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James Conner or Isiah Pacheco

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Player Summaries Comparison
 
Experts' Pick
 
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
 
 
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55%
Recommended by
41 of 75 experts
45%
Recommended by
34 of 75 experts
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Rankings 
    
ECR# 24# 23-
Best Rank# 16# 17-
Worst Rank# 38# 32-
    
Fantasy Points 
    
Season Total122.0154.2-
Avg Game7.211.9-
Avg Projection148.4170.4-
    
Schedule 
    
SOS Rank820-
    
Misc 
    
Injury Alert-
    
Expert Ranks 
Isiah PachecoJames ConnerAdd Player
    
Dennis Sosic D. Sosic
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
06/05
#24#23-
    
Joe Bond J. Bond
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
06/05
#21#25-
    
Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly
Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers
06/05
#25#26-
    
Jeff Boggis J. Boggis
Fantasy Football Empire Fantasy Football E...
06/04
#24#26-
    
Andrew Erickson A. Erickson
FantasyPros FantasyPros
06/04
#24#23-
    
Richard Savill R. Savill
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
06/04
#22#24-
    
Bobby LaMarco B. LaMarco
Razzball Razzball
06/04
#25#17-
    
Matthew Hill M. Hill
DataForce Fantasy Football DataForce Fantasy ...
06/03
#22#31-
    
Dalton Del Don D. Del Don
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports
05/31
#26#28-
    
Justin Herrera J. Herrera
TSS Fantasy TSS Fantasy
06/02
#29#26-
    
Andy Behrens A. Behrens
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports
06/01
#25#22-
    
Jason Willan J. Willan
Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts
06/01
#23#22-
    
Matt Gaines M. Gaines
League Tycoon League Tycoon
06/01
#24#23-
    
Nick Spencer N. Spencer
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
06/01
#22#24-
    
Mark Ringo M. Ringo
Sleepers and Busts Sleepers and Busts
06/01
#23#24-
    
Marc Shannep M. Shannep
Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout
06/01
#25#18-
    
Site Rankings S. Rankings
Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts
05/31
#27#25-
    
Ellis Johnson E. Johnson
True North Fantasy Football True North Fantasy...
06/03
#24#21-
    
Matthew Freedman M. Freedman
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/31
#23#26-
    
Steven Pintado S. Pintado
The Fantasy Coaches The Fantasy Coaches
05/31
#23#24-
    
Dave Kluge D. Kluge
Footballguys Footballguys
05/31
#21#25-
    
Daniel Mader D. Mader
Belly Up Sports Belly Up Sports
06/01
#29#26-
    
Tommy Garrett T. Garrett
Pro Football Network Pro Football Network
05/31
#24#23-
    
Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall
Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports
05/31
#22#23-
    
Brandon Murchison B. Murchison
RotoBaller RotoBaller
05/31
#30#27-
    
Frank Ammirante F. Ammirante
The Game Day The Game Day
05/30
#31#22-
    
Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez
Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy
06/04
#22#26-
    
Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ...
Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy
05/30
#30#33-
    
Des Bieler D. Bieler
The Washington Post The Washington Post
05/30
#25#32-
    
Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports
05/29
#25#27-
    
Rich Piazza R. Piazza
Fantasy Shed Fantasy Shed
05/28
#24#23-
    
Derek Brown D. Brown
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/28
#25#24-
    
Mason "Mase" Riney M. "Mase" R...
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
06/01
#40#17-
    
Bo McBrayer B. McBrayer
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/28
#38#27-
    
Smitty S.
TheFantasyFootballShow TheFantasyFootball...
05/26
#13#28-
    
Riley Cadieux R. Cadieux
Fantasy Football From Up North Fantasy Football F...
05/25
#26#27-
    
Cody Austin C. Austin
Dad Bod Fantasy Squad Dad Bod Fantasy Squad
05/24
#25#21-
    
Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler
Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo...
05/24
#25#23-
    
Justin Sablich J. Sablich
5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy
05/22
#22#26-
    
Ben Wasley B. Wasley
The Fantasy First Down The Fantasy First ...
05/23
#25#16-
    
Chris Kennedy C. Kennedy
Dr. Roto Dr. Roto
05/21
#23#27-
    
Guilherme Gianni G. Gianni
Fantasy Futebolista Fantasy Futebolista
05/19
#24#23-
    
Brandon Funston B. Funston
The Athletic The Athletic
05/26
#29#22-
    
Clayton Cadieux C. Cadieux
Fantasy Football From Up North Fantasy Football F...
05/18
#22#24-
    
Joey Wright J. Wright
Front Yard Fantasy Front Yard Fantasy
05/22
#25#27-
    
Ken Zalis K. Zalis
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/30
#21#22-
    
Jacob W. Dunne J. W. Dunne
Triple Play Fantasy Triple Play Fantasy
05/16
#20#22-
    
Joe Serpico J. Serpico
Pressbox Pressbox
05/15
#31#24-
    
Kevin Hanson K. Hanson
EDSFootball EDSFootball
05/17
#20#22-
    
Joe Pisapia J. Pisapia
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/14
#23#26-
    
