Welcome into Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy Football Podcast. Tara Roberts here alongside Pat fitz Morris and Billy Muzio. In today's our ranking show, we'll be going through the Fantasy Pros rankings tier for Week fifteen. It is playoff time. This is critical. Pat and Billy are going to be providing their thoughts on players in the tiers, and there's no better pair to provide analysis on these rankings because Billy was the number four overall most accurate in season Fantasy football ranker in twenty twenty two, and he has done consistently well in our accuracy competition and we're very happy to have him back this week after one week absence. Fitz was the most accurate in season weekly ranker in twenty twenty and has done consistently well among the most accurate Fantasy football rankers. You can find Billy at f f Museo, you can find at fits Underscore FF, and you can find me at its Tea Time. So buckle in because again it is the fantasy playoffs. These are critical here and we've got some hot, hot discussions and debates that are going to happen here. Our consensus rankings can be found on fantasypros dot com slash rankings, and make sure that you are also subscribed and turning on your notifications as well. Now we're going to go through these top twenty players here. Now, Pat, I'll start off with you what stands out in this top twenty here? For running backs?

Welcome into Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy Football Podcast. Tara Roberts here alongside Pat fitz Morris and Billy Muzio. In today's our ranking show, we'll be going through the Fantasy Pros rankings tier for Week fifteen. It is playoff time. This is critical. Pat and Billy are going to be providing their thoughts on players in the tiers, and there's no better pair to provide analysis on these rankings because Billy was the number four overall most accurate in season Fantasy football ranker in twenty twenty two, and he has done consistently well in our accuracy competition and we're very happy to have him back this week after one week absence. Fitz was the most accurate in season weekly ranker in twenty twenty and has done consistently well among the most accurate Fantasy football rankers. You can find Billy at f f Museo, you can find at fits Underscore FF, and you can find me at its Tea Time. So buckle in because again it is the fantasy playoffs. These are critical here and we've got some hot, hot discussions and debates that are going to happen here. Our consensus rankings can be found on fantasypros dot com slash rankings, and make sure that you are also subscribed and turning on your notifications as well. Now we're going to go through these top twenty players here. Now, Pat, I'll start off with you what stands out in this top twenty here? For running backs?

Running backs?

Running backs?

Well, once again, Tarah Austin Eckler ranked a little too high in the consensus rankings at RB seven. I had him up at RB eight last week, but that was in a great matchup with the Denver Broncos, and more importantly, that was with Justin Herbert at quarterback for the Chargers. I do not like Eckler's much this week in a tougher matchup against the Raiders and with Easton Stick at quarterback. Maybe Eastern Stick dumps it off to Eckler ten times, and you know, Eckler gets his fantasy points that way. But I'm not really optimistic about Eckler's rushing outlook or his touchdown outlook in this greatly diminished Chargers offense. I've got him at running back twelve, so pretty well below consensus. I mean, I guess you're starting him no matter what if you spent that first or second round pick on Austin Eckler and still managed to make your way into the playoffs. Congratulations, But you know, I guess you're still rolling with him, but I don't know if he's going to carry you to the Promised Land.

Well, once again, Tarah Austin Eckler ranked a little too high in the consensus rankings at RB seven. I had him up at RB eight last week, but that was in a great matchup with the Denver Broncos, and more importantly, that was with Justin Herbert at quarterback for the Chargers. I do not like Eckler's much this week in a tougher matchup against the Raiders and with Easton Stick at quarterback. Maybe Eastern Stick dumps it off to Eckler ten times, and you know, Eckler gets his fantasy points that way. But I'm not really optimistic about Eckler's rushing outlook or his touchdown outlook in this greatly diminished Chargers offense. I've got him at running back twelve, so pretty well below consensus. I mean, I guess you're starting him no matter what if you spent that first or second round pick on Austin Eckler and still managed to make your way into the playoffs. Congratulations, But you know, I guess you're still rolling with him, but I don't know if he's going to carry you to the Promised Land.

Yeah, that matchup there, I feel like maybe sometimes when people are ranking, they're looking at it thinking Vegas layup matchup, but it actually hasn't been that much of a layup matchup. It's actually kind of a sneaky, not stingy, but just not the high upside matchup that we were seeing earlier in the season. So I'm with you on that one. Billy, what stands out to you in this top twenty.

Yeah, that matchup there, I feel like maybe sometimes when people are ranking, they're looking at it thinking Vegas layup matchup, but it actually hasn't been that much of a layup matchup. It's actually kind of a sneaky, not stingy, but just not the high upside matchup that we were seeing earlier in the season. So I'm with you on that one. Billy, what stands out to you in this top twenty.

You know, it's nice seeing Rashud White get some respect. Finally, this was a guy's high on going to the season. He's been seeing all the touches in the backfield, from the rushing attempts to the receiving work, and if you go back to week nine, he's actually RB two on the season and half point PPR behind Christian McCaffrey during that span from week nine to week fourteen, And so I think it's it's time to put some respect on the name. Rashad White is here and on the season, he's RB five for the season, so I love what he's able to do and he's kind of had a mini breakout.

You know, it's nice seeing Rashud White get some respect. Finally, this was a guy's high on going to the season. He's been seeing all the touches in the backfield, from the rushing attempts to the receiving work, and if you go back to week nine, he's actually RB two on the season and half point PPR behind Christian McCaffrey during that span from week nine to week fourteen, And so I think it's it's time to put some respect on the name. Rashad White is here and on the season, he's RB five for the season, so I love what he's able to do and he's kind of had a mini breakout.

Rashad White our zero RB king. Finally, thank you respect on his name after everything that he has done contributing to our fantasy teams this year. Again, for in depth analysis on any of these players, go to fantasypros dot com slash rankings and for updated rankings, make sure that you are using our my Playbook app. And we usually start off with the B minus tier here, but that is in the top twenty. Very interesting little changes here, So we're going to start off with the C plus tier. And we got some goodies in this tier. This is a very interesting tier. It starts off with James Cook who has been hot, Jerome Ford, Naji Harris, Jalen Warren back to back there, Cuba Hubbard, James Connor, and Josh Jacobs. A good little tier here. We want to pull out a couple of people from this tier here. We're going to start off by talking about Jerome Ford. Ecier has him at RB twenty two. Pat, you've got him at RB twenty four. Billy. You've got him at RB twenty three, right along lines with consensus here, but he's such an interesting player. Pat talked to us about Jerome Ford.

Rashad White our zero RB king. Finally, thank you respect on his name after everything that he has done contributing to our fantasy teams this year. Again, for in depth analysis on any of these players, go to fantasypros dot com slash rankings and for updated rankings, make sure that you are using our my Playbook app. And we usually start off with the B minus tier here, but that is in the top twenty. Very interesting little changes here, So we're going to start off with the C plus tier. And we got some goodies in this tier. This is a very interesting tier. It starts off with James Cook who has been hot, Jerome Ford, Naji Harris, Jalen Warren back to back there, Cuba Hubbard, James Connor, and Josh Jacobs. A good little tier here. We want to pull out a couple of people from this tier here. We're going to start off by talking about Jerome Ford. Ecier has him at RB twenty two. Pat, you've got him at RB twenty four. Billy. You've got him at RB twenty three, right along lines with consensus here, but he's such an interesting player. Pat talked to us about Jerome Ford.

