Fantasy Football Player Notes

It's a real chicken-and-egg situation. Is Blake Corum getting more touches because they are winning games? Or are they winning games because Blake Corum gets more touches? Either way, this continues to become a closer split between backs, with Williams still as the lead. Despite Williams having 16 carries to Corum's 11, he only had 56 yards to Corum's 73. This week, they face the Commanders, who are allowing under 100 rushing yards per game. The way to beat the Commanders is in the passing game; as a result, Kyren is still a low-end RB1, but will need to catch passes or find the end zone to finish in the top 10 this week.

Blake Corum is on fire! Since Week 5, he has been the RB13 in fantasy points per game, averaging 12 touches and 76.6 total yards. Corum has scored a touchdown in each of his last four games. Among 42 qualifying backs, Corum is seventh in explosive run rate and 17th in missed tackle rate. This could be the week that Corum's hot streak ends, though. Over their last five games, Washington has tightened up the run defense, allowing the fifth-lowest explosive run rate, the sixth-fewest yards before contact per attempt, and the third-lowest missed tackle rate.