Start Rashid Shaheed. Shaheed is projected for 7.6 PPR points vs 6.8 for Rashod Bateman, and faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Rashid Shaheed WR · SEA | Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 8.5 | 8.3 |
| StatChasers projection | — | 6.6 (WR57) |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-toughest (29.2 pts/g allowed) | 1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 12% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Rashid Shaheed. Shaheed projects for 7.6 PPR points vs CHI, against 6.8 for Rashod Bateman vs BUF: 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.
Rashid Shaheed is projected to score more: 7.6 PPR points to 6.8 for Rashod Bateman.
The sources range from 6.5 to 8.5 for Shaheed and from 5.6 to 8.3 for Bateman. The ranges overlap, so Bateman outscoring Shaheed is a realistic result.
Rashid Shaheed is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Shaheed at 6.5 PPR points, against 5.6 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashid Shaheed has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Shaheed at 8.5 PPR points, against 8.3 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashid Shaheed plays CHI and Rashod Bateman plays BUF in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Shaheed faces the 10th-toughest defense against WRs and Bateman faces the 1st-softest defense against WRs, so Rashod Bateman 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 Rashid Shaheed has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Rashod Bateman 12% of his team's targets.
Rashid Shaheed 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 Rashid Shaheed.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Rashid Shaheed nor Rashod Bateman 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). Rashid Shaheed is projected by 4 of them and Rashod Bateman by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.