Backfield Breakdown: Week 8 Recap & Week 9 Sleepers

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Published on November 1, 2021

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Usage Leaderboards

Week 8

		Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Targets	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
1	Khalil Herbert	84.3%	23	63.9%	2	7.4%	27	45.5%	8.8	1
2	Najee Harris	81.9%	26	81.3%	3	8.6%	30	53.7%	21	1
3	Joe Mixon	76.4%	14	87.5%	5	14.7%	26	47.4%	25.1	5
4	Ezekiel Elliott	75.3%	16	66.7%	6	14.6%	39	40.8%	11.3	0
5	Austin Ekeler	75.0%	11	55.0%	10	29.4%	32	44.7%	24.4	1
6	Derrick Henry	74.0%	28	90.3%	0	0.0%	22	51.9%	6.8	0
7	Jonathan Taylor	73.8%	16	80.0%	4	8.3%	39	40.4%	21.2	1
8	D'Andre Swift	72.1%	12	66.7%	5	15.6%	31	39.5%	8.1	0
9	Dalvin Cook	71.2%	18	75.0%	2	6.1%	25	38.3%	7.8	1
10	Michael Carter	70.7%	15	55.6%	14	28.6%	37	36.4%	32.2	2
11	Alvin Kamara	67.1%	19	59.4%	4	11.4%	25	40.7%	16.6	3
12	Aaron Jones	65.8%	15	44.1%	11	31.4%	28	39.3%	24	3
13	Carlos Hyde	65.8%	9	47.4%	8	15.7%	38	29.4%	13.2	0
14	Elijah Mitchell	65.5%	18	69.2%	0	0.0%	14	41.9%	19.7	1
15	Mike Davis	64.2%	9	45.0%	6	22.2%	24	35.0%	11.6	0
16	Zack Moss	63.9%	8	34.8%	7	17.1%	30	26.9%	11.8	0
17	Leonard Fournette	61.7%	8	57.1%	5	12.2%	27	26.2%

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Usage Leaderboards

Week 8

		Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Targets	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
1	Khalil Herbert	84.3%	23	63.9%	2	7.4%	27	45.5%	8.8	1
2	Najee Harris	81.9%	26	81.3%	3	8.6%	30	53.7%	21	1
3	Joe Mixon	76.4%	14	87.5%	5	14.7%	26	47.4%	25.1	5
4	Ezekiel Elliott	75.3%	16	66.7%	6	14.6%	39	40.8%	11.3	0
5	Austin Ekeler	75.0%	11	55.0%	10	29.4%	32	44.7%	24.4	1
6	Derrick Henry	74.0%	28	90.3%	0	0.0%	22	51.9%	6.8	0
7	Jonathan Taylor	73.8%	16	80.0%	4	8.3%	39	40.4%	21.2	1
8	D'Andre Swift	72.1%	12	66.7%	5	15.6%	31	39.5%	8.1	0
9	Dalvin Cook	71.2%	18	75.0%	2	6.1%	25	38.3%	7.8	1
10	Michael Carter	70.7%	15	55.6%	14	28.6%	37	36.4%	32.2	2
11	Alvin Kamara	67.1%	19	59.4%	4	11.4%	25	40.7%	16.6	3
12	Aaron Jones	65.8%	15	44.1%	11	31.4%	28	39.3%	24	3
13	Carlos Hyde	65.8%	9	47.4%	8	15.7%	38	29.4%	13.2	0
14	Elijah Mitchell	65.5%	18	69.2%	0	0.0%	14	41.9%	19.7	1
15	Mike Davis	64.2%	9	45.0%	6	22.2%	24	35.0%	11.6	0
16	Zack Moss	63.9%	8	34.8%	7	17.1%	30	26.9%	11.8	0
17	Leonard Fournette	61.7%	8	57.1%	5	12.2%	27	26.2%	7.3	0
18	Darrell Henderson	61.2%	14	45.2%	2	5.9%	25	28.3%	22.3	4
19	Cordarrelle Patterson	60.4%	9	45.0%	5	18.5%	18	35.0%	18.2	0
20	Chase Edmonds	59.3%	7	35.0%	4	12.5%	23	23.8%	15.9	0
21	Myles Gaskin	57.4%	12	52.2%	4	10.8%	24	34.1%	8.5	0
22	Melvin Gordon	56.6%	10	47.6%	3	12.0%	18	32.5%	19.2	0
23	Nick Chubb	55.9%	16	69.6%	1	3.2%	17	39.5%	7.9	0
24	Chuba Hubbard	55.4%	24	51.1%	2	8.3%	10	41.7%	14.1	1
25	Damien Harris	53.9%	23	59.0%	1	2.9%	16	40.4%	14	2
26	Rex Burkhead	48.3%	4	28.6%	4	11.1%	24	16.3%	13.8	1
27	Alex Collins	48.2%	10	40.0%	0	0.0%	15	22.2%	4.4	1
28	J.D. McKissic	45.7%	3	12.5%	8	21.6%	28	22.9%	17.3	0
29	Boston Scott	44.6%	12	26.1%	1	6.3%	11	21.1%	18	2
30	Javonte Williams	43.4%	9	42.9%	4	16.0%	13	27.5%	6.8	0
31	AJ Dillon	39.7%	16	47.1%	0	0.0%	12	28.6%	7.8	0
32	James Conner	37.3%	5	25.0%	0	0.0%	13	11.9%	14.2	1
33	Devin Singletary	34.7%	7	30.4%	1	2.4%	16	15.4%	3.9	0
34	Antonio Gibson	32.9%	8	33.3%	3	8.1%	14	22.9%	8.4	0
35	JaMycal Hasty	32.7%	3	11.5%	2	7.4%	14	11.6%	5.3	0
36	Brandon Bolden	31.6%	4	10.3%	0	0.0%	17	7.0%	2.6	0
37	Nyheim Hines	31.3%	1	5.0%	5	10.4%	22	10.6%	6.4	0
38	Kenneth Gainwell	30.8%	13	28.3%	0	0.0%	4	22.8%	2.7	0
39	D'Ernest Johnson	30.5%	4	17.4%	3	9.7%	13	11.6%	9.9	0
40	Sony Michel	29.9%	9	29.0%	2	5.9%	10	20.8%	7.6	0
41	Ameer Abdullah	29.7%	8	17.0%	5	20.8%	11	18.3%	9.6	0
42	Mark Ingram	28.9%	6	18.8%	2	5.7%	14	14.8%	7.2	0
43	Ty Johnson	28.0%	4	14.8%	6	12.2%	15	13.6%	19.6	0
44	Tony Pollard	26.0%	7	29.2%	1	2.4%	11	16.3%	3.7	0
45	Scottie Phillips	25.0%	5	35.7%	3	8.3%	10	16.3%	4	0
46	Jordan Howard	24.6%	12	26.1%	0	0.0%	2	21.1%	17.7	3
47	Salvon Ahmed	23.5%	7	30.4%	2	5.4%	9	18.2%	3.8	0
48	Jaret Patterson	22.9%	11	45.8%	1	2.7%	4	22.9%	4.6	0
49	Rashaad Penny	19.6%	7	28.0%	0	0.0%	3	15.6%	0.7	2
50	Rhamondre Stevenson	15.8%	8	20.5%	2	5.9%	3	15.8%	4	0

