REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Malcolm Butler to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 64 projected fantasy points puts him at #7 behind Anthony Harris and ahead of Malcolm Jenkins. He has averaged 5.83 fantasy points in his past 24 games, which is less than our projected per game average. His projected per game average is 7.1 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#13) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 56%, he is the #9 most highly owned defensive back. Malcolm Butler is expected to improve on this season-to-date's #80 fantasy position rank.

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MALCOLM BUTLER WEEK 9 AND 10 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Malcolm Butler is projected for 7.6 fantasy points which is good enough to be the #8 ranked defensive back and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a slightly better than average week with more fantasy points than he is projected to average the rest of the season. He is ranked above Holton Hill but behind Kenny Moore. Week 10 will be slightly worse based on projected rank (#11). He is projected for 7.2 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.