Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan is projected for 14.3 PPR points vs 12.9 for Quinshon Judkins, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Tetairoa McMillan WR · CAR | Quinshon Judkins RB · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.3 | 12.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.5 | 11.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.0 | 14.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.4 (WR17) | 13.7 (RB19) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs NO |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.9 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (30.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 26% target share (last 3) | 63% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | RB |
| Our call | START · WR2 | START · RB2 |
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Start Tetairoa McMillan. McMillan projects for 14.3 PPR points vs DEN, against 12.9 for Quinshon Judkins vs NO: a 1.4-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.
Tetairoa McMillan is projected to score more: 14.3 PPR points to 12.9 for Quinshon Judkins.
The sources range from 13.5 to 16.0 for McMillan and from 11.3 to 14.1 for Judkins. The ranges overlap, so Judkins outscoring McMillan is a realistic result.
Tetairoa McMillan is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McMillan at 13.5 PPR points, against 11.3 for Quinshon Judkins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tetairoa McMillan has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McMillan at 16.0 PPR points, against 14.1 for Quinshon Judkins.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tetairoa McMillan plays DEN and Quinshon Judkins plays NO in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McMillan faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and Judkins faces the 1st-softest defense against RBs, so Quinshon Judkins 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 Tetairoa McMillan has drawn 26% of his team's targets, and Quinshon Judkins 63% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Tetairoa McMillan.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tetairoa McMillan nor Quinshon Judkins 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). Tetairoa McMillan is projected by 6 of them and Quinshon Judkins by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.