Doesn't include MNF. GL Looks = Targets + Carries inside the 5-yard line

Full Season

		Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Targets	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
1	Najee Harris	85.7%	128	78.5%	49	18.3%	255	48.8%	142.2	8
2	Alvin Kamara	80.1%	133	60.7%	37	20.3%	163	48.4%	137.6	8
3	Ezekiel Elliott	72.1%	118	54.1%	26	10.3%	223	34.3%	125.9	12
4	Derrick Henry	70.8%	219	84.2%	20	7.8%	163	54.6%	193.3	9
5	D'Andre Swift	69.6%	90	49.2%	57	19.7%	264	35.1%	145.4	6
6	Darrell Henderson	67.6%	110	51.9%	24	8.8%	212	31.4%	122.8	11
7	Austin Ekeler	65.3%	84	52.8%	42	15.3%	212	34.6%	153.2	5
8	Aaron Jones	65.2%	104	50.5%	39	15.5%	208	35.7%	143	9
9	Mike Davis	65.1%	75	45.5%	30	11.2%	218	27.9%	69.8	3
10	James Robinson	62.6%	88	55.0%	24	9.2%	174	33.0%	109.5	5
11	Joe Mixon	60.7%	137	67.8%	21	8.7%	140	41.5%	131	8
12	Chase Edmonds	59.9%	75	30.6%	37	15.1%	203	24.4%	97.8	2
13	Leonard Fournette	59.1%	101	56.4%	39	11.4%	214	31.6%	121.8	9
14	Jonathan Taylor	57.4%	121	57.1%	25	9.5%	166	37.2%	152.4	15
15	Melvin Gordon	54.9%	88	46.8%	22	8.2%	179	27.8%	100.5	2
16	Miles Sanders	53.1%	63	30.0%	24	9.9%	167	22.2%	62.8	4
17	Myles Gaskin	52.4%	66	39.5%	40	12.9%	191	25.9%	93.4	2
18	Michael Carter	52.1%	73	49.3%	37	14.4%	146	31.8%	92.5	5
19	Antonio Gibson	51.0%	111	53.6%	21	7.7%	126	33.3%	95.6	7
20	Devin Singletary	49.1%	67	33.2%	19	7.3%	154	21.2%	57.8	2
21	Chuba Hubbard	47.2%	108	46.2%	26	9.4%	130	31.3%	79	4
22	J.D. McKissic	47.1%	32	15.5%	42	15.3%	186	16.9%	91.4	3
23	Cordarrelle Patterson	46.5%	64	38.8%	41	15.3%	141	27.4%	134.1	2
24	Damien Harris	46.2%	118	57.0%	12	4.3%	111	31.6%	99.7	11
25	Zack Moss	45.5%	62	30.7%	21	8.1%	126	20.4%	75.5	4
26	Javonte Williams	44.5%	78	41.5%	26	9.6%	135	26.3%	81	3
27	Elijah Mitchell	43.8%	81	41.8%	4	1.9%	82	25.8%	68.3	2
28	Dalvin Cook	43.4%	98	50.5%	20	7.6%	106	28.7%	73.7	3
29	James Conner	42.3%	94	38.4%	5	2.0%	93	23.0%	92.2	8
30	Khalil Herbert	41.8%	81	33.8%	10	4.9%	97	24.3%	54.5	3
31	Ty Johnson	40.8%	35	23.6%	26	10.1%	139	16.7%	59.3	5
32	David Johnson	40.7%	29	15.6%	25	10.4%	154	13.7%	50.1	0
33	Nick Chubb	40.1%	106	42.4%	6	2.6%	91	27.5%	90.7	6
34	Alex Collins	38.3%	74	37.8%	7	3.4%	87	22.8%	54.9	4
35	Kareem Hunt	36.2%	69	27.6%	24	10.4%	107	21.8%	104.2	4
36	Nyheim Hines	36.1%	35	16.5%	29	11.1%	138	14.4%	51	0
37	Kenneth Gainwell	33.7%	39	18.6%	31	12.8%	103	15.7%	68.1	0
38	AJ Dillon	33.4%	68	33.0%	12	4.8%	88	20.3%	53.9	1
