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Kaleb Johnson
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RBs vs Buffalo Bills

As of Week 14 · through 2 games · PPR

Kaleb Johnson
Comparing
Kaleb Johnson vs the Bills
Projection 1.5 pts · 1 game played this season
Sit

RB2 = the second-highest-scoring RB against Bills in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

RB2 avg pts
4.0
PPR per game
Rank
19
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-16%
lg avg 4.8
WkTeamPlayerCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1HOUHOUWoody Marks942011-205.0
2DETDETSione Vaki170111303.0
Average5.024.50.01.01.05.50.04.0
Median5.024.50.01.01.05.50.04.0
High9420111305.0
Low17011-203.0

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Kaleb Johnson

Nobody knows which slot Kaleb Johnson will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Bills.

If Kaleb Johnson plays as
1.5
projected PPR points

I predict about 1.5 points for Kaleb Johnson if playing as a RB2. Kaleb Johnson has averaged 3.2 over 1 game, and the Bills have given up 4.0 to RB2s (-16% vs the league average of 4.8).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Kaleb Johnson scored: Wk 2 3.2. Average 3.2; weighted toward recent games it is 1.7.

2. The defense. Over 2 games, the Bills allowed 4.0 points to their opponent's RB2. The league average for that slot is 4.8, so that is -16%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -6% adjustment (x0.94).

4. Result. 1.7 x 0.94 = 1.5. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Kaleb Johnson is to reach it as a RB2.

26%
chance of 2+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (1.5) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 0.9 points, leaning on Kaleb Johnson's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical RB swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 2.

With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

Insights

  • RB2s have averaged 5.0 carries, 24.5 rushing yards and 1.0 receptions against the Bills across 2 games.
  • The Bills allow 4.0 PPR points to RB2s, -16% versus the league average of 4.8 (ranked 19 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • 0 of 2 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 3.0 to 5.0 (median 4.0).
  • RB2s scored a touchdown in 0 of 2 games (0%).
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.

What do these columns mean?
Wk
Week of the season
Tgt
Targets (passes thrown to the player)
Rec
Receptions
ReYd
Receiving yards
ReTD
Receiving touchdowns
Car
Carries (rushing attempts)
RuYd
Rushing yards
RuTD
Rushing touchdowns
Cmp / Att
Completions and pass attempts
PaYd / PaTD
Passing yards and touchdowns
INT
Interceptions thrown
FGM / FGA
Field goals made and attempted
FPts
Fantasy points in your scoring format
Sck / TO
Defense: sacks and takeaways
PA
Points allowed by a defense
G
Games in the sample
vs Lg
Percent above or below the league average
Start / Sit · Kaleb Johnson
Sit1.5 proj pts
Medium confidence
  • Kaleb Johnson averages 3.2 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 3.2) and has played as the team's RB2.
  • The Bills have allowed 4.0 points to RB2s over 2 games (-16% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -6% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (0.9) is blended in at 67% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 1.5 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level RB scores about 12.2 and a top-tier one about 20.0.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Kaleb Johnson's stats vs the Bills

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Bills, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Kaleb Johnson has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Bills opponents to line them up with: the best RB they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Kaleb Johnson will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Bills avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Kaleb Johnson's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Kaleb Johnson usually produces.

Projected is Kaleb Johnson's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Bills were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
2NYJ832000003.2
Johnson avg8.032.00.00.00.00.00.03.2
Bills RB2 avg5.024.50.01.01.05.50.04.0
Difference-3.0-7.5+0.0+1.0+1.0+5.5+0.0+0.8
Projected as RB27.530.00.00.00.00.00.01.5

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Johnson averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.