Start Stefon Diggs. Diggs is projected for 13.7 PPR points vs 12.2 for Sam LaPorta, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Stefon Diggs WR · WAS | Sam LaPorta TE · DET | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 13.7 | 12.2 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.0 | 13.3 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.5 (WR25) | 11.3 (TE12) |
| Opponent | vs LAR | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-softest (19.2 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 14% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | TE |
| Our call | START · WR3 | START · TE1 |
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Start Stefon Diggs. Diggs projects for 13.7 PPR points vs LAR, against 12.2 for Sam LaPorta vs MIA: a 1.5-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.
Stefon Diggs is projected to score more: 13.7 PPR points to 12.2 for Sam LaPorta.
The sources range from 11.5 to 16.0 for Diggs and from 11.3 to 13.3 for LaPorta. The ranges overlap, so LaPorta outscoring Diggs is a realistic result.
Stefon Diggs is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Diggs at 11.5 PPR points, against 11.3 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Stefon Diggs has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Diggs at 16.0 PPR points, against 13.3 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Stefon Diggs plays LAR and Sam LaPorta plays MIA in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Diggs faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs and LaPorta faces the 3rd-softest defense against TEs, so Sam LaPorta 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 Stefon Diggs has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Sam LaPorta 14% of his team's targets.
Stefon Diggs 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 Stefon Diggs.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Stefon Diggs nor Sam LaPorta 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). Stefon Diggs is projected by 6 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.