Start Rachaad White. White is projected for 12.1 PPR points vs 11.6 for Tucker Kraft, and faces the 16th-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rachaad White RB · WAS | Tucker Kraft TE · GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 15.5 | 12.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.5 (RB24) | 12.0 (TE5) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs CAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-toughest (21.2 pts/g allowed) | 15th-softest (13.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 28% carry share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Rachaad White. White projects for 12.1 PPR points vs PHI, against 11.6 for Tucker Kraft vs CAR: a 0.5-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 11.6 for Tucker Kraft.
The sources range from 10.8 to 15.5 for White and from 10.8 to 12.7 for Kraft. The ranges overlap, so Kraft outscoring White is a realistic result.
They share the same floor, 10.8 PPR points.
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 12.7 for Tucker Kraft.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rachaad White plays PHI and Tucker Kraft plays CAR in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, White faces the 16th-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 Rachaad White has drawn 28% 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 Rachaad White 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). Rachaad White 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.