Kareem Hunt Week 6 Outlook - Browns at Steelers

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 15th 2020, 8:37am EDT

As expected, Hunt took over the workhorse role in the Browns offense, netting 24 of the 33 opportunities available to Browns running backs, and it would've been higher had he not dealt with some cramping later in the game. It was a brutal matchup against the Colts rock-solid run defense, but he still managed to rack up 93 total yards and a touchdown. Unfortunately, Hunt has another brutal matchup this week. The Steelers have allowed 26.5 more PPR points per game to wide receivers than they have to running backs, which is the third-biggest gap in the league. Sure, Miles Sanders totaled 80 yards and two touchdowns last week, but 74 of those yards and one touchdown came on one play. That was the first time a running back had finished top-12 against the Steelers run defense since 2018. With that being said, they have allowed at least one touchdown to each of the last three starting running backs they've played. Still, no running back has reached 100 total yards against them this year, and they've played against Saquon Barkley, Melvin Gordon, David Johnson, and Miles Sanders, all three-down backs. In the end, you're starting Hunt as a low-end RB1/high-end RB2 in season-long leagues, but it's not one to attack him in cash games despite his massive workload. Johnson only got nine opportunities last week and it was a tough matchup, but there's no way there's going to be multiple running back supported in this game against the Steelers.