Yeah, not a lot of difference of opinion here with ECR, Billy and myself, But I think he's a good guy to talk about because I know in the early lineup questions I've gotten from people, Jerome Ford has shown up a lot, and I think he's going to be a pivot player for a lot of people setting their lineups this week. I'm a little nervous that he has had twelve or fewer carries in four straight games. The Browns had a pair of seventeen point losses during that stretch, one of the Broncos and one to the Rams, so Ford only had nine carries in each of those games, and maybe the negative game script wad into that, But the Browns also had one score victories over the Steelers and the Jaguars, and four still only had twelve carries in each of those games. So not a bountiful rushing workload for him. And you've also got Kareem Hunt poaching short range touchdowns. But Ford does have some pretty steady usage in the passing game. Since the start of November, he's everaging four point eight targets, three point three receptions, and twenty point two receiving yards per game. That could definitely help him. This week, he is going up against a very good Bears run defense. The Bears have given up the fourth fewest rushing yards to running backs, but they do really give it up to running backs in the passing game. The Bears have allowed a league high seven hundred and forty eight receiving yards to running backs this year. I do think that helps make Ford flexworthy, but you know, RB twenty two in ECR seems just a smidge optimistic still, though, I think you're probably playing Ford under most circumstances this week.

Yeah, not a lot of difference of opinion here with ECR, Billy and myself, But I think he's a good guy to talk about because I know in the early lineup questions I've gotten from people, Jerome Ford has shown up a lot, and I think he's going to be a pivot player for a lot of people setting their lineups this week. I'm a little nervous that he has had twelve or fewer carries in four straight games. The Browns had a pair of seventeen point losses during that stretch, one of the Broncos and one to the Rams, so Ford only had nine carries in each of those games, and maybe the negative game script wad into that, But the Browns also had one score victories over the Steelers and the Jaguars, and four still only had twelve carries in each of those games. So not a bountiful rushing workload for him. And you've also got Kareem Hunt poaching short range touchdowns. But Ford does have some pretty steady usage in the passing game. Since the start of November, he's everaging four point eight targets, three point three receptions, and twenty point two receiving yards per game. That could definitely help him. This week, he is going up against a very good Bears run defense. The Bears have given up the fourth fewest rushing yards to running backs, but they do really give it up to running backs in the passing game. The Bears have allowed a league high seven hundred and forty eight receiving yards to running backs this year. I do think that helps make Ford flexworthy, but you know, RB twenty two in ECR seems just a smidge optimistic still, though, I think you're probably playing Ford under most circumstances this week.

Yeah, he's been a steady guy. He's been someone that you don't feel like you have to been. You can rely on him to get you there in terms of getting you double digit fantasy points. But the ceiling has kind of been taken off from what we first saw when he finally got that opportunity to be the RB one earlier in the season. But you mentioned the receiving upside there. Very interesting that even with Kareem Hunt there, he still has a strong role within the receiving game there, so maybe that's something we can hang our hat on. Billy, How are you feeling about Jerome for this week?

Yeah, he's been a steady guy. He's been someone that you don't feel like you have to been. You can rely on him to get you there in terms of getting you double digit fantasy points. But the ceiling has kind of been taken off from what we first saw when he finally got that opportunity to be the RB one earlier in the season. But you mentioned the receiving upside there. Very interesting that even with Kareem Hunt there, he still has a strong role within the receiving game there, so maybe that's something we can hang our hat on. Billy, How are you feeling about Jerome for this week?

Yeah, Pat touch base on the main sentiment is that the Chicago Bears rush defense is stout. He touched base on that, and so I'm not going to repeat all that information. But they can be beaten the air, not as much in the ground. So where Ford kind of plays most of his involvement is going to be through the air as the running back here. You know, he's seen a total of sixteen targets over the course of the last three games. But that being said, his overall snaps have kind of been down, and so we've only seen in three the last four weeks he's only seen fifty six percent of the snaps or fewer. Out said Week twelve was the outlier. He's all seventy percent, and so he is kind of exceeding some of this the snapshare to Kareem Hunt, especially when it comes down to goal line and especially when it comes down to short down distances. So Kareem Hunt the preferred back in those scenarios where he's seeing sixty plus percent of the short down distance and when you get into goal line, it's primarily all hunt there. So I do think that Ford's upside is limited, and quite frankly, he just hasn't looked quite the same ever since that ankle injury, and I do think that it's kind of been maybe a hindrance because let's face it, he had a high ankle sprain and play through it, and so he just hasn't been the same back in my opinion since since that injury. And so I think, you know, back in RBQW this week makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, Pat touch base on the main sentiment is that the Chicago Bears rush defense is stout. He touched base on that, and so I'm not going to repeat all that information. But they can be beaten the air, not as much in the ground. So where Ford kind of plays most of his involvement is going to be through the air as the running back here. You know, he's seen a total of sixteen targets over the course of the last three games. But that being said, his overall snaps have kind of been down, and so we've only seen in three the last four weeks he's only seen fifty six percent of the snaps or fewer. Out said Week twelve was the outlier. He's all seventy percent, and so he is kind of exceeding some of this the snapshare to Kareem Hunt, especially when it comes down to goal line and especially when it comes down to short down distances. So Kareem Hunt the preferred back in those scenarios where he's seeing sixty plus percent of the short down distance and when you get into goal line, it's primarily all hunt there. So I do think that Ford's upside is limited, and quite frankly, he just hasn't looked quite the same ever since that ankle injury, and I do think that it's kind of been maybe a hindrance because let's face it, he had a high ankle sprain and play through it, and so he just hasn't been the same back in my opinion since since that injury. And so I think, you know, back in RBQW this week makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, I agree with you guys. I think ECR is kind of dead on right there and makes sense. Moving on to James Connor, another one that we want to talk about here RB twenty five and consensus. We got a little difference of opinion here, Pat, you are at RB twenty nine. A little bit further on James Connor. Billy, you're right with consensus almost at RB twenty six for James Connor. Difficult matchup this week, but prior to the Arizona bye week, we did see him come off with that massive game where he finally had that breakout James Connor type of game there, Billy, all start off with you. When you're looking at James Connor this week, how much does the matchup play into where you're ranking him.

Yeah, I agree with you guys. I think ECR is kind of dead on right there and makes sense. Moving on to James Connor, another one that we want to talk about here RB twenty five and consensus. We got a little difference of opinion here, Pat, you are at RB twenty nine. A little bit further on James Connor. Billy, you're right with consensus almost at RB twenty six for James Connor. Difficult matchup this week, but prior to the Arizona bye week, we did see him come off with that massive game where he finally had that breakout James Connor type of game there, Billy, all start off with you. When you're looking at James Connor this week, how much does the matchup play into where you're ranking him.

It's definitely a tough matchic. I mean, SF is number one against the run, but they're not quite the same SF team as we've known in the past, where you know, nobody could get anything going. So we have seen them be beat from time to time. They've only given up seven hundred and forty three yards on the ground three point eight yards per carrying only four hundred and seventy four reception yards, which is going to be kind of, you know, middle of the pack. I think it's I think it's like fifteenth overall. But I do think that it's a volume play here. It's hard to ignore, you know, the volume he's getting. And I know we've had this debate many times, is is it kind of empty carries twenty five rushing attempts. Last last time we saw him in the field week thirteen here against Pittsburgh, he did see two targets. That type of volume is hard to project, especially when you're going up against you know, the number one defense against the run. It's going to break down to how much involvement in the passing game, I think is what it's going to take with him and kind of beating this this ECR. But it's a tough number to project based upon the matchup and the overall touches he's getting, because all he needs is one big run and he can kind of outproduce this this SCR.

