Fantasy Football Player Notes

Last week, Aaron Jones sustained a knee injury. He finished the game wearing a brace. This week, Jones sat out of practice on Wednesday, was limited on Thursday, and had a full session on Friday. Jones doesn't carry an injury designation into this week's game, but he's clearly not 100%. Last week, he had an 80.4% snap rate, an 82.1% rushing share, a 41.7% route share, and zero targets. He finished with 23 touches and 105 rushing yards. I doubt he gets anywhere close to that type of workload this week. In Week 1, Jones had a 42.6% snap rate, a 35.3% rushing share, and a 23.3% route share (4.2% target share) as he finished with 13 touches and 40 total yards. I'd expect a workload close to Week 1 against the Bucs or somewhere in the middle ground of these two games. The Vikes don't have another healthy back that they trust like Jones. DeeJay Dallas could assist some on early downs while taking on pass-pro snaps to lessen Jones' workload. Jones has acted his age in the efficiency department with only 1.80 yards after contact per attempt and a 9% missed tackle rate. With all of these concerns, Jones is only a middling flex play this week with a bad matchup. Tampa Bay has limited backs to the sixth-lowest explosive run rate, the fifth-lowest rushing success rate, and the seventh-lowest EPA per rush.