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Harrison Smith or Brian Branch

Who Should I Start? - Week 22 • Start New
Harrison Smith

Harrison Smith

SMinnesota Vikings MIN
Brian Branch

Brian Branch

DBDetroit Lions DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Branch

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Branch over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Performance Harrison Smith
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Brian Branch
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TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
Season stats based on the past 7 days

TACK SOLO INT SACK DEF TD
11800.000
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Harrison Smith

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Brian Branch

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Harrison Smith
OWN
 
1%
+0.07 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Brian Branch
OWN
 
5%
+0.5 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+0.76 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Harrison Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brian Branch
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Harrison Smith

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 19th with 107.30 total points (5.96 avg).
  • Currently 48.5 points behind the leader: Budda Baker
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.
  • Bonus Qualities

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

Breakdown Brian Branch

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 1st with 146.0 total points (8.11 avg).
  • Average points in the past two weeks have increased by 6.4 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Defensive Stats

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Solo Tackles: +38, Assisted Tackles: +10 Sacks: EVEN, INTs: +1, Passes Defended: +4, INT TDS: -1,
  • Season Outlook

Next Up Health Check
Injury Harrison Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Brian Branch

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Harrison Smith

Week 4
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.89298.8331174815.08
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 7th with 146.00 total points (8.11 avg).
  • Currently 44 points behind the leader: Texans DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.1.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in total yards against with 336.19 per game and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 4 in turnovers with 31 (1.94 per game) and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 6 in rush defense with 1565 (97.81 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Ranked 20th in pass defense with 3814 (238.38 per game).
  • Top 10 in sacks with 44 (2.75 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 6 in interceptions with 17 (1.06 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 6 in points against with 19.63 per game and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 22nd in Total TDs with 1 (0.06 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -66.23, Turnovers: +10 Sacks: +9, INTs: +8, TDs: -3, Points Allowed: -1.76,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 43, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 21.9, YDS/G: 356
Matchups Brian Branch

Week 4
Detroit Lions VS Seattle Seahawks

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.38351.0617124554.20
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 9th with 129.00 total points (8.06 avg).
  • Currently 61 points behind the leader: Texans DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.1.

Defensive Stats

  • Ranked 17th in rush defense with 1985 (124.06 per game).
  • Top 12 in pass defense with 3632 (227.00 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 8 in sacks with 45 (2.81 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 12 in points against with 21.38 per game and currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 5 (0.31 per game) and currently ranked 2nd among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +2.45, Turnovers: -6 Sacks: -10, INTs: -2, TDs: +2, Points Allowed: -1.68,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 44, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 25.1, YDS/G: 394.6
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Harrison Smith
8.80
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brian Branch
10.61
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Harrison Smith

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Career Brian Branch
TACKLES
YEAR TEAM GP TOTAL AST SACK PASS DEF INT INT TD
2023 DET 16 74 24 1 13 3 1
2024 DET 16 110 31 1 16 4 0
3-YEAR AVG 68 20 1 10 2 0
Totals 38 215 64 3 30 7 1
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Week 22
Matchup Time Pitchers
No games scheduled
Matchup Time
ATL vs HOU 7:30 PM EST
GS vs UTA 10:00 PM EST
LAL @PHI 7:30 PM EST
MIL @POR 10:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
ANA @SEA 10:00 PM EST
BOS @BUF 7:00 PM EST
CAR @NYR 7:00 PM EST
CGY vs WAS 9:00 PM EST
CHI @TB 7:00 PM EST
COL @NYI 7:30 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:00 PM EST
MON vs WPG 7:00 PM EST