Tera Roberts T. Roberts
Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers
05/12
#24#22-
    
Lee Wehry L. Wehry
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/30
#26#27-
    
Kevin Steele K. Steele
The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority
05/10
#16#24-
    
Matt De Lima M. De Lima
Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated
05/09
#22#24-
    
Alfredo Brown A. Brown
Footballguys Footballguys
05/09
#25#22-
    
Jacob Gibbs J. Gibbs
SportsLine SportsLine
05/08
#23#24-
    
Chris Meaney C. Meaney
FTN FTN
05/10
#23#24-
    
Michael Hauff M. Hauff
FF Faceoff FF Faceoff
05/03
#22#23-
    
Michael Tomlin M. Tomlin
Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack
05/01
#25#26-
    
Matt Harmon M. Harmon
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports
05/01
#20#26-
    
Craig Phillips C. Phillips
FF Prophet FF Prophet
05/01
#26#28-
    
Derek Lofland D. Lofland
FantasyPros FantasyPros
04/30
#21#26-
    
Joe Orrico J. Orrico
No Expert Fantasy Football No Expert Fantasy ...
04/30
#25#17-
    
Andersen Pickard A. Pickard
Prime Time Sports Talk Prime Time Sports ...
04/28
#23#26-
    
Nick Mariano N. Mariano
RotoBaller RotoBaller
04/24
#21#27-
    
Bradley Stalder B. Stalder
FantasyData FantasyData
04/23
#29#25-
    
Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice
FantasyPros FantasyPros
05/23
#30#26-
    
Justin Lampkin J. Lampkin
Clock Management Fantasy Football Clock Management F...
04/21
#20#26-
    
Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler
The 33rd Team The 33rd Team
03/05
#30#27-
    
Pierre Camus P. Camus
Fantasy Endgame Fantasy Endgame
03/02
#33#34-
    
Mark Ross M. Ross
Athlon Sports Athlon Sports
02/22
#21#27-
    
Wolf of Roto Street W. of Roto ...
Roto Street Journal Roto Street Journal
02/09
#35#25-
    
Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards
Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames
02/02
#31#25-
    
David Heilman D. Heilman
Sports Gambling Podcast Network Sports Gambling Po...
01/30
#37#21-
    
Kyle Yates K. Yates
The Fantasy Playbook The Fantasy Playbook
01/19
#32#23-
    
Player Game Logs Comparison
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
2023 Schedule 
Week 1 vs. DET at WAS
Week 2 at JAC vs. NYG
Week 3 vs. CHI vs. DAL
Week 4 at NYJ at SF
Week 5 at MIN vs. CIN
Week 6 vs. DEN at LAR
Week 7 vs. LAC at SEA
Week 8 at DEN vs. BAL
Week 9 vs. MIA at CLE
Week 10BYE WEEK vs. ATL
Week 11 vs. PHI at HOU
Week 12 at LV vs. LAR
Week 13 at GB at PIT
Week 14 vs. BUFBYE WEEK
Week 15 at NE vs. SF
Week 16 vs. LV at CHI
Week 17 vs. CIN at PHI
Week 18 at LAC vs. SEA
Player Projections Comparison
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
Rushing
   
Rush Attempts201.3209.4
Rush Yards881.6934.9
Rush TDs6.26.9
   
Receiving
   
Receptions25.042.4
Rec Yards227.2307.8
Rec TDs0.71.3
   
Points
   
Fantasy Points148.4170.4
   
Player Fantasy Points Comparison
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
2022 Points 
Week 112.211.5
Week 20.65.1
Week 30.95.7
Week 46.37.7
Week 50.06.3
Week 61.8
Week 74.3
Week 8
Week 90.96.4
Week 106.220.6
Week 1110.711.4
Week 1214.618.0
Week 1314.2
Week 149.317.4
Week 157.715.1
Week 169.018.0
Week 1710.911.0
Week 1812.4
Total122.0154.2
Average7.211.9
Player Targets Comparison
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
2022 Targets 
Week 106
Week 204
Week 305
Week 403
Week 501
Week 62
Week 70
Week 8
Week 915
Week 1003
Week 1105
Week 1213
Week 132
Week 1437
Week 1515
Week 1628
Week 1723
Week 180
Notes for Player Combination
 
