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Kyren Williams or Adam Thielen

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Kyren Williams

Kyren Williams

RB • Los Angeles Rams LAR
Adam Thielen

Adam Thielen

WR • Minnesota Vikings MIN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kyren Williams
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

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Performance Adam Thielen
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Kyren Williams
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Adam Thielen
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 Kyren Williams
OWN
28%
-0.23 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Adam Thielen
OWN
99%
+0.99 compared to last week
START
51%
-0.22 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyren Williams
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Adam Thielen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyren Williams

    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 90th with 21.50 total points (2.15 avg).
  • Currently 260.5 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.2 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 82nd among RB.
  • Top 100 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among RB.
  • Ranked 112th in Rec TDs among RB.
  • Ranked 127th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 139 (13.90 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 10 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +139, Rush AVG: +4 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +9, Rec Yards: +76 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
  • You do realize that this guy has no rushing touchdowns right?
  • 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: 50, RUSH YDS: 218, RUSH TDS: 1, REC: 9, REC YDS: 73, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Adam Thielen

    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 31st with 115.00 total points (6.39 avg).
  • Currently 130.28 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.4 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 27th among WR.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 29th among WR.
  • Top 10 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 8th among WR.
  • Top 3 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 3rd among WR.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 766 and 10.49 YPC and is currently ranked 42nd among WR.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 6 and is currently ranked 29th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 4 (0.22 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 78th among WR.
  • He is top 100 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 76th 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: +58, Rec Yards: +635 Rec TDs: +3,
  • 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: 74, REC YDS: 831, REC TDS: 8
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyren Williams

No Injury Reported

Injury Adam Thielen

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyren Williams

Week 3
Los Angeles Rams @ Arizona Cardinals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
26.41364.5320113650.26
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 25th with 101.00 total points (5.94 avg).
  • Currently 85 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.9.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 14th in rush defense with 2016 (118.59 per game).
  • Ranked 25th in pass defense with 4181 (245.94 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 26.41 per game and currently ranked 30th among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 5 (0.29 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +2.78, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +22, INTs: +10, TDs: +5, Points Allowed: +6.16,
  • 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: 22.9, YDS/G: 349.8
Matchups Adam Thielen

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 Kyren Williams
1.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Adam Thielen
14.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kyren Williams
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 LAR 8 35 139 4.0 0 12 9 76 8.4 0
3-YEAR AVG 4 18 70 4 0 6 5 38 8.4 0
Totals 8 35 139 4 0 12 9 76 8.4 0
Career Adam Thielen
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2014 MIN 6 14 8 137 17.1 1 0 0 0 0
2015 MIN 9 18 12 144 12.0 0 4 89 22.3 0
2016 MIN 16 92 69 967 14.0 5 2 15 7.5 0
2017 MIN 16 143 91 1277 14.0 4 1 11 11 0
2018 MIN 16 155 113 1373 12.2 9 5 30 6 0
2019 MIN 10 48 30 418 13.9 6 4 6 1.5 1
2020 MIN 15 108 74 925 12.5 14 3 15 5 0
2021 MIN 13 95 67 726 10.8 10 1 2 2 0
2022 MIN 16 104 68 708 10.4 5 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 15 102 70 786 11.3 10 1 6 4.3 0
Totals 119 784 537 6733 12.5 55 21 172 8.2 1
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ARI vs LAR
ATL @SEA
BAL @NE
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FLA vs LA 7:00 PM EST
NYR vs VGK 7:00 PM EST
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