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Rashee Rice
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WRs vs Indianapolis Colts

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Rashee Rice
Comparing
Rashee Rice vs the Colts
Projection 15.8 pts · 2 games played this season
Start

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

WR3 avg pts
3.5
PPR per game
Rank
20
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-21%
lg avg 4.4
WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1BALBALLaJohntay Wester221503.5
Average2.02.015.00.03.5
Median2.02.015.00.03.5
High221503.5
Low221503.5

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

How Rashee Rice should do vs the ColtsSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection

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

What is this table?

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

Compare against picks which group of Colts 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 Rashee Rice will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

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

Projected is Rashee Rice's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Colts 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
1DEN221919.9
2IND6483012.3
Rice avg4.03.051.00.511.1
Colts WR3 avg2.02.015.00.03.5
Difference-2.0-1.0-36.0-0.5-7.6
Projected as WR33.82.848.40.515.0

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

Start / Sit · Rashee RiceMedium confidence · 15.8 proj ptsStart

Rashee Rice usually plays as the team's WR2, so the verdict uses the WR2 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Rashee Rice averages 11.1 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 11.2) and has played as the team's WR2.
  • The Colts have allowed 9.4 points to WR2s over 2 games (+14% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +6% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (18.8) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 15.8 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.
Prediction & chance to scoreRashee Rice vs the Colts

Prediction for Rashee Rice

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

If Rashee Rice plays as
14.9
projected PPR points

I predict about 14.9 points for Rashee Rice if playing as a WR2. Rashee Rice has averaged 9.9 over 1 game, and the Colts have given up 6.3 to WR2s (-23% vs the league average of 8.2).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Rashee Rice scored: Wk 1 9.9. Average 9.9; weighted toward recent games it is 15.8.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Colts allowed 6.3 points to their opponent's WR2. The league average for that slot is 8.2, so that is -23%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -6% adjustment (x0.94).

4. Result. 15.8 x 0.94 = 14.9. 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 Rashee Rice is to reach it as a WR2.

42%
chance of 15+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (14.9) 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 8.9 points, leaning on Rashee Rice'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 15.

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
  • WR3s have averaged 2.0 receptions, 15.0 receiving yards and 0.0 receiving TDs against the Colts across 1 game.
  • The Colts allow 3.5 PPR points to WR3s, -21% versus the league average of 4.4 (ranked 20 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • WR3s scored a touchdown in 0 of 1 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.