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Joe Mixon or James Cook

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Joe Mixon

Joe Mixon

RB • Cincinnati Bengals CIN
James Cook

James Cook

RB • Buffalo Bills BUF
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Joe Mixon
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
201055.312180
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
311444.615350
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Cook
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
5132.60000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
17523.11000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Joe Mixon
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches James Cook
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WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Joe Mixon
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
98%
No change since last week.
OWN/START James Cook
OWN
67%
-2.67 compared to last week
START
16%
+0.56 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Joe Mixon
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Cook
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Joe Mixon

    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 11th with 204.60 total points (10.77 avg).
  • Currently 77.4 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 6 in receptions and is currently ranked 5th among RB.
  • Top 6 in targets and is currently ranked 6th among RB.
  • Top 6 in reception yards with 476 and 7.32 YPC and is currently ranked 6th among RB.
  • Top 15 in Rec TDs with 2 and is currently ranked 14th among RB.
  • Top 6 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 4th among RB.
  • Top 6 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 4th among RB.
  • Top 6 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 5th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 15 in rush attempts with 243 (12.79 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among RB.
  • Top 15 in rush yards with 970 (51.05 per game) and is currently ranked 15th among RB.
  • Top 15 in rush tds with 8 (0.42 per game) and is currently ranked 12th 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: +774, Rush AVG: EVEN Rush TDs: +7, Receptions: +60, Rec Yards: +451 Rec TDs: +2,
  • Involved in both the running and passing game!
  • 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: 280, RUSH YDS: 1177, RUSH TDS: 10, REC: 46, REC YDS: 333, REC TDS: 3
Breakdown James Cook

    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 39th with 97.70 total points (5.14 avg).
  • Currently 184.3 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 45th among RB.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 38th among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 36th among RB.
  • Top 35 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 30th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 50 in rush yards with 577 (30.37 per game) and is currently ranked 36th among RB.
  • Top 50 in rush tds with 3 (0.16 per game) and is currently ranked 42nd among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +577, Rush AVG: +5.3 Rush TDs: +3, Receptions: +21, Rec Yards: +180 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: 105, RUSH YDS: 450, RUSH TDS: 3, REC: 36, REC YDS: 274, REC TDS: 1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Joe Mixon

No Injury Reported

Injury James Cook

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Joe Mixon

Week 3
Cincinnati Bengals @ New York Jets

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD FSP
1.56
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST'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 17th with 112.00 total points (6.59 avg).
  • Currently 74 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.6.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in total yards against with 329.06 per game and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Ranked 16th in rush defense with 2068 (121.65 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3526 (207.41 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 12 in sacks with 45 (2.65 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 2 in points against with 18.59 per game and currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 24th in Total TDs with 1 (0.06 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -38.69, Turnovers: +12 Sacks: +35, INTs: +11, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -6.91,
  • 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

  • SACK: 35, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 31.5, YDS/G: 422.5
Matchups James Cook

Week 3
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD FSP
1.94
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST'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 13th with 117.00 total points (6.50 avg).
  • Currently 69 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 11.5 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don"t have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1752 (97.33 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Ranked 28th in pass defense with 4281 (237.83 per game).
  • Top 8 in sacks with 47 (2.61 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 24.06 per game and currently ranked 27th among DST.
  • Top 4 in Total TDs with 4 (0.22 per game) and currently ranked 3rd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -71.58, Turnovers: +12 Sacks: +42, INTs: +9, TDs: +4, Points Allowed: -1.69,
  • 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

  • SACK: 42, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 23.3, YDS/G: 358.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Joe Mixon
23.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Cook
8.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Joe Mixon
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 CIN 14 178 626 3.5 4 34 30 287 9.6 0
2018 CIN 14 237 1168 4.9 8 55 43 296 6.9 1
2019 CIN 16 278 1138 4.1 5 45 35 287 8.2 3
2020 CIN 6 119 428 3.6 3 26 21 138 6.6 1
2021 CIN 16 292 1205 4.1 13 48 42 314 7.5 3
2022 CIN 14 201 799 4.0 6 69 55 400 7.3 2
3-YEAR AVG 12 204 811 4 7 48 39 284 7.2 2
Totals 83 1347 5535 4.1 41 289 236 1798 7.6 10
Career James Cook
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 BUF 16 82 480 5.9 2 31 19 174 9.2 1
3-YEAR AVG 8 41 240 5.9 1 16 10 87 9.2 1
Totals 19 108 577 5.3 3 33 21 180 8.6 1
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