Start Rachaad White. White is projected for 12.1 PPR points vs 11.8 for Stefon Diggs, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rachaad White RB · WAS | Stefon Diggs WR · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.1 | 11.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.5 | 12.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.5 (RB24) | 11.5 (WR25) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs PHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (40.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 28% carry share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR3 |
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Start Rachaad White. White projects for 12.1 PPR points vs PHI, against 11.8 for Stefon Diggs vs PHI: 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.
Rachaad White is projected to score more: 12.1 PPR points to 11.8 for Stefon Diggs.
The sources range from 10.8 to 15.5 for White and from 11.2 to 12.6 for Diggs. The ranges overlap, so Diggs outscoring White is a realistic result.
Stefon Diggs is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Diggs at 11.2 PPR points, against 10.8 for Rachaad White.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rachaad White has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has White at 15.5 PPR points, against 12.6 for Stefon Diggs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rachaad White plays PHI and Stefon Diggs plays PHI in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, White faces the 16th-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 Rachaad White has drawn 28% 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 Rachaad White 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). Rachaad White 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.