39	David Montgomery	33.3%	69	28.8%	9	4.4%	81	20.2%	59.8	2
40	Tony Pollard	31.4%	68	31.2%	16	6.3%	82	20.9%	72.8	1
41	Jamaal Williams	30.8%	71	38.8%	18	6.2%	87	22.3%	69.1	2
42	Alexander Mattison	30.5%	70	36.1%	19	7.3%	77	22.7%	59.8	1
43	Carlos Hyde	29.8%	33	20.6%	12	4.6%	96	12.8%	27.4	2
44	Jeremy McNichols	25.3%	7	2.7%	27	10.6%	129	6.5%	51.1	0
45	Brandon Bolden	25.0%	14	6.8%	22	7.8%	111	8.4%	47.6	1
46	Samaje Perine	24.6%	31	15.3%	12	5.0%	79	11.1%	45.2	1
47	Christian McCaffrey	23.6%	52	22.2%	17	6.2%	72	16.9%	58.4	2

Week 8 Injury Report

Inactives

PHI Miles Sanders (ankle)

NYG Saquon Barkley (ankle)

NYJ Tevin Coleman (hamstring)

CAR Christian McCaffrey (IR/hamstring)

CHI David Montgomery (IR/knee)

SEA Chris Carson (IR/neck)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire (IR/knee)

CLE Kareem Hunt (IR/calf)

JAX Malcom Brown (IR/quad)

In-Game Injuries

Kylin Hill suffered an ACL tear on a kickoff return.

JAX James Robinson injured his heel/foot and left after playing just eight snaps.

CHI Damien Williams injured his knee early in the game and didn't return.

LAC Justin Jackson left with a quad injury.

TEN Derrick Henry may need season-ending surgery on his foot.

Week 8 Route Report

		Routes	Tgt	Tgt/Rt	Yds/Rt
1	Carlos Hyde	33	8	24.2%	1.21
2	Michael Carter	32	14	43.8%	2.97
3	Ezekiel Elliott	28	6	21.4%	0.82
4	Jonathan Taylor	27	4	14.8%	1.93
5	Austin Ekeler	26	10	38.5%	2.31
6	D'Andre Swift	26	5	19.2%	0.92
7	J.D. McKissic	25	8	32.0%	3.32
8	Aaron Jones	23	11	47.8%	2.22
9	Joe Mixon	22	5	22.7%	2.64
10	Zack Moss	22	7	31.8%	1.77
11	Khalil Herbert	21	2	9.5%	-0.19
12	Leonard Fournette	21	5	23.8%	0.81
13	Najee Harris	20	3	15.0%	1.45
14	Rex Burkhead	20	4	20.0%	1.35
15	Dalvin Cook	19	2	10.5%
16	Chase Edmonds	18	4	22.2%	2.17
17	Darrell Henderson	18	2	11.1%	0.17
18	Nyheim Hines	18	5	27.8%	1.22
19	Alvin Kamara	17	4	23.5%	0.88
20	Melvin Gordon	17	3	17.6%	0.88
21	Myles Gaskin	17	4	23.5%	1.12
22	Derrick Henry	15	0	0.0%
23	Ty Johnson	14	6	42.9%	5.07
24	Cordarrelle Patterson	13	5	38.5%	2.85
25	Elijah Mitchell	13	0	0.0%
26	JaMycal Hasty	13	2	15.4%	2.23
27	Mike Davis	13	6	46.2%	1.69
28	D'Ernest Johnson	12	3	25.0%	0.58
29	Nick Chubb	12	1	8.3%	0.67
30	Ameer Abdullah	11	5	45.5%	3.18
31	Antonio Gibson	11	3	27.3%	1.82
32	Alex Collins	10	0	0.0%
33	James Conner	10	0	0.0%
34	Jeremy McNichols	10	3	30.0%	3.30
35	Kyle Juszczyk	10	1	10.0%	1.10

