Fantasy Football Player Notes

With the season-ending injury to Marlon Mack, Taylor's time is now. His rushing numbers weren't overly impressive against the Jaguars, but he factored in heavily in the receiving game and looked dynamic in space. He's a borderline RB1 going forward and, although fantasy managers may have expected this eventually, those rostering Taylor get their reward early.

Hines was one of the shocking revelations of Week 1, seeing goal-line and short -yardage carries even before Marlon Mack left the game with injury. He should now have an expanded role with Mack out for the season, and will see plenty of production as a receiver given Philip Rivers' penchant for targeting running backs. Hines should easily be comparable to Tarik Cohen and James White going forward.