Still being in it in Week 15, whether in the playoffs, or the last week of your regular season, is quite the accomplishment. It's an even bigger accomplishment if you did so with James Robinson on your roster. He has scored one touchdowns in the last month and hasn't rushed for 100 yards since Week 5.But Urban Meyer has been fired, Carlos Hyde is in the concussion profile, and Robinson's interim head coach is talking about him like a feature back.
He has the dream matchup against the Houston Texans. They just gave up 137 yards to Rashaad Penny. They've alsoi allowed the fourth most Fantasy points to the position.
The combination of Bevell's comments about Robinson and a fantastic matchup against the Texans makes him a top-12 running back in all formats. I would start him over Ezekiel Elliott and both of the running backs for the Packers and Broncos. If everything goes according to plan, he could be a league winner for those who survived his struggles and made it to the playoffs.
There will be very little sharing for Dalvin Cook this week.
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Numbers to know
17.3 -- Michael Carter averaged 17.3 PPR FPPG from Weeks 4-10. He's expected back for Week 15. If he's a full go, he's a No. 2 running back.
57% -- Rashaad Penny played a career-high 57% of the snaps in Week 14.
5 -- Aaron Jones only had five carries in the Packers' win over the Bears.
23.8% -- Alvin Kamara had a 23.8% target share in his Week 14 return.
9.8 -- James Conner has averaged 9.8 yards per target for the Cardinals this season. I'm not sure Chase Edmonds is getting his pass-catching role back.
61.5% -- Melvin Gordaon handled more than 60% of the Broncos rush attempts in his first game back. This is a full-blown committee again.
If there's no Miles Sanders or Jordan Howard, Scott could be a week-winner in Week 14. Just beware that we have very little information on Sanders or Howard as of Tuesday afternoon.
Abdullah could be a good PPR flex in Week 16 against a Tampa Bay defense that has allowed at least six catches to running backs in seven straight games.
It is a weird week at running back with none of my top-seven backs in half PPR are on the main slate. But the difficult matchup has cut into Freeman's pricing and I'll play just about any back with his workload at a discount.
The reasons for not playing Robinson are obvious. But he's a home favorite against one of the worst defenses in the league. if things go right, he absolutely has overall RB1 upside this week. You don't often find that in this price range with a low roster rate.
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Heath's Projections
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