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Sauce Gardner or Matthew Judon

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Sauce Gardner

Sauce Gardner

CB • New York Jets NYJ
Matthew Judon

Matthew Judon

LB • New England Patriots NE
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Sauce Gardner
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
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Performance Matthew Judon
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Sauce Gardner

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Matthew Judon

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Sauce Gardner
OWN
 
2%
-2.23 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-2.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Matthew Judon
OWN
 
2%
-1.88 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.72 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Sauce Gardner
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Matthew Judon
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sauce Gardner

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 105.5 total points (6.21 avg).
  • Currently 46.5 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.2.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 50 in solo tackles and is currently ranked 37th among DB.
  • Top 20 in assisted tackles and is currently ranked 19th among DB.
  • Top 50 in interceptions and is currently ranked 50th among DB.
  • Top 3 in passes defended and is currently ranked 1st 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: +52, Assisted Tackles: +23 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +2, Passes Defended: +19, 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 Matthew Judon

    Overview

  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.9 PPG.

    • Defensive Stats

    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: +36, Assisted Tackles: +22 Sacks: +15.5, INTs: EVEN, Passes Defended: +3, 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 Sauce Gardner

No Injury Reported

Injury Matthew Judon

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Sauce Gardner

Week 3
New York Jets VS Cincinnati Bengals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.53294.8428153322.67
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 8th with 130.00 total points (6.84 avg).
  • Currently 56 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.2 PPG. If you don"t have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 294.84 per game and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 28 (1.47 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1741 (91.63 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Ranked 15th in pass defense with 3861 (203.21 per game).
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 15 (0.79 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 18.53 per game and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 16th in Total TDs with 2 (0.11 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -71.41, Turnovers: +25 Sacks: +25, INTs: +13, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -5.22,
  • 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 Matthew Judon

Week 3
New England Patriots VS Baltimore Ravens

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.83323.1126145212.67
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 7th with 137.00 total points (7.61 avg).
  • Currently 49 points behind the leader: Patriots DST

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in total yards against with 323.11 per game and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 10 in turnovers with 26 (1.44 per game) and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 4 in rush defense with 1566 (87.00 per game) and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Ranked 26th in pass defense with 4250 (236.11 per game).
  • Top 6 in sacks with 52 (2.89 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 4 in points against with 18.83 per game and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 28th 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: +60.61, Turnovers: +17 Sacks: +40, INTs: +9, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: -1.17,
  • 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: 15, TDS: 2, PA/G: 24.5, YDS/G: 386.1
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Sauce Gardner
8.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Matthew Judon
10.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Sauce Gardner
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2022 NYJ 16 69 20 0 19 2 0
3-YEAR AVG 35 10 0 10 1 0
Totals 17 75 23 0 19 2 0
Career Matthew Judon
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2020 BAL 16 50 18 6 2 0 0
2021 NE 4 11 4 1 1 0 0
2022 NE 16 55 21 16 3 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 42 15 8 2 0 0
Totals 40 128 45 24 6 0 0
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