James Conner
RB - ARI
James Conner
James Conner
RB - ARI
Expert 
Ellis Johnson
True North Fantasy Football
Pacheco is a tricky back to rank this season. After exceeding all expectations of his seventh-round draft capital, he heads into this season projected to be this team's lead rusher. Despite this projection, the team still has former first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire and brought back Jerrick McKinnon. Although he was able to produce last season with the two of them, he only had more than 15 rushing attempts once and surpassed 50% of snaps twice. Since the offense is so potent, he can do this with limited passing work and still produce for fantasy, but that's a lot of risks I'd look to avoid. It's not often that I want to avoid the RBs on one of the league's best offenses, but this might be one of those times.From Week nine on, Conner was the WR-five for fantasy. Yes, you read that correctly. After returning from injury, Conner was the clear lead back for this Cardinals team. Over this span, he averaged 15 carries and four receptions, along with 0,9 touchdowns per game. Considering part of this was after Murray's injury, fantasy managers should have optimism for the 2023 season even if Murray misses some time.
Mark Ringo
Sleepers and Busts
About ten months ago I listed Isiah Pacheco in Ringo's 2022 Sleepers and Busts article. Many, scoffed. What are you nuts? When they look up stupid in the dictionary they should put a pic of you next to it. (*Note- they still should do that, just not for that call haha!) He's a seventh-round pick. He might not even make the team you clod. Pacheco ended up being a good sleeper pick. He would have been a great one if not for Jerick McKinnon- sigh! McKinnon played a bigger role than I ever envisioned, stealing away key touches in the red zone. Fast forward to May 2023. How the times have changed. As 2023 approaches, it's Pacheco who's the starting RB for K.C. He should be more comfortable with the playbook. While the Chiefs are still a passing team, they still score an awful lot of TDs. In fact, in the last eight games in the regular season and three playoff games, Pacheco averaged about 11 fantasy pts a game (11.6). Over the course of the season, he would have finished as RB 22. And if Andy Reid wants to reduce Jerick McKinnon's role and give Pacheco more of the touches. Pacheco could easily become a top-five RB. Note- McKinnon averaged 14.5 pts a game in the regular season but dropped off in the playoffs. In the most important games of the season, which culminated in a championship. it was Pacheco who got more touches, not the veteran! Even if Pacheco only siphons off some of McKinnon's touches like three or four fantasy points a game, that would shoot Pacheco up in the rankings. Obviously, he's not as cheap as last July when I wrote my article RB 113- man that was nice. But he's still cheap on a relative basis. I think there's still upside profit with Pacheco at his current ADP of RB 25. Side note- after last year's call, you may now refer to me by my fantasy football stage name....Ringcheco haha!! 
Wolf of Roto Street
Roto Street Journal
5/5: Surprisingly, the Chiefs made minimal moves this offseason at RB, just bringing back McKinnon. While this does cap Pacheco's receiving role, he remains a clear-winner as the lead back in one of the highest TD-upside spots. A phenomenal investment. Big boost incoming if he exits offseason as lead Chiefs guy. Pacheco has looked solid down stretch - topping 60+ total yards in 9 of last 10 games. Huge upside if everything bounces right.5/5: Remains unscathed post-draft and now behind an even more improved offensive line. Unsexy with a ton of upside One of the best values in Best Ball right now -- RB5 & RB10 in PPG since arriving in AZ & honestly benefits the longer Kyler is out
Andrew Erickson
FantasyPros
Isiah Pacheco's outstanding season as a 2022 7th-round pick should not be understated. From Week 10 through Week 17 (when Pacheco cemented himself as the team's starter), the former Rutgers running back was the RB21 in points per game and ranked sixth in total rushing yards. Both he and Jerick McKinnon were top-21 scoring RBs over this stretch, but Pacheco kicked his performance into high gear as the Chiefs made their postseason run. He averaged 13 touches for 65 rushing yards to McKinnon's seven touches per game. The aggressive runner capped off his rookie campaign with an impressive Super Bowl outing (15-76-1) that helped clinch victory for Kansas City. Even as a 7th-round pick, Pacheco should be viewed as the early-down starter for KC as he heads into Year 2, with room for his role to grow should he see his pass-game usage expanded. His six-catch game versus the Bengals in the conference championship suggests a boosted receiving role is firmly in his range of outcomes.When James Conner was healthy in 2022, it was hard to argue with his elite production and role in the Arizona Cardinals offense. He was the RB4 overall in his last eight games, averaging 17 fantasy points per game (RB6, RB10 in expected points per game) while playing over 90% of his team's snaps in five contests. No other Cardinals running back was able to threaten Conner's volume, which led to him to an absurd workload. And Arizona did not invest anything into the No. 2 running back position this offseason so we could easily see Conner's high workload remain intact while he stays healthy. Keen fantasy managers need to be aware of his durability issues. He missed four games entirely and left three other games early because of injuries. Conner is entering his age-28 season. But the team has all the incentive in the world to ride him into the ground with a potential out in his contract at the end of the season.
Derek Lofland
FantasyPros
Pacheco had 766 yards rushing, 130 yards receiving, and 6 touchdowns in his rookie fantasy campaign. If the Chiefs use him like they did in the second half of the season, Pacheco should have RB2 value with upside.Conner had a solid fantasy season with 782 yards rushing, 300 yards receiving, and 8 TDs on an offense that really struggled to move the ball consistently in 2022. He should be a low-end RB2 to high-end RB3 on an offense that will have a ton of questions heading into the 2023 season with a new head coach and Kyler Murray recovering from a late season ACL and meniscus tear.
Tera Roberts
Dynasty Vipers
Showed receiving capabilities in the post-season. Seems to have earned a more trusted role and could have increased usage in 2023.