Start Trey McBride. McBride is projected for 19.1 PPR points vs 17.0 for Tee Higgins, and faces the 14th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Trey McBride TE · ARI | Tee Higgins WR · CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 19.1 | 17.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 17.0 | 15.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 21.3 | 19.8 |
| StatChasers projection | 20.2 (TE1) | 16.2 (WR10) |
| Opponent | vs DAL | vs TEN |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (12.4 pts/g allowed) | 8th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 26% target share (last 3) | 24% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · Strong WR1 |
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Start Trey McBride. McBride projects for 19.1 PPR points vs DAL, against 17.0 for Tee Higgins vs TEN: a 2.1-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: 19.1 PPR points to 17.0 for Tee Higgins.
The sources range from 17.0 to 21.3 for McBride and from 15.5 to 19.8 for Higgins. The ranges overlap, so Higgins outscoring McBride is a realistic result.
Trey McBride is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McBride at 17.0 PPR points, against 15.5 for Tee Higgins.
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 21.3 PPR points, against 19.8 for Tee Higgins.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Trey McBride plays DAL and Tee Higgins plays TEN in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, McBride faces the 14th-toughest defense against TEs and Higgins faces the 8th-softest defense against WRs, so Tee Higgins 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 26% of his team's targets, and Tee Higgins 24% 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 Tee Higgins 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). Trey McBride is projected by 5 of them and Tee Higgins by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.