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Xavien Howard or Jaylen Watson

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Xavien Howard

Xavien Howard

CB • Miami Dolphins MIA
Jaylen Watson

Jaylen Watson

CB • Kansas City Chiefs KC
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Xavien Howard
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
3310.020
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jaylen Watson
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
3310.020
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
3310.020
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Xavien Howard

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Jaylen Watson

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Xavien Howard
OWN
 
1%
-0.33 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.42 compared to last week
OWN/START Jaylen Watson
OWN
 
1%
-0.45 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.16 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Xavien Howard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jaylen Watson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Xavien Howard

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 50th with 75.0 total points (4.17 avg).
  • Currently 77 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.8 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 75 in solo tackles, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among DB.
  • Top 100 in assisted tackles, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 87th among DB.
  • Top 50 in interceptions and is currently ranked 38th among DB.
  • Top 15 in passes defended and is currently ranked 13th among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +33, Assisted Tackles: +8 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +1, Passes Defended: +12, INT TDS: EVEN,
  • 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

Breakdown Jaylen Watson

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 64th with 69.0 total points (3.83 avg).
  • Currently 83 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.2 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 75 in solo tackles, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 66th among DB.
  • Ranked 113th in assisted tackles and is currently among DB.
  • Top 50 in interceptions and is currently ranked 50th among DB.
  • Top 75 in passes defended, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 51st among DB.
  • Top 20 in interceptions returned for TDS with 1 and is currently ranked 17th among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +39, Assisted Tackles: +8 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +2, Passes Defended: +8, INT TDS: +1,
  • 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

Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Xavien Howard

No Injury Reported

Injury Jaylen Watson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Xavien Howard

Week 3
Miami Dolphins VS Buffalo Bills

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.47287.3729194533.33
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 5th with 159.00 total points (8.37 avg).
  • Currently 27 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 287.37 per game and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 29 (1.53 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 4 in rush defense with 1687 (88.79 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 10 in pass defense with 3773 (198.58 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 12 in sacks with 45 (2.37 per game) and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 4 in interceptions with 19 (1.00 per game) and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 8 in points against with 18.47 per game and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.16 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +85.7, Turnovers: +23 Sacks: +27, INTs: +16, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +2.64,
  • 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: 45, INT: 16, TDS: 3, PA/G: 18.1, YDS/G: 289.8
Matchups Jaylen Watson

Week 3
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.12349.7124104430.02
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 14th with 116.00 total points (6.82 avg).
  • Currently 70 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.8.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 21st in rush defense with 2109 (124.06 per game).
  • Ranked 13th in pass defense with 3836 (225.65 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.12 per game and currently ranked 26th among DST.
  • Top 14 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 14th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +103.71, Turnovers: +18 Sacks: +31, INTs: +6, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +1.12,
  • 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: 39, INT: 15, TDS: 5, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 364.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Xavien Howard
8.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jaylen Watson
4.07
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Xavien Howard
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2016 MIA 7 40 11 0 6 0 0
2017 MIA 16 48 6 1 10 4 1
2018 MIA 12 35 10 0 12 7 0
2019 MIA 5 16 4 0 3 1 0
2020 MIA 16 51 11 0 20 10 0
2021 MIA 16 48 10 1 13 4 0
2022 MIA 16 43 10 0 9 1 0
3-YEAR AVG 48 10 0 14 5 0
Totals 91 289 62 2 79 29 2
Career Jaylen Watson
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2022 KC 16 43 8 0 6 1 1
3-YEAR AVG 22 4 0 3 1 1
Totals 18 47 8 0 8 2 1
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