WRs vs San Francisco 49ers
As of Week 13 · through 2 games · PPR
Showing the three highest-scoring WRs from each game.
| Wk | Team | Player | Slot | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  LA | Puka Nacua | WR1 | 9 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 12.4 |
| Davante Adams | WR2 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 5.6 | ||
| Jordan Whittington | WR3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 |  MIA | Ryan Miller | WR1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 14.7 |
| Malik Washington | WR2 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 8.7 | ||
| Caleb Douglas | WR3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3.9 | ||
| Average | 4.2 | 2.7 | 41.2 | 0.2 | 7.9 | |||
| Median | 4.0 | 2.5 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 7.1 | |||
| High | 9 | 5 | 77 | 1 | 14.7 | |||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.8 | |||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
Prediction for Malachi Fields
Nobody knows which slot Malachi Fields will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the 49ers.
I predict about 3.8 points for Malachi Fields if playing as a WR3. Malachi Fields has averaged 4.5 over 1 game, and the 49ers have given up 2.9 to WR3s (-38% vs the league average of 4.6).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Malachi Fields scored: Wk 1 4.5. Average 4.5; weighted toward recent games it is 4.5.
2. The defense. Over 2 games, the 49ers allowed 2.9 points to their opponent's WR3. The league average for that slot is 4.6, so that is -38%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -15% adjustment (x0.85).
4. Result. 4.5 x 0.85 = 3.8. 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 Malachi Fields is to reach it as a WR3.
Why this percentage?
The projection (3.8) 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 2.3 points, leaning on Malachi Fields'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 4.
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
- top-3 WRs have averaged 2.7 receptions, 41.2 receiving yards and 0.2 receiving TDs per player-game against the 49ers across 2 games.
- The 49ers allow 23.5 PPR points to the position per game, -21% versus the league average of 29.8 (ranked 24 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
- Outlier: Week 2, Ryan Miller (14.7 pts, 77 yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 7.9 vs 6.5; yds 41.2 vs 34.0. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- Outlier: Week 1, Jordan Whittington (1.8 pts, 8 yds) sits far below the other games and drags the averages down. Average with it vs without it: pts 7.9 vs 9.1; yds 41.2 vs 47.8. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- 2 of 6 player-games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 1.8 to 14.7 (median 7.1).
- top-3 WRs scored a touchdown in 1 of 6 player-games (17%).
- 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
Malachi Fields usually plays as the team's WR3, so the verdict uses the WR3 numbers, not the slot selected above.
- Malachi Fields averages 4.5 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 4.5) and has played as the team's WR3.
- The 49ers have allowed 2.9 points to WR3s over 2 games (-38% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -15% adjustment.
- Projection: 3.8 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.
Malachi Fields's stats vs the 49ers
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the 49ers, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Malachi Fields has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of 49ers 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 Malachi Fields will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
49ers avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Malachi Fields's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Malachi Fields usually produces.
Projected is Malachi Fields's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the 49ers 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.
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAL | 4 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Fields avg | 4.0 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |
| 49ers Top 3 avg | 4.2 | 2.7 | 41.2 | 0.2 | 7.9 | |
| Difference | +0.2 | +0.7 | +16.2 | +0.2 | +3.4 | |
| Projected | 3.4 | 1.7 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Fields averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.