It's definitely a tough matchic. I mean, SF is number one against the run, but they're not quite the same SF team as we've known in the past, where you know, nobody could get anything going. So we have seen them be beat from time to time. They've only given up seven hundred and forty three yards on the ground three point eight yards per carrying only four hundred and seventy four reception yards, which is going to be kind of, you know, middle of the pack. I think it's I think it's like fifteenth overall. But I do think that it's a volume play here. It's hard to ignore, you know, the volume he's getting. And I know we've had this debate many times, is is it kind of empty carries twenty five rushing attempts. Last last time we saw him in the field week thirteen here against Pittsburgh, he did see two targets. That type of volume is hard to project, especially when you're going up against you know, the number one defense against the run. It's going to break down to how much involvement in the passing game, I think is what it's going to take with him and kind of beating this this ECR. But it's a tough number to project based upon the matchup and the overall touches he's getting, because all he needs is one big run and he can kind of outproduce this this SCR.

That's true, and then we do have to wonder about the work within receiving. We've got these receivers that are questionable, Marquise Brown hopefully coming back, Michael Wilson hopefully coming back in the injury. See how all of that impacts them if they have a full and finally healthy receiving corps. Hat you're a little bit further back on James Connor. What's the hesitation with James Connor this week?

That's true, and then we do have to wonder about the work within receiving. We've got these receivers that are questionable, Marquise Brown hopefully coming back, Michael Wilson hopefully coming back in the injury. See how all of that impacts them if they have a full and finally healthy receiving corps. Hat you're a little bit further back on James Connor. What's the hesitation with James Connor this week?

Yeah, I mean Billy mentioned that Connor is a volume play, and I do think that he is a very safe bet for double digit carries. But he's getting this ECR bounce because he's coming off that twenty five carry, one hundred yard, two touchdown rushing day against the Steelers. But in nine games this season, Connor has had twenty or more carries twice. In the other seventeen game or other seven games sixteen or fewer carries, and in six of those games fourteen or fewer, So it works out to fourteen point three carries a game for Connor. Solid usage, but I would say it falls below the threshold for workhorse usage. And what worries me is that Connor has really been a zero as a pass catcher this year. Fourteen catches thirty six yards, that's two point six yards per catch. So whatever Connor is going to do for you this week, he's probably going to have to do it in the running game against the forty nine ers. Yeah, Billy's right, like the forty nine ers haven't been this nightmare running back matchup like they have been in the past. But still seven hundred and forty three rushing yards that's the fewest allowed by any team this season. So not only that, but the Cardinals being nearly two touchdown underdogs in this game, So Connor probably isn't getting a very run friendly game script. Yeah, I just kind of want to stay away and avoid him if I can.

Yeah, I mean Billy mentioned that Connor is a volume play, and I do think that he is a very safe bet for double digit carries. But he's getting this ECR bounce because he's coming off that twenty five carry, one hundred yard, two touchdown rushing day against the Steelers. But in nine games this season, Connor has had twenty or more carries twice. In the other seventeen game or other seven games sixteen or fewer carries, and in six of those games fourteen or fewer, So it works out to fourteen point three carries a game for Connor. Solid usage, but I would say it falls below the threshold for workhorse usage. And what worries me is that Connor has really been a zero as a pass catcher this year. Fourteen catches thirty six yards, that's two point six yards per catch. So whatever Connor is going to do for you this week, he's probably going to have to do it in the running game against the forty nine ers. Yeah, Billy's right, like the forty nine ers haven't been this nightmare running back matchup like they have been in the past. But still seven hundred and forty three rushing yards that's the fewest allowed by any team this season. So not only that, but the Cardinals being nearly two touchdown underdogs in this game, So Connor probably isn't getting a very run friendly game script. Yeah, I just kind of want to stay away and avoid him if I can.

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Moving on to the C tier here, we were going to pull out quite a few players in this tier. Oh, it's always an interesting the seatare is always an interesting one. We've got Brian Robinson here, hopefully coming back this week from that hamstring injury. We've got Keaton Mitchell, Kenneth Walker, Clyde Edwards, Hilaire has pushed his way up here. We've got aj Dillon as well, Devin Singletary and Ty Chandler. We're gonna start off with someone who I feel like we talk about all the time. Here we're start off with Keaton Mitchell here ECR has him at RB twenty nine. Pat, you got him? Well, you guys are lockstep on this one. Pat and Billy RB thirty one each. So just a little bit more skeptical around Keaton Mitchell. This is a good one to talk about and it's so he's one of those guys where I feel like we get a thousand start sick questions throughout the lives all week because you just don't know how much you can trust him and what the the Ravens are really going to do. So again cr RB twenty nine. Billy got him at RB thirty one. Billy, I'll start off with you on this one, keithon Mitchell. What's the exact expectation? Can we put an exact expectation on what we can see from him this week?

Moving on to the C tier here, we were going to pull out quite a few players in this tier. Oh, it's always an interesting the seatare is always an interesting one. We've got Brian Robinson here, hopefully coming back this week from that hamstring injury. We've got Keaton Mitchell, Kenneth Walker, Clyde Edwards, Hilaire has pushed his way up here. We've got aj Dillon as well, Devin Singletary and Ty Chandler. We're gonna start off with someone who I feel like we talk about all the time. Here we're start off with Keaton Mitchell here ECR has him at RB twenty nine. Pat, you got him? Well, you guys are lockstep on this one. Pat and Billy RB thirty one each. So just a little bit more skeptical around Keaton Mitchell. This is a good one to talk about and it's so he's one of those guys where I feel like we get a thousand start sick questions throughout the lives all week because you just don't know how much you can trust him and what the the Ravens are really going to do. So again cr RB twenty nine. Billy got him at RB thirty one. Billy, I'll start off with you on this one, keithon Mitchell. What's the exact expectation? Can we put an exact expectation on what we can see from him this week?

Man, this is the most of one of the most frustrating like running backs to project because talent wise, like I call him like a chain light, like this guy has the ability to be a RB one every week or high end RB two. He's got the speed to do it. You see him break off a large chunk run every single game he plays, but it just breaks down to them not wanting to use him. I mean, he's he's seen nine or fewer rushing attempts in every single game this season, you know, and he's got so thirty eight total rushing attempts for three hundred and twenty three yards. That's an eight point five yard per attempt average. I mean, these are like video game stats, and they still aren't dedicating more snaps to him, and so it's frustrating. So and so we can see them commit to Keaton Mitchell and and say, hey, we're going to see him at fifty percent of the snaps or more, then I think we have to kind of keep him in this territory because his his career high is forty six and that's the season high as well rookie. Of course, forty six percent snaps, which was week twelve. He saw thirty four percent in Week fourteen, thirty seven percent, Week eleven, twenty two percent, Week ten, seventeen percent Week nine, and it decreases from there. So I need to see him closer to fifty percent in order for me to get him hired in this ranking. If we do, and when that happens, I mean it should happen to every single game. It really should. I mean, gus Is is just a plotter. We've had this conversation multiple times. He's he's going to be the short yardage back, He's going to be the goal line back. That's fine, that's his role. Run Keaton Mitchell between the twenties every single time, like, that's what we need to do here in order for this offense to get the explosive kid on the field. And so until that happens, though, he's going to kind of stay in this ranking zone.

