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Kalen Ballage or Jerick McKinnon

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Kalen Ballage

Kalen Ballage

RB • New York Jets NYJ
Jerick McKinnon

Jerick McKinnon

RB • San Francisco 49ers SF
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kalen Ballage
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
155.002120
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
13362.81000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jerick McKinnon
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
47719.31250
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
47719.313110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Kalen Ballage
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
2 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Jerick McKinnon
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kalen Ballage
OWN
31%
-1.96 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.12 compared to last week
OWN/START Jerick McKinnon
OWN
44%
-0.5 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+1.82 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kalen Ballage
46th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jerick McKinnon
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kalen Ballage

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 46th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 117th with 9.70 total points (2.43 avg).
  • Currently 344 points behind the leader: Alvin Kamara
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 31st among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 35th among RB.
  • Ranked 118th in Rec TDs among RB.
  • Top 35 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 33rd among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 290 (36.25 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 65th among RB.
  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 3 (0.38 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 53rd among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +309, Rush AVG: +3.5 Rush TDs: +3, Receptions: +30, Rec Yards: +165 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!
Breakdown Jerick McKinnon

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 41st with 107.40 total points (6.32 avg).
  • Currently 246.3 points behind the leader: Alvin Kamara
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 26th among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 26th among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 39th among RB.
  • Top 35 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 26th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 396 (23.29 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 56th among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush tds with 6 (0.35 per game) and is currently ranked 27th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +396, Rush AVG: +4.7 Rush TDs: +6, Receptions: +35, Rec Yards: +258 Rec TDs: +1,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 119, RUSH YDS: 551, RUSH TDS: 4, REC: 23, REC YDS: 233, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kalen Ballage

No Injury Reported

Injury Jerick McKinnon

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kalen Ballage

Week 1
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.00472.00000014.27
Compare to same point last season
Matchups Jerick McKinnon

Week 1
San Francisco 49ers VS Arizona Cardinals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
8.29
Compare to same point last season
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kalen Ballage
1.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jerick McKinnon
8.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kalen Ballage
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2018 MIA 10 36 191 5.3 1 11 9 56 6.2 0
2019 MIA 12 74 135 1.8 3 24 14 63 4.5 0
2020 NYJ 11 91 303 3.3 3 37 29 166 5.7 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 67 210 3.1 2 24 17 95 5.5 0
Totals 34 202 634 3.1 7 74 54 297 5.5 0
Career Jerick McKinnon
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2014 MIN 11 113 538 4.8 0 41 27 135 5.0 0
2015 MIN 16 52 271 5.2 2 29 21 173 8.2 1
2016 MIN 15 159 539 3.4 2 53 43 255 5.9 2
2017 MIN 16 151 570 3.8 3 68 51 421 8.3 2
2020 SF 14 81 319 3.9 5 46 33 253 7.7 1
3-YEAR AVG 10 77 296 3.8 3 38 28 225 8.0 1
Totals 74 560 2314 4.1 13 242 177 1242 7.0 6
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Matchups

Week 19
BAL @BUF
CLE @KC
LAR @GB
NO vs TB
Matchup Time Pitchers
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Matchup Time
ATL @MIL 8:00 PM EST
BOS vs CLE 7:00 PM EST
CHA @ORL 7:00 PM EST
IND vs TOR 1:00 PM EST
LAC vs OKC 4:00 PM EST
MEM vs SAC Postponed EST
NY @POR 10:00 PM EST
SA vs WAS 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
ANA vs COL 8:00 PM EST
ARI vs VGK 4:00 PM EST
BUF @WAS 3:00 PM EST
CGY vs TOR 4:00 PM EST
CHI vs DET 12:30 PM EST
DAL vs NSH 8:00 PM EST
EDM @WPG 9:00 PM EST
LA @STL 8:00 PM EST
MIN vs SJ 8:00 PM EST
NJ vs NYI 7:00 PM EST
NYR @PIT 7:00 PM EST