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Jonathan Taylor or Christian Watson

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Jonathan Taylor

Jonathan Taylor

RB • Indianapolis Colts IND
Christian Watson

Christian Watson

WR • Green Bay Packers GB
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jonathan Taylor
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Jonathan Taylor
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @HOU 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 @JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓

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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 Jonathan Taylor
OWN
85%
+3.45 compared to last week
START
20%
+1.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Christian Watson
OWN
99%
+0.91 compared to last week
START
51%
-3.67 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jonathan Taylor
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Christian Watson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jonathan Taylor

    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 34th with 118.40 total points (8.46 avg).
  • Currently 163.6 points behind the leader: Austin Ekeler
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.5.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 32nd among RB.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 30th among RB.
  • Ranked 117th in Rec TDs among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 192 (13.71 per game) and is currently ranked 25th among RB.
  • Top 25 in rush yards with 861 (61.50 per game) and is currently ranked 25th among RB.
  • Top 35 in rush tds with 4 (0.29 per game) and is currently ranked 35th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 12 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +754, Rush AVG: +1.2 Rush TDs: +4, Receptions: +21, Rec Yards: +81 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • 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: 316, RUSH YDS: 1589, RUSH TDS: 15, REC: 44, REC YDS: 370, REC TDS: 3
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 Jonathan Taylor

ANKLE - May 1, 2023

IR Ankle May 1, 2023
Injury Christian Watson

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jonathan Taylor

Week 3
Indianapolis Colts VS Kansas City Chiefs

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.61331.5022125721.56
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 9th with 128.00 total points (7.11 avg).
  • Currently 58 points behind the leader: Patriots DST

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in total yards against with 331.50 per game and is currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 8 in rush defense with 1823 (101.28 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Ranked 24th in pass defense with 4144 (230.22 per game).
  • Top 4 in sacks with 57 (3.17 per game) and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 20 in points against with 21.61 per game and currently ranked 19th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 20th 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: -34.3, Turnovers: +15 Sacks: +47, INTs: +6, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -2.79,
  • 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: 38, INT: 14, TDS: 2, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 392
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 Jonathan Taylor
21.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Christian Watson
9.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jonathan Taylor
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2020 IND 15 232 1169 5.0 11 39 36 299 8.3 1
2021 IND 16 317 1734 5.5 18 49 37 342 9.2 2
2022 IND 11 192 861 4.5 4 40 28 143 5.1 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 190 994 5.2 10 31 25 216 8.6 1
Totals 44 777 3919 5 34 136 106 808 7.6 3
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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