Who Should I Start? - Week 15
Matt Ryan or Tom Brady
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| Tom Brady QB - NE  at PIT, Sun 4pm EST |
Matt Ryan QB - ATL  vs. ARI, Sun 1pm EST |
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| Rankings | |||
| ECR | # 9 | # 14 | - |
| Best Rank | # 5 | # 4 | - |
| Worst Rank | # 13 | # 21 | - |
| Matchup | |||
| Opponent | at PIT | vs. ARI | - |
| Matchup Rank | 11 | 29 | - |
| Stats Allowed | |||
| Pass Comp | 18.6 | 18.1 | |
| Pass Yds | 190.1 | 171.3 | |
| Pass TD | 1.6 | 1.1 | |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 236.2 | 281.2 | - |
| Avg Game | 18.2 | 21.6 | - |
| Avg Projection | 20.1 | 19.3 | - |
| Week 14 | 26.6 | 20.5 | - |
| Misc | |||
| Injury Alert | ‐ | ‐ | - |
| Weather | 43 F, Overcast | Indoor | - |
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| Tom Brady QB - NE | Matt Ryan QB - ATL | |
| 2018 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | vs. HOU 26/39, 277 pass yds, 3 td, 1 int 1 rush, 2 yds, 0 td | at PHI 21/43, 251 pass yds, 0 td, 1 int 2 rush, 8 yds, 0 td |
| Week 2 | at JAC 24/35, 234 pass yds, 2 td, 0 int 3 rush, 10 yds, 0 td | vs. CAR 23/28, 272 pass yds, 2 td, 1 int 4 rush, 18 yds, 2 td |
| Week 3 | at DET 14/26, 133 pass yds, 1 td, 1 int 1 rush, 2 yds, 0 td | vs. NO 26/35, 374 pass yds, 5 td, 0 int 4 rush, 12 yds, 0 td |
| Week 4 | vs. MIA 23/35, 274 pass yds, 3 td, 2 int | vs. CIN 29/39, 419 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 2 rush, 5 yds, 0 td |
| Week 5 | vs. IND 34/44, 341 pass yds, 3 td, 2 int 3 rush, -1 yds, 1 td | at PIT 26/38, 285 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 1 rush, 10 yds, 0 td |
| Week 6 | vs. KC 24/35, 340 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 3 rush, 2 yds, 1 td | vs. TB 31/41, 355 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 1 rush, 13 yds, 0 td |
| Week 7 | at CHI 25/36, 277 pass yds, 3 td, 1 int 1 rush, 6 yds, 0 td | vs. NYG 31/39, 379 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 2 rush, 1 yds, 0 td |
| Week 8 | at BUF 29/45, 324 pass yds, 0 td, 0 int 1 rush, 8 yds, 0 td | BYE WEEK |
| Week 9 | vs. GB 22/35, 294 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 5 rush, -1 yds, 0 td | at WAS 26/38, 350 pass yds, 4 td, 1 int |
| Week 10 | at TEN 21/41, 254 pass yds, 0 td, 0 int 1 rush, 0 yds, 0 td | at CLE 38/52, 330 pass yds, 2 td, 0 int 3 rush, 13 yds, 0 td |
| Week 11 | BYE WEEK | vs. DAL 24/34, 291 pass yds, 1 td, 1 int 1 rush, 1 yds, 0 td |
| Week 12 | at NYJ 20/31, 283 pass yds, 2 td, 0 int 1 rush, -1 yds, 0 td | at NO 35/47, 377 pass yds, 2 td, 1 int 2 rush, 16 yds, 0 td |
| Week 13 | vs. MIN 24/32, 311 pass yds, 1 td, 1 int 2 rush, 5 yds, 0 td | vs. BAL 16/26, 131 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 2 rush, 4 yds, 0 td |
| Week 14 | at MIA 27/43, 358 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 1 rush, 3 yds, 0 td | at GB 28/42, 262 pass yds, 3 td, 1 int 1 rush, 0 yds, 0 td |
| Week 15 | at PIT | vs. ARI |
| Week 16 | vs. BUF | at CAR |
| Week 17 | vs. NYJ | at TB |
| Tom Brady QB - NE at PIT, Sun 4pm EST |
Matt Ryan QB - ATL vs. ARI, Sun 1pm EST |
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| Passing | ||
| Pass Att | 38.0 | 37.8 |
| Pass Cmp | 25.5 | 26.0 |
| Pass Yards | 289.4 | 294.0 |
| Pass TDs | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Ints | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rush Attempts | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Rush Yards | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| Rush TDs | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Misc | ||
| Fumbles | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Points | ||
| Fantasy Points | 20.1 | 19.3 |
| Tom Brady QB - NE | Matt Ryan QB - ATL | |
| 2018 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 21.3 | 8.8 |
| Week 2 | 16.4 | 30.7 |
| Week 3 | 7.5 | 40.2 |
| Week 4 | 19.0 | 29.3 |
| Week 5 | 27.5 | 14.4 |
| Week 6 | 21.8 | 27.5 |
| Week 7 | 21.7 | 19.3 |
| Week 8 | 13.8 | ‐ |
| Week 9 | 15.7 | 28.0 |
| Week 10 | 10.8 | 20.5 |
| Week 11 | ‐ | 13.7 |
| Week 12 | 19.2 | 20.7 |
| Week 13 | 14.9 | 7.6 |
| Week 14 | 26.6 | 20.5 |
| Week 15 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Week 16 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Week 17 | ‐ | ‐ |
| Tom Brady QB - NE at PIT, Sun 4pm EST |
Matt Ryan QB - ATL vs. ARI, Sun 1pm EST |
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| Expert | ||
