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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.
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The Titans abandoned the run last week against one of the best-rushing matchups on the board. Does it make any sense? No, but it happened. Pollard has played at least 61% of the snaps in every game this season while averaging 16.7 touches and 75 total yards. Among 50 qualifying backs, Pollard ranks 20th in explosive run rate and 18th in yards after contact per attempt. He remains the clear lead back for Tennessee with a 58% passing down snap share and an 81% snap rate in the red zone. Pollard has another easy route to fantasy success in Week 4 if the Titans decide to run the ball. Miami has allowed the fourth-highest rushing touchdown rate and missed tackle rate and the 12th-highest yards after contact per attempt.
Hubbard’s role didn’t change a bunch last week, as he still played 58% of the snaps, but he did roll up 26 touches and 169 total yards as the RB4 for the week. It’s amazing what better quarterback play and a further commitment to running the ball can do for a running back, though. Expect Carolina to lean on him again this week against a Bengals’ run defense that has allowed the seventh-most rushing yards per game, the sixth-highest missed tackle rate, and the 11th-highest yards after contact per attempt.
Steele was the clear lead back last week for Kansas City with a 64% snap rate, 77% of the rushing snaps, 55% of the passing down snaps, and 67% of the red zone snaps. He finished with 18 touches and 74 total yards as the RB36 for the week. Among 50 qualifying backs, he ranks 24th in missed tackles forced per attempt and 22nd in yards after contact per attempt. Steele has a horrible matchup this week on the ground, so he’ll need a touchdown to likely pay off this week. The Chargers have allowed the eighth-lowest explosive run rate, the fifth-lowest missed tackle rate, the sixth-fewest rushing yards per game, and the second-lowest rushing success rate.
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