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14
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Richie James or Chase Claypool

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Richie James

Richie James

WR • New York Giants NYG
Chase Claypool

Chase Claypool

WR • Chicago Bears CHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Richie James
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
7517.3120
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
11827.5130
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Chase Claypool
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Richie James
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Chase Claypool
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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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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Richie James
OWN
19%
-1.35 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+1.41 compared to last week
OWN/START Chase Claypool
OWN
56%
+2.87 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+0.35 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Richie James
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Chase Claypool
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Richie James

    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 53rd with 83.70 total points (4.41 avg).
  • Currently 161.58 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 31st among WR.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 50th among WR.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 651 and 9.57 YPC and is currently ranked 50th among WR.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 4 and is currently ranked 34th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 75 in rush yards with 6 (0.32 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 72nd among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 19 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +68, Rec Yards: +651 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: 6, REC YDS: 59, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Chase Claypool

    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 152nd with 12.40 total points (1.38 avg).
  • Currently 232.88 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.5 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 84th among WR.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 55th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 20 in rush attempts with 8 (1.00 per game) and is currently ranked 18th among WR.
  • Top 20 in rush yards with 55 (6.88 per game) and is currently ranked 18th among WR.

    • 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: +40, Rec Yards: +336 Rec 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

  • REC: 59, REC YDS: 820, REC TDS: 3
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Richie James

No Injury Reported

Injury Chase Claypool

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Richie James

Week 3
New York Giants VS Dallas Cowboys

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.74313.9536175833.30
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 2nd with 178.00 total points (9.37 avg).
  • Currently 8 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in total yards against with 313.95 per game and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 2 in turnovers with 36 (1.89 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Ranked 22nd in rush defense with 2198 (115.68 per game).
  • Top 8 in pass defense with 3767 (198.26 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 2 in sacks with 58 (3.05 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 8 in interceptions with 17 (0.89 per game) and currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 19.74 per game and currently ranked 15th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.16 per game) and currently ranked 7th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -105.55, Turnovers: +29 Sacks: +54, INTs: +12, TDs: +3, Points Allowed: -7.01,
  • 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: 41, INT: 15, TDS: 6, PA/G: 22.4, YDS/G: 372.9
Matchups Chase Claypool

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
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Richie James
1.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Chase Claypool
9.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Richie James
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2018 SF 6 14 9 130 14.4 1 0 0 0 0
2019 SF 7 10 6 165 27.5 1 2 -1 -0.5 0
2020 SF 7 35 23 394 17.1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 NYG 14 71 57 569 10.0 4 2 6 3 0
3-YEAR AVG 7 35 27 321 12 2 1 2 3 0
Totals 36 146 106 1340 12.6 7 4 5 1.3 0
Career Chase Claypool
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2020 PIT 16 109 62 873 14.1 9 10 16 1.6 2
2021 PIT 14 98 54 823 15.2 1 11 63 5.7 0
2022 PIT 14 73 44 422 9.6 1 9 59 6.6 0
3-YEAR AVG 15 98 57 738 13 5 11 57 5.2 1
Totals 47 300 172 2243 13.0 14 33 171 5.2 2
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