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Kyren Williams or JuJu Smith-Schuster

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

Kyren Williams

RB • Los Angeles Rams LAR
JuJu Smith-Schuster

JuJu Smith-Schuster

WR • Kansas City Chiefs KC
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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 JuJu Smith-Schuster
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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
22914.5160
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 JuJu Smith-Schuster
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @IND 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyren Williams
OWN
29%
+0.55 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+0.43 compared to last week
OWN/START JuJu Smith-Schuster
OWN
99%
+5.59 compared to last week
START
67%
+5.41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyren Williams
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus JuJu Smith-Schuster
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 114th in Rec TDs among RB.
  • Ranked 129th 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 JuJu Smith-Schuster

    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 37th with 110.20 total points (6.12 avg).
  • Currently 135.08 points behind the leader: Justin Jefferson
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 25 in receptions and is currently ranked 21st among WR.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 33rd among WR.
  • Top 25 in reception yards with 962 and 12.03 YPC and is currently ranked 25th among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 67th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

    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: +70, Rec Yards: +869 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: 79, REC YDS: 866, REC TDS: 7
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kyren Williams

No Injury Reported

Injury JuJu Smith-Schuster

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 JuJu Smith-Schuster

Week 3
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
25.12349.7124104430.02
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 14th with 116.00 total points (6.82 avg).
  • Currently 70 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.8.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 21st in rush defense with 2109 (124.06 per game).
  • Ranked 13th in pass defense with 3836 (225.65 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 25.12 per game and currently ranked 26th among DST.
  • Top 14 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 14th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +103.71, Turnovers: +18 Sacks: +31, INTs: +6, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: +1.12,
  • 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: 15, TDS: 5, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 364.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyren Williams
1.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating JuJu Smith-Schuster
13.99
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 JuJu Smith-Schuster
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2017 PIT 13 79 58 917 15.8 7 0 0 0 0
2018 PIT 16 166 111 1426 12.8 7 1 13 13 0
2019 PIT 12 72 42 552 13.1 3 0 0 0 0
2020 PIT 16 128 97 831 8.6 9 0 0 0 0
2021 PIT 5 28 15 129 8.6 0 3 9 3 1
2022 KC 15 99 76 898 11.8 3 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 12 91 67 672 10 4 1 3 3 0
Totals 80 595 416 4974 12.0 30 4 22 5.5 1
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ARI vs LAR
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POR vs TOR 10:00 PM EST
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MON @OTT 7:00 PM EST
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PIT vs SJ 7:00 PM EST