Fantasy Football RB Report: Chase Brown looks more and more like ‘the guy’ for the Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown continues to earn a decent chunk of the workload alongside Zack Moss. Could he soon take over the backfield as the team’s true RB1? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Running backs remain king in fantasy football. While it feels like there are more elite quarterbacks and wide receivers than ever before, the amount of consistent, dependable running backs is dwindling. This makes it all the more important to find value at running back in fantasy football. In order to help you do that, I will be taking a look at a few backfields each week who stick out based on recent trends or new information we learned.

Eight weeks into the season, it’s crazy how convoluted the standings appear. In the AFC, the 2-6 Patriots somehow find themselves just two games out of a playoff spot, while in the NFC, 11 out of 16 teams are .500 or better. With this level of parity, we are in for a super fun stretch of the season as we’ll see which teams are serious about making a playoff push. Let’s get into some of my top backfield takeaways after Week 8 in the NFL, with an emphasis on teams looking to turn things around.

Cincinnati Bengals

After Zack Moss looked like the Bengals lead back during the first quarter of the season, the tides have recently turned. Over the last few weeks, Chase Brown has been utilized far more than Moss and is set up to be the 1A in the Cincinnati backfield for the back half of the season.

Brown has received double-digit carries for five straight weeks and is the RB12 during that stretch. His passing game usage has been a little less pronounced than expected, but Brown seems to receive most of the high-value touches in this offense which makes him a viable asset. This is still a confusing situation because on a snap count basis, Brown and Moss actually split reps 50/50; since Week 4, there has been just one game where either Brown or Moss has played five or more snaps than the other.

Moving forward, I would feel comfortable…

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Publish date : 2024-10-30 14:09:05

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