Dameon Pierce or Miles Sanders
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Miles Sanders RB - CAR  Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU  Dameon Pierce RB - HOU |  | |
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| ECR | # 18 | # 22 | - |
| Best Rank | # 11 | # 15 | - |
| Worst Rank | # 26 | # 28 | - |
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| Season Total | 196.7 | 136.4 | - |
| Avg Game | 11.6 | 10.5 | - |
| Avg Projection | 159.9 | 166.7 | - |
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Miles Sanders RB - CAR Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU Dameon Pierce RB - HOU | |
| 2023 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at ATL | at BAL |
| Week 2 | vs. NO | vs. IND |
| Week 3 | at SEA | at JAC |
| Week 4 | vs. MIN | vs. PIT |
| Week 5 | at DET | at ATL |
| Week 6 | at MIA | vs. NO |
| Week 7 | BYE WEEK | BYE WEEK |
| Week 8 | vs. HOU | at CAR |
| Week 9 | vs. IND | vs. TB |
| Week 10 | at CHI | at CIN |
| Week 11 | vs. DAL | vs. ARI |
| Week 12 | at TEN | vs. JAC |
| Week 13 | at TB | vs. DEN |
| Week 14 | at NO | at NYJ |
| Week 15 | vs. ATL | at TEN |
| Week 16 | vs. GB | vs. CLE |
| Week 17 | at JAC | vs. TEN |
| Week 18 | vs. TB | at IND |
Miles Sanders RB - CAR Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU Dameon Pierce RB - HOU | |
| Rushing | ||
| Rush Attempts | 215.7 | 258.6 |
| Rush Yards | 1,021.8 | 1,071.4 |
| Rush TDs | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| Receiving | ||
| Receptions | 27.0 | 33.0 |
| Rec Yards | 192.4 | 219.1 |
| Rec TDs | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Points | ||
| Fantasy Points | 159.9 | 166.7 |
Miles Sanders RB - CAR Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU Dameon Pierce RB - HOU | |
| 2022 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 16.5 | 3.9 |
| Week 2 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| Week 3 | 4.4 | 16.1 |
| Week 4 | 27.6 | 19.9 |
| Week 5 | 6.4 | 17.3 |
| Week 6 | 13.2 | ‐ |
| Week 7 | ‐ | 11.7 |
| Week 8 | 13.8 | 11.1 |
| Week 9 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
| Week 10 | 5.4 | 10.2 |
| Week 11 | 4.8 | 1.7 |
| Week 12 | 28.0 | 1.6 |
| Week 13 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| Week 14 | 27.5 | 11.8 |
| Week 15 | 0.9 | ‐ |
| Week 16 | 5.1 | ‐ |
| Week 17 | 6.1 | ‐ |
| Week 18 | 3.3 | ‐ |
| Total | 196.7 | 136.4 |
| Average | 11.6 | 10.5 |
Miles Sanders RB - CAR Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU Dameon Pierce RB - HOU | |
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Miles Sanders RB - CAR Miles Sanders RB - CAR | Dameon Pierce RB - HOU Dameon Pierce RB - HOU | |
| Expert | ||
| Mark Ringo Sleepers and Busts | (5/29) UPDATE- After hearing new head coach DeMeco Ryans talk about how he is planning to handle the Houston RBs I am lowering my expectations for Pierce. Ryans said he believes in going with a RBBC approach. Oh good. Another RBBC mess- ugh!! That's extremely disappointing to hear. Even though I think Pierce is clearly a superb RB to Singletary and should be a bell cow, it doesn't matter what I, Mark Ringo, think. It only matters what DeMeco Ryans thinks. If the world would do what Mark Ringo thinks, it would be a thousand times better haha! Of course, I might be slightly biased on that take haha! | |
| Ellis Johnson True North Fantasy Football | After having a career year with the Eagles, Sanders found himself the best free-agent landing spot. The Panthers are a completely new team this year and went out of their way to secure the veteran RB. The team has been very positive about Sanders' ability and they are projected to use him in the passing game. This Panthers team found a lot of success running the ball over the last few weeks of the season. If D'onta Foreman can produce five 110+ rushing-yard performances on this team, Sanders could potentially have another very successful season. | Despite having 66% of the RB rushing attempts from the Texans, Pierce only finished as the RB-27 last season. This year the team brought in veteran RB Devin Singletary to take over the change of pace role and potentially take some work away from the fourth-round 2021 draft pick. As a result, his lack of pass-catching paired with a rookie QB under center and I am skeptical that he can finish higher than last season's finish. |
| Brandon Funston The Athletic | Talk that CAR wants to heavily involve Sanders in the passing game should be music to his manager's ears | |
| Wolf of Roto Street Roto Street Journal | 5/5: The Panthers have hyped up Sanders' 3-down skillset all offseason, and proceeded to make minimal-to-no moves at the RB position. Sanders did post quality receiving totals with Frank Reich in the past, and should be getting all the work he can handle in every facet with the Panthers 3/17: Solid $$ from Panthers suggests a lead back role. I like, don't love, Sanders as a player. Don't like much about this Panthers offense, yet. This is a clear downgrade from the Eagles. Reich loves his RBBC | 5/5: With only Devin Singletary added this offseason, Pierce has a clear path to remaining the lead back in what promises to be a more explosive Texans' attack. Stir in a 49ers-inspired zone-scheme, and Pierce's upside & value boost is going largely overlooked |
