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Jacory Croskey-Merritt
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RBs vs Dallas Cowboys

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Jacory Croskey-Merritt
Comparing
Jacory Croskey-Merritt vs the Cowboys
Projection 11.1 pts · 2 games played this season
Flex

RB1 = the highest-scoring RB against Cowboys in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

RB1 avg pts
14.1
PPR per game
Rank
17
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-19%
lg avg 17.5
WkTeamPlayerCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1NYGNYGCam Skattebo18811000014.1
Average18.081.01.00.00.00.00.014.1
Median18.081.01.00.00.00.00.014.1
High18811000014.1
Low18811000014.1

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction & chance to scoreJacory Croskey-Merritt vs the Cowboys

Prediction for Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Nobody knows which slot Jacory Croskey-Merritt will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Cowboys.

If Jacory Croskey-Merritt plays as
12.6
projected PPR points

I predict about 12.6 points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt if playing as a RB2. Jacory Croskey-Merritt has averaged 12.6 over 1 game, and the Cowboys have given up 13.8 to RB2s (+165% vs the league average of 5.2).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored: Wk 1 12.6. Average 12.6; weighted toward recent games it is 9.7.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Cowboys allowed 13.8 points to their opponent's RB2. The league average for that slot is 5.2, so that is +165%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a +30% adjustment (x1.30).

4. Result. 9.7 x 1.30 = 12.6. 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt is to reach it as a RB2.

40%
chance of 13+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (12.6) 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 7.6 points, leaning on Jacory Croskey-Merritt'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 13.

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%.

InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
  • RB1s have averaged 18.0 carries, 81.0 rushing yards and 0.0 receptions against the Cowboys across 1 game.
  • The Cowboys allow 14.1 PPR points to RB1s, -19% versus the league average of 17.5 (ranked 17 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • RB1s scored a touchdown in 1 of 1 games (100%).
  • Small sample: only 1 game 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 · Jacory Croskey-MerrittMedium confidence · 11.1 proj ptsFlex

Jacory Croskey-Merritt usually plays as the team's RB2, so the verdict uses the RB2 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Jacory Croskey-Merritt averages 9.2 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 8.8) and has played as the team's RB2.
  • The Cowboys have allowed 9.8 points to RB2s over 2 games (+106% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +30% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (8.3) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 11.1 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.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt's stats vs the CowboysSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection

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

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Jacory Croskey-Merritt has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Cowboys 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Cowboys avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Jacory Croskey-Merritt's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Jacory Croskey-Merritt usually produces.

Projected is Jacory Croskey-Merritt's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Cowboys 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
1PHI1663111-7012.6
2DAL1243011505.8
Croskey-Merritt avg14.053.00.51.01.0-1.00.09.2
Cowboys RB1 avg18.081.01.00.00.00.00.014.1
Difference+4.0+28.0+0.5-1.0-1.0+1.0+0.0+4.9
Projected as RB113.350.40.51.01.0-1.00.09.2

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