James Robinson Week 2 Outlook - Saints at Raiders

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Tue, Sep 15th 2020, 10:41am EDT

The only running back in the league who got 100 percent of his team's running back carries in Week 1 was... Robinson. His 62 yards on 16 carries was actually pretty solid against the Colts run defense, and don't forget, the Jaguars ran just 47 plays in that game. He touched the ball on 36.2 percent of their plays. That's massive opportunity. Unfortunately, their play count will likely be low again and they're going against another solid run-stopping unit. They lost linebacker Rashaan Evans early in the game against the Broncos, which led to Melvin Gordon rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. It was also the first game they played without defensive tackle Jurrell Casey, so it's possible they aren't a dominant unit. Overall, they allowed 0.86 PPR points per opportunity last year to running backs, which ranked as the 12th-most, while the Colts allowed the 23rd-most. The issue here is gamescript, as we are fully expecting the Jaguars to fall behind early. Robinson ran 11 pass routes last week while Thompson ran 12 routes, so it's possible we see Robinson no matter the gamescript. Given his workload last week, he can be played as an RB3 with a decent floor.