RB WAS
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Jacory Croskey-Merritt?
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
#32 RB projection — on the borderline of the ~28 started in 12-team leagues.
Borderline call: Jacory Croskey-Merritt projects for 7.3 PPR points this week, ranked #32 among RBs by our projection model. vs NYG is a soft matchup for RBs — the model applies a +12% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 48.5 — 103% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6.8 |
| 2 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 5.7 |
| 4 | 6.3 |
| 5 this week | 7.3 |
| 6 | 7.2 |
| 7 | — |
| 8 | 6.7 |
| 9 | 6.5 |
| 10 | 7.2 |
| 11 | 7.4 |
| 12 | 7.3 |
| 13 | 6.4 |
| 14 | 6.1 |
| 15 | 6.5 |
| 16 | 6.0 |
| 17 | 5.6 |
| 18 | 7.1 |