D'Andre Swift Week 9 Outlook - Bears at Titans

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Wed, Nov 4th 2020, 8:38pm EST

This backfield continues to disappoint for fantasy, and though some will point out Swift's 38 snaps and compare it to Peterson's 12/Kerryon Johnson's 11, what do you expect in a game they were trailing by double digits? Swift has the receiving role locked down, as evidenced by his 106 routes on the year while neither Peterson or Johnson have more than 62. Touches, that's what you want to look at. Swift has been getting a bigger role since their bye week, but it's far from a workhorse role. His 20.5 average of weighted opportunity in those games is equal to guys like Antonio Gibson and Kenyan Drake. They're all in the low-end RB2/high-end RB3 conversation most weeks, but far from locks. The Vikings have faced a ridiculously high 31.1 running back touches per game, so there may be enough opportunity to go around this week. In fact, there was just one game where they didn't play a running back who totaled at least 16 carries against them. Peterson played against his former team last year while with Washington and ran for 76 yards on 14 carries. If Swift gets the touch share he has over the last three weeks (39-of-80), he should leave this game with 15 touches, which puts him in the mid-to-low-end RB2 territory. And you can argue that with Golladay out, we may see him get more targets. The lone warning sign is that the Vikings allow the 10th-fewest points per weighted opportunity to running backs. Peterson should be in the low-end RB3 territory during bye weeks as the running back who's most likely to lead this team in carries, though he lacks upside.