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Anyone else have Drake Maye on every team? …No? …Just me?

While I try to convince myself Tyler Shough’s gonna carry me to the playoffs, let’s dive into this week’s trends...

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Running Back

📈 Stock Up: Chuba Hubbard. He took home 59% of the snaps this past week, while Rico Dowdle’s 42% snap share was his lowest since Week 8, per Yahoo’s James Koh. Chuba looked like the more explosive back (4.9 vs. 3.2 yards per carry), and is more likely to see the receiving work going forward, with Dowdle being the early down back, per panthers.com’s Darin Gantt and Kassidy Hill.

📉 Stock Down: R.J. Harvey. Even without J.K. Dobbins in the lineup, Harvey’s only playing roughly half the team’s snaps. Plus, the Broncos will face the Packers, Jaguars, and Chiefs during the three fantasy playoff weeks, giving them a bottom-5 schedule for RBs by adjusted points allowed, per J.J. Zachariason.

🖕 Samaje Perine is limiting Chase Brown. With Perine back healthy, Brown played just 60% of the snaps and handled 47% of the designed carries. Meanwhile, Perine played 40% and handled 44% of the designed carries. Fortunately, Brown dominated routes, running 52% of them compared to 21% for Perine, per Fantasy Points’ Chris Wecht. While this usage is concerning, Brown should still be trusted as a low-end RB1 given the ceiling of Cincy’s offense with Burrow under center.

😬 Will Trey Benson ever return? He’s now missed his 3rd straight practice — not a good sign with just seven days remaining on his 21-Day practice window. If he can’t go after the three weeks are up, he’ll officially be out for the season. In the meantime, Bam Knight has put up quality RB2 performances three weeks in a row.

😒 Expect a tandem in the Chargers backfield. Omarion Hampton could be back this week, but Jim Harbaugh’s been talking up Kimani Vidal (in a way only Jim Harbaugh could😂):

Wide Receiver