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Malik Nabers
LA

WRs vs Los Angeles Rams

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Malik Nabers
Comparing
Malik Nabers vs the Rams
Projection 14.6 pts · 1 game played this season
Start

WR1 = the highest-scoring WR against Rams in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.

WR1 avg pts
18.0
PPR per game
Rank
12
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
+6%
lg avg 17.0
WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1SFSFDeebo Samuel Sr.7648118.0
Average7.06.048.01.018.0
Median7.06.048.01.018.0
High7648118.0
Low7648118.0

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Malik Nabers

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

If Malik Nabers plays as
14.0
projected PPR points

I predict about 14.0 points for Malik Nabers if playing as a WR1. Malik Nabers has averaged 12.9 over 1 game, and the Rams have given up 18.0 to WR1s (+6% vs the league average of 17.0).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Malik Nabers scored: Wk 1 12.9. Average 12.9; weighted toward recent games it is 13.8.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Rams allowed 18.0 points to their opponent's WR1. The league average for that slot is 17.0, so that is +6%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a +1% adjustment (x1.01).

4. Result. 13.8 x 1.01 = 14.0. 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 Malik Nabers is to reach it as a WR1.

42%
chance of 14+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (14.0) 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 8.4 points, leaning on Malik Nabers'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 14.

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

  • WR1s have averaged 6.0 receptions, 48.0 receiving yards and 1.0 receiving TDs against the Rams across 1 game.
  • The Rams allow 18.0 PPR points to WR1s, +6% versus the league average of 17.0 (ranked 12 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a near-average matchup.
  • WR1s 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 · Malik Nabers
Start14.6 proj pts
Low confidence
  • Malik Nabers averages 12.9 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 12.9) and has played as the team's WR1.
  • The Rams have allowed 18.0 points to WR1s over 1 game (+6% vs league). The model applies 25% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +2% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (14.3) is blended in at 67% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Game environment +2%: Vegas total 47.5, implied 20.5 points for NYG (league avg 22.5); Underdog by 6.5: likely to pass more while trailing; Indoors: no weather effect, a small boost for passing and kicking.
  • Opposing-defense injuries (+2%): Opposing starter Kamren Kinchens (S) is out, which helps the passing game.
  • Projection: 14.6 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level WR scores about 11.8 and a top-tier one about 20.8.
  • 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.

Malik Nabers'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 Malik Nabers 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 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 Malik Nabers 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 Malik Nabers's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Malik Nabers usually produces.

Projected is Malik Nabers'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.

Compare against
WkOppTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1DAL9669012.9
Nabers avg9.06.069.00.012.9
Rams WR2 avg7.06.049.01.016.9
Difference-2.0+0.0-20.0+1.0+4.0
Projected as WR211.47.687.40.017.5

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