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Sauce Gardner or Jaire Alexander

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Sauce Gardner

Sauce Gardner

CB • New York Jets NYJ
Jaire Alexander

Jaire Alexander

CB • Green Bay Packers GB
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Sauce Gardner
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jaire Alexander
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Sauce Gardner

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Jaire Alexander

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Sauce Gardner
OWN
 
2%
-1.18 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-1.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Jaire Alexander
OWN
 
2%
+0.79 compared to last week
START
 
2%
+1.75 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Sauce Gardner
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jaire Alexander
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sauce Gardner

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 105.5 total points (6.21 avg).
  • Currently 46.5 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.2.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 50 in solo tackles and is currently ranked 37th among DB.
  • Top 20 in assisted tackles and is currently ranked 19th among DB.
  • Top 50 in interceptions and is currently ranked 49th among DB.
  • Top 3 in passes defended and is currently ranked 1st among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 17 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +52, Assisted Tackles: +23 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +2, Passes Defended: +19, INT 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

Breakdown Jaire Alexander

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 88.0 total points (5.18 avg).
  • Currently 64 points behind the leader: Jalen Pitre
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.2.

    • Defensive Stats

  • Top 75 in solo tackles, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 60th among DB.
  • Top 75 in assisted tackles, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 56th among DB.
  • Top 6 in interceptions and is currently ranked 4th among DB.
  • Top 15 in passes defended and is currently ranked 14th among DB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 15 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +38, Assisted Tackles: +11 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +5, Passes Defended: +14, INT 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

Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Sauce Gardner

No Injury Reported

Injury Jaire Alexander

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Sauce Gardner

Week 3
New York Jets VS Cincinnati Bengals

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.53294.8428153322.67
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 8th with 130.00 total points (6.84 avg).
  • Currently 56 points behind the leader: Patriots DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.2 PPG. If you don"t have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 294.84 per game and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 28 (1.47 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1741 (91.63 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Ranked 15th in pass defense with 3861 (203.21 per game).
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 15 (0.79 per game) and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 18.53 per game and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 16th 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: -71.41, Turnovers: +25 Sacks: +25, INTs: +13, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -5.22,
  • 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: 41, INT: 14, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.5, YDS/G: 372.8
Matchups Jaire Alexander

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 Sauce Gardner
8.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jaire Alexander
7.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Sauce Gardner
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2022 NYJ 16 69 20 0 19 2 0
3-YEAR AVG 35 10 0 10 1 0
Totals 17 75 23 0 19 2 0
Career Jaire Alexander
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2018 GB 13 65 6 1 10 1 0
2019 GB 16 58 8 0 17 2 0
2020 GB 16 51 11 1 13 1 0
2021 GB 5 13 4 0 3 1 0
2022 GB 16 54 13 0 14 5 0
3-YEAR AVG 41 10 0 11 3 0
Totals 70 248 44 2 60 12 0
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