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Damien Harris Week 11 Outlook -

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Tue, Nov 17th 2020, 9:06am EST

What makes Harris' production on the ground that much more special is the fact that he's done it while seeing eight-man defensive fronts on a league-high 43.5 percent of his carries. No other running back in the NFL is over 34.0 percent. Teams know it's coming and they still haven't been able to stop it. Running backs have averaged 30.8 PPR points per game against the Texans, which ranks as the third-highest number in the league. It certainly helps that they've averaged a ridiculous 27.9 carries per game against them. Not touches per game... carries. They've faced more carries than 19 teams have seen touches to running backs. When you combine that with the 5.53 yards per carry they've allowed (just one other team is above 4.88 yards per carry), you get a massive 22.8 fantasy points per game on the ground alone. That's more than 15 teams allow to the running back position as a whole... in PPR formats. Think about that. They've allowed 204.9 fantasy points on the ground, while there's been just one other team (Lions) who's allowed more than 168.8 fantasy points on the ground. All in all, the Texans have faced a league-high 31.9 running back touches per game. They've now allowed 1,715 total yards to running backs, which is 95 more than any other team. Harris has earned the right to be started as a solid RB2, though his lack of passing game usage makes him gamescript dependent and presents volatility.

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