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James Cook or Richie James

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

James Cook

RB • Buffalo Bills BUF
Richie James

Richie James

WR • New York Giants NYG
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance James Cook
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
5132.60000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
17523.11000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
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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Redzone Touches Richie James
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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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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START James Cook
OWN
68%
-1.55 compared to last week
START
16%
+0.55 compared to last week
OWN/START Richie James
OWN
21%
-2.49 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-0.52 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus James Cook
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Richie James
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 44th 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
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

    • 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
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury James Cook

No Injury Reported

Injury Richie James

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
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
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
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating James Cook
8.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Richie James
1.82
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
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
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