Start Trey McBride. McBride is projected for 15.1 PPR points vs 14.3 for Rashee Rice, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Trey McBride TE · ARI | Rashee Rice WR · KC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.1 | 14.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.2 (TE3) | 15.5 (WR14) |
| Opponent | vs SEA | vs NYJ |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (10.2 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (28.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 25% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Trey McBride. McBride projects for 15.1 PPR points vs SEA, against 14.3 for Rashee Rice vs NYJ: a 0.8-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.
Trey McBride is projected to score more: 15.1 PPR points to 14.3 for Rashee Rice.
The sources range from 14.2 to 16.2 for McBride and from 13.1 to 15.6 for Rice. The ranges overlap, so Rice outscoring McBride is a realistic result.
Trey McBride is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McBride at 14.2 PPR points, against 13.1 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Trey McBride has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McBride at 16.2 PPR points, against 15.6 for Rashee Rice.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Trey McBride plays SEA and Rashee Rice plays NYJ in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McBride faces the 5th-toughest defense against TEs and Rice faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs, 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 Trey McBride has drawn 25% of his team's targets, and Rashee Rice 19% of his team's targets.
Trey McBride 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 Trey McBride.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Trey McBride nor Rashee Rice 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). Trey McBride is projected by 5 of them and Rashee Rice by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.