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John Bates or Harrison Butker

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
John Bates

John Bates

TEWashington Commanders WAS
Harrison Butker

Harrison Butker

KKansas City Chiefs KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bates over Butker

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butker over Bates

 
 
 
 
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Performance John Bates
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REC YDS AVG LONG TD
00000
Season stats based on the past 7 days

REC YDS AVG LONG TD
166.060
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Harrison Butker
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FG FG% XPM PTS
2100.039
Season stats based on the past 7 days

FG FG% XPM PTS
266.7612
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches John Bates
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 CLE 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 @BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 CHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 DAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 TEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @NO 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Harrison Butker
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 BAL 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 CIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @ATL 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 NO 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 TB 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START John Bates
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Harrison Butker
OWN
44%
-1.51 compared to last week
START
21%
+1.14 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus John Bates
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Harrison Butker
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown John Bates

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among TE'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 83rd with 5.00 total points (0.33 avg).
  • Currently 139.7 points behind the leader: George Kittle
  • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 73rd among TE.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 72nd among TE.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: -11, Rec Yards: -75 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • You do realize that this guy has no receiving touchdowns right?
  • Season Outlook

  • REC: 9, REC YDS: 79, REC TDS: 0
Breakdown Harrison Butker

    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 12th among K's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 26th with 91.00 total points (8.27 avg).
  • Currently 82 points behind the leader: Chris Boswell
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.3 PPG.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 4 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 26, FGM: 25, XP: 46
Next Up Health Check
Injury John Bates

No Injury Reported

Injury Harrison Butker

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups John Bates

Week 17
Washington Commanders VS Atlanta Falcons

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
23.43343.3617112343.30
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 13th with 88.00 total points (6.29 avg).
  • Currently 71 points behind the leader: Broncos DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 14.2 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 12 in total yards against with 343.36 per game and is currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 12 in rush defense with 1548 (110.57 per game) and is currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Ranked 18th in pass defense with 3259 (232.79 per game).
  • Top 18 in points against with 23.43 per game and currently ranked 18th among DST.
  • Top 6 in Total TDs with 4 (0.29 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +20.83, Turnovers: +1 Sacks: -13, INTs: +3, TDs: +3, Points Allowed: +4.23,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 12, TDS: 2, PA/G: 23.3, YDS/G: 341.1
Matchups Harrison Butker

Week 17
Kansas City Chiefs @ Pittsburgh Steelers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.93339.6731163624.82
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 4th with 132.00 total points (8.80 avg).
  • Currently 27 points behind the leader: Broncos DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.3 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in total yards against with 339.67 per game and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 2 in turnovers with 31 (2.07 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 12 in rush defense with 1541 (102.73 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Ranked 27th in pass defense with 3554 (236.93 per game).
  • Top 12 in sacks with 36 (2.40 per game) and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 4 in interceptions with 16 (1.07 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 19.93 per game and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 10 in Total TDs with 2 (0.13 per game) and currently ranked 10th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -26.33, Turnovers: +7 Sacks: -6, INTs: EVEN, TDs: EVEN, Points Allowed: +0.53,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 47, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 20.3, YDS/G: 363.5
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating John Bates
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Harrison Butker
4.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career John Bates
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2021 WAS 11 25 20 249 12.5 1 0 0 0 0
2022 WAS 9 22 14 108 7.7 1 0 0 0 0
2023 WAS 14 29 19 151 7.9 0 0 0 0 0
2024 WAS 8 11 7 70 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 9 12 8 79 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 25 18 169 9.6 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 87 60 578 9.6 2 0 0 0 0
Career Harrison Butker
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2017 KC 14 42 38 91% 27 27
2018 KC 16 27 24 89% 69 65
2019 KC 16 38 34 90% 48 45
2020 KC 16 27 25 93% 54 48
2021 KC 16 28 25 89% 49 47
2022 KC 13 24 18 75% 41 38
2023 KC 16 35 33 94% 38 38
2024 KC 11 23 20 87% 28 27
ON PACE 12 26 23 87% 32 31
3-YEAR AVG 16 30 26 88% 44 42
Totals 128 268 240 90% 374 354
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Week 17
ARI @LAR
ATL @WAS
BAL @HOU
BUF vs NYJ
CAR @TB
CHI vs SEA
CIN vs DEN
CLE vs MIA
DAL @PHI
DET @SF
GB @MIN
IND @NYG
JAC vs TEN
KC @PIT
LAC @NE
LV @NO
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Matchup Time
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BKN @MIL 8:00 PM EST
CHA @WAS 7:00 PM EST
DET @SAC 10:00 PM EST
HOU @NO 8:00 PM EST
IND vs OKC 7:00 PM EST
MEM vs TOR 8:00 PM EST
MIA @ORL 7:00 PM EST
POR vs UTA 10:00 PM EST
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