TE MIN Week 3 · PPR

Start or sit T.J. Hockenson?

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

#15 TE projection — on the borderline of the ~13 started in 12-team leagues.

Borderline call: T.J. Hockenson projects for 8.9 PPR points this week, ranked #15 among TEs by our projection model. @TB is a soft matchup for TEs — the model applies a +10% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 44.5 — 98% of the 45.6 league average for week 3.

Season projection table

PPR · weeks 1–18

T.J. Hockenson projected PPR points by week, weeks 1 through 18
Wk Proj (PPR)
1 7.8
2 8.2
3 this week 8.9
4 8.9
5 7.8
6 —
7 9.0
8 8.2
9 7.0
10 7.8
11 8.8
12 7.2
13 8.3
14 8.5
15 8.2
16 9.1
17 9.0
18 8.2

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