Austin Ekeler for Saquon Barkley (2024)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Targets
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 34	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	vs. GB		-
Matchup Rating	This is a 5 star matchup. RBs perform better than their average vs GB	This is a 0 star matchup. RBs perform worse than their average vs	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	182.2	134.4	-
Avg Game	13.0	9.6	-
Avg Projection	235.9	155.2	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	12	24	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	Saquon Barkley	Austin Ekeler	Add Player

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 05/09	#12	#32	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 05/09	#5	#34	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Belly Up Sports Belly Up Sports 05/09	#5	#33	-

Matthew Hill M. Hill DataForce Fantasy Football DataForce Fantasy ... 05/09	#5	#22	-

Steven Pintado S. Pintado The Fantasy Coaches The Fantasy Coaches 05/08	#6	#33	-

Jody Smith J. Smith FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 05/08	#8	#37	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 05/09	#5	#37	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 05/10	#7	#41	-

Joey Wright J. Wright Footballguys Footballguys 05/08	#6	#33	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 05/01	#6	#43	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 05/07	#5	#32	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 05/07	#7	#40	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 05/07	#3	#35	-

Pierre Camus P. Camus Fantasy Endgame Fantasy Endgame 05/06	#7	#39	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 01/05	#3	#41	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/06	#3	#36	-

Joe Serpico J. Serpico Pressbox Pressbox 05/05	#3	#32	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 05/04	#4	#31	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 05/08	#7	#32	-

Michael Hauff M. Hauff FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 05/03	#6	#33	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 05/03	#3	#16	-

Chris Meaney C. Meaney FTN FTN 04/30	#9	#30	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 05/02	#3	#32	-

Justin Fuhr J. Fuhr Pro Football Mania Pro Football Mania 05/02	#6	#29	-

Sam Hoppen S. Hoppen FantasyPros FantasyPros 04/30	#7	#43	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 04/30	#7	#36	-

Mitchell Carl M. Carl Rise or Fall Rise or Fall 04/30	#6	#34	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 04/30	#8	#38	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 04/30	#6	#37	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 04/29	#6	#34	-

Derek Tate D. Tate Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 04/28	#6	#30	-

Ryan Larrison R. Larrison Fantasy Football For The People Fantasy Football F... 04/25	#5	#31	-

Guilherme Gianni G. Gianni Fantasy Futebolista Fantasy Futebolista 04/22	#6	#10	-

Aaron St Denis A. St Denis Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 04/21	#10	#39	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima The Game Day The Game Day 04/17	#8	#28	-

Justin Weigal J. Weigal FantasySharks FantasySharks 04/12	#6	#35	-

Mark Ringo M. Ringo Sleepers and Busts Sleepers and Busts 02/10	#5	#41	-

Kevin Hanson K. Hanson EDSFootball EDSFootball 04/11	#8	#32	-

Smitty S. TheFantasyFootballShow TheFantasyFootball... 04/10	#6	#14	-

Bradley Stalder B. Stalder Player Profiler Player Profiler 01/07	#9	#20	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 04/07	#7	#34	-

Aaron Schill A. Schill FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 04/06	#7	#33	-

Joe Pisapia J. Pisapia FantasyPros FantasyPros 03/21	#5	#29	-

Jacob Gibbs J. Gibbs SportsLine SportsLine 03/13	#8	#31	-

Tyler Loechner T. Loechner FTN FTN 03/11	#8	#30	-

Mike Randle M. Randle FTN FTN 03/11	#8	#31	-

Adam Pfeifer A. Pfeifer FTN FTN 03/09	#8	#22	-

Jeff Ratcliffe J. Ratcliffe FTN FTN 03/08	#8	#31	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler The 33rd Team The 33rd Team 03/05	#9	#21	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley The Fantasy First Down The Fantasy First ... 03/04	#11	#35	-

Sky Guasco S. Guasco Razzball Razzball 03/01	#9	#32	-

Craig Phillips C. Phillips FF Prophet FF Prophet 01/23	#8	#27	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 01/13	#10	#31	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 01/11	#11	#35	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 01/09	#10	#32	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
2024 Schedule
Week 1	vs. GB
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18

Player Projections Comparison
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
Rushing

Rush Attempts	265.3	140.2
Rush Yards	1,117.1	589.7
Rush TDs	10.8	6.7

Receiving

Receptions	49.0	50.9
Rec Yards	372.8	446.1
Rec TDs	4.2	2.6

Points

Fantasy Points	235.9	155.2

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
2023 Points
Week 1	6.3	22.4
Week 2	21.2	‐
Week 3	‐	‐
Week 4	‐	‐
Week 5	‐	‐
Week 6	9.8	6.2
Week 7	15.8	4.6
Week 8	12.8	16.3
Week 9	11.3	19.0
Week 10	6.1	17.5
Week 11	26.0	5.0
Week 12	5.2	4.4
Week 13	‐	2.7
Week 14	20.1	16.0
Week 15	3.7	3.8
Week 16	16.4	8.6
Week 17	5.8	3.0
Week 18	21.7	4.9
Total	182.2	134.4
Average	13.0	9.6

Player Targets Comparison
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
2023 Targets
Week 1	4	5
Week 2	7	‐
Week 3	‐	‐
Week 4	‐	‐
Week 5	‐	‐
Week 6	5	6
Week 7	4	2
Week 8	5	8
Week 9	4	7
Week 10	3	7
Week 11	5	3
Week 12	3	6
Week 13	‐	3
Week 14	4	7
Week 15	2	6
Week 16	6	4
Week 17	6	2
Week 18	2	8

Notes for Player Combination
	Saquon Barkley RB - PHI Saquon Barkley RB - PHI	Austin Ekeler RB - WAS Austin Ekeler RB - WAS
Expert
Derek Brown FantasyPros	The Philly front office has officially gaslit the entire Giants' fanbase. Barkley's move to the Eagles might be met with some blowback because people are worried about his touchdown equity with Jalen Hurts. Barkley and D'Andre Swift are not close to being in the same talent area code. Bringing in Barkley means we likely see a downtick of Hurts' goalline dives in 2024. While the overall counting stats for Barkley look depressed, he's still very much an every-down bell cow with juice left in the tank entering his age-27 season. Last season, he played at least 70% of the snaps in 11 of his 14 games while ranking second in opportunity share and ninth in weighted opportunities. Last season, Barkley was still an explosive player, ranking 17th in explosive run rate, but his tackle-breaking metrics took a hit as he was 37th in missed tackles forced per attempt and 33rd in yards after contact per attempt (minimum 50 carries per Fantasy Points Data). Barkley remains a stud RB1.	Austin Ekeler's 2023 season was a letdown, no matter how you look at it. Ekeler suffered an ankle sprain in Week 1, which led to three games being missed and possibly muted production for the rest of the season. Once he returned from injury, he averaged 16.1 touches and 69.2 total yards as the RB28 in fantasy points per game. It was a dramatic fall from grace for a back that had not finished outside the top-nine running backs in fantasy since 2018 (RB28). Ekeler retained some of his pass game prowess as he ranked eighth in target share and 19th in yards per route run (among 60 qualifying backs per Fantasy Points Data), but his rushing skills fell apart. Among 49 qualifying backs, Ekeler ranked 38th in yards after contact per attempt and 46th in missed tackles forced per attempt. Landing in Washington with Anthony Lynn was one of the better-case scenarios this offseason. He likely forms a frustrating committee with Brian Robinson in an Antonio Gibson-plus role for Washington.