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Offensive supporting cast rankings in terms of average team PFF rush, receiving, pass blocking and run blocking grades (everything except passing) this season: 1. Bills 2. Lions 3. Broncos 4. Seahawks 5. Colts 6. Falcons 7. Ravens 8. 49ers 9. Jaguars 10. Rams 11. Raiders 12. Vikings 13. Chiefs 14. Commanders 15. Panthers 16. Cowboys 17. Chargers 18. Jets 19. Bears 20. Eagles 21. Giants 22. Packers 23. Cardinals 24. Patriots 25. Saints 26. Texans 27. Steelers 28. Buccaneers 29. Dolphins 30. Titans 31. Browns 32. Bengals

Week 4 RB usage! Workhorses playing 70%+ snaps: JT, Hampton, CMC, Pollard, Jeanty, Saquon, Javonte Williams, Gainwell, Achane, Skattebo, Cook, Brown, and Kamara. All auto starts in fantasy land except Pollard, Brown, and Kamara b/c their offenses blow, and Gainwell b/c he's on a bye, ya know. Still a bell-cow, wouldn't sweat it: Bijan, Kyren, Jacobs, ETN, Breece, Gibbs, Bucky, and Henry all getting plenty of touches even if it'd be cooler if they had more of an every-down role I know last week wasn't cool BUT: Keep on starting Trey Benson. The bigger the workload, the better, I get it: We're still looking at a second-year back who just commanded 67% of the team's designed rush attempts and was targeted on 23% of his routes, unfortunately "only" totaling 10.4 PPR points against the league's best defense in EPA allowed per designed RB rush. Side note: It does in fact feel ridiculous to type out an "own" centered around EPA allowed per designed RB rush. I'm sure that would go over great at the bar. The workload is there, but the efficiency and/or scoring upside is not: Guys who you generally probably will still start in fantasy, but maybe you don't NEED to if you can help it include: D'Andre Swift (sell high-ish during bye?), Jordan Mason (especially this week vs. Myles Garrett and company), and Chuba Hubbard (Panthers are a bottom-seven team in yards and EPA per play). Concerns, but I'm generally pushing through them: Feature Judkins and KWIII. The former because Judkins has BEAST'd his way to working as the RB2 in yards after contact per carry this season while displaying weekly 20-plus touch upside, and the latter is looking at 15-20 touches in his own right in a better-than-expected Seahawks offense hellbent on running the football. Would it be a lot cooler if Judkins' offense was better, and if Walker had more of a three-down role ahead of Zach Charbonnet? Of course, but life isn't fair, and these are still two clear-cut RB2s worth starting in far more lineups than not. Deal with it. These committees are gross, man: Chiefs, Commanders, and Patriots. Super fooking annoying all the way around. America loves a comeback: And it'd make a lot of sense if David Montgomery rebounds in a major way after turning nine carries into just 12 yards against Myles Garrett and company. Even after the performance the man is averaging a career-best 5.7 yards per carry. Gibbs is getting more pass-down work and fully cemented as a top-five RB, but Monty has 28 TDs in 32 games since joining the Lions in 2023 and continues to profile for 12-15 touches more weeks than not. That archetype is tough to complain about as a massive favorite against the Bengals. Changing of the guard in Denver?: Kind of! Things were closer than usual between Dobbins and Harvey; credit to both for making the most out of their touches against the Bengals' sad excuse for a professional football team. That said: Dobbins was basically pulled from the game after clearing 100 rushing yards–the first Denver RB to do so since Latavius Murray in 2022!–leading to Harvey racking up seven of his 18 touches with the game essentially sealed up. Still a step in the right direction, but when accounting for this garbage time usage we didn't actually see Harvey run more routes or play significantly more snaps than usual. Deep league handcuff alert: Not to hurt myself patting my own back, but last week we recommended scooping up Woody Marks (now firmly on the RB2 borderline at worst) before it was the cool thing to do. This week? We move our attention to Saints RB Kendre Miller (5% rostered on Yahoo), you know, at least in normal leagues that don't HAVE someone like Marks available on waivers (blow the budget on the man if so). Obvious injury handcuff upside *and* maybe the shitty Saints explore trading Mr. Kamara. Other guys who profile as great bench stashes: Blake Corum (27%), Tyler Allgeier (35%) and in DEEP leagues keep an eye on Raheem Mostert (1%), who took over as Jeanty's direct backup last Sunday.

The #Dolphins get their first win. The #Jets remain one of just three winless teams, along with the #Titans and #Saints.

Initial belief if Saints C Cesar Ruiz suffered a high-ankle sprain Sunday, per source. Tests will reveal full severity. @nick_underhill 1st on Ruiz missing future game time.

The #Saints officially opened the 21-day practice window for TEs Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau to return from the PUP list.

#Saints OL Cesar Ruiz suffered a high-ankle sprain, sources say, which is a 4-6 week injury. That makes him an IR candidate.

Week 6 schedule change: 🏈49ers—Bucs moved from 1:00 ET to 4:25 ET. 🏈Patriots—Saints moved from 4:25 ET to 1:00 PM ET.

NFL Week 6 Schedule Change: #49ers vs. #Bucs has been moved from 1:00 ET to 4:25 ET #Patriots vs. #Saints has been moved from 4:25 ET to 1:00 PM ET

🚨Flex for NFL Week 6. • 49ers vs. Bucs is moving to 4:25 pm • Patriots vs. Saints is moving to 1 pm. A much-needed change 👏👏

Flex! For Week 6 on CBS: -- #49ers-#Bucs is moving to 4:25 pm -- #Patriots-#Saints is moving to 1 pm.

The #Saints are designating Taysom Hill to return from the PUP list.

Kendre Miller!

Players who started season on IR and are eligible to return after Week 4: 🏈Titans RB Tyjae Spears 🏈Panthers WR Jalen Coker 🏈Cowboys WR Jonathan Mingo 🏈Bills CB Maxwell Hairston 🏈Browns WR David Bell 🏈Packers RB MarShawn Lloyd 🏈Dolphins K Jason Sanders 🏈Vikings FB C.J. Ham 🏈Patriots LB Jahlani Tavai 🏈Saints TE Foster Moreau

Kendre Miller's best game of his career so far 11 carries for 65 yards and a TD

Top 12 TEs in fantasy points per game 1. Dallas Goedert 2. Hunter Henry 3. Dalton Kincaid 4. Tucker Kraft 5. George Kittle 6. Tyler Warren 7. Trey McBride 8. Zach Ertz 9. Jake Ferguson 10. Kyle Pitts Sr. 11. Juwan Johnson 12. Mark Andrews

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Alvin Kamara receiving yards per game: 2017: 51.6 2018: 47.3 2019: 38.1 2020: 50.4 2021: 33.8 2022: 32.7 2023: 35.8 2024: 38.8 ... 2025: 12.3

final in Buffalo

Saints put up a great fight but fall to the Bills 31-19

Bryan Bresee sacks Josh Allen for the #Saints third sack of the game ⚜️

Grupe boots a 35-yd FG to cut the Bills lead to 21-19

Brandin Cooks 100% knew that wasn't a catch but realized the refs didn't see it ... and it was hilarious to see him realize he should start celebrating because the officials missed the whole thing.

The Saints get a stop on 4th down against the Bills 😳

NOWHERE TO GO 📺: CBS

heading into the fourth #Saints