Jaleel McLaughlin Week 4 Outlook - Broncos at Jets

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 26th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Sadly, McLaughlin has seen his snap rate drop each week from 35% in Week 1 to 26% in Week 3. McLaughlin is close to droppable at this point, but let's get this straight. Sean Payton is scrambling to formulate some type of productive running game and he's failing. The Denver offensive line is the problem not McLaughlin. Denver has the fifth-lowest yards before contact per attempt. McLaughlin has been running into brick walls, but he's been easily the best tackle breaking back on the team. Among 50 qualifying backs, McLaughlin ranks 16th in explosive run rate, first in missed tackles forced per attempt, and 25th in yards after contact per attempt. McLaughlin has seen -0.28 yards before contact per attempt on his carries. That is insane. Until Payton wakes up, McLaughlin isn't playable.