Week 8 Red-Zone Report

Inside the 5-Yard Line

		Snaps	Looks	Carries	Rush TD	Tgts	Rec TD
1	Joe Mixon	11	5	3	1	2	0
2	Darrell Henderson	8	4	2	1	2	1
3	Alvin Kamara	5	3	3	1	0	0
4	Jordan Howard	3	3	3	2	0	0
5	Aaron Jones	9	3	3	1	0	0
6	Boston Scott	5	2	2	2	0	0
7	Rashaad Penny	2	2	2	0	0	0
8	Damien Harris	4	2	2	1	0	0
9	Michael Carter	3	2	2	0	0	0
10	Dalvin Cook	1	1	1	0	0	0
11	Alex Collins	5	1	1	0	0	0
12	Austin Ekeler	2	1	1	1	0	0
13	Jonathan Taylor	6	1	1	1	0	0
14	Rex Burkhead	1	1	1	1	0	0
15	Khalil Herbert	1	1	1	0	0	0
16	Alex Armah	2	1	0	0	1	1
17	Najee Harris	4	1	1	0	0	0
18	James Conner	1	1	1	1	0	0
19	Elijah Mitchell	3	1	1	1	0	0
20	Jakob Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	0
21	Chuba Hubbard	1	1	1	0	0	0

Six RBs played two snaps inside the 5-yard line but didn't get any touches.
- Myles Gaskin, Brandon Bolden, Nyheim Hines, Mark Ingram, AJ Dillon, JaMycal Hasty

Red Zone Looks (carries + targets)

		Snaps	Looks	Carries	Rush TD	Tgts	Rec TD
1	Damien Harris	12	9	8	1	1	0
2	Darrell Henderson	19	8	6	1	2	1
3	Joe Mixon	16	8	5	1	3	1
4	Alvin Kamara	15	7	5	1	2	0
5	Jordan Howard	8	6	6	2	0	0
6	Aaron Jones	18	6	4	1	2	0
7	Austin Ekeler	7	5	4	1	1	0
8	Khalil Herbert	9	5	3	0	2	0
9	Michael Carter	11	5	4	1	1	0
10	Chuba Hubbard	5	5	5	1	0	0
11	Elijah Mitchell	7	5	5	1	0	0
12	AJ Dillon	6	4	4	0	0	0
13	Najee Harris	14	4	4	1	0	0
14	Sony Michel	6	4	4	0	0	0
15	Zack Moss	6	3	3	0	0	0
16	Melvin Gordon	4	3	2	1	1	1
17	Derrick Henry	6	3	3	0	0	0
18	Jonathan Taylor	10	3	3	1	0	0
19	Dalvin Cook	3	3	3	0	0	0
20	Alexander Mattison	3	2	1	0	1	0
21	Chase Edmonds	5	2	2	1	0	0
22	Ty Johnson	3	2	0	0	2	1
23	Rex Burkhead	3	2	1	1	1	0
24	James Conner	6	2	2	2	0	0
25	D'Ernest Johnson	3	2	2	1	0	0
26	Boston Scott	5	2	2	2	0	0
27	Alex Collins	7	2	2	0	0	0
28	Rashaad Penny	2	2	2	0	0	0

Week 9 Waivers & Sleepers

Picking from players rostered in half or less of Yahoo Leagues.

Waivers, Pt. 1 —Top Adds & Streamers

Waivers, Pt. 2 — Bench Stashes & Sleepers

Week 9 Drops & Benchings

Drop'em

Bench'em

Week 8 Game-by-Game Breakdowns

Packers (24) at Cardinals (21)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Aaron Jones	65.8%	15	44.1%	11	31.4%	28	39.3%	24	3
AJ Dillon	39.7%	16	47.1%	0	0%	12	28.6%	7.8	0

In seven games with Davante Adams inactive since the beginning of 2019, Jones has averaged 26.0 PPR points and 6.7 targets.
- In 31 games with Adams playing, Jones has averaged 17.4 PPR points and 4.0 targets.
- Jones has averaged 14.3 carries in both scenarios, but he's seen more targets and scored more TDs (1.43 per game) with Adams absent. It's not a huge sample, but it's also not that surprising.... Adams is a target hog and red-zone hog, and Jones is the team's second-best weapon.

