Too close to call: Makai Lemon (6.6) and Rashod Bateman (6.4) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Makai Lemon faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Makai Lemon WR · PHI | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.1 | 7.1 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs CIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-softest (36.2 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 10% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Makai Lemon projects for 6.6 PPR points and Rashod Bateman for 6.4, 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: 6.6 PPR points for Makai Lemon and 6.4 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 4.4 to 9.1 for Lemon and from 5.4 to 7.1 for Bateman. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Rashod Bateman is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bateman at 5.4 PPR points, against 4.4 for Makai Lemon.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Makai Lemon has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Lemon at 9.1 PPR points, against 7.1 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Makai Lemon plays DAL and Rashod Bateman plays CIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Lemon faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, so Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon has drawn 18% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 10% of his team's targets.
Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Makai Lemon nor Rashod Bateman 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). Makai Lemon is projected by 4 of them and Rashod Bateman by 3.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.