Man, this is the most of one of the most frustrating like running backs to project because talent wise, like I call him like a chain light, like this guy has the ability to be a RB one every week or high end RB two. He's got the speed to do it. You see him break off a large chunk run every single game he plays, but it just breaks down to them not wanting to use him. I mean, he's he's seen nine or fewer rushing attempts in every single game this season, you know, and he's got so thirty eight total rushing attempts for three hundred and twenty three yards. That's an eight point five yard per attempt average. I mean, these are like video game stats, and they still aren't dedicating more snaps to him, and so it's frustrating. So and so we can see them commit to Keaton Mitchell and and say, hey, we're going to see him at fifty percent of the snaps or more, then I think we have to kind of keep him in this territory because his his career high is forty six and that's the season high as well rookie. Of course, forty six percent snaps, which was week twelve. He saw thirty four percent in Week fourteen, thirty seven percent, Week eleven, twenty two percent, Week ten, seventeen percent Week nine, and it decreases from there. So I need to see him closer to fifty percent in order for me to get him hired in this ranking. If we do, and when that happens, I mean it should happen to every single game. It really should. I mean, gus Is is just a plotter. We've had this conversation multiple times. He's he's going to be the short yardage back, He's going to be the goal line back. That's fine, that's his role. Run Keaton Mitchell between the twenties every single time, like, that's what we need to do here in order for this offense to get the explosive kid on the field. And so until that happens, though, he's going to kind of stay in this ranking zone.

Does the matchup concern you at all? We've got Jacksonville here. I mean last week they were exploited by the tandem backfield of Joe Mixon and Jase Brown, but typically they've been a stingy matchup to opposing running backs. For a guy who lives off of being efficient, not a lot of opportunities here. Is the matchup a major concern?

Does the matchup concern you at all? We've got Jacksonville here. I mean last week they were exploited by the tandem backfield of Joe Mixon and Jase Brown, but typically they've been a stingy matchup to opposing running backs. For a guy who lives off of being efficient, not a lot of opportunities here. Is the matchup a major concern?

It's tough matchup Jacksonville gives up. Has given up the third fewest rushing yards on the season to running backs three point seven yards per attempt, So definitely a bit of a concern, especially given the fact that he's only seen nine or fewer carries, so it definitely plays into the factor with the ranking. You know it's gonna happen, though we all know it's gonna happen. We're gonna we're gonna move him down rankings like we have and then he's gonna see fifteen touches and then we're gonna just kick ourselves because we know he has the talent to do it. And then he's gonna the increase and touches is going to offset the inefficiencies of the rush defense, I mean offset the inefficiencies based upon the matchup on the defense. So it's it's a frustrating. It's a frustrating piece with him because I love this kid. He's talented. It's just he needs to see more touches.

It's tough matchup Jacksonville gives up. Has given up the third fewest rushing yards on the season to running backs three point seven yards per attempt, So definitely a bit of a concern, especially given the fact that he's only seen nine or fewer carries, so it definitely plays into the factor with the ranking. You know it's gonna happen, though we all know it's gonna happen. We're gonna we're gonna move him down rankings like we have and then he's gonna see fifteen touches and then we're gonna just kick ourselves because we know he has the talent to do it. And then he's gonna the increase and touches is going to offset the inefficiencies of the rush defense, I mean offset the inefficiencies based upon the matchup on the defense. So it's it's a frustrating. It's a frustrating piece with him because I love this kid. He's talented. It's just he needs to see more touches.

Pat, how about you on this one?

Pat, how about you on this one?

Yeah, you guys have laid it out pretty well as far as the head winds Keith Mitchell's facing with the tough matchup and the usage concerns. So ECRs got him at RB twenty nine, Billy and I have him at RB thirty one, and since Week nine, when the Ravens started using him every week, Mitchell has been RB thirty in Fantasy points per game, So we are right in the correct neighborhood here for him in the rankings, But Billy, I think you and I are probably below consensus on him just because we tend to follow the usage and it's leading us to the slightly lower than ECR ranking for him. It still hasn't had double digit carries in a game all season, and you know, as Billy pointed out last week against the Rams, Mitchell only played about a thirty the offensive snap. So yes, you can get that big splash play, and Keith Mitchell is certainly a guy capable of making his weekly fantasy quota on just one play, you know, a fifty yard touchdown run and boom, he's paid off for you. But if he does not connect for any big plays against a Jaguars defense that ranks number two in the league in DVA against the run, you could end up with a pretty disappointing fantasy day from Keith Mitchell because the volume just isn't there.

Yeah, you guys have laid it out pretty well as far as the head winds Keith Mitchell's facing with the tough matchup and the usage concerns. So ECRs got him at RB twenty nine, Billy and I have him at RB thirty one, and since Week nine, when the Ravens started using him every week, Mitchell has been RB thirty in Fantasy points per game, So we are right in the correct neighborhood here for him in the rankings, But Billy, I think you and I are probably below consensus on him just because we tend to follow the usage and it's leading us to the slightly lower than ECR ranking for him. It still hasn't had double digit carries in a game all season, and you know, as Billy pointed out last week against the Rams, Mitchell only played about a thirty the offensive snap. So yes, you can get that big splash play, and Keith Mitchell is certainly a guy capable of making his weekly fantasy quota on just one play, you know, a fifty yard touchdown run and boom, he's paid off for you. But if he does not connect for any big plays against a Jaguars defense that ranks number two in the league in DVA against the run, you could end up with a pretty disappointing fantasy day from Keith Mitchell because the volume just isn't there.

We're going to keep things here in this tier and talk about another player, Kenneth Walker RB thirty. You guys are on opposite ends here, so ECR has him at RB thirty. Pat, You've got him at RB twenty seven. Billy, you've got him at RB thirty four. I cannot wait to hear this debate because Kenneth Walker is someone who I want to be optimistic around his usage. But it's just concerning the type of split and workload that we're having here from Seattle. Then we've got the concerns with Gino Smith's injuries. Well, there's just a lot of factors working in here that makes it so difficult to really pinpoint his true upside. Pat, I'll start off with you, because you're a little bit higher on Kenneth Walker this week. Are you feeling like we're going to continue to maybe see a return of him to his RB one workload or are we at least trending in that.

We're going to keep things here in this tier and talk about another player, Kenneth Walker RB thirty. You guys are on opposite ends here, so ECR has him at RB thirty. Pat, You've got him at RB twenty seven. Billy, you've got him at RB thirty four. I cannot wait to hear this debate because Kenneth Walker is someone who I want to be optimistic around his usage. But it's just concerning the type of split and workload that we're having here from Seattle. Then we've got the concerns with Gino Smith's injuries. Well, there's just a lot of factors working in here that makes it so difficult to really pinpoint his true upside. Pat, I'll start off with you, because you're a little bit higher on Kenneth Walker this week. Are you feeling like we're going to continue to maybe see a return of him to his RB one workload or are we at least trending in that.

