Too close to call: Ollie Gordon II (11.8) and Stefon Diggs (11.8) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Ollie Gordon II faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Ollie Gordon II RB · MIA | Stefon Diggs WR · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.6 | 11.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.4 | 12.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (RB23) | 11.5 (WR25) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (20.6 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (40.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 56% carry share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR3 |
Settle every start/sit call with projections, matchup, recent usage and floor-versus-ceiling for your exact scoring settings.
It is a coin flip. Ollie Gordon II projects for 11.8 PPR points and Stefon Diggs for 11.8, within 0.0 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: 11.8 PPR points for Ollie Gordon II and 11.8 for Stefon Diggs.
The sources range from 8.6 to 14.4 for Gordon II and from 11.2 to 12.6 for Diggs. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Stefon Diggs is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Diggs at 11.2 PPR points, against 8.6 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 14.4 PPR points, against 12.6 for Stefon Diggs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ollie Gordon II plays NE and Stefon Diggs plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Gordon II faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs and Diggs faces the 2nd-softest defense against WRs, so Stefon Diggs 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 56% of his team's carries, and Stefon Diggs 23% 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 Stefon Diggs.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ollie Gordon II nor Stefon Diggs 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). Ollie Gordon II is projected by 6 of them and Stefon Diggs by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.