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Austin Ekeler or Pierre Strong

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Austin Ekeler

Austin Ekeler

RB • n/a
Pierre Strong

Pierre Strong

RB • Green Bay Packers GB
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ekeler over Strong

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Ekeler ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 6.1
RUSH ATT RUSH YD RUSH TD REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
6.3 24.3 0.2 1.3 10.6 0 6.1
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Outlook Austin Ekeler

Austin Ekeler at SF — Limited Role and Questionable Status Cloud Outlook

Ekeler is officially questionable for Monday night against San Francisco after wearing a no-contact jersey during practice due to a chest injury. Since re-signing with Washington, the veteran running back has handled a very limited role, logging just seven carries and two receptions over two games. Check back closer to game time for late updates regarding his active status.

Even if cleared to play, Ekeler carries virtually no standalone fantasy appeal in standard formats, currently rostered in roughly 5% of leagues. Our weekly projection expects around 3.5 carries for 14 rushing yards and one reception for 9 yards (4.1 fantasy points), keeping him firmly on fantasy benches.

FantasySP AI Analysis Updated 6 hrs ago
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Strong over Ekeler

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Strong ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 6
RUSH ATT RUSH YD RUSH TD REC REC YD REC TD FPTS
4.7 21.7 0.1 1.5 11.1 0.1 6
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Austin Ekeler
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
3-1-0.301150
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
7284.002260
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Pierre Strong
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ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
571.403110
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ATT YDS AVG TD REC YDS TD
571.403110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Austin Ekeler
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
4 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Pierre Strong
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
5 @MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Austin Ekeler
OWN
 
5%
-4.62 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Pierre Strong
OWN
 
0%
+0.3 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Austin Ekeler
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Pierre Strong
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Austin Ekeler

    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 77th with 5.40 total points (2.70 avg).
  • Currently 121.3 points behind the leader: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 73rd among RB.
  • Top 25 in Rec TDs with 0 and is currently ranked 24th among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 28 (14.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 79th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -15, Rush AVG: +0.9 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: -3, Rec Yards: -12 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?
Breakdown Pierre Strong

    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 1.80 total points (1.80 avg).
  • Currently 124.9 points behind the leader: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 65th among RB.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 67th among RB.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 0 and is currently ranked 26th among RB.
  • Ranked 114th in targets and is currently among RB.
  • Ranked 113th in targets and is currently among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 7 (7.00 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 95th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +7, Rush AVG: +1.4 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: +3, Rec Yards: +11 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?

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 29, RUSH YDS: 111, RUSH TDS: 1, REC: 3, REC YDS: 17, REC TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Austin Ekeler

No Injury Reported

Injury Pierre Strong

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Austin Ekeler

Week 6
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD FSP
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Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Matchups Pierre Strong

Week 6
Green Bay Packers VS Dallas Cowboys

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
27.20400.2020502.84
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 24th among DST's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 32nd with 7.00 total points (1.40 avg).
  • Currently 52 points behind the leader: Vikings DST
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 32nd in rush defense with 842 (168.40 per game).
  • Ranked 17th in pass defense with 1159 (231.80 per game).
  • One of the worst in points against with 27.20 per game and currently ranked 26th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 31st 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: -31.2, Turnovers: -1 Sacks: -5, INTs: -1, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: -3.6,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 36, INT: 9, TDS: 3, PA/G: 31.9, YDS/G: 400.6
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Austin Ekeler
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Pierre Strong
1.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Austin Ekeler
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 LAC 13 47 260 5.5 2 35 27 279 10.3 3
2018 LAC 14 106 554 5.2 3 53 39 404 10.4 3
2019 LAC 16 132 557 4.2 3 108 92 993 10.8 8
2020 LAC 10 116 530 4.6 1 65 54 403 7.5 2
2021 LAC 16 206 911 4.4 12 94 70 647 9.2 8
2022 LAC 16 204 915 4.5 13 128 107 722 6.7 5
2023 LAC 14 179 628 3.5 5 74 51 436 8.5 1
2024 WAS 12 77 367 4.8 4 41 35 366 10.5 0
2025 WAS 2 14 43 3.1 0 7 5 38 7.6 0
2026 WAS 2 7 28 4.0 0 3 2 26 13.0 0
ON PACE 7 25 101 4.0 0 11 7 94 13.0 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 97 376 3.9 3 46 34 308 9.0 0
Totals 120 1123 4917 4.4 45 627 496 4406 8.9 30
Career Pierre Strong
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2022 NE 4 10 100 10.0 1 7 7 42 6.0 0
2023 CLE 13 63 291 4.6 1 8 5 47 9.4 0
2024 CLE 11 26 108 4.2 0 22 14 104 7.4 0
2026 GB 1 5 7 1.4 0 4 3 11 3.7 0
ON PACE 4 18 25 1.4 0 14 11 40 3.7 0
3-YEAR AVG 8 30 133 4.5 0 10 6 50 7.9 0
Totals 29 104 506 4.9 2 41 29 204 7.0 0
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HOU @JAC
IND vs TEN
KC vs LAC
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PIT @TB
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FLA vs SEA 6:00 PM EST
NJ @WAS 1:00 PM EST
NSH vs STL 8:00 PM EST
NYI @TOR 7:00 PM EST
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