In the first week without Derrick Henry, the Titans split the touches between Jeremy McNichols, D’Onta Foreman, and the ageless Adrian Peterson. Foreman and McNichols looked better on film and the running back advanced stats back it up.
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.
We’re going to lower the carry thresholds this week in order to find some hidden gems who might not be getting the volume they deserve based on their advanced peripherals.