Between his own strong performance and the Hill injury improving his sans-Jones workload projection, AJ Dillon gained quite a bit of value last night.
— Jerry Donabedian (@JerryDonabedian) October 29, 2021

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Chase Edmonds	59.3%	7	35.0%	4	12.5%	23	23.8%	15.9	0
James Conner	37.3%	5	25.0%	0	0%	13	11.9%	14.2	1

Despite modest workloads overall, Edmonds and Conner accounted for all of Arizona's TDs. Conner scored from nine and two yards out, after Edmonds hit paydirt from 11 yards out in the first quarter.
Kyler Murray finished without a TD for the first time this year. It happened three times last year, though only twice in full games.

Bengals (31) at Jets (34)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Joe Mixon	76.4%	14	87.5%	5	14.7%	26	47.4%	25.1	5
Samaje Perine	25.5%	0	0.0%	2	5.9%	13	5.3%	3.6	0

Perine had 11 carries and 48 percent snap share the week before, albeit with nine of his carries coming in the fourth quarter (of a 24-point win over Baltimore). In this one, he barely played apart from third down.
Mixon played 100% of first-down snaps, 72% of second-down snaps and 20% of third-down snaps.
- Perine took eight of the 10 snaps on third down, but played just six snaps otherwise.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Michael Carter	70.7%	15	55.6%	14	28.6%	37	36.4%	32.2	2
Ty Johnson	28.0%	4	14.8%	6	12.2%	15	13.6%	19.6	0
La'Mical Perine	7.3%	1	3.7%	0	0%	3	1.5%	0.3	0

Carter's snap share was down just a tick from 72% the week before, but the 15 carries were a career high, and the 14 targets marked his second straight week with a new high in that category.
- Carter saw two or three targets in each of his first five games (14 total), but now has 23 in two games since the bye.
Carter took 71% of first-down snaps, 72% of second-down snaps and 67% of third-down snaps.
- Johnson played four of four snaps on 3rd-and-long, but Carter got more playing time on 3rd-and-medium/short.
Carter is the headliner for good reason, but Johnson also had his best fantasy game of the year, and his two largest target totals of the season have come in the past two games (same as Carter.
- The two RBs have combined for 36 targets the past two weeks. Wild. 91 pass attempts over a two-week span is a lot, but it's not thaaat much.
- Carter did have two drops Sunday, his third and fourth of the season.
Tevin Coleman (hamstring) was inactive.

Eagles (44) at Lions (6)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Boston Scott	44.6%	12	26.1%	1	6.3%	11	21.1%	18	2
Kenneth Gainwell	30.8%	13	28.3%	0	0%	4	22.8%	2.7	0
Jordan Howard	24.6%	12	26.1%	0	0%	2	21.1%	17.7	3

This was infuriating for anyone who started Gainwell, even though his 13 carries were easily a season high.
- Scott and Howard got the high-value touches, and both scored a pair of TDs from inside the 5-yard line.
Scott got the start, which wasn't too surprising. He then played all 16 snaps in the first quarter, which was surprising.
- Scott then played just three snaps (23%) in the second quarter, while Gainwell got six (46%) but only one touch, and Howard got four snaps (31%) and took four carries for 21 yards and a TD.
The third quarter was essentially a 50/50 split between Howard (54% snap share, 8-36-1 rushing) and Scott (46% snaps, 3-5-1 rushing, one target).
- Gainwell didn't play at all in the third quarter. Or the first.
Gainwell then played 100% of snaps in the fourth quarter, taking 12 carries for 24 yards.
- In other words, Gainwell got just one carry and six snaps before the fourth quarter.
Stat table for pre-Q4:

	Snaps	Snap %	Carries	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgts	GL Looks
Boston Scott	29	56.90%	12	60	2	1	2
Jordan Howard	16	31.40%	12	57	2	0	3
Kenneth Gainwell	6	11.80%	1	3	0	0	0

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
D'Andre Swift	72.1%	12	66.7%	5	15.6%	31	39.5%	8.1
Godwin Igwebuike	18.0%	3	16.7%	3	9.4%	8	14.0%	8.8
Jermar Jefferson	16.4%	2	11.1%	4	12.5%	6	14.0%	12.9

Jamaal Williams (thigh) was inactive after being listed as questionable.
Swift played 96% of snaps before the fourth quarter.
- Igwebuike got 53% in the fourth quarter and took four touches for 35 yards, with Jefferson getting 35% and turning his three touches into 26 yards and his first career TD.

