Start Quinshon Judkins. Judkins is projected for 11.2 PPR points vs 10.9 for T.J. Hockenson, and faces the 12th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Quinshon Judkins RB · CLE | T.J. Hockenson TE · MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.6 | 11.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.7 (RB27) | 10.8 (TE9) |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs DET |
| Opponent vs. position | 12th-toughest (20.2 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (29.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 61% carry share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | START · TE1 |
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Start Quinshon Judkins. Judkins projects for 11.2 PPR points vs PIT, against 10.9 for T.J. Hockenson vs DET: a 0.3-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.
Quinshon Judkins is projected to score more: 11.2 PPR points to 10.9 for T.J. Hockenson.
The sources range from 10.2 to 12.6 for Judkins and from 10.5 to 11.2 for Hockenson. The ranges overlap, so Hockenson outscoring Judkins is a realistic result.
T.J. Hockenson is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Hockenson at 10.5 PPR points, against 10.2 for Quinshon Judkins.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Quinshon Judkins has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Judkins at 12.6 PPR points, against 11.2 for T.J. Hockenson.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Quinshon Judkins plays PIT and T.J. Hockenson plays DET in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Judkins faces the 12th-toughest defense against RBs and Hockenson faces the 1st-softest defense against TEs, so T.J. Hockenson 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 Quinshon Judkins has drawn 61% of his team's carries, and T.J. Hockenson 22% 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 T.J. Hockenson.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Quinshon Judkins nor T.J. Hockenson 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). Quinshon Judkins is projected by 6 of them and T.J. Hockenson by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.