Too close to call: Ollie Gordon II (11.8) and Tucker Kraft (11.6) project within 0.2 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 | Tucker Kraft TE · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.6 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 14.4 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (RB23) | 12.0 (TE5) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs CAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (20.6 pts/g allowed) | 15th-softest (13.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 56% carry share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · Strong TE1 |
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 Tucker Kraft for 11.6, 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: 11.8 PPR points for Ollie Gordon II and 11.6 for Tucker Kraft.
The sources range from 8.6 to 14.4 for Gordon II and from 10.8 to 12.7 for Kraft. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Tucker Kraft is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kraft at 10.8 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 12.7 for Tucker Kraft.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Ollie Gordon II plays NE and Tucker Kraft plays CAR in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Gordon II faces the 13th-toughest defense against RBs and Kraft faces the 15th-softest defense against TEs, so Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft 17% 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 Tucker Kraft.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Ollie Gordon II nor Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.