Should I start Chris Bell or Malachi Fields in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 11:56 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Malachi Fields: 80 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chris Bell's 65 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR87 · MIA · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 217
WR88 · NYG · on bye this week
- Overall rank
- 218
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Bell, and the board ranks him 217th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malachi Fields, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Chris Bell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Malachi Fields, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Chris Bell has been on the field for 60 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 19 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 26 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Malachi Fields has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.
His 30 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.
In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NO he caught 2 of 8 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 83 yards and did not score.
Their last full seasons
Chris Bell is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Malachi Fields is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Malachi Fields holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 60 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 13 percent each.
Byes and availability
Chris Bell is off in Week 6 and Malachi Fields in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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