AJ Dillon Week 6 Outlook - Packers at Bears

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 14th 2021, 8:15am EDT

Dillon's snap share has inched up into the 30%-40% range the last two weeks. After getting eight or fewer touches in his first three games, he's averaged 14 touches in his last two. Dillon saw only two targets his entire rookie season, but he was targeted four times last week and caught all of them for 49 yards and a touchdown. The usage in the passing game is encouraging for Dillon investors, and so are the overall usage trends. Through three games it looked as if Dillon was strictly a backup. But the last two weeks, Dillon has been the 1b to Jones' 1a, playing a role similar to the one Jamaal Williams played for the Packers in recent years. It makes Dillon potentially startable now that the bye weeks have hit. He's my RB38 this week.