Yeah, I don't know about that, Tara. I mean you mentioned it that he has been sharing work with Zach Charbonat, and although Walker did have a fifty six percent snapshare last week, I think it's fair to say that you know, Charbona is going to be involved. Like Walker is still out ranks him, but Charbona is going to be involved. So last week only eight carries for twenty one yards against the forty nine ers for Walker, but he did salvage an otherwise disappointing fantasy day by catching four passes for thirty three yards, and on one of those receptions, I'm sure Billy saw this one as a forty nine Ers fan, Walker reversed field and broke like twenty six tackles on one play. It was pretty impressive, And like, that's the thing with Walker. He is a really, really good player, So I think he's flexworthy even if he is no longer in the workhorse role. Walker investors were hoping that he would be in all year, and like, I'm not terrified by this matchup with the Eagles. Yes, the Eagles are allowing the fewest points per game to running backs on the season fantasy points, but I think a lot of that was because early in the season they were just blowing people's doors off and creating unfriendly game scripts for opponents. So the Eagles have faced the fourth fewest rushing attempts in the league. But get this, in their first nine games of the year, only one of the Eagles opponents managed to run for one thousand yards as a team or one hundred yards excuse me, So the Eagles were giving up sixty six point three rushing yards per game before their Week ten by. Since coming out of the by, the Eagles have been giving up more than They've been giving up one hundred and fifty six point three rushing yards per game, and they've allowed more than one hundred rushing yards to all four of their opponents. So I do not fear this matchup for Kenneth Walker, who is still a very good player. We're not going to get a workhorse roll most likely, but I think even on ten to fifteen kites he can be flexworthy.

Yeah, I don't know about that, Tara. I mean you mentioned it that he has been sharing work with Zach Charbonat, and although Walker did have a fifty six percent snapshare last week, I think it's fair to say that you know, Charbona is going to be involved. Like Walker is still out ranks him, but Charbona is going to be involved. So last week only eight carries for twenty one yards against the forty nine ers for Walker, but he did salvage an otherwise disappointing fantasy day by catching four passes for thirty three yards, and on one of those receptions, I'm sure Billy saw this one as a forty nine Ers fan, Walker reversed field and broke like twenty six tackles on one play. It was pretty impressive, And like, that's the thing with Walker. He is a really, really good player, So I think he's flexworthy even if he is no longer in the workhorse role. Walker investors were hoping that he would be in all year, and like, I'm not terrified by this matchup with the Eagles. Yes, the Eagles are allowing the fewest points per game to running backs on the season fantasy points, but I think a lot of that was because early in the season they were just blowing people's doors off and creating unfriendly game scripts for opponents. So the Eagles have faced the fourth fewest rushing attempts in the league. But get this, in their first nine games of the year, only one of the Eagles opponents managed to run for one thousand yards as a team or one hundred yards excuse me, So the Eagles were giving up sixty six point three rushing yards per game before their Week ten by. Since coming out of the by, the Eagles have been giving up more than They've been giving up one hundred and fifty six point three rushing yards per game, and they've allowed more than one hundred rushing yards to all four of their opponents. So I do not fear this matchup for Kenneth Walker, who is still a very good player. We're not going to get a workhorse roll most likely, but I think even on ten to fifteen kites he can be flexworthy.

For you, oof, that is a dramatic difference in terms of rush yards in the earlier season and then more recent You're good, very good thing to point out there so that we can see where these defensive trends are heading. Billy, what's the concern is that the usage or does match up make you kind of push him back a little further back from ECR here.

For you, oof, that is a dramatic difference in terms of rush yards in the earlier season and then more recent You're good, very good thing to point out there so that we can see where these defensive trends are heading. Billy, what's the concern is that the usage or does match up make you kind of push him back a little further back from ECR here.

It's cutilization, you know, I know he's coming off injury. He saw fifty eight percent of snaps. He's seen that or fewer since Week seven, where he last saw seventy nine percent of snaps. So Charbonay has kind of been involved, you know, continued to be involved I don't think they're going to want to give Walker that seventy to eighty percent that he was seeing in the beginning of the season. They're going to want to keep him healthy, so I definitely think that that's a bit of a concern. The targets were nice. Bonus, it's first time that he's seen over thirteen percent since Week seven as well, so he saw a total of seventeen percent of the target sharer. So if that continues, I think that I might be a little low in the rankings. But it's hard to project that when you go from seventeen three percent ten percent, so seventeen percent might be a bit of anomaly here. So I do think it's we're in the ballpark. I'll probably settle closer to where Pat is when everything's one of the best settles in the rankings. But I do think that the trend with the Philadelphia has been changing, but there's a one stat that hasn't and they just don't give up a lot of touchdowns to running backs. They've given up zero in the air on the season. They've only given it four on the ground, which is tied for the the third fewest in the in the league. So it's going to take a bit of it's gonna take a bit of catches. It's going to take a you know, a good chunk of yards in the ground for him to pay this off, because quite frankly, touchdown doesn't look like it's gonna be likely in the books based upon the statistics. So I have a bit of hesitation this week with kendth Walker and uh, until we can see him back on the field in a larger full time capacity, I think it's it's going to kind of settle as a back in arby two touchdowns.

It's cutilization, you know, I know he's coming off injury. He saw fifty eight percent of snaps. He's seen that or fewer since Week seven, where he last saw seventy nine percent of snaps. So Charbonay has kind of been involved, you know, continued to be involved I don't think they're going to want to give Walker that seventy to eighty percent that he was seeing in the beginning of the season. They're going to want to keep him healthy, so I definitely think that that's a bit of a concern. The targets were nice. Bonus, it's first time that he's seen over thirteen percent since Week seven as well, so he saw a total of seventeen percent of the target sharer. So if that continues, I think that I might be a little low in the rankings. But it's hard to project that when you go from seventeen three percent ten percent, so seventeen percent might be a bit of anomaly here. So I do think it's we're in the ballpark. I'll probably settle closer to where Pat is when everything's one of the best settles in the rankings. But I do think that the trend with the Philadelphia has been changing, but there's a one stat that hasn't and they just don't give up a lot of touchdowns to running backs. They've given up zero in the air on the season. They've only given it four on the ground, which is tied for the the third fewest in the in the league. So it's going to take a bit of it's gonna take a bit of catches. It's going to take a you know, a good chunk of yards in the ground for him to pay this off, because quite frankly, touchdown doesn't look like it's gonna be likely in the books based upon the statistics. So I have a bit of hesitation this week with kendth Walker and uh, until we can see him back on the field in a larger full time capacity, I think it's it's going to kind of settle as a back in arby two touchdowns.

Rushing touchdowns could be the key there for him if he doesn't get that. It's been a while since we've seen an actual rushing touchdown for him since Week six, So without that, the upside is kind of capped there if the passing game is considerably inconsistent for him. So I agree on that one. We're going to talk about one more player here in this here it is ty Chandler. Ty Chandler, and obviously you know ECR is going to fluctuate in terms of ty Chandler as we get more information on this injury to Alexander Madison and just waiting waiting on pins and needles to kind of figure out if if we're looking at ty Chandler this week or ty Chandler rest of season? Is it ty Chandler season. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it here. ECR has him at RB thirty six. Pat, you got him at RB twenty five. Billy, you're on with ECR at RB thirty seven, Billy, I'll start off with you with ty Chandler. Right here? Is this where ultimately he would end up if we had confirmation that Alexander Madison would go out or would how or would you be bumping up to him to a certain point.

