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Cole Kmet or George Pickens

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Cole Kmet

Cole Kmet

TE • Chicago Bears CHI
George Pickens

George Pickens

WR • Pittsburgh Steelers PIT
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Cole Kmet
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Cole Kmet
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches George Pickens
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Cole Kmet
OWN
80%
+2.29 compared to last week
START
38%
+3.77 compared to last week
OWN/START George Pickens
OWN
79%
-0.24 compared to last week
START
18%
-1.75 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Cole Kmet
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus George Pickens
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Cole Kmet

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among TE'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 10th with 97.30 total points (5.72 avg).
  • Currently 130.8 points behind the leader: Travis Kelce
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.7.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 20 in receptions and is currently ranked 17th among TE.
  • Top 20 in targets and is currently ranked 16th among TE.
  • Top 25 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 25th among TE.
  • Top 10 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 10th among TE.
  • Top 15 in reception yards with 544 and 10.88 YPC and is currently ranked 14th among TE.
  • Top 6 in Rec TDs with 7 and is currently ranked 5th among TE.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +44, Rec Yards: +502 Rec TDs: +7,
  • 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

  • REC: 63, REC YDS: 654, REC TDS: 4
Breakdown George Pickens

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR'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 33rd with 114.50 total points (6.74 avg).
  • Currently 130.78 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.7.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 51st among WR.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 51st among WR.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 801 and 15.40 YPC and is currently ranked 39th among WR.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 4 and is currently ranked 39th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 50 in rush yards with 24 (1.41 per game) and is currently ranked 47th among WR.
  • Top 15 in rush tds with 1 (0.06 per game) and is currently ranked 13th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +52, Rec Yards: +801 Rec TDs: +4,
  • 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

  • REC: 59, REC YDS: 764, REC TDS: 4
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Cole Kmet

No Injury Reported

Injury George Pickens

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Cole Kmet

Week 3
Chicago Bears VS Houston Texans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.71392.2928163920.68
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 10th with 118.00 total points (6.94 avg).
  • Currently 68 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.9.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in turnovers with 28 (1.65 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Ranked 32nd in rush defense with 2894 (170.24 per game).
  • Top 10 in pass defense with 3775 (222.06 per game) and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 10 in interceptions with 16 (0.94 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 24.71 per game and currently ranked 24th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 18th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -4.71, Turnovers: +23 Sacks: +31, INTs: +12, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -5.04,
  • 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: 34, INT: 11, TDS: 3, PA/G: 28.3, YDS/G: 408.4
Matchups George Pickens

Week 3
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.41343.8820113440.86
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 20th with 108.00 total points (6.35 avg).
  • Currently 78 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 25th in rush defense with 2299 (135.24 per game).
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3547 (208.65 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.41 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Top 6 in Total TDs with 4 (0.24 per game) and currently ranked 6th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +94.21, Turnovers: +10 Sacks: +25, INTs: +5, TDs: +3, Points Allowed: -7.76,
  • 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: 43, INT: 14, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.2, YDS/G: 331
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Cole Kmet
12.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating George Pickens
10.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Cole Kmet
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2020 CHI 13 44 28 243 8.7 2 1 -3 -3 0
2021 CHI 16 88 56 564 10.1 0 1 0 0 0
2022 CHI 16 64 46 487 10.6 6 2 9 4.5 0
3-YEAR AVG 16 68 46 453 9.9 3 1 2 1.5 0
Totals 48 210 141 1415 10.0 9 4 6 1.5 0
Career George Pickens
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2022 PIT 16 79 49 729 14.9 3 3 24 8 1
3-YEAR AVG 8 40 25 365 14.9 2 2 12 8 1
Totals 17 85 52 801 15.4 4 3 24 8 1
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