Jonathan Taylor Week 3 Outlook - Colts at Titans

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 23rd 2021, 12:05pm EDT

On the Colts' first drive last week, Taylor had a nice 13-yard run that put the Colts on the Rams' 1-yard line. He was then stuffed on three straight runs, and the Rams sacked Carson Wentz on 4th-and-goal at the 1 to take possession. It's been that kind of a start to the season for Taylor. He has a league-high 12 carries inside the red zone and a league-high six carries inside the 5-yard line but still hasn't scored a touchdown. It's an unexpected drought for a running back who scored 11 touchdowns as a rookie in 2020 and had 50 TD runs in three college seasons at Wisconsin. Taylor was held to 51 rushing yards last week and 56 rushing yards in the Colts' opener against Seattle. He's averaging 3.3 yards per carry. Taylor is too good to stay down for long, but with the untested Jacob Eason at quarterback for the Colts on Sunday, the Titans might take liberties in bringing an extra defender into the box to stop the run.