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Samaje Perine or Kene Nwangwu

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Samaje Perine

Samaje Perine

RB • Cincinnati Bengals CIN
Kene Nwangwu

Kene Nwangwu

RB • Minnesota Vikings MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Samaje Perine
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Kene Nwangwu
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Samaje Perine
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
21 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Kene Nwangwu
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
8 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Samaje Perine
OWN
33%
+1.51 compared to last week
START
14%
+1.52 compared to last week
OWN/START Kene Nwangwu
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Samaje Perine
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kene Nwangwu
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Samaje Perine

    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 56th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 58th with 67.10 total points (3.36 avg).
  • Currently 266 points behind the leader: Jonathan Taylor
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.4 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 37th among RB.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 43rd among RB.
  • Top 20 in Rec TDs with 2 and is currently ranked 18th among RB.
  • Top 25 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 24th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 248 (12.40 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 68th among RB.
  • He is top 100 in rush tds with 1 (0.05 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 95th 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: +248, Rush AVG: +4.4 Rush TDs: +1, Receptions: +31, Rec Yards: +243 Rec TDs: +2,
  • 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: 73, RUSH YDS: 311, RUSH TDS: 2, REC: 23, REC YDS: 163, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Kene Nwangwu

    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 123rd with 7.00 total points (0.64 avg).
  • Currently 326.1 points behind the leader: Jonathan Taylor

    • Receiving Stats

  • Ranked 102nd in receptions and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 107th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 0, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among RB.
  • Ranked 108th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

    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: +61, Rush AVG: +4.7 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +4, Rec Yards: +9 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?
  • 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: 29, RUSH YDS: 130, RUSH TDS: 1, REC: 6, REC YDS: 42, REC TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Samaje Perine

No Injury Reported

Injury Kene Nwangwu

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Samaje Perine

Week 1
Cincinnati Bengals VS Minnesota Vikings

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.06405.8825165142.72
Compare to same point last season
Matchups Kene Nwangwu

Week 1
Minnesota Vikings @ Cincinnati Bengals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.75312.0029195022.93
Compare to same point last season
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Samaje Perine
6.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kene Nwangwu
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Samaje Perine
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 WAS 13 175 603 3.4 1 24 22 182 8.3 1
2018 WAS 4 8 32 4.0 0 4 3 5 1.7 0
2019 MIA 1 5 16 3.2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 CIN 11 63 301 4.8 3 12 11 66 6.0 0
2021 CIN 15 55 246 4.5 1 31 27 196 7.3 1
3-YEAR AVG 9 41 188 4.6 1 14 13 87 6.9 0
Totals 47 307 1200 3.9 5 77 67 496 7.4 3
Career Kene Nwangwu
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2021 MIN 5 12 57 4.8 0 5 4 9 2.3 0
3-YEAR AVG 3 6 29 4.8 0 3 2 5 2.3 0
Totals 6 13 61 4.7 0 5 4 9 2.3 0
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Matchups

Week 19
ARI @LAR
BUF vs NE
CIN @TEN
DAL vs SF
GB vs SF
KC vs BUF
LAR @TB
LV @CIN
PHI @TB
PIT @KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @CHC 7:40 PM EST
BAL vs NYY 12:35 PM EST
BOS vs SEA 7:10 PM EST
CHW @KC 2:10 PM EST
CIN @CLE 1:10 PM EST
HOU vs TEX 8:10 PM EST
NYM vs STL 1:10 PM EST
PHI vs SD 1:05 PM EST
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