Miles Sanders Week 4 Outlook - Patriots at Cowboys

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 28th 2023, 1:05pm EDT

Sanders has played 57-65% of the snaps weekly, averaging 17.7 touches and 69 total yards. Sanders is seventh among backs in routes run while also seeing a 14.0% Target share (fifth) and the most targets among backs (tied). Sanders has been soaking up volume in all phases, but he's been woefully inefficient with it. Among 59 backs with at least ten carries, he is 36th in explosive run rate, 53rd in missed tackles forced per attempt, and 48th in yards after contact per attempt. Temper your expectations for Sanders this week. Minnesota is not a pushover run defense. They have held backs to the fifth-lowest explosive run rate, the seventh-lowest yards after contact per attempt, and the eighth-lowest missed tackles allowed per attempt. Week 4 Positional Value: Volume-based low-end RB2