Jacory Croskey-Merritt Week 4 Outlook - Commanders at Falcons

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Fri, Sep 26th 2025, 2:05pm EDT

Bill missed practice on Wednesday (knee), but he was able to practice later in the week. He's expected to suit up this week. In Week 3, his first game without Austin Ekeler in the lineup, Croskey-Merritt played 40.7% of the snaps with eight of 23 running back carries. He had a 21.7% route share, which led the backfield but was considerably lower than we would like. He split the red zone with Chris Rodriguez, with each player getting two totes inside the 20-yard line. I hope that the talented rookie will grab more of the work for this backfield as we move through the season, but it's up in the air. I do think that they are trying to ease the rookie in. Bill's per-touch metrics remain strong with an 18% missed tackle rate and 3.36 yards after contact per attempt. With his workload and red zone usage still a mess, Croskey-Merritt is a sit this week with a bad matchup incoming. Atlanta has held backs to the tenth-fewest rushing yards per game, the 12th-lowest explosive run rate, and the eighth-lowest yards before contact per attempt.