RBs vs Los Angeles Rams
As of Week 4 · through 1 game · PPR
Showing every RB who had a role in each game.
| Wk | Team | Player | Slot | Car | RuYd | RuTD | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SF | Christian McCaffrey | RB1 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 13.8 |
| Kaelon Black | RB2 | 14 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | ||
| Average | 12.0 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | |||
| Median | 12.0 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | |||
| High | 14 | 68 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 13.8 | |||
| Low | 10 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | |||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
Prediction for Saquon Barkley
Nobody knows which slot Saquon Barkley will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Rams.
I predict about 11.8 points for Saquon Barkley if playing as a RB2. Saquon Barkley has averaged 6.0 over 2 games, and the Rams have given up 8.0 to RB2s (+68% vs the league average of 4.8).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Saquon Barkley scored: Wk 1 9.0, Wk 2 3.0. Average 6.0; weighted toward recent games it is 10.1.
2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Rams allowed 8.0 points to their opponent's RB2. The league average for that slot is 4.8, so that is +68%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a +17% adjustment (x1.17).
4. Result. 10.1 x 1.17 = 11.8. 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 Saquon Barkley is to reach it as a RB2.
Why this percentage?
The projection (11.8) 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 7.1 points, leaning on Saquon Barkley'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 12.
With only 2 games 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
- all RBs have averaged 12.0 carries, 66.5 rushing yards and 3.0 receptions per player-game against the Rams across 1 game.
- The Rams allow 21.8 PPR points to the position per game, +4% versus the league average of 21.0 (ranked 13 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a near-average matchup.
- 1 of 2 player-games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 8.0 to 13.8 (median 10.9).
- Every player-game in the sample cleared 60 rushing yards.
- all RBs scored a touchdown in 0 of 2 player-games (0%).
- 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
Saquon Barkley usually plays as the team's RB2, so the verdict uses the RB2 numbers, not the slot selected above.
- Saquon Barkley averages 6.0 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 5.7) and has played as the team's RB2.
- The Rams have allowed 8.0 points to RB2s over 1 game (+68% vs league). The model applies 25% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +17% adjustment.
- Last season's average (14.5) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
- Injury report: Questionable. The projection assumes the player plays.
- Projection: 11.8 points.
- For reference, a typical weekly starter-level RB scores about 12.2 and a top-tier one about 20.0.
- Confidence is low: too few games for either the player or the defense. Use this as a rough lean, not a lock.
- A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.
Saquon Barkley's stats vs the Rams
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Rams, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Saquon Barkley has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Rams 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 Saquon Barkley will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Rams avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Saquon Barkley's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Saquon Barkley usually produces.
Projected is Saquon Barkley's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Rams 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.
| Wk | Opp | Car | RuYd | RuTD | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAS | 15 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 9.0 |
| 2 | TEN | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Barkley avg | 9.5 | 46.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| Rams All avg | 12.0 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | |
| Difference | +2.5 | +20.5 | +0.0 | +2.5 | +2.0 | +8.5 | +0.0 | +4.9 | |
| Projected | 11.1 | 53.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 11.8 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Barkley averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.