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Wil Lutz

Wil Lutz

KDenver Broncos DEN
Jake Bates

Jake Bates

KDetroit Lions DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lutz over Bates

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bates over Lutz

 
 
 
 
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Performance Wil Lutz
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake Bates
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Next Up Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Wil Lutz

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Jake Bates

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Lutz
OWN
40%
+2.16 compared to last week
START
31%
+1.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake Bates
OWN
80%
-1.08 compared to last week
START
80%
-1.08 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Lutz
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake Bates
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Wil Lutz

    Overview

  • Including a kicker in a trade is rather pointless. Don't dare give up a positional player for a kicker.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among K's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 10th with 150.00 total points (8.33 avg).
  • Currently 36 points behind the leader: Chris Boswell
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.3.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 33, FGM: 33, XP: 41
Breakdown Jake Bates

    Overview

  • Including a kicker in a trade is rather pointless. Don't dare give up a positional player for a kicker.
  • Experts rank this player at 5th among K's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 9th with 161.00 total points (8.94 avg).
  • Currently 25 points behind the leader: Chris Boswell
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.9.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 18 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 30, FGM: 30, XP: 55
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Lutz

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake Bates

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Wil Lutz

Week 1
Denver Broncos VS Tennessee Titans

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
27.69323.561492803.64
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 30th with 58.00 total points (3.63 avg).
  • Currently 132 points behind the leader: Texans DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.6 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 323.56 per game and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Ranked 29th in rush defense with 2167 (135.44 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3010 (188.13 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • One of the worst in points against with 27.69 per game and currently ranked 31st among DST.
  • Currently ranked 29th 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: -25.03, Turnovers: -2 Sacks: -18, INTs: +3, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: +6.04,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 38, INT: 12, TDS: 2, PA/G: 28.8, YDS/G: 330.7
Matchups Jake Bates

Week 1
Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.89298.8331174814.42
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 7th with 146.00 total points (8.11 avg).
  • Currently 44 points behind the leader: Texans DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.1.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in total yards against with 336.19 per game and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 31 (1.94 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1565 (97.81 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Ranked 20th in pass defense with 3814 (238.38 per game).
  • Top 10 in sacks with 44 (2.75 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 4 in interceptions with 17 (1.06 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 6 in points against with 19.63 per game and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 26th 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: -66.23, Turnovers: +10 Sacks: +9, INTs: +8, TDs: -3, Points Allowed: -1.76,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 45, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 21.1, YDS/G: 334.2
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Lutz
6.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake Bates
7.40
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Wil Lutz
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2016 16 34 28 82% 50 49
2017 NO 16 36 31 86% 50 47
2018 NO 16 30 28 93% 53 52
2019 NO 16 36 32 89% 49 48
2020 NO 16 29 23 79% 61 60
2022 NO 16 31 23 74% 33 33
2023 DEN 16 34 30 88% 31 29
2024 DEN 16 34 31 91% 46 46
3-YEAR AVG 17 33 28 85% 37 36
Totals 134 267 228 85% 376 367
Career Jake Bates
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2024 DET 16 29 26 90% 67 64
3-YEAR AVG 9 15 13 90% 34 32
Totals 18 30 27 90% 71 68
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CAR @JAC
CHI vs MIN
CIN @CLE
DAL @PHI
DEN vs TEN
DET @GB
HOU @LAR
IND vs MIA
KC @LAC
LV @NE
NYG @WAS
NYJ vs PIT
SEA vs SF
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ARI @CHW 07:40 EDT EST
ATH @DET 06:40 EDT EST
ATL @NYM 07:10 EDT EST
BAL vs TEX 06:35 EDT EST
BOS @LAA 09:38 EDT EST
CHC @STL 07:45 EDT EST
CIN vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST
CLE vs TOR 06:40 EDT EST
COL vs LAD 08:40 EDT EST
HOU vs PHI 08:10 EDT EST
KC vs TB 07:40 EDT EST
MIA @SF 09:45 EDT EST
MIL vs PIT 07:40 EDT EST
MIN vs SEA 07:40 EDT EST
SD vs WAS 09:40 EDT EST
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