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DeForest Buckner or Josh Sweat

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
DeForest Buckner

DeForest Buckner

DT • Indianapolis Colts IND
Josh Sweat

Josh Sweat

DE • Philadelphia Eagles PHI
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance DeForest Buckner
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Sweat
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
3200.000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
6301.500
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches DeForest Buckner

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Josh Sweat

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START DeForest Buckner
OWN
 
3%
+0.57 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+0.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Sweat
OWN
 
1%
-0.35 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.37 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus DeForest Buckner
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Sweat
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown DeForest Buckner

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 81.0 total points (4.76 avg).
  • Currently 22.5 points behind the leader: Maxx Crosby
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.8 PPG.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in solo tackles and is currently ranked 7th among DE/DT.
  • Top 10 in assisted tackles and is currently ranked 10th among DE/DT.
  • Top 15 in sacks and is currently ranked 14th among DE/DT.
  • Top 50 in passes defended and is currently ranked 39th among DE/DT.
  • Top 25 in yards lost with 49 and is currently ranked 22nd among DE/DT.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +37, Assisted Tackles: +24 Sacks: +7, INTs: EVEN, Passes Defended: +2, 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 Josh Sweat

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 12th with 77.5 total points (4.08 avg).
  • Currently 26 points behind the leader: Maxx Crosby
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 20 in solo tackles and is currently ranked 18th among DE/DT.
  • Top 35 in assisted tackles and is currently ranked 29th among DE/DT.
  • Top 6 in sacks and is currently ranked 4th among DE/DT.
  • Top 10 in interceptions and is currently ranked 7th among DE/DT.
  • Top 100 in passes defended, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 98th among DE/DT.
  • Top 3 in interceptions returned for TDS with 1 and is currently ranked 1st among DE/DT.
  • Top 6 in yards lost with 87 and is currently ranked 6th among DE/DT.

    • 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: +31, Assisted Tackles: +12 Sacks: +12, INTs: +1, Passes Defended: +1, 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 DeForest Buckner

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Sweat

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups DeForest Buckner

Week 4
Indianapolis Colts VS Tennessee Titans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.12367.1821143910.92
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 28th with 100.00 total points (5.88 avg).
  • Currently 86 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.9.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1307 (76.88 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Ranked 32nd in pass defense with 4935 (290.29 per game).
  • Top 10 in points against with 21.12 per game and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 26th in Total TDs with 1 (0.06 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +20.04, Turnovers: +13 Sacks: +23, INTs: +8, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -4.31,
  • 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: 40, INT: 13, TDS: 2, PA/G: 22.1, YDS/G: 350.4
Matchups Josh Sweat

Week 4
Philadelphia Eagles VS Jacksonville Jaguars

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.42326.7927143841.23
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 6th with 141.00 total points (7.42 avg).
  • Currently 45 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 10 in total yards against with 326.79 per game and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 10 in turnovers with 27 (1.42 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 12 in rush defense with 1951 (102.68 per game) and is currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Ranked 27th in pass defense with 4258 (224.11 per game).
  • Top 20 in points against with 21.42 per game and currently ranked 20th among DST.
  • Top 4 in Total TDs with 4 (0.21 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -72.04, Turnovers: +24 Sacks: +31, INTs: +11, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -7.75,
  • 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: 38, INT: 11, TDS: 4, PA/G: 28.6, YDS/G: 375.1
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating DeForest Buckner
12.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Sweat
12.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career DeForest Buckner
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2016 SF 15 75 30 6 1 0 0
2017 SF 15 61 16 4 5 0 0
2018 SF 16 64 20 12 3 0 0
2019 SF 16 58 24 8 2 0 0
2020 IND 16 58 21 10 3 0 0
2021 IND 16 60 24 7 3 0 0
2022 IND 16 70 30 8 3 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 64 25 8 3 0 0
Totals 113 455 165 54 20 0 0
Career Josh Sweat
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2018 PHI 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 PHI 13 19 4 5 1 0 0
2020 PHI 14 38 14 6 2 0 0
2021 PHI 16 45 26 8 4 0 0
2022 PHI 16 47 18 11 1 1 1
3-YEAR AVG 43 19 8 2 0 0
Totals 65 156 65 31 8 1 1
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CHA vs ORL 1:00 PM EST
CLE @IND 5:00 PM EST
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