Start Malik Washington. Washington is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs 5.6 for Ted Hurst III, and faces the 13th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Malik Washington WR · MIA | Ted Hurst III WR · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.9 | 5.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.4 | 5.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.0 | 6.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.7 (WR31) | 5.4 (WR68) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs ATL |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-softest (32.1 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (34.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 25% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Malik Washington. Washington projects for 9.9 PPR points vs NE, against 5.6 for Ted Hurst III vs ATL: a 4.3-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.
Malik Washington is projected to score more: 9.9 PPR points to 5.6 for Ted Hurst III.
The sources range from 8.4 to 11.0 for Washington and from 5.0 to 6.8 for Hurst III. Even Hurst III's highest projection is below Washington's lowest.
Malik Washington is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Washington at 8.4 PPR points, against 5.0 for Ted Hurst III.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Malik Washington has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Washington at 11.0 PPR points, against 6.8 for Ted Hurst III.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Malik Washington plays NE and Ted Hurst III plays ATL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Washington faces the 13th-softest defense against WRs and Hurst III faces the 11th-softest defense against WRs, so Ted Hurst 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 Malik Washington has drawn 25% of his team's targets, and Ted Hurst III 9% of his team's targets.
Malik Washington 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 Malik Washington.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Malik Washington nor Ted Hurst III 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). Malik Washington is projected by 5 of them and Ted Hurst III by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.