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Michael Pittman
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WRs vs Baltimore Ravens

As of Week 15 · through 2 games · PPR

Michael Pittman
Comparing
Michael Pittman vs the Ravens
Projection 10.7 pts · 1 game played this season
Out

WR3 = the third-highest-scoring WR against Ravens in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

WR3 avg pts
3.8
PPR per game
Rank
23
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-18%
lg avg 4.6
WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1INDINDJosh Downs423705.7
2NONOBryce Lance11801.8
Average2.51.522.50.03.8
Median2.51.522.50.03.8
High423705.7
Low11801.8

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Michael Pittman

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

If Michael Pittman plays as
10.7
projected PPR points

I predict about 10.7 points for Michael Pittman if playing as a WR1. Michael Pittman has averaged 8.8 over 1 game, and the Ravens have given up 16.4 to WR1s (-4% vs the league average of 17.0).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Michael Pittman scored: Wk 1 8.8. Average 8.8; weighted toward recent games it is 10.9.

2. The defense. Over 2 games, the Ravens allowed 16.4 points to their opponent's WR1. The league average for that slot is 17.0, so that is -4%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -1% adjustment (x0.99).

4. Result. 10.9 x 0.99 = 10.7. 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 Michael Pittman is to reach it as a WR1.

40%
chance of 11+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (10.7) 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 6.4 points, leaning on Michael Pittman's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical WR 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 11.

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

  • WR3s have averaged 1.5 receptions, 22.5 receiving yards and 0.0 receiving TDs against the Ravens across 2 games.
  • The Ravens allow 3.8 PPR points to WR3s, -18% versus the league average of 4.6 (ranked 23 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • 0 of 2 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 1.8 to 5.7 (median 3.8).
  • WR3s 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 · Michael Pittman
Out10.7 proj pts
Medium confidence

Michael Pittman usually plays as the team's WR1, so the verdict uses the WR1 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Michael Pittman averages 8.8 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 8.8) and has played as the team's WR1.
  • The Ravens have allowed 16.4 points to WR1s over 2 games (-4% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -1% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (11.9) is blended in at 67% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Injury report: Out. The projection assumes the player plays.
  • Projection: 10.7 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level WR scores about 11.8 and a top-tier one about 20.8.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Michael Pittman's stats vs the Ravens

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

What is this table?

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

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

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

Projected is Michael Pittman's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Ravens 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
WkOppTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1ATL335808.8
Pittman avg3.03.058.00.08.8
Ravens WR3 avg2.51.522.50.03.8
Difference-0.5-1.5-35.5+0.0-5.1
Projected as WR32.82.853.80.010.1

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