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Xavien Howard or Roger McCreary

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Xavien Howard

Xavien Howard

CB • Miami Dolphins MIA
Roger McCreary

Roger McCreary

CB • Tennessee Titans TEN
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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

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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Roger McCreary
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Xavien Howard

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Redzone Touches Roger McCreary

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Xavien Howard
OWN
 
1%
-0.03 compared to last week
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1%
-0.02 compared to last week
OWN/START Roger McCreary
OWN
 
2%
-0.52 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.34 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Xavien Howard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Roger McCreary
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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 54th with 75.0 total points (4.17 avg).
  • Currently 77 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.2 PPG.

    • 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 88th among DB.
  • Top 50 in interceptions and is currently ranked 39th among DB.
  • Top 15 in passes defended and is currently ranked 14th among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +31, Assisted Tackles: +7 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +1, Passes Defended: +11, 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 Roger McCreary

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 22nd with 94.5 total points (5.56 avg).
  • Currently 57.5 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.6.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in solo tackles and is currently ranked 7th among DB.
  • Top 50 in assisted tackles and is currently ranked 49th among DB.
  • Top 100 in interceptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 80th among DB.
  • Top 50 in passes defended and is currently ranked 49th among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +69, Assisted Tackles: +15 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +1, Passes Defended: +8, 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

Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Xavien Howard

No Injury Reported

Injury Roger McCreary

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Xavien Howard

Week 4
Miami Dolphins @ Cincinnati Bengals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.75280.1029153622.06
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 9th with 135.00 total points (6.75 avg).
  • Currently 51 points behind the leader: Patriots DST

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 280.10 per game and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 8 in turnovers with 29 (1.45 per game) and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1741 (87.05 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Ranked 15th in pass defense with 3861 (193.05 per game).
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 15 (0.75 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 18.75 per game and currently ranked 15th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 16th in Total TDs with 2 (0.10 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -91.23, Turnovers: +22 Sacks: +21, INTs: +9, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -2.58,
  • 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: 14, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.5, YDS/G: 372.8
Matchups Roger McCreary

Week 4
Tennessee Titans @ 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: +80.57, Turnovers: +11 Sacks: +28, INTs: +1, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: +3.41,
  • 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
7.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Roger McCreary
7.70
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 Roger McCreary
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2022 TEN 16 83 15 0 7 1 0
3-YEAR AVG 83 15 0 7 1 0
Totals 17 84 15 0 8 1 0
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