Risers, fallers and breakout candidates · Week 9
Risers and breakout candidates: what changed in Week 9, and is it real?
The biggest moves against each player's own earlier average. Each card says what changed and whether it's likely to last.
Risers and breakout candidates · Running backs
Justice Hill RB · BAL — From 8 points in Week 8 to 18 in Week 9: that's the jump for Justice Hill. Hill has moved up in this offense. He took 22% of the team's carries over the last two games, against 10% before. It wasn't an injury, so it isn't going away because of one coming back. Our projection4 carries · 23 rushing yards · 2 receptions · 13 receiving yards · 0.2 touchdowns7 PPR pointsLast week: scored 18.216.715.2, projected 5.24.83.8.
Fallers · Running backs
Josh Jacobs RB · GB — Josh Jacobs scored only 0 points in Week 9, against about 22 points a game before. He played only 15% of the snaps, against 52% before, so the line says little about his role. His part of the carries moved from 58% to 47% over the last two games. We'd wait a week to judge this. He's also a bust risk because Minnesota is a tough matchup. Our projection11 carries · 43 rushing yards · 2 receptions · 18 receiving yards · 0.6 touchdowns12 PPR pointsLast week: scored 0.50.50.5, projected 17.315.213.4.
D'Andre Swift RB · CHI — Week 9 gave D'Andre Swift only 3 points; he had been averaging about 19 points. He had the same work as before, and the plays did not hit. Roughly 48% of what Swift has scored recently came on touchdowns. Good games and bad games are mixed in: 19, 28 and 3 points. We'd hold him through this. Our projectionBye this weekLast week: scored 3.13.13.1, projected 18.114.112.8.