Start Woody Marks. Marks is projected for 14.1 PPR points vs 13.7 for Stefon Diggs, and faces the 11th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Woody Marks RB · HOU | Stefon Diggs WR · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.0 | 11.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.4 | 16.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.5 (RB21) | 11.5 (WR25) |
| Opponent | vs LAC | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 11th-softest (23.9 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 64% carry share (last 3) | 23% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR3 |
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Start Woody Marks. Marks projects for 14.1 PPR points vs LAC, against 13.7 for Stefon Diggs vs LAR: a 0.4-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.
Woody Marks is projected to score more: 14.1 PPR points to 13.7 for Stefon Diggs.
The sources range from 12.0 to 16.4 for Marks and from 11.5 to 16.0 for Diggs. The ranges overlap, so Diggs outscoring Marks is a realistic result.
Woody Marks is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Marks at 12.0 PPR points, against 11.5 for Stefon Diggs.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Woody Marks has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Marks at 16.4 PPR points, against 16.0 for Stefon Diggs.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Woody Marks plays LAC and Stefon Diggs plays LAR in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Marks faces the 11th-softest defense against RBs and Diggs faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so Woody Marks 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 Woody Marks has drawn 64% of his team's carries, and Stefon Diggs 23% 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 Stefon Diggs.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Woody Marks nor Stefon Diggs 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). Woody Marks is projected by 6 of them and Stefon Diggs by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.