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Dameon Pierce or Taylor Heinicke

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Dameon Pierce

Dameon Pierce

RB • Houston Texans HOU
Taylor Heinicke

Taylor Heinicke

QB • Washington Commanders WAS
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Dameon Pierce
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Dameon Pierce
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Taylor Heinicke
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @DET 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dameon Pierce
OWN
72%
+4.82 compared to last week
START
13%
-1.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Taylor Heinicke
OWN
20%
+1.45 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+0.08 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dameon Pierce
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taylor Heinicke
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dameon Pierce

    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 28th with 136.40 total points (10.49 avg).
  • Currently 145.6 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 10.5.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 28th among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 32nd among RB.
  • Top 50 in Rec TDs with 1 and is currently ranked 37th among RB.
  • Top 20 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 20th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 15 in rush attempts with 220 (16.92 per game) and is currently ranked 14th among RB.
  • Top 20 in rush yards with 939 (72.23 per game) and is currently ranked 17th among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush tds with 4 (0.31 per game) and is currently ranked 29th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +939, Rush AVG: +4.3 Rush TDs: +4, Receptions: +30, Rec Yards: +165 Rec TDs: +1,
  • His touches per game on the ground are great.
  • 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: 211, RUSH YDS: 903, RUSH TDS: 6, REC: 34, REC YDS: 271, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Taylor Heinicke

    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 30th with 115.96 total points (6.82 avg).
  • Currently 321.56 points behind the leader: Josh Allen
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.8.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 25 in pass yards with 1859 (109.35 per game) and is currently ranked 32nd among QB.
  • Top 25 in pass tds with 12 (0.71 per game) and is currently ranked 28th among QB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +1401, TDs: +9, INTs: +5
  • 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: 277, PASS TDS: 2, RUSH YDS: 20, RUSH TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Dameon Pierce

ANKLE - Mar 1, 2023

IR Ankle Mar 1, 2023
Injury Taylor Heinicke

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dameon Pierce

Week 3
Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
27.24383.1823142000.00
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 32nd with 57.00 total points (3.35 avg).
  • Currently 129 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 31st in rush defense with 2674 (157.29 per game).
  • Ranked 14th in pass defense with 3840 (225.88 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 27.24 per game and currently ranked 32nd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 32nd in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +98.78, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +9, INTs: +9, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: +5.64,
  • 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: 39, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.4, YDS/G: 336.5
Matchups Taylor Heinicke

Week 3
Washington Commanders VS Philadelphia Eagles

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.50312.0028187523.89
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 4th with 165.00 total points (9.17 avg).
  • Currently 21 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.8 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 312.00 per game and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 8 in turnovers with 28 (1.56 per game) and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Ranked 17th in rush defense with 2069 (114.94 per game).
  • Top 4 in pass defense with 3547 (197.06 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 2 in sacks with 75 (4.17 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 6 in interceptions with 18 (1.00 per game) and currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 19.50 per game and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 17th 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: -15.5, Turnovers: +27 Sacks: +68, INTs: +18, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -2.25,
  • 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: 24.1, YDS/G: 349.4
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Dameon Pierce
15.06
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taylor Heinicke
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Dameon Pierce
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 HOU 13 220 939 4.3 4 39 30 165 5.5 1
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 220 939 4.3 4 39 30 165 5.5 1
Career Taylor Heinicke
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2017 HOU 1 10 100% 0 0 127.1 2 0 0
2018 CAR 5 320 61% 1 3 60.6 31 0 0
2020 WAS 1 137 63% 1 0 102.3 22 0 0
2021 WAS 15 3299 66% 20 15 86.5 310 1 2
2022 WAS 9 1859 62% 12 6 89.6 96 1 5
3-YEAR AVG 9 1907 64% 11 7 87.1 159 1 2
Totals 33 6051 64% 35 25 85.4 510 3 7
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