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Marlon Mack or James Cook

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Marlon Mack

Marlon Mack

RB • Denver Broncos DEN
James Cook

James Cook

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

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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
5132.60000
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
17523.11000
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Marlon Mack
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
3 @SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches James Cook
REDZONE
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 Marlon Mack
OWN
 
9%
-4.04 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-1.28 compared to last week
OWN/START James Cook
OWN
66%
-0.99 compared to last week
START
17%
+4.95 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Marlon Mack
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Cook
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Marlon Mack

    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 N/A with 0.00 total points (0.00 avg).
  • Currently 282 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 84th among RB.
  • Top 100 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 84th among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 39th among RB.
  • Ranked 136th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 134th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 84 (9.33 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 98th among RB.
  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 1 (0.11 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +68, Rush AVG: +2.1 Rush TDs: +1, Receptions: +8, Rec Yards: +99 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: 0, RUSH YDS: 0, RUSH TDS: 0, REC: 0, REC YDS: 0, REC TDS: 0
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
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.8 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 Marlon Mack

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Injury James Cook

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Marlon Mack

Week 3
Denver Broncos VS San Francisco 49ers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
16.42285.1134234834.26
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 3rd with 177.00 total points (9.32 avg).
  • Currently 9 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.3 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 285.11 per game and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 2 in turnovers with 34 (1.79 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1321 (69.53 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Ranked 22nd in pass defense with 4096 (215.58 per game).
  • Top 8 in sacks with 48 (2.53 per game) and currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 2 in interceptions with 23 (1.21 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 2 in points against with 16.42 per game and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 12 in Total TDs with 3 (0.16 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -86.89, Turnovers: +32 Sacks: +40, INTs: +21, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -3.83,
  • 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: 46, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 329.4
Matchups James Cook

Week 3
Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
24.06335.1718104741.94
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 Marlon Mack
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Cook
8.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Marlon Mack
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 IND 14 93 358 3.8 3 33 21 225 10.7 1
2018 IND 12 195 908 4.7 9 26 17 103 6.1 1
2019 IND 14 247 1091 4.4 8 17 14 82 5.9 0
2020 IND 1 4 26 6.5 0 3 3 30 10.0 0
2021 IND 5 28 101 3.6 0 5 2 8 4.0 0
2022 DEN 5 16 84 5.3 1 10 8 99 12.4 1
3-YEAR AVG 4 16 70 4.4 0 6 4 46 10.5 0
Totals 51 583 2568 4.4 21 94 65 547 8.4 3
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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