Rushing touchdowns could be the key there for him if he doesn't get that. It's been a while since we've seen an actual rushing touchdown for him since Week six, So without that, the upside is kind of capped there if the passing game is considerably inconsistent for him. So I agree on that one. We're going to talk about one more player here in this here it is ty Chandler. Ty Chandler, and obviously you know ECR is going to fluctuate in terms of ty Chandler as we get more information on this injury to Alexander Madison and just waiting waiting on pins and needles to kind of figure out if if we're looking at ty Chandler this week or ty Chandler rest of season? Is it ty Chandler season. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it here. ECR has him at RB thirty six. Pat, you got him at RB twenty five. Billy, you're on with ECR at RB thirty seven, Billy, I'll start off with you with ty Chandler. Right here? Is this where ultimately he would end up if we had confirmation that Alexander Madison would go out or would how or would you be bumping up to him to a certain point.

No, I have a placeholder right now from Madison at roughly thirty two percent of the rushing share, So this this number would change drastically if Madison is ruled out. I mean that opens up a third of the total touches in the backfield, not to mention another you know three percent that I have pegged in for the target share right now for a placeholder. So I would probably be closer, if not higher than Pat, if Madison is ruled out for a fact, and I think it definitely changes the landscape of this backfield and how the usage is going to look because we saw that injury appear last week and Anti Chandler saw a season high and fifty six percent of the snaps and so forty eight percent of the rushing share and started taking on nine percent of the total targets for the game. So I definitely think that this is a fluid situation and we got to remain flexible here as news comes out, and that this is this kind of disclaimer ranking, is that this ranking is subject to change based upon news that we receive during the given week. Here for the running back landscape in Minnesota, nice I got to ask with Ty Chandler if we got if we got confirmation that we were going to not have Alexander Matterson rest of season, is this someone that you could comfortably see within your top twenty running back?

No, I have a placeholder right now from Madison at roughly thirty two percent of the rushing share, So this this number would change drastically if Madison is ruled out. I mean that opens up a third of the total touches in the backfield, not to mention another you know three percent that I have pegged in for the target share right now for a placeholder. So I would probably be closer, if not higher than Pat, if Madison is ruled out for a fact, and I think it definitely changes the landscape of this backfield and how the usage is going to look because we saw that injury appear last week and Anti Chandler saw a season high and fifty six percent of the snaps and so forty eight percent of the rushing share and started taking on nine percent of the total targets for the game. So I definitely think that this is a fluid situation and we got to remain flexible here as news comes out, and that this is this kind of disclaimer ranking, is that this ranking is subject to change based upon news that we receive during the given week. Here for the running back landscape in Minnesota, nice I got to ask with Ty Chandler if we got if we got confirmation that we were going to not have Alexander Matterson rest of season, is this someone that you could comfortably see within your top twenty running back?

I mean, we know the explosive upside for him, and we don't have any competition from anybody else in that backfield.

I mean, we know the explosive upside for him, and we don't have any competition from anybody else in that backfield.

No, I don't think top twenty. I just plugged the numbers iner it now to see what it would look like as you were talking just to it gets him like at the RB twenty three twenty four matchup, of course, will change the over under for the Vegas totals of course, will affect that line as well. But I could see him, you know, breaking the top twenty on certain weeks and maybe outside the top twenty on certain weeks, depending upon the matchups. Because we know that they're going to get Kenny Luwangu more involved. They may sign a veteran as well off the street, or bring in somebody like you know, Darrell Henderson, who knows what they're going to do. But Nuongu. We saw even Nuwangu get more involved last week, So it will not be one hundred percent Ty Chandler, as people who've been holding him all season would hope. I do think that he would probably see fifty five sixty percent of the Russian share until they were able to balance back to a lot more. But I don't necessarily quite think that's going to be enough to get him in the top twenty every week.

No, I don't think top twenty. I just plugged the numbers iner it now to see what it would look like as you were talking just to it gets him like at the RB twenty three twenty four matchup, of course, will change the over under for the Vegas totals of course, will affect that line as well. But I could see him, you know, breaking the top twenty on certain weeks and maybe outside the top twenty on certain weeks, depending upon the matchups. Because we know that they're going to get Kenny Luwangu more involved. They may sign a veteran as well off the street, or bring in somebody like you know, Darrell Henderson, who knows what they're going to do. But Nuongu. We saw even Nuwangu get more involved last week, So it will not be one hundred percent Ty Chandler, as people who've been holding him all season would hope. I do think that he would probably see fifty five sixty percent of the Russian share until they were able to balance back to a lot more. But I don't necessarily quite think that's going to be enough to get him in the top twenty every week.

Oh Billy, that's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted to hear that my secret type the shares were just going to carry me to Fantasy championships in like five leagues. Come on, now, help me out here, God, maybe you can help me out here. How are you approaching Ty Chandler this week.

Oh Billy, that's not what I wanted to hear. I wanted to hear that my secret type the shares were just going to carry me to Fantasy championships in like five leagues. Come on, now, help me out here, God, maybe you can help me out here. How are you approaching Ty Chandler this week.

Yeah. So while Billy and the other rankers seem to be doing the prudent thing and sort of hedging a little bit with their rankings, you know, I'm never one to look before I leave, so I'm just leaping to the conclusion that Madison is not going to play this week. I don't know if that's the right conclusion in a draw, but I know that Madison hadn't practiced as of Tuesday, and the Vikings have a Saturday game this week, so it seems like kind of a long shot that he plays. Billy, let me ask you. I've got Chandler right now ranked in between Jerome Ford at RB twenty four and Jalen Warren at RB twenty six. If Madison were out, how would you rank those three Ford, Chandler and Jalen.

Yeah. So while Billy and the other rankers seem to be doing the prudent thing and sort of hedging a little bit with their rankings, you know, I'm never one to look before I leave, so I'm just leaping to the conclusion that Madison is not going to play this week. I don't know if that's the right conclusion in a draw, but I know that Madison hadn't practiced as of Tuesday, and the Vikings have a Saturday game this week, so it seems like kind of a long shot that he plays. Billy, let me ask you. I've got Chandler right now ranked in between Jerome Ford at RB twenty four and Jalen Warren at RB twenty six. If Madison were out, how would you rank those three Ford, Chandler and Jalen.

Warren Ford, Chandler, Jalen Warren. I'd probably have Chandler the top of the list.

Warren Ford, Chandler, Jalen Warren. I'd probably have Chandler the top of the list.

Okay, Yeah, so I think you can make that case where he goes ahead of Ford. And like Billy said, I mean, I don't know if Chandler is getting all the work, Like, I don't think he would see in Ezekiel Elliott like ninety one percent snapshare twenty nine touches like Zeke had last week. Because Chandler's barely two hundred pounds, but he does have run catch versatility that we like, you know, like, I don't want to overstate the upside of a guy that the Vikings have refused to, you know, get more opportunities to despite the fact that he's behind Alexander Madison, who I think we can all agree as a pretty pedestrian starting running back in the NFL. But yeah, like, give Chandler that full workload and maybe you know, fifteen to eighteen touches against the Bengals run defense that's twenty seventh in DVOA, and I think he could give you a pretty nice week.

