Carson Steele Week 3 Outlook - Chiefs at Falcons

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 19th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Last week, Steele played 22% of the snaps, with his seven carries producing 24 rushing yards. He should take over the early down role for Kansas City this week. Last week, he handled 38% of the goal-line snaps and 60% of the short-yardage snaps. With his limited work this season, he has produced a 22% missed tackle rate and 2.0 yards after contact per attempt. The Falcons' run defense is a mixed bag so far. They have given up the 12th-lowest explosive run rate and the eighth-highest yards after contact per attempt while also having the fifth-lowest stuff rate, the 12th-highest gap yards per carry, and the fifth-highest gap run success rate allowed (Steele 56% gap). Steele could get there this week with volume and a short porch touchdown.