Rams (38) at Texans (22)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Darrell Henderson	61.2%	14	45.2%	2	5.9%	25	28.3%	22.3	4
Sony Michel	29.9%	9	29.0%	2	5.9%	10	20.8%	7.6	0
Buddy Howell	9.0%	5	16.1%	0	0%	1	9.4%	1.1	0

Henderson played 81% of snaps before halftime, with a 12-80-1 rushing line and a three-yard receiving TD on two targets.
- Michel got 19% in the first half, with three carries for nine yards and two catches for 14 yards.
- Henderson played only 44% of snaps in the third quarter and none at all in the fourth.
- Howell got all his snaps and touches in the fourth quarter.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Rex Burkhead	48.3%	4	28.6%	4	11.1%	24	16.3%	13.8	1
Scottie Phillips	25.0%	5	35.7%	3	8.3%	10	16.3%	4	0
David Johnson	18.3%	2	14.3%	1	2.8%	8	7.0%	1.3	0
Phillip Lindsay	13.3%	3	21.4%	0	0%	4	7.0%	0.8	0

Johnson got the start, but neither he nor Lindsay took on more work in the first game without Mark Ingram (now with the Saints... more on him later). Burkhead and Phillips picked up the slack instead.
- Actually, Johnson's 18% snap share was a season low, after four straight weeks between 43 and 57 percent.
- Even in the first half, Johnson played just one-third of the snaps.
Burkhead played 36% of snaps through three quarters but didn't get any touches until the fourth quarter.
- Burkhead then had four carries and four targets on 18 snaps (62%) in the fourth quarter. Including a one-yard TD.
- Yes, the Texans ran nearly as many plays in the fourth quarter as in the first three combined. They had three straight TD drives in the fourth, right after a streak of four consecutive three-and-outs. Strange. I wasn't watching...

Dolphins (11) at Bills (26)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
Myles Gaskin	57.4%	12	52.2%	4	10.8%	24	34.1%	8.5
Salvon Ahmed	23.5%	7	30.4%	2	5.4%	9	18.2%	3.8
Patrick Laird	14.7%	0	0.0%	1	2.7%	9	2.3%	2

Laird stepped in as the No. 3 back with Malcolm Brown (quad) on IR.
- Laird got seven of his 10 snaps in the fourth quarter. So he had less of a role than Brown.
Ahmed has three straight games with exactly seven carries and two targets, playing 23-30% of snaps. Brown's absence/presence didn't seem to matter for him.
In his past five games, Gaskin has touch totals of 2, 15, 7, 19, 15. With 19 and 15 being the past two weeks.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Zack Moss	63.9%	8	34.8%	7	17.1%	30	26.9%	11.8	0
Devin Singletary	34.7%	7	30.4%	1	2.4%	16	15.4%	3.9	0

The seven targets were a career high for Moss, who previously had never seen more than four in a game.
- He managed just 19 yards on eight carries, needing a 6-39-0 receiving line to avoid a total bust of a day.
This was Singletary's fifth consecutive game with single-digit PPR points and less than 50% of snaps. He can be dropped in shallow leagues, and also in some medium-depth ones.

Steelers (15) at Browns (10)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Najee Harris	81.9%	26	81.3%	3	8.6%	30	53.7%	21	1
Anthony McFarland	9.7%	1	3.1%	0	0%	3	1.9%	0.1	0
Kalen Ballage	4.2%	1	3.1%	0	0%	2	1.9%	-0.3	0
Benny Snell	2.80%	0	0.00%	1	2.9%	2	1.9%	1.7	0

McFarland made his first appearance of the season but got just one touch behind workhorse Najee.
- Note that the second-year pro got more playing time than Ballage and Snell.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
Nick Chubb	55.9%	16	69.6%	1	3.2%	17	39.5%	7.9
D'Ernest Johnson	30.5%	4	17.4%	3	9.7%	13	11.6%	9.9
Demetric Felton	15.3%	1	4.3%	1	3.2%	7	4.7%	2.7

The Browns trust Johnson enough to keep Chubb in his usual role, more or less, with Kareem Hunt (IR/calf) out of the lineup.
- It was also Chubb's first game back from a calf injury of his own, to be fair.
Johnson scored another TD and took five touches for 29 yards.

Titans (34) at Colts (31) - OT

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Derrick Henry	74.0%	28	90.3%	0	0	22	51.9%	6.8	0
Jeremy McNichols	23.3%	0	0.0%	3	9.38	16	5.6%	6.3	0

From NFL Now: #Titans RB Derrick Henry will have foot surgery tomorrow morning and be out 6-10 weeks. Six would be quite fast, eight is more likely. Either way, Tennessee expects Henry back this season. pic.twitter.com/UzoJqNlcFF
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 1, 2021

McNichols has a 21-203-1 receiving line on 27 targets, but he's taken just seven carries all year. Henry has 219, while the Titans' other tailbacks have combined for 11.
Dontrell Hilliard was the No. 3 back Sunday, making his first appearance for the Titans. He didn't get any snaps on offense but did play 16 on special teams.
- Mekhi Sargent is on the practice squad. He was active Weeks 1-3 but played just two snaps on offense and hasn't been on the roster since September.
RB Darrynton Evans, a 2020 third-round pick, was recently placed on IR for a second time this season, ruling him out for the rest of the year. He has a knee injury.
Adrian Peterson! (They signed him Monday.)

