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Tom Brady or Justin Jefferson

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Tom Brady

Tom Brady

QB • Tampa Bay Bucs TB
Justin Jefferson

Justin Jefferson

WR • Minnesota Vikings MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Tom Brady
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YDS CMP% TD INT RUSH YDS TD
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

YDS CMP% TD INT RUSH YDS TD
35153.02100
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
7476.7100
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Tom Brady
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Justin Jefferson
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tom Brady
OWN
90%
-3.03 compared to last week
START
50%
+2.09 compared to last week
OWN/START Justin Jefferson
OWN
100%
+1.6 compared to last week
START
97%
+0.65 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tom Brady
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Justin Jefferson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tom Brady

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts don't even rank him among QB'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 11th with 293.70 total points (16.32 avg).
  • Currently 143.82 points behind the leader: Josh Allen
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 5.7 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 3 in pass yards with 5045 (280.28 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among QB.
  • Top 10 in pass tds with 27 (1.50 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among QB.
  • Top 3 in pass completions with 525 (29.17 per game) and is currently ranked 1st.
  • Top 20 in interceptions with 10 (0.56 per game) and is currently ranked 16th.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +4390, TDs: +18, INTs: +8
  • Known to throw for big gains. If your league has bonus points for long TDs then this guy would be great to have.
  • 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

  • PASS YDS: 4775, PASS TDS: 35, RUSH YDS: 45, RUSH TDS: 2
Breakdown Justin Jefferson

    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 1st with 245.28 total points (13.63 avg).
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 9.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 3 in receptions and is currently ranked 1st among WR.
  • Top 3 in targets and is currently ranked 1st among WR.
  • Top 3 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 2nd among WR.
  • Top 3 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 2nd among WR.
  • Top 3 in reception yards with 1856 and 13.75 YPC and is currently ranked 1st among WR.
  • Top 10 in Rec TDs with 8 and is currently ranked 9th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 4 (0.22 per game) and is currently ranked 35th among WR.
  • Top 50 in rush yards with 24 (1.33 per game) and is currently ranked 46th among WR.
  • Top 6 in rush tds with 1 (0.06 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +124, Rec Yards: +1720 Rec TDs: +7,
  • Catches per game are very high so watch out!
  • Known to break out for big gains. If your league has bonus points for long REC TDs then this guy would be great to have.
  • 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: 102, REC YDS: 1517, REC TDS: 8
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tom Brady

No Injury Reported

Injury Justin Jefferson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tom Brady

Week 3
Tampa Bay Bucs VS Green Bay Packers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.82348.5325173431.22
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 12th with 117.00 total points (6.88 avg).
  • Currently 69 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.9.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in turnovers with 25 (1.47 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Ranked 26th in rush defense with 2372 (139.53 per game).
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3553 (209.00 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 8 in interceptions with 17 (1.00 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 14 in points against with 21.82 per game and currently ranked 13th among DST.
  • Top 10 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +68.13, Turnovers: +21 Sacks: +23, INTs: +14, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -3.78,
  • 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: 15, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.2, YDS/G: 348.7
Matchups Justin Jefferson

Week 3
Minnesota Vikings VS Detroit Lions

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.12408.0622123920.00
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 29th with 97.00 total points (5.71 avg).
  • Currently 89 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.7.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 29th in rush defense with 2491 (146.53 per game).
  • Ranked 30th in pass defense with 4446 (261.53 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.12 per game and currently ranked 25th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 22nd 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: -14.69, Turnovers: +20 Sacks: +33, INTs: +12, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -11.13,
  • 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: 35, INT: 11, TDS: 2, PA/G: 29.2, YDS/G: 403.5
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tom Brady
15.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Justin Jefferson
26.18
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Tom Brady
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2008 NE 1 76 64% 0 0 83.9 0 0 0
2009 NE 16 4398 66% 28 13 96.2 44 1 2
2010 NE 16 3900 66% 36 4 111.0 30 1 1
2011 NE 15 4897 66% 36 11 105.1 109 3 2
2012 NE 16 5165 63% 37 9 99.3 32 4 0
2013 NE 16 4343 61% 25 11 87.3 18 0 3
2014 NE 16 4109 64% 33 9 97.3 57 0 2
2015 NE 16 4770 64% 36 7 102.2 53 3 2
2016 NE 12 3554 67% 28 2 112.2 64 0 0
2017 NE 16 4576 66% 32 8 102.7 28 0 6
2018 NE 16 4355 66% 29 11 97.7 35 2 4
2019 NE 16 4057 61% 24 8 88.0 34 3 2
2020 TB 16 4633 66% 40 12 102.2 6 3 1
2021 TB 16 4990 67% 40 12 100.5 81 2 3
2022 TB 16 4610 67% 24 9 90.4 -1 1 4
3-YEAR AVG 18 5207 66% 39 12 98 28 2 3
Totals 228 64255 65% 464 130 98.8 587 24 32
Career Justin Jefferson
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2020 MIN 16 125 88 1400 15.9 7 1 2 2 0
2021 MIN 16 160 103 1509 14.7 9 5 10 2 0
2022 MIN 16 179 124 1771 14.3 8 4 24 6 1
3-YEAR AVG 16 157 107 1596 15 8 4 13 3.6 0
Totals 51 485 331 4872 14.7 25 11 40 3.6 1
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    @JamesPalmerTV

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    They must have a plan for Fortson

    @BKSportsTalk

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    @TheAthleticNFL

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    Chiefs’ WR Justin Watson is inactive today

    @AdamSchefter

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    #49ers were happy to see Brock Purdy back in the huddle

    @Schultz_Report

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Matchups

Week 3
ARI vs LAR
ATL @SEA
BAL @NE
BUF @MIA
CAR vs NO
CHI vs HOU
CIN @NYJ
CLE vs PIT
DAL @NYG
DEN vs SF
DET @MIN
GB @TB
IND vs KC
JAC @LAC
LV @TEN
PHI @WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
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CHA vs MIA 1:00 PM EST
CLE vs LAC 7:00 PM EST
IND @MEM 6:00 PM EST
MIL vs NO 8:00 PM EST
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BOS @CAR 5:00 PM EST
TOR vs WAS 5:00 PM EST