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Adam Thielen or Christian Watson

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Adam Thielen

Adam Thielen

WR • Minnesota Vikings MIN
Christian Watson

Christian Watson

WR • Green Bay Packers GB
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Adam Thielen
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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
35016.7250
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Christian Watson
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
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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Redzone Touches Christian Watson
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Adam Thielen
OWN
99%
+1.58 compared to last week
START
47%
+5.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Christian Watson
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
56%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Adam Thielen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Christian Watson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
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
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.4.

    • 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 79th 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
Breakdown Christian Watson

    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 28th with 123.10 total points (7.24 avg).
  • Currently 122.18 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.2.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 66th among WR.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 66th among WR.
  • Top 20 in Rec TDs with 7 and is currently ranked 19th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 7 (0.41 per game) and is currently ranked 21st among WR.
  • Top 10 in rush yards with 80 (4.71 per game) and is currently ranked 9th among WR.
  • Top 3 in rush tds with 2 (0.12 per game) and is currently ranked 3rd among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +41, Rec Yards: +611 Rec TDs: +7,
  • 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: 37, REC YDS: 502, REC TDS: 3
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Adam Thielen

No Injury Reported

Injury Christian Watson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Christian Watson

Week 3
Green Bay Packers @ Tampa Bay Bucs

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.61324.5620104610.39
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 24th with 102.00 total points (5.67 avg).
  • Currently 84 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.7.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in total yards against with 324.56 per game and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Ranked 15th in rush defense with 2054 (114.11 per game).
  • Top 12 in pass defense with 3788 (210.44 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 10 in sacks with 46 (2.56 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Top 20 in points against with 21.61 per game and currently ranked 20th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 30th 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: +65.89, Turnovers: +7 Sacks: +36, INTs: EVEN, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -3.06,
  • 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: 44, INT: 15, TDS: 3, PA/G: 22.1, YDS/G: 352.2
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Adam Thielen
14.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Christian Watson
9.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
Career Christian Watson
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2022 GB 13 59 36 507 14.1 7 5 68 13.6 2
3-YEAR AVG 7 30 18 254 14.1 4 3 34 13.6 1
Totals 14 65 41 611 14.9 7 7 80 11.4 2
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