QB LV Week 5 · PPR

Start or sit Fernando Mendoza?

The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.

Borderline

#23 QB projection — on the borderline of the ~18 started in 12-team superflex.

Borderline call: Fernando Mendoza projects for 14.2 PPR points this week, ranked #23 among QBs by our projection model. @NE is a tough matchup for QBs — the model applies a -5% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 44.5 — 94% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.

Season projection table

PPR · weeks 1–18

Fernando Mendoza projected PPR points by week, weeks 1 through 18
Wk Proj (PPR)
1 15.7
2 12.8
3 13.5
4 14.4
5 this week 14.2
6 13.8
7 15.4
8 17.6
9 15.9
10 14.2
11 14.3
12 13.7
13 —
14 13.3
15 14.3
16 17.1
17 15.8
18 14.9

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