Too close to call: Saquon Barkley (11.4) and Tyler Warren (11.3) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and Saquon Barkley faces the 7th-toughest defense against RBs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Saquon Barkley RB · PHI | Tyler Warren TE · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.6 | 11.9 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.6 (RB10) | 10.8 (TE10) |
| Opponent | vs WAS | vs JAX |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-toughest (19.0 pts/g allowed) | 11th-toughest (11.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 34% carry share (last 3) | 22% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · TE1 |
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It is a coin flip. Saquon Barkley projects for 11.4 PPR points and Tyler Warren for 11.3, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 11.4 PPR points for Saquon Barkley and 11.3 for Tyler Warren.
The sources range from 1.0 to 16.6 for Barkley and from 10.8 to 11.9 for Warren. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Tyler Warren is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Warren at 10.8 PPR points, against 1.0 for Saquon Barkley.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Saquon Barkley has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Barkley at 16.6 PPR points, against 11.9 for Tyler Warren.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Saquon Barkley plays WAS and Tyler Warren plays JAX in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Barkley faces the 7th-toughest defense against RBs and Warren faces the 11th-toughest defense against TEs, so Tyler Warren 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 Saquon Barkley has drawn 34% of his team's carries, and Tyler Warren 22% 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 Tyler Warren.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Saquon Barkley nor Tyler Warren 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). Saquon Barkley is projected by 6 of them and Tyler Warren by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.