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WRs vs New York Jets

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Christian Watson
Comparing
Christian Watson vs the Jets
Projection 15.5 pts · 2 games played this season
Start

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

WR3 avg pts
7.8
PPR per game
Rank
4
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
+77%
lg avg 4.4
WkTeamPlayerTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1TENTENCarnell Tate643807.8
Average6.04.038.00.07.8
Median6.04.038.00.07.8
High643807.8
Low643807.8

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

How Christian Watson should do vs the JetsSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection

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

What is this table?

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

Compare against picks which group of Jets 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 Christian Watson will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

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

Projected is Christian Watson's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Jets 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
1MIN86147232.7
2NYJ11441114.1
Watson avg9.55.094.01.523.4
Jets WR3 avg6.04.038.00.07.8
Difference-3.5-1.0-56.0-1.5-15.6
Projected as WR311.36.0112.11.823.5

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Watson 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 · Christian WatsonMedium confidence · 15.5 proj ptsStart

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

  • Christian Watson averages 23.4 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 22.4) and has played as the team's WR1.
  • The Jets have allowed 11.4 points to WR1s over 2 games (-32% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -13% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (13.2) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 15.5 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 scoreChristian Watson vs the Jets

Prediction for Christian Watson

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

If Christian Watson plays as
17.3
projected PPR points

I predict about 17.3 points for Christian Watson if playing as a WR1. Christian Watson has averaged 32.7 over 1 game, and the Jets have given up 8.8 to WR1s (-48% vs the league average of 17.0).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Christian Watson scored: Wk 1 32.7. Average 32.7; weighted toward recent games it is 19.7.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Jets allowed 8.8 points to their opponent's WR1. The league average for that slot is 17.0, so that is -48%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -12% adjustment (x0.88).

4. Result. 19.7 x 0.88 = 17.3. 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 Christian Watson is to reach it as a WR1.

43%
chance of 17+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (17.3) 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 10.4 points, leaning on Christian Watson'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 17.

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 4.0 receptions, 38.0 receiving yards and 0.0 receiving TDs against the Jets across 1 game.
  • The Jets allow 7.8 PPR points to WR3s, +77% versus the league average of 4.4 (ranked 4 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a favorable 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.