Start Rashee Rice. Rice is projected for 12.4 PPR points vs 11.4 for Sam LaPorta, and faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rashee Rice WR · KC | Sam LaPorta TE · DET | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.4 | 11.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.2 | 12.1 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.1 (WR28) | 12.1 (TE4) |
| Opponent | vs DEN | vs MIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (27.8 pts/g allowed) | 1st-toughest (6.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 16% target share (last 3) | 18% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | START · WR3 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Rashee Rice. Rice projects for 12.4 PPR points vs DEN, against 11.4 for Sam LaPorta vs MIN: a 1.0-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.
Rashee Rice is projected to score more: 12.4 PPR points to 11.4 for Sam LaPorta.
The sources range from 11.1 to 13.2 for Rice and from 10.7 to 12.1 for LaPorta. The ranges overlap, so LaPorta outscoring Rice is a realistic result.
Rashee Rice is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Rice at 11.1 PPR points, against 10.7 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashee Rice has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Rice at 13.2 PPR points, against 12.1 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashee Rice plays DEN and Sam LaPorta plays MIN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Rice faces the 7th-toughest defense against WRs and LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs, so Rashee Rice 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 Rashee Rice has drawn 16% of his team's targets, and Sam LaPorta 18% of his team's targets.
Sam LaPorta has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Sam LaPorta.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Rashee Rice nor Sam LaPorta 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). Rashee Rice is projected by 5 of them and Sam LaPorta by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.