Okay, Yeah, so I think you can make that case where he goes ahead of Ford. And like Billy said, I mean, I don't know if Chandler is getting all the work, Like, I don't think he would see in Ezekiel Elliott like ninety one percent snapshare twenty nine touches like Zeke had last week. Because Chandler's barely two hundred pounds, but he does have run catch versatility that we like, you know, like, I don't want to overstate the upside of a guy that the Vikings have refused to, you know, get more opportunities to despite the fact that he's behind Alexander Madison, who I think we can all agree as a pretty pedestrian starting running back in the NFL. But yeah, like, give Chandler that full workload and maybe you know, fifteen to eighteen touches against the Bengals run defense that's twenty seventh in DVOA, and I think he could give you a pretty nice week.

Moving on to the next here, here we've got Jerck McKinnon, Gus Edwards, Antonio Gibson, and Taj Spears. This is an interesting one. We already talked about Gus Edwards in terms of Keaton Mitchell. And then you've got some guys that are coming off of interesting games. We've got Jerck McKinnon coming off of the game where he didn't have a massive workload, but he did have touchdowns, so potentially opportunity if Pacheco is out, Antonio Gibson always a question mark, and then Taja Spears who had a nice little breakout there, while Derrick Henry was strong as well. The Titans looking overall a lot better against that Miami defense and have have a good interesting team matchup this week. So looking at the C minus here, Pat, I'll start off with you, is there anyone that you would prefer to pull out of this here for potential usage this week?

Moving on to the next here, here we've got Jerck McKinnon, Gus Edwards, Antonio Gibson, and Taj Spears. This is an interesting one. We already talked about Gus Edwards in terms of Keaton Mitchell. And then you've got some guys that are coming off of interesting games. We've got Jerck McKinnon coming off of the game where he didn't have a massive workload, but he did have touchdowns, so potentially opportunity if Pacheco is out, Antonio Gibson always a question mark, and then Taja Spears who had a nice little breakout there, while Derrick Henry was strong as well. The Titans looking overall a lot better against that Miami defense and have have a good interesting team matchup this week. So looking at the C minus here, Pat, I'll start off with you, is there anyone that you would prefer to pull out of this here for potential usage this week?

Yeah?

Yeah?

I mean, I think Antonio Gibson is the really interesting guy if Brian Robinson isn't able to play. If Robinson does play, Gibson is not really startable, or at least not if you want to get fantasy points out of it. But if we do see Robinson miss this game, suddenly Gibson is probably operating as the lead back. I mean, maybe we see some of Chris Rodriguez Junior, but like it would definitely vault Gibson into I think, you know, RB two flex status flex worthiness for this.

I mean, I think Antonio Gibson is the really interesting guy if Brian Robinson isn't able to play. If Robinson does play, Gibson is not really startable, or at least not if you want to get fantasy points out of it. But if we do see Robinson miss this game, suddenly Gibson is probably operating as the lead back. I mean, maybe we see some of Chris Rodriguez Junior, but like it would definitely vault Gibson into I think, you know, RB two flex status flex worthiness for this.

Week, Billy, how about you in this year?

Week, Billy, how about you in this year?

Yeah?

Yeah?

I agree with Pat. I'm gonna just throw Tajy Spears in names of the hat as well. I've seen fourteen targets the last two weeks and for the last three weeks he's RB twenty eight. I think he's getting kind of this defined role in the passing game and has been utilized a little bit more on the ground as well, So I think he's got a pretty high upside if he does get a larger role on a week to week basis, and and I like his involvement in the passing game.

I agree with Pat. I'm gonna just throw Tajy Spears in names of the hat as well. I've seen fourteen targets the last two weeks and for the last three weeks he's RB twenty eight. I think he's getting kind of this defined role in the passing game and has been utilized a little bit more on the ground as well, So I think he's got a pretty high upside if he does get a larger role on a week to week basis, and and I like his involvement in the passing game.

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It's first and foremost the bears. The second it is a committee. I mean it's it's fifty six per just based off last week's numbers, fifty six percent snaps for Foreman, seventeen percent for Herbert, twenty seven percent for Roshan Johnson. But if you go back now, if you go into the week before, it's seventy five percent Roshan Johnson, it was only twenty four percent Dante Foreman seventeen and then is twenty two percent Khalil Herbert. And back to that week, Roshan Johnson got the targets. Last week, Foreman got the targets. So it's it's going to be impossible to kind of pin the tail on the Donkey here and try to figure out what this coaching scheme is going to do with this backfield in a given week. They're clearly playing the hot hand approach, and it's to the point the season where you got to see what you got in the rookie. And I think that they're going to continue to get the rookie more and more and more involved as they prepare for the twenty twenty four seasons. So I get that Foreman has been pretty productive with the touches that he's gotten, but I'm not quite sure how many touch he's going to get. Not to mention, they are facing the Cleveland Browns, and let's face it, the Browns are one of the best defense in the NFL, so I know they can be beat on the ground. I just I just don't have a lot of faith inside of this offense. And I think the game script is going to hurt Chicago in this instance. And I definitely think that this is where Foreman is the weakest, is inside the passing game. And I think that we're going to see a little bit more roche On this week.

It's first and foremost the bears. The second it is a committee. I mean it's it's fifty six per just based off last week's numbers, fifty six percent snaps for Foreman, seventeen percent for Herbert, twenty seven percent for Roshan Johnson. But if you go back now, if you go into the week before, it's seventy five percent Roshan Johnson, it was only twenty four percent Dante Foreman seventeen and then is twenty two percent Khalil Herbert. And back to that week, Roshan Johnson got the targets. Last week, Foreman got the targets. So it's it's going to be impossible to kind of pin the tail on the Donkey here and try to figure out what this coaching scheme is going to do with this backfield in a given week. They're clearly playing the hot hand approach, and it's to the point the season where you got to see what you got in the rookie. And I think that they're going to continue to get the rookie more and more and more involved as they prepare for the twenty twenty four seasons. So I get that Foreman has been pretty productive with the touches that he's gotten, but I'm not quite sure how many touch he's going to get. Not to mention, they are facing the Cleveland Browns, and let's face it, the Browns are one of the best defense in the NFL, so I know they can be beat on the ground. I just I just don't have a lot of faith inside of this offense. And I think the game script is going to hurt Chicago in this instance. And I definitely think that this is where Foreman is the weakest, is inside the passing game. And I think that we're going to see a little bit more roche On this week.

So less about Herbert and more about Rocheaw And I can maybe get on board with that Pat, you are on the positive side of Donta Foreman, talk us into Donta Foreman.

So less about Herbert and more about Rocheaw And I can maybe get on board with that Pat, you are on the positive side of Donta Foreman, talk us into Donta Foreman.

Yeah, so we are most likely going to see all of Deonta Foreman, Khalil Herbert, and Roshan Johnson. Billy's right. It has been kind of a committee. But once again, I'm gonna leap to conclusions based on last week's results. And I mean Foreman had seven more snaps than Khalil Herbert and Roshan Johnson combined. He had eleven carries, where Herbert and Rochean combined for four. And this was with Foreman coming off an injury. So like he comes off the injury and immediately operates as the lead back, it seems like they made up their mind about who the lead back is going to be. Yeah, and I realized the matchup against the Browns is kind of a tricky one. But we do see the rushing efficiency of running backs often spike when they're playing with mobile quarterbacks, which is certainly the case here with justin fields. So I do think Foreman offers flex worthiness. I am using him in a playoff game this week in the case Classic where we have three flex spots. So with three flex spots. The threshold for flexworthiness is lowered a bit, But like, I don't feel bad about having Deonta Foreman in my lineup this week. Like I don't feel like that's any sort of gaping hole. And I'm betting that he leads the Bears and touches among the running backs this week.