| Andrew Erickson FantasyPros | Miles Sanders signed with the Carolina Panthers reuniting him with many familiar faces from his days with the Philadelphia Eagles. Duce Staley (former Eagles RB coach), Frank Reich (former Eagles coach) and Josh McCown (former Eagles QB) have all seen what Sanders can do, and that surely played a part in bringing him on as the team's 1-for-1 replacement for new Chicago Bears running back D'Onta Foreman. At a minimum, Sanders will operate as the main back on early downs, while Chuba Hubbard (RB62) and Raheem Blackshear split work on third downs. But I say at a minimum because those guys still have to prove themselves to the new coaching staff to earn substantial roles. Sanders has already proven his worth with these coaches before. And last year he showed everyone what he was capable of when he finished as the RB10 in half-point scoring overall/RB13 in points per game from Weeks 1-17. He ended the year averaging just south of five yards per carry and scored 13 rushing TDs after scoring zero in 2021. His carries inside the 10-yard line ranked inside the top five among all RBs. And when Sanders saw his best-receiving usage to date - 50 receptions for 509 yards as a rookie in 2019 - it was under Staley's tenure. With Sanders' uber-efficient rushing running behind an offensive line that finished 9th in adjusted line yards in 2022, Carolina is a great landing spot for him. His rushing alone should earn him production similar to what we saw from Foreman after the team traded away Christian McCaffrey. From Week 7 onward, Foreman sat as the RB21 in total points and RB22 in points per game. He ranked fourth in the NFL in total rushing yards (852). But his path to back-end RB2 status was not consistent whatsoever. Foreman rushed for over 110 yards in half of the last ten games, while finishing with fewer than 40 rushing yards in four of his others. His inconsistency was due to a lack of pass-game work causing him to be completely phased out of games that Carolina was out-matched in. But, I don't think that will necessarily be the case for Sanders. The former Eagle has the chance to be a full-blown workhorse with an expanded receiving role based on the four-year, $25 million ($13 million guaranteed) commitment from his new team. | The Houston Texans looked like they struck gold with Dameon Pierce early on during the season, as the rookie running back looked like the early favorite to take home offensive rookie of the year honors with a hot start. Pierce stepped in and immediately became the team's bellcow in Week 2. From that time until Week 10, Pierce ranked 5th in the NFL in rushing yards (739) averaging north of 19 carries and 92 rushing yards per game. He was the fantasy RB12 overall and in points per game. Other Texans RBs combined for just 11 carries versus Pierce's 154 over this stretch. However, the Florida product seemed to have hit a wall in the middle of the year totaling just 16 rushing yards against Washington and Miami through Weeks 11-12. However, these two defenses would turn out to be some of the tougher matchups for all RBs, so that's likely the cause of Pierce's fall-off in production. The tackle-breaking machine more than proved that he still had juice left in the tank with two strong outings to conclude his season versus Dallas and Cleveland. However, he suffered a season-ending ankle injury that would knock him out for the rest of the season - just 61 yards away from 1,000 rushing yards on the year. Despite the missed games, he still finished 4th in missed tackles forced and 1st in missed tackles forced per attempt (28%) among RBs with at least 100 carries. Pierce should lead the Texans backfield in 2023, but an entirely new coaching staff and Pierce's 4th-round draft capital suggest that his undisputed workhorse role could change. Devin Singletary signed a one-year deal worth $3.75 million with the Texans, presumably to fill the role of Pierce's primary backup. Singletary totaled just nine more carries than James Cook from Weeks 13-Week 20 but ended the year 10th in PFF rushing grade (two spots ahead of Pierce). Overall, Singletary probably won't unseat Pierce as the team's No. 1 rusher, but he poses a much bigger threat to Pierce's workload than JAGs like Rex Burkhead, Mike Boone, and Dare Ogunbowale. His PFF pass-blocking grade (73.2, 8th) might get him usage on passing downs as Pierce struggled in this capacity as a rookie (32.3, 52nd). Although it does work in Pierce's favor that Singletary has never flourished as an actual receiver, giving Pierce the slight edge on attaining a full three-down workload if he can shore up his pass protection in Year 2. Singletary's addition shouldn't completely change the way you view Pierce as it was highly unlikely the team would add zero running backs between now and the start of the season. He's not the worst running back they could have added, but he's hardly a reason to fully fade Pierce for fear that Singletary will carve out a massive role on offense. |
| Derek Lofland FantasyPros | Sanders was great in 2022 with 1,236 yards rushing and 11 TDs in the fantasy season. He does not have much value as a receiver, which keeps him just out of the RB1 conversation, but he is a high-end RB2 as the featured running back on a Panthers offense that is in complete rebuild. | Pierce had his rookie season cut short by an ankle injury, but he was very good in the fantasy season with 939 yards rushing, 165 yards receiving, and 5 TDs. Devin Singletary hurts his upside a little bit, but his contract does not indicate they view him as their new lead back. Pierce should still see more than enough touches to be a RB2. |
