D'Andre Swift Week 10 Outlook - Vikings at Bears

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Nov 12th 2020, 7:03am EST

It's essentially a 50/35/15 split between them in weighted opportunity, which is fine when they get a lot of work. Will there be a lot of work this week? We've already talked about how quarterbacks have struggled a bit against Washington, so what about running backs? Well, it's not great for third-down backs, as Washington's allowed just 6.7 PPR points per game through the air to running backs, which ranks as the third-fewest in the league. It makes sense when you see the tiny 4.08 yards per target they've allowed, which ranks as the second-lowest number in the league. They've allowed 4.04 yards per carry on the ground, which is hovering just below the league average. When you take these numbers in, Washington has allowed the third-fewest PPR points per opportunity to running backs. Running backs have averaged 27.5 touches per game against them, which if it held true, we'd have 13-14 touches for Swift, 8-9 for Peterson, and 4-5 for Johnson. Every one of the five running backs who's scored more than 10.7 PPR points against Washington has totaled at least 15 touches, including four of them with 18-plus touches. We need things to continue trending Swift's way for him to deliver RB2 numbers this week, though it's not looking great. He should be considered a low-end RB2 this week. Peterson will be playing against his former team, but as we saw last week, that doesn't mean much. He's nothing more than a low-ceiling RB4.