Yeah, so we are most likely going to see all of Deonta Foreman, Khalil Herbert, and Roshan Johnson. Billy's right. It has been kind of a committee. But once again, I'm gonna leap to conclusions based on last week's results. And I mean Foreman had seven more snaps than Khalil Herbert and Roshan Johnson combined. He had eleven carries, where Herbert and Rochean combined for four. And this was with Foreman coming off an injury. So like he comes off the injury and immediately operates as the lead back, it seems like they made up their mind about who the lead back is going to be. Yeah, and I realized the matchup against the Browns is kind of a tricky one. But we do see the rushing efficiency of running backs often spike when they're playing with mobile quarterbacks, which is certainly the case here with justin fields. So I do think Foreman offers flex worthiness. I am using him in a playoff game this week in the case Classic where we have three flex spots. So with three flex spots. The threshold for flexworthiness is lowered a bit, But like, I don't feel bad about having Deonta Foreman in my lineup this week. Like I don't feel like that's any sort of gaping hole. And I'm betting that he leads the Bears and touches among the running backs this week.

Pat, I am on your side here. I do a waiver wire video for Fantasy pros, and I am very, very pro do on to Foreman. He was my number one waiver wire at it the week because he is shockingly lower rostered than Khalil Herbert. Billy, you haven't pointed out that if there's someone that we're leaning here towards other than Foreman, it's probably Roshan. But Herbert is the highest rostered of all of these backs. And I agree with Pat when we're looking at the statistics. We talked about him coming back from the injury, Foreman was immediately put back into the RB one role prior to the injury. He got hurt on that first drive. He started off the drive in that game, he was the RB one. He got the goal line touch. He I think we've got plenty of evidence here that I leaned towards him consistently being this RB one and they're just committed to it at this point. So I'm with you, Pat, I feel more comfortable I'm higher than ECR on Forman this week.

Pat, I am on your side here. I do a waiver wire video for Fantasy pros, and I am very, very pro do on to Foreman. He was my number one waiver wire at it the week because he is shockingly lower rostered than Khalil Herbert. Billy, you haven't pointed out that if there's someone that we're leaning here towards other than Foreman, it's probably Roshan. But Herbert is the highest rostered of all of these backs. And I agree with Pat when we're looking at the statistics. We talked about him coming back from the injury, Foreman was immediately put back into the RB one role prior to the injury. He got hurt on that first drive. He started off the drive in that game, he was the RB one. He got the goal line touch. He I think we've got plenty of evidence here that I leaned towards him consistently being this RB one and they're just committed to it at this point. So I'm with you, Pat, I feel more comfortable I'm higher than ECR on Forman this week.

I'll just say that. You know, like, I think a lot of us want to see Roshan get this bigger audition for twenty twenty four and that seemed like maybe the way things were going to go down in week thirteen when he played like a lot more than Khalil Herbert. But then we also wondered if that might be just because the Vikings blitz so much and Roshan is really good at blitz pick up. And it turns out based on the week fourteen usage, like, yeah, maybe that was the case, that it was just sort of a game specific usage thing for Roshan. But I'd like to see him get more run down the stretch. I just don't know if it's going to happen.

I'll just say that. You know, like, I think a lot of us want to see Roshan get this bigger audition for twenty twenty four and that seemed like maybe the way things were going to go down in week thirteen when he played like a lot more than Khalil Herbert. But then we also wondered if that might be just because the Vikings blitz so much and Roshan is really good at blitz pick up. And it turns out based on the week fourteen usage, like, yeah, maybe that was the case, that it was just sort of a game specific usage thing for Roshan. But I'd like to see him get more run down the stretch. I just don't know if it's going to happen.

I agree with that. Moving on to the D plus tire, we've got Kareem Hunt, Bamian Peerish, Jamal Williams, Tyler Algier. I don't know about you, guys, but Kareem Hunt is the only one that I feel like we can pretend really pull out here. We did see that that a little bump and increase from Jamal Williams from Taysom Hill being out. But I just don't feel like this is a very reliable group here outside of Korean hut Billy. I'll start off with you. Is there anyone that you could turn to in a low inflex option in deeper leagues?

I agree with that. Moving on to the D plus tire, we've got Kareem Hunt, Bamian Peerish, Jamal Williams, Tyler Algier. I don't know about you, guys, but Kareem Hunt is the only one that I feel like we can pretend really pull out here. We did see that that a little bump and increase from Jamal Williams from Taysom Hill being out. But I just don't feel like this is a very reliable group here outside of Korean hut Billy. I'll start off with you. Is there anyone that you could turn to in a low inflex option in deeper leagues?

No?

No?

I think you were spot on here. Kareem has the only one that you can even quote unquote kind of trust here, and it's just based upon his goal line usage and his short down distance, so at least he has a role. The other backs here I have inconsistent roles and a lack of usage, So the only one I'd play here is on pat How about you, Like, if.

I think you were spot on here. Kareem has the only one that you can even quote unquote kind of trust here, and it's just based upon his goal line usage and his short down distance, so at least he has a role. The other backs here I have inconsistent roles and a lack of usage, So the only one I'd play here is on pat How about you, Like, if.

You're really in a pinch, I could maybe make a slight case for Tyler Algier strictly because of the match up against the Panthers, because the Panthers are so bad against the run. But the thing is like Algier was getting double digit carries pretty consistently, and now the Falcons are mixing in court Aero Patterson, which is sort of kneecapping the floor for Tyler Algeer every week, So boy, it's just like a matchup driven like Hail Mary flex play here for Tyler Algier.

You're really in a pinch, I could maybe make a slight case for Tyler Algier strictly because of the match up against the Panthers, because the Panthers are so bad against the run. But the thing is like Algier was getting double digit carries pretty consistently, and now the Falcons are mixing in court Aero Patterson, which is sort of kneecapping the floor for Tyler Algeer every week, So boy, it's just like a matchup driven like Hail Mary flex play here for Tyler Algier.

Arthur Smith at it again. Moving on to the D minus tier, we've got Knnick game Well, Miles Sanders, Aaron Jones, Rico Daddle and another play that we talked about just now, Roshan Johnson. Aaron Jones obviously down here with the question marks in terms of injuries here when you're looking at this tier, it's it's interesting, but is there is there anyone that you would potentially pull out from this tier here? Patt'll start off with.

Arthur Smith at it again. Moving on to the D minus tier, we've got Knnick game Well, Miles Sanders, Aaron Jones, Rico Daddle and another play that we talked about just now, Roshan Johnson. Aaron Jones obviously down here with the question marks in terms of injuries here when you're looking at this tier, it's it's interesting, but is there is there anyone that you would potentially pull out from this tier here? Patt'll start off with.

You, Oh no, Tara. I mean like if you are you're you're basically waving the white flag and you're starting any of these guys in a playoff game, Uh, you would. You would need your other starters to make up a lot of ground to account for the donut hole you're gonna get from this lineup spot. Even Aaron Jones, Like if he was cleared and I think he did some light practice work before the Week fourteen game didn't play, so if he comes back this week. The only thing is, like the Packers are notoriously cautious about bringing guys back from injury. So even if he does play, he's probably not getting a full compliment of snaps and touches this week.