Source: The #Titans are signing FA RB Adrian Peterson, putting him on the practice squad then elevating him to the roster.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 1, 2021

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Jonathan Taylor	73.8%	16	80.0%	4	8.3%	39	40.4%	21.2	1
Nyheim Hines	31.3%	1	5.0%	5	10.4%	22	10.6%	6.4	0
Marlon Mack	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0

Taylor hit a season high for snap share for the third straight week, this time making it north of 70 percent for the first time all season.
- He's also up to five straight games with 14 or more carries and multiple targets.
- And also five in a row with 114 or more total yards.

Panthers (19) at Falcons (13)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Chuba Hubbard	55.4%	24	51.1%	2	8.3%	10	41.7%	14.1	1
Ameer Abdullah	29.7%	8	17.0%	5	20.8%	11	18.3%	9.6	0
Royce Freeman	14.9%	6	12.80%	1	4.2%	4	10.0%	2.5	0

Abdullah signed with the Panthers last weekend and had a sizable role in his first game with the team, pushing Freeman back to No. 3 on the depth chart.
Hubbard lost a fumble on his first touch but nonetheless ended up matching his season high of 24 carries. He's reached double digits in six straight games, with two or more targets and at least 47 percent snap share each week.
- The rookie is averaging only 3.6 YPC and 4.6 YPT, but the fumble at least was his first.

Matt Rhule says the plan is to have Christian McCaffrey practice Wednesday. "Hopefully we can get Christian back soon. If it's not this week, hopefully it will be next week."
— Joe Person (@josephperson) November 1, 2021

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Mike Davis	64.2%	9	45.0%	6	22.22	24	35.0	11.6	0
Cordarrelle Patterson	60.4%	9	45.0%	5	18.52	18	35.0	18.2	0

Davis rejoined the offense after getting just four touches last week despite playing his normal amount of snaps.
Patterson got 14 touches, after 21 and 16 the previous two weeks. The 60% snap share Sunday was his second largest of the season, behind only 73% from the week before.

49ers (33) at Bears (22)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Elijah Mitchell	65.5%	18	69.2%	0	0.0%	14	41.9%	19.7	1
JaMycal Hasty	32.7%	3	11.5%	2	7.4%	14	11.6%	5.3	0

Mitchell has played 61-to-68 percent of snaps in all five of his games, taking 9-to-19 carries in each one. He's drawn just four targets and rarely stays on the field for third downs or the hurry-up offense, but the rookie ranks fourth in the NFL with 86.6 rushing yards per game.
- 5.3 YPC helps, and while it won't be easy to maintain, it's not out of the question in Kyle Shanahan's offense.
Hasty has played 34% of snaps in back-to-back weeks since returning from IR, getting six carries and eight targets. He had six carries and six targets over the first two weeks of the season before landing on IR.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Khalil Herbert	84.3%	23	63.9%	2	7.4%	27	45.5%	8.8	1
Ryan Nall	10.0%	1	2.8%	0	0%	5	1.8%	0.4	0
Damien Williams	5.7%	2	5.6%	0	0%	1	3.6%	-0.3	0

Williams played four snaps in the first quarter before exiting with a knee injury, losing three yards on his two carries. Williams missed the rest of the game, and Herbert played 86% of snaps after the first quarter.

Patriots (27) at Chargers (24)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Damien Harris	53.9%	23	59.0%	1	2.9%	16	40.4%	14	2
Brandon Bolden	31.6%	4	10.3%	0	0	17	7.0%	2.6	0
Rhamondre Stevenson	15.8%	8	20.5%	2	5.9%	3	15.8%	4	0

Harris is up to four straight games with 14-plus carries and a touchdown. He's scored in five of eight games this year, and in one of the three non-TD games he had 25 touches for 117 total yards.
Bolden wasn't targeted, but he still led the backfield in pass snaps, and got most of the playing time in obvious passing situations.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Austin Ekeler	75.0%	11	55.0%	10	29.4%	32	44.7%	24.4	1
Larry Rountree	13.3%	4	20.0%	0	0%	4	10.5%	1.1	0
Justin Jackson	11.70%	3	15.0%	0	0%	3	7.9%	7.9	0

Ekeler was a late addition to the injury report last week, ultimately listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. Naturally, he finished with season highs for targets and snap share.
Jackson had a nice 75-yard run but was caught from behind. Derrick Henry would not have been impressed.
Joshua Kelley worked as the No. 2 back in the final two games before LA's Week 7 bye. However, he was a healthy scratch for this one, with Rountree and Jackson splitting RB work.
- I have no clue what this backfield will look like if Ekeler misses time, but it isn't likely to be easy/pretty for fantasy purposes.

