QB NYJ Week 5 · PPR

Start or sit Geno Smith?

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

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

Borderline call: Geno Smith projects for 11.3 PPR points this week, ranked #30 among QBs by our projection model. vs CLE is a tough matchup for QBs — the model applies a -11% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 39.5 — 84% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.

Season projection table

PPR · weeks 1–18

Geno Smith projected PPR points by week, weeks 1 through 18
Wk Proj (PPR)
1 14.2
2 12.8
3 14.7
4 14.4
5 this week 11.3
6 12.6
7 14.3
8 13.7
9 13.3
10 12.1
11 11.9
12 14.8
13 —
14 12.8
15 14.1
16 13.1
17 11.7
18 12.1

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