Phillip Lindsay Week 3 Outlook -

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 23rd 2021, 11:12am EDT

The Texans' snap shares so far this season: Ingram 40%, Johnson 35%, Lindsay 23%. Ingram earned a plurality of snaps in Week 1, when a comfortable win over the Jaguars kept the game script favorable - i.e, run-heavy. But in Week 2, when a game that was 14-14 at halftime got away from Houston in the second half, Johnson led the Texans' backs with 26 snaps. This trio will be facing a Carolina defense that has allowed a league-low 93 rushing yards per game and just 2.7 yards per carry. Ingram has 40 carries on the season, while Lindsay has 13 and Ingram has only nine. But given the likelihood of a negative game script and the probability that rookie QB Davis Mills will be looking to check down when the Panthers turn up the heat, Johnson has some appeal in DraftKings' Thursday-night Showdown, since at $8,100 he's $1,800 cheaper than Ingram and $600 cheaper than Lindsay. But all of these dudes are unusable this week in redraft leagues.