Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR
Los Angeles Chargers
This is how WRs have played against the Texans in the 2026 season.
WR3 = the third-highest-scoring WR against Texans in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.
| Wk | Team | Player | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BUF | Khalil Shakir | 6 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 9.0 |
| 2 |  CIN | Andrei Iosivas | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 3 |  IND | Laquon Treadwell | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.0 |
| 4 |  DAL | Ryan Flournoy | 5 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 7.7 |
| 5 |  TEN | Calvin Ridley | 3 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 6 |  JAX | Brian Thomas Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 7 |  NYG | Darnell Mooney | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 |
| Average | 3.0 | 1.9 | 21.6 | 0.0 | 4.1 | ||
| Median | 3.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||
| High | 6 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 9.0 | ||
| Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
How Marquez Valdes-Scantling should do vs the TexansSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Texans, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Marquez Valdes-Scantling has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Texans 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 Marquez Valdes-Scantling will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Texans avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Marquez Valdes-Scantling's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Marquez Valdes-Scantling usually produces.
Projected is Marquez Valdes-Scantling's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Texans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | SEA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | DEN | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Valdes-Scantling avg | 1.7 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |
| Texans WR3 avg | 3.0 | 1.9 | 21.6 | 0.0 | 4.1 | |
| Difference | +1.3 | +1.2 | +14.2 | +0.0 | +2.7 | |
| Projected as WR3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Valdes-Scantling 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 · Marquez Valdes-ScantlingGood confidence · 2.2 proj pts1/10 start
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling averages 1.4 PPR points over 3 games (recent-weighted 1.7) and has played as the team's WR3.
- The Texans have allowed 4.1 points to WR3s over 7 games (-7% vs league). The model applies 70% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -5% adjustment.
- Last season's average (3.6) is blended in at 40% weight because this season's sample is small.
- Game environment -6%: Vegas total 40.5, implied 17.5 points for LAC (league avg 22.6); Underdog by 5.5: likely to pass more while trailing; Indoors: no weather effect, a small boost for passing and kicking.
- Opposing-defense injuries (+1%): Opposing starter Reed Blankenship (S) is questionable, which helps the passing game. Opposing starter Azeez Al-Shaair (LB) is questionable, which helps the passing game.
- Projection: 2.2 points.
- For reference, a typical weekly starter-level WR scores about 12.2 and a top-tier one about 20.9.
- A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.
Prediction & chance to scoreMarquez Valdes-Scantling vs the Texans
Prediction for Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Nobody knows which slot Marquez Valdes-Scantling will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Texans.
I predict about 2.3 points for Marquez Valdes-Scantling if playing as a WR3. Marquez Valdes-Scantling has averaged 1.4 over 3 games, and the Texans have given up 4.1 to WR3s (-7% vs the league average of 4.4).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Marquez Valdes-Scantling scored: Wk 3 0.0, Wk 4 0.0, Wk 5 4.2. Average 1.4; weighted toward recent games it is 2.5.
2. The defense. Over 7 games, the Texans allowed 4.1 points to their opponent's WR3. The league average for that slot is 4.4, so that is -7%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 7 defensive games, only 70% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -5% adjustment (x0.95).
4. Result. 2.5 x 0.95 = 2.3. 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 Marquez Valdes-Scantling is to reach it as a WR3.
Why this percentage?
The projection (2.3) 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 1.9 points, leaning on Marquez Valdes-Scantling'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 2.
With only 3 games 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 1.9 receptions, 21.6 receiving yards and 0.0 receiving TDs against the Texans across 7 games.
- The Texans allow 4.1 PPR points to WR3s, -7% versus the league average of 4.4 (ranked 17 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a near-average matchup.
- 0 of 7 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 0.0 to 9.0 (median 3.0).
- WR3s scored a touchdown in 0 of 7 games (0%).
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.