Jaguars (7) at Seahawks (31)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
Carlos Hyde	65.8%	9	47.4%	8	15.7%	38	29.4%	13.2
Dare Ogunbowale	19.7%	2	10.5%	1	2.0%	12	5.9%	2.8
James Robinson	10.5%	4	21.1%	2	3.9%	4	9.8%	4.9

Robinson injured his foot/heel in the first quarter and didn't play at all after that.
Hyde played 73% of snaps after the first quarter, with Ogunbowale getting 24%.
- After Q1, Hyde got eight carries and seven targets, while Ogunbowale saw just two and one, respectively.
- After Q1, Hyde got 79% of first-down snaps, 77% of second-down snaps and 67% of third-down snaps.

Tests this morning revealed that Jaguars' RB James Robinson escaped serious injury and he now is expected to be day to day with a foot injury that will leave his status for Sunday vs. Buffalo in question, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 1, 2021

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Alex Collins	48.2%	10	40.0%	0	0%	15	22.2%	4.4	1
Travis Homer	28.6%	4	16.0%	1	4.6%	12	11.1%	8.2	0
Rashaad Penny	19.6%	7	28.0%	0	0%	3	15.6%	0.7	2
DeeJay Dallas	3.6%	1	4.0%	0	0%	1	2.2%	0.6	0

Penny was held to seven yards on seven carries, after nine yards on six carries the week before. Small sample, sure, but he also just doesn't look good. Would he even be on the team if he wasn't a first-round pick?
Homer got 83% of the third-down snaps. He took 10 of his 16 snaps on third down.
Collins played 64% of snaps in the first quarter and 57% in the third.
- He got only 33% in the second, but that was with Homer getting 57%, not Penny stealing a bunch of carries.
- There were just seven snaps in the fourth quarter. Three for Collins, and two apiece for Penny and Homer.
Seattle ran only 52 plays in the game.

Washington Football Team (10) at Broncos (17)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
J.D. McKissic	45.7%	3	12.5%	8	21.6%	28	22.9%	17.3
Antonio Gibson	32.9%	8	33.3%	3	8.1%	14	22.9%	8.4
Jaret Patterson	22.9%	11	45.8%	1	2.7%	4	22.9%	4.6

McKissic is now just 4.2 points behind Gibson in PPR scoring this year. Not 4.2 per game, 4.2 total.
Patterson, the undrafted rookie out of Buffalo, had a non-garbage-time role for the first time this season.
- In the first quarter, Patterson got six snaps and five carries (for 17 yards). Just two fewer snaps than Gibson, and with two more carries.
- Patterson got at least two snaps and one carry in every quarter.
Gibson's shin injury likely was a factor in the rookie's involvement. Gibson has been playing through a stress fracture for at least a month now, and it remains to be seen if it'll still bother him after a Week 9 bye.
Each RB finished with 11 touches.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Melvin Gordon	56.6%	10	47.6%	3	12.0%	18	32.5%	19.2	0
Javonte Williams	43.4%	9	42.9%	4	16.0%	13	27.5%	6.8	0

No change in usage, though Gordon scored both of Denver's TDs (on a 15-yard reception and seven-yard rush).
- He also lost a fumble, his first of the year, and finished with 62 total yards.

Buccaneers (27) at Saints (36)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR
Leonard Fournette	61.7%	8	57.1%	5	12.2%	27	26.2%	7.3
Giovani Bernard	21.7%	2	14.3%	1	2.4%	11	7.1%	10.7
Ronald Jones	15.0%	3	21.4%	1	2.4%	6	9.5%	2.9

Fournette played 15 of 16 snaps in the fourth quarter. The Bucs lost by nine points, but it was a close, back-and-forth game.
Prior to the fourth quarter, Fournette took 50% of snaps, with Bernard getting 27% and RoJo at 21%.
- Fournette had six carries and three targets. Bernard had two and one. RoJo had three and one.
- Bernard's one target was a seven-yard TD in the third quarter.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Alvin Kamara	67.1%	19	59.4%	4	11.4	25	40.7	16.6	3
Mark Ingram	28.9%	6	18.8%	2	5.7	14	14.8	7.2	0

Kamara's snap share was a season low, and this was his first time below 82 percent since the Week 1 blowout win over Green Bay.
Ingram had a role throughout, including catches for 18 and 7 yards on back-to-back plays at one point in the first quarter.

Cowboys (20) at Vikings (16)

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Ezekiel Elliott	75.3%	16	66.7%	6	14.6	39	40.8	11.3	0
Tony Pollard	26.0%	7	29.2%	1	2.4	11	16.3	3.7	0

The usual, but with a few less touches for Pollard in a close game.

	Snap %	Carries	Carry Sh.	Tgts	Tgt Sh.	Pass Sn.	Touch Sh.	PPR	GLL
Dalvin Cook	71.2%	18	75.0%	2	6.1	25	38.3	7.8	1
Alexander Mattison	12.1%	2	8.3%	2	6.1	6	8.5	2	0

This was Mattison's second game in a row with very little role. The plays Cook missed were often four-wide with no RB.

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