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Jordan Howard thrust into workhorse role

A nice debut start for Jordan Howard. He ran hard, went over 100 yards, and the Bears weren’t shy about giving him plenty of work. He came off the field for only 6 plays, and two of them came when he got shaken up in the first quarter.

In today’s NFL, there aren’t many “full-time” running backs. In Week 4, only 15 backs around the league were on the field for even two thirds of their team’s plays.

With Jeremy Langford and KaDeem Carey injured, the Bears went ahead and hooked up the wagon behind Howard. He was one of only two running backs on the field for over 90 percent of his team’s plays.

Looks like a nice fantasy option this week against an Indianapolis defense that’s been really soft at times.

BACKS WITH 30% OF PLAYS, WEEK 4
TmPlayerPlaysTotalPct
TENDeMarco Murray636695%
CHIJordan Howard636991%
SDMelvin Gordon627089%
PITLeVeon Bell525988%
LATodd Gurley515986%
SFCarlos Hyde445383%
DETTheo Riddick516381%
HOULamar Miller516480%
JACChris Ivory547275%
SEAChristine Michael446073%
ARIDavid Johnson567773%
KCSpencer Ware547572%
BUFLeSean McCoy537670%
ATLTevin Coleman294367%
DENC.J. Anderson487267%
WASMatt Jones416266%
NOMark Ingram487366%
DALEzekiel Elliott487663%
MINJerick McKinnon467462%
CARFozzy Whittaker417158%
TBCharles Sims417158%
CLEDuke Johnson Jr.417257%
OAKLatavius Murray346057%
NELeGarrette Blount305654%
NYJBilal Powell377152%
CINJeremy Hill367051%
ATLDevonta Freeman346751%
CINGiovani Bernard347049%
NYJMatt Forte347148%
CLEIsaiah Crowell347247%
BALTerrance West398944%
BALKyle Juszczyk398944%
INDFrank Gore347844%
NYGBobby Rainey286642%
TBJacquizz Rodgers307142%
DENAndy Janovich297240%
MINMatt Asiata297439%
INDJosh Ferguson307838%
NEJames White215638%
NYGOrleans Darkwa236635%
NOJohn Kuhn257334%
MINZach Line247432%
WASChris Thompson206232%
SFShaun Draughn175332%
MIAJay Ajayi144531%
TENJalston Fowler206630%

(Packers and Eagles were on byes in Week 4).

—Ian Allan

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