 9.1 PPR points to 7.1 for Malachi Fields.
The sources range from 7.7 to 10.3 for Hollins and from 6.5 to 8.4 for Fields. The ranges overlap, so Fields outscoring Hollins is a realistic result.
Mack Hollins is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hollins at 7.7 PPR points, against 6.5 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Mack Hollins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Hollins at 10.3 PPR points, against 8.4 for Malachi Fields.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Mack Hollins plays GB and Malachi Fields plays PHI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Hollins faces the 9th-softest defense against WRs and Fields faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields 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 Mack Hollins has drawn 17% of his team's targets, and Malachi Fields 12% of his team's targets.
Mack Hollins 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 Mack Hollins.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Mack Hollins nor Malachi Fields 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). Mack Hollins is projected by 5 of them and Malachi Fields by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.