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Jake Bates or Dustin Hopkins

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Jake Bates

Jake Bates

KDetroit Lions DET
Dustin Hopkins

Dustin Hopkins

KCleveland Browns CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bates over Hopkins

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hopkins over Bates

 
 
 
 
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Performance Jake Bates
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FG FG% XPM PTS
2100.028
Season stats based on the past 7 days

FG FG% XPM PTS
480.0618
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Dustin Hopkins
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FG FG% XPM PTS
1100.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

FG FG% XPM PTS
1100.003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Jake Bates

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Dustin Hopkins

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jake Bates
OWN
91%
-0.31 compared to last week
START
89%
-0.11 compared to last week
OWN/START Dustin Hopkins
OWN
 
5%
-0.17 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+0.22 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jake Bates
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dustin Hopkins
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jake Bates

    Overview

  • Including a kicker in a trade is rather pointless. Don't dare give up a positional player for a kicker.
  • Experts rank this player at 10th among K's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 7th with 147.00 total points (9.19 avg).
  • Currently 30 points behind the leader: Chris Boswell
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 16 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 14, FGM: 14, XP: 25
Breakdown Dustin Hopkins

    Overview

  • Including a kicker in a trade is rather pointless. Don't dare give up a positional player for a kicker.
  • Experts don't even rank him among K's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 30th with 75.00 total points (4.69 avg).
  • Currently 102 points behind the leader: Chris Boswell
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 25, FGM: 23, XP: 36
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jake Bates

No Injury Reported

Injury Dustin Hopkins

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jake Bates

Week 18
Detroit Lions VS Minnesota Vikings

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.20359.4029214433.49
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 142.00 total points (9.47 avg).
  • Currently 25 points behind the leader: Broncos DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in turnovers with 29 (1.93 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1342 (89.47 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Ranked 30th in pass defense with 4049 (269.93 per game).
  • Top 6 in sacks with 44 (2.93 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 2 in interceptions with 21 (1.40 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 6 in points against with 19.20 per game and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 10 in Total TDs with 3 (0.20 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +39.58, Turnovers: +8 Sacks: -2, INTs: +10, TDs: +1, Points Allowed: -2.62,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 12, TDS: 2, PA/G: 22.6, YDS/G: 354
Matchups Dustin Hopkins

Week 18
Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.73349.531494812.16
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 16th with 92.00 total points (6.13 avg).
  • Currently 75 points behind the leader: Broncos DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 9.4 PPG. That is great, but how long can he perform at this level? If you don"t have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1183 (78.87 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Ranked 31st in pass defense with 4060 (270.67 per game).
  • Top 4 in sacks with 48 (3.20 per game) and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 16 in points against with 22.73 per game and currently ranked 16th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 19th in Total TDs with 1 (0.07 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +41.24, Turnovers: -13 Sacks: -12, INTs: -7, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: +6.02,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 49, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 17.5, YDS/G: 320.2
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jake Bates
4.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dustin Hopkins
4.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jake Bates
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2024 DET 16 28 25 89% 63 60
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0% 0 0
Totals 16 28 25 89% 63 60
Career Dustin Hopkins
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2015 WAS 15 28 25 89% 40 39
2016 WAS 16 42 34 81% 39 36
2017 WAS 8 17 14 82% 19 18
2018 WAS 14 29 26 90% 26 25
2019 WAS 16 30 25 83% 22 21
2020 WAS 16 35 28 80% 34 32
2021 WAS 16 34 30 88% 44 40
2022 LAC 5 10 9 90% 12 12
2023 CLE 15 36 33 92% 26 24
2024 CLE 15 26 17 65% 19 16
3-YEAR AVG 12 27 24 90% 27 25
Totals 138 287 241 84% 281 263
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CHI @GB
CIN @PIT
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DET vs MIN
HOU @TEN
IND vs JAC
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LAR vs SEA
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NO @TB
NYG @PHI
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Matchup Time
ANA @WPG 8:00 PM EST
BOS @NYR 7:00 PM EST
BUF @COL 9:00 PM EST
CAR @FLA 7:00 PM EST
CBJ vs DET 7:00 PM EST
CGY vs UTA 9:00 PM EST
DAL vs OTT 8:00 PM EST
MIN @WAS 7:00 PM EST
NYI vs TOR 7:30 PM EST
PHI @VGK 10:00 PM EST
SEA vs VAN 10:00 PM EST
SJ vs TB 10:30 PM EST