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WRs vs New Orleans Saints

Week 9 view · through 7 games · PPR

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

WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1DETDETAmon-Ra St. Brown141067228.7
2BALBALRashod Bateman9788121.8
3LVLVTre Tucker444308.3
4ATLATLDrake London6596014.6
5MINMINJustin Jefferson7679118.8
6NYGNYGMalik Nabers1512165028.5
7PITPITDK Metcalf625607.6
Average8.76.684.90.618.3
Median7.06.079.00.018.8
High1512165228.7
Low424307.6

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

WR1 avg pts
18.3
PPR per game
Rank
14
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
+7%
lg avg 17.1
InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
  • WR1s have averaged 6.6 receptions, 84.9 receiving yards and 0.6 receiving TDs against the Saints across 7 games.
  • The Saints allow 18.3 PPR points to WR1s, +7% versus the league average of 17.1 (ranked 14 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a near-average matchup.
  • Outlier: Week 6, Malik Nabers (28.5 pts, 12 rec, 165 yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 18.3 vs 16.6; rec 6.6 vs 5.7; yds 84.9 vs 71.5. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • Outlier: Week 1, Amon-Ra St. Brown (28.7 pts, 10 rec) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 18.3 vs 16.6; rec 6.6 vs 6.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • 5 of 7 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 7.6 to 28.7 (median 18.8).
  • Every WR1 in the sample cleared 40 receiving yards.
  • WR1s scored a touchdown in 3 of 7 games (43%).

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.