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Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
Monitor Aaron Jones‘ health: The Vikings lead suffered a shoulder injury early in the third quarter and never returned.
Jones has started and finished just two games this season, with Jones serving as the primary passing down back while Mason had a slight edge on early downs. Jones played 51.4% of the Vikings’ offensive snaps in those games, compared to Mason’s 44.8%. Jones missed Weeks 3-7 due to a hamstring injury.
The Vikings moved away from that rotation in the first half, when Jones played 24 snaps compared to Mason’s eight. Jones looked excellent, running nine times for 78 yards while catching two passes for 20 yards. Jones picked up the first two snaps of the second quarter and was injured on the second play. Mason took the final 29 snaps of the game for Minnesota, even though Zavier Scott was available. Mason’s playing time slowly but steadily increased while Jones was out, which continued to be the case in this match after the injury.
If Jones’ injury is serious, we can expect Mason to be the Vikings’ running back. He can be slotted into fantasy starting lineups more often than not.
Isaac Tesla falls on three offensive snaps: The third-round rookie has fallen out of the Lions’ wide receiver rotation.
TeSlaa was a highlight for the Lions during the preseason. The team traded Tim Patrick, allowing TeSlaa to move from fifth to fourth on the depth chart and compete with Kalif Raymond for snaps in three-receiver sets. He played between 20-30% of the offensive snaps early in the season, and his role expanded in Weeks 5 and 6 while Raymond dealt with an injury. TeSlaa failed to make much of an impact in those games, finishing with just one reception in his last five games.
Raymond not only returned to his usual role in Week 7, but played a higher percentage of snaps in three-receiver sets than usual. This week, TeSlaa played his fewest offensive snaps since Week 1. If there was one bright spot for the rookie, it’s that Raymond was also held without a catch this week. Anyone who has kept TeSlaa in reformulation leagues can probably release him.
Various comments
- The Vikings placed quarterback Carson Wentz on injured reserve on Monday. JJ McCarthy was back in the lineup after missing his fifth straight game due to an ankle injury. He had plenty of practice all week.
- Fullback CJ Ham was ruled out with a hand injury, his second absence in a row. He hasn’t practiced all week. He was ruled out on Friday.
- Vikings fourth wide receiver Adam Thielen played a season-low four offensive snaps. The Vikings used two-tight-end sets a little more often than usual, but this was simply Jalen Nailor taking a higher percentage of Thielen’s 11 personnel snaps.
- Minnesota tight end Josh Oliver did not practice all week due to a foot injury. He was ruled out on Friday. Nick Vannett was pulled from the practice squad to take his place. Vannett was the typical second tight end in two-tight-end sets, while rookie Ben Yurosek’s snaps came either in three-tight-end sets or in place of TJ Hockenson in two-tight-end sets.
- The Vikings claimed backup Ben Sims off waivers from the Green Bay Packers earlier this week, but he was inactive for this game.
- Wide receivers Justin Jefferson and Amon-Ra St. Brown both had brief exits due to injury, but each missed only a few plays.
- Lions halfback Craig Reynolds was ruled out on Friday due to a hamstring injury. He hasn’t practiced all week. Sione Vaki was back in the lineup as a third-string running back after missing his fourth straight game with a groin injury.
- Lions tight end Sam LaPorta played 100% of Detroit’s offensive snaps for the first time this season and the third time in his career.
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Los Angeles Chargers @ Tennessee titans
Jared Patterson played out Kimani Vidal: The Chargers’ practice squad running back gained 44 yards on nine carries, compared to Vidal’s 30 yards on 12 carries.
Los Angeles lost Najee Harris before the season, while Omarion Hampton is on injured reserve. Hassan Haskins started the season as Los Angeles’ third running back, but he missed last week and was placed on injured reserve on Saturday. Kimani Vidal has taken over the Chargers’ lead at running back. Patterson and Nyheim Hines were the practice squad call-ups last week, while this week it was Patterson and Amar Johnson.
Vidal dominated snaps through the first three quarters of the game, playing 38 snaps through the first 48 plays. Vidal saw a similar pace to last season. However, his ineffective play led to Patterson making 11 of 17 snaps in the fourth quarter. Vidal struggled similarly two weeks ago with 20 yards on nine carries against the Colts.
Hampton will be eligible to return next week, although there is no guarantee he will be ready to play. If Hampton misses any more time, that doesn’t guarantee Vidal will continue to play more than 75% of offensive snaps as he has in recent weeks. If the Chargers expect Hampton to be out for quite some time, it’s possible the Chargers could try to find a running back in a trade over the next two days.
Titans adjust their wide receiver rotation without Calvin Ridley: Ridley was ruled out Friday with a hamstring injury, his third straight absence. He hasn’t practiced all week.
The Titans started the season with Elic Ayomanor as their X receiver, Ridley as their Z, and Tyler Lockett playing in the slot. Chimere Dike gradually took over the role of the lock, causing Lockett to ask for his release. The Titans initially shifted Ayomanor to Z and placed Van Jefferson as the X receiver. However, Dike had played very well in Week 7 with four receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. As a result, Dike had to play for Jefferson in two-receiver sets last week.
This week the Titans once again used Dike, Ayomanor and Jefferson as the three wide receivers in three-receiver sets. However, in two-receiver sets, Jefferson and Dike both played 77.8% of the snaps. Ayomanor lost most of his snaps in two-receiver sets. Ayomanor had the best day, though, catching three passes for 46 yards. Although Dike wasn’t as involved as a receiver, he returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown.
There were reports that Ridley could be available through tradein which case the Titans will continue to use the two rookies and Jefferson the rest of the way. If Ridley isn’t traded, we should still expect big things from Dike as the wide receiver who has played the most for Tennessee over the past two weeks.
Various comments
- Los Angeles used a whopping 30 single-receiver sets last week. Tre’ Harris took 27 of those shots. The Chargers weren’t quite as extreme this week, but they still used one-receiver sets on 18 plays, the second-most for them in a game this season. Harris took on 14 of those plays. Harris played more snaps than Keenan Allen for the second week in a row because of these formations.
- Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey was limited during practice on Wednesday and Thursday but was upgraded to full on Friday. He was struggling with a calf injury.
- Tight end Will Dissly was inactive. He was questionable due to an illness, although he might have been inactive even if healthy.
- Tony Pollard played more snaps than Tyjae Spears, which is normal when the Titans keep the game close. He had the better rushing day than Tyjae Spears, finishing with 10 carries for 56 yards.
- Wide receiver Bryce Oliver was unable to play due to a knee injury, his seventh straight absence. James Proche II was taken off the practice squad with the two wide receivers out.
- Running back Tony Pollard (neck) and Chig Okonkwo (foot) were both limited in practice to start the week, but practiced fully on Friday.
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Table notes
- Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. These plays have been removed from the other three statistics.
- Objectives may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be the result of an obviously thrown pass, where the NFL could give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data does not.
- Carries are only possible on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles do not count toward the total number of carries in the game.
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