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Brenton Strange or Darnell Washington?

Our week 5 call from the head-to-head model, for PPR scoring. It updates as news and lines move.

Our call

Both have already played

Brenton Strange scored 13.8 and Darnell Washington scored 3.2. Brenton Strange came out 10.6 ahead, and neither lineup spot can be changed now.

Brenton Strange

TE, JAX vs PHI

7.5 projected PPR points

Likely range 3–13 · TE17 this week · Bench

Bench. PHI's defense has allowed 39% fewer points to TEs than the league average.

Darnell Washington

TE, PIT vs IND

7.2 projected PPR points

Likely range 3–13 · TE18 this week · Bench

Bench. Projected 7.2 points, 0.4 behind #16, the last one we'd start.

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The chance is a model estimate that treats the two scores as independent. Fantasy scoring is noisy, so even a 70% call loses three times in ten. Projections are estimates, not guarantees. How it works.