TE TEN
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Gunnar Helm?
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.
Sit
TE26 — below the ~13 started in 12-team leagues.
Sit call: Gunnar Helm projects for 6.3 PPR points this week, ranked #26 among TEs by our projection model. vs HOU is a tough matchup for TEs — the model applies a -3% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 43.5 — 92% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6.8 |
| 2 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 6.2 |
| 5 this week | 6.3 |
| 6 | 7.4 |
| 7 | 6.3 |
| 8 | 7.8 |
| 9 | — |
| 10 | 7.2 |
| 11 | 6.5 |
| 12 | 7.2 |
| 13 | 7.5 |
| 14 | 6.8 |
| 15 | 7.3 |
| 16 | 5.9 |
| 17 | 7.7 |
| 18 | 6.5 |