REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Jordan Hicks to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 68 projected fantasy points puts him at #11 behind Patrick Queen and ahead of Aldon Smith. He has averaged 8.08 fantasy points in his past 38 games, which is slightly more than our projected per game average. His projected per game average is 7.5 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#18) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 52%, he is the #21 most highly owned linebacker. Jordan Hicks is expected to come up slightly short of this season-to-date's #9 fantasy position rank.

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SIT EM ALERT: JORDAN HICKS PROJECTED FOR FEWER FPS THAN T.J. WATT IN WEEK 9

Jordan Hicks is projected for 7 fantasy points which is good enough to be the #31 ranked linebacker and a starter for most owners. He is listed as questionable which lowers his projection. This is projected to be a slightly below average week with fewer fantasy points than he is projected to average the rest of the season. He is ranked above Tahir Whitehead but behind T.J. Watt. Week 10 will be better based on projected rank (#14). He is projected for 7.6 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.