Start Matthew Golden. Golden is projected for 15.8 PPR points vs 15.1 for Trey McBride, and faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Matthew Golden WR · GB | Trey McBride TE · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.8 | 15.1 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.9 | 14.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.2 | 16.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 15.6 (WR13) | 16.2 (TE3) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs SEA |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-softest (33.8 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (10.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 31% target share (last 3) | 25% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Matthew Golden. Golden projects for 15.8 PPR points vs NE, against 15.1 for Trey McBride vs SEA: a 0.7-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.
Matthew Golden is projected to score more: 15.8 PPR points to 15.1 for Trey McBride.
The sources range from 14.9 to 17.2 for Golden and from 14.2 to 16.2 for McBride. The ranges overlap, so McBride outscoring Golden is a realistic result.
Matthew Golden is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Golden at 14.9 PPR points, against 14.2 for Trey McBride.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Matthew Golden has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Golden at 17.2 PPR points, against 16.2 for Trey McBride.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Matthew Golden plays NE and Trey McBride plays SEA in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Golden faces the 10th-softest defense against WRs and McBride faces the 5th-toughest defense against TEs, so Matthew Golden 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 Matthew Golden has drawn 31% of his team's targets, and Trey McBride 25% of his team's targets.
Matthew Golden 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 Matthew Golden.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Matthew Golden nor Trey McBride 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). Matthew Golden is projected by 6 of them and Trey McBride by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.