Start Ollie Gordon II. Gordon II is projected for 13.7 PPR points vs 12.2 for Sam LaPorta, and faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Ollie Gordon II RB · MIA | Sam LaPorta TE · DET | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.7 | 12.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.4 | 13.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.4 (RB17) | 11.3 (TE12) |
| Opponent | vs DET | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (18.2 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-softest (19.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 63% carry share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · TE1 |
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Start Ollie Gordon II. Gordon II projects for 13.7 PPR points vs DET, against 12.2 for Sam LaPorta vs MIA: a 1.5-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.
Ollie Gordon II is projected to score more: 13.7 PPR points to 12.2 for Sam LaPorta.
The sources range from 11.1 to 16.4 for Gordon II and from 11.3 to 13.3 for LaPorta. The ranges overlap, so LaPorta outscoring Gordon II is a realistic result.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 11.3 PPR points, against 11.1 for Ollie Gordon II.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ollie Gordon II has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Gordon II at 16.4 PPR points, against 13.3 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ollie Gordon II plays DET and Sam LaPorta plays MIA in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Gordon II faces the 4th-toughest defense against RBs and LaPorta faces the 3rd-softest defense against TEs, so Sam LaPorta 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 Ollie Gordon II has drawn 63% of his team's carries, and Sam LaPorta 14% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Sam LaPorta.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ollie Gordon II nor Sam LaPorta 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). Ollie Gordon II is projected by 6 of them and Sam LaPorta by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.