RB LAR Week 5 · PPR

Start or sit Kyren Williams?

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.

Start

#6 RB projection this week — comfortable start.

Start call: Kyren Williams projects for 16.4 PPR points this week, ranked #6 among RBs by our projection model. vs BUF is a soft matchup for RBs — the model applies a +7% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 53.5 — 113% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.

Season projection table

PPR · weeks 1–18

Kyren Williams projected PPR points by week, weeks 1 through 18
Wk Proj (PPR)
1 15.8
2 16.6
3 12.2
4 15.0
5 this week 16.4
6 16.4
7 15.0
8 12.6
9 15.9
10 16.2
11 —
12 14.3
13 12.9
14 15.2
15 15.6
16 12.6
17 14.7
18 12.4

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