RADIO
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team PPR Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 41% of Leagues
ANALYSIS: Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon saw a season-high seven touches in Week 14, totaling 37 yards and scoring a touchdown. In his current role, the 31-year-old is heavily reliant on receptions and touchdowns to deliver solid fantasy output.
Isiah Pacheco was ruled out on Friday, which meant it would be McKinnon and Clyde Edwards-Helaire handling the backfield duties for the Chiefs. They ended up splitting the snaps pretty much 50/50. CEH had 32 and McKinnon had 30. Surprisingly, the routes run were relatively close.
Most likely expected McKinnon to hold a significant advantage in this department, but McKinnon only had three more routes than CEH, 18-15. McKinnon was out-carried by CEH, 11 to four. Still, McKinnon should be the priority for fantasy managers. Despite CEH getting more carries than McKinnon and being bigger than McKinnon, head coach Andy Reid prefers to use McKinnon down near the end zone. It was McKinnon who ended up finding the end zone last week.
Fantasy managers likely have not forgotten McKinnon's epic final few weeks of the 2022 season. There was talk about Pacheco possibly being an IR candidate, but he wasn't placed on IR before the Week 14 game. Pacheco could return in Week 15, which makes adding McKinnon a bit of a wild card.
Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App
Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy football app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, rankings, starts/sits & more. All free!
More Fantasy Football Analysis
Check out RotoBaller's famous fantasy football draft sleepers and waiver wire pickups list, updated regularly!
