Hopefully, fantasy managers survived the injuries, even if they couldn’t be completely avoided, given the number of injuries in Week 5. After Cordarrelle Patterson popped in the running back advanced stats last week, he exploded on Sunday against the Jets. Patterson totaled 114 yards on 14 carries and seven receptions.
Don’t quit on Javonte Williams, given the consistent running back advanced stats even though Melvin Gordon won’t go away. Both Bears’ backups in Damien Williams and Khalil Herbert pop in several categories similar to David Montgomery, which gives us hope until Montgomery returns. Let’s look ahead to Week 6.
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.
