Week 10 was dominated by backup running backs in D’Ernest Johnson, Rhamondre Stevenson, and A.J. Dillon. These backs produced as RB1s given the opportunity, and the running back advanced stats back that up. This week we’re once again lowering the rush attempts thresholds to find some hidden gems that might not be getting the volume they deserve based on their advanced peripherals.
Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell you a lot about how an RB is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and how effective that RB is at making would-be tacklers miss — all skills that translate into future production. In this way, the advanced RB stats can help us find waiver wire gems and trade targets before the rest of our league mates.