Najee Harris Week 4 Outlook - Raiders at Chargers

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

Harris has played 50-57% of the snaps over the last two weeks, averaging 15 touches and 54.5 total yards. What if I told you that we need to lay off the "Najee Harris isn't explosive" narrative? Well, it's true. This season, among 59 qualified backs, Harris ranks second in explosive run rate, 15th in missed tackles forced per attempt, and 16th in yards after contact per attempt. I know I'm as surprised as you are. Harris deserves his flowers, though. Houston has had issues defending the run again this season. They have the eighth-lowest stuff rate, the eighth-highest missed tackles allowed rate, and the 11th-highest yards after contact per attempt allowed. The caveat is that they have defended zone runs well, holding rushers to the eighth-lowest yards per carry (Harris 54.3% zone). Week 4 Positional Value: Low-end RB2