Chris Rodriguez Jr. Week 4 Outlook - Commanders at Falcons

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

Last week, surprisingly, Chris Rodriguez got some work while I think most people thought (myself included) that Jacory Croskey-Merritt would take over the lion's share of the early down work immediately with Austin Ekeler sidelined. Rodriguez played 38.9% of the snaps (second to Croskey-Merritt) with 11 of the team's 23 running back carries. He was a distant third behind Croskey-Merritt and Jermey McNichols in route share, with only 8.7% and zero targets. He split the red zone work with Croskey-Merritt as each player got two carries inside the 20-yard line. Rodriguez wasn't efficient with his work, with zero explosive runs, no missed tackles, and only 2.27 yards after contact per attempt. I think Croskey-Merritt will get more of the workload this week, but Rodriguez is only a touchdown-dependent flex play with a bad matchup. 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.