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | Brady had his best game of the season last week and is finally throwing more passes than earlier in the season. We can expect that to keep up in a likely shootout versus a Steelers team he has torched many times in the past. | Matt Ryan has been a stud again this season but has also crushed fantasy owners with a few stinkers. You can expect another one this week in a terrible matchup versus a Cardinals secondary that hasn't allowed a top 10 fantasy QB one single week this year. |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | Brady had his best fantasy performance of the season last week in Miami, throwing for 358 yards and three scores. It was just Brady's second multi-touchdown game since way back in Week 7, something that had become a major drain on his fantasy value. It is still fair to worry that the Patriots could revert to leaning on the running game in the red zone at any time, but this is not the week to sit Brady. He should be throwing early and often in what projects to be a high-scoring showdown with Pittsburgh. | |
| Scott Engel RotoExperts | Looked renewed last week and PIT has allowed multiple TD passes in 3 straight and 4 of 5 | Cards actually 3rd best vs. Fantasy QBs. Only once have they allowed more than two TD passes |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | An offensive juggernaut midway through the season, the Falcons have not cleared 20 points during their five-game losing streak. Ryan has still issued a 70.2 completion percentage, 8.1 yards per attempt, and the NFL's third-most passing yards (4,076), so the real question is how worried managers should be about the matchup. The Cardinals rank fourth in passing defense and fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterbacks. This is mostly because teams would rather run it, but Atlanta has attempted the fourth-most passes (510) and second-fewest rushes (273). Ryan should air it out enough at home, where he has averaged 317.3 passing yards per game despite getting bottled up for 131 against Baltimore's third-ranked passing defense in Week 13. Start him as a mid-to-low level QB1. | |
| Mike Tagliere FantasyPros | He had what might have been his best game of the year last week and the Patriots lost. Now going on the road to Pittsburgh should be quite the test, as they're coming off an embarrassing loss to the Raiders. The Steelers have had to pick their poison all year, as they've either been dominated by the pass and shut-down the run, or they get dominated by the run and shut-down the pass. After starting out the year allowing 3-of-4 quarterbacks to throw for 320-plus yards, the Steelers had held six of the next seven quarterbacks to less than 230 yards. Over the last two weeks, they've seemingly regressed and have allowed Derek Carr and Philip Rivers combine for 51-of-70 passing for 621 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions. The Patriots will likely need to get their ground-game going on the road to slow down the potent Steelers offense, which could limit Brady's pass attempts, though there's also a chance that this game is a shootout between Brady and Roethlisberger. Knowing how Jekyll and Hyde the Steelers defense has been (six quarterbacks over 20 fantasy points, five of them with 15 or less), it's not a clear-cut situation, but there's no way Brady will walk into this matchup and completely disappear. He should be considered a low-end QB1 who has a solid floor. | Is there a team out there who's done less with great quarterback play than the Falcons have this year? He's completed 70.5 percent of his passes, has averaged 8.1 yards per attempt, and has thrown 26 touchdowns to just six interceptions. He has a tough matchup on his hands here, though, as the Cardinals have still yet to allow a quarterback finish better than the No. 10 quarterback during any given week. Keep in mind they've played Philip Rivers, Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, and Russell Wilson. It's not as tough as the matchup against the Ravens a few weeks ago when Ryan posted just 131 yards and one touchdown, but the Cardinals have allowed just two quarterbacks to throw for 260 yards and have allowed just one quarterback to throw for more than two touchdowns. It helps to see the Falcons as big favorites, but it's tough to see him post elite numbers in this game. He should be considered a high-end QB2 this week and not someone who absolutely needs to be played knowing how well the Cardinals have limited quarterbacks this year. |
| Derek Lofland Fantasy Football Maniax | It is hard to bet against Brady when he has | Arizona is 2nd against fantasy quarterbacks, Ryan is a low-end QB2, even at home. |
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