Don’t make the mistake of being afraid to draft him and miss out on reaping the rewards. While there’s certainly some buzz about this trade in the fantasy community, we may not want to get too carried away. Jordan Howard is heading to the City of Brotherly love after the Chicago Bears traded Howard to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2020 sixth-round pick. Tuesday Night Football Tonight, Week 5: How to Watch, Channel, Live Stream, Preview, and Predictions, Updated 2021 NFL Draft Order and Tiebreaking Procedures. Jordan Howard is averaging 0.85 yards per carry. Over the course of an entire season at that pace, Howard would’ve had 256 total offensive touches, 1,172 yards from scrimmage and 16 total touchdowns. Set custom exposures and team stacks to optimize lineups effectively before exporting and uploading the unique lineups to DraftKings, FanDuel or Yahoo DFS.

So most fantasy football managers have struggled to figure out who will be the more valuable running back to own. Howard had two carries for two yards during Sunday's 31-23 loss to the Seahawks. Doug Pederson is also an Andy Reid disciple who likes to use running backs as receivers out of the backfield. Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 7, Fantasy Football News and Injuries - Running Updates, Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 6, Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 6, Jordan Howard A Healthy Scratch In Week 5, Coaching Matters: Offenses That Will Improve From Week 4, Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 5, Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 4, Jordan Howard Advanced Stats and Metrics Profile, Monday Night Football DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, Dallas Goedert (TE, PHI) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups, Waiver Wire Express - Week 7 Lightning Round, Monday Night Football Matchups Analysis: Chiefs vs Bills, Monday Night Football Matchups Analysis: Cardinals vs Cowboys. Chicago ran inside zone on 44% of their running plays.

Both players have been valued around the same in regards to fantasy football. On a new team with a re-investment in their offense, Howard finds his situation improving heading into the 2020 season. Breida, on the other hand, only has one season of 1,000+ scrimmage yards to his name thus far.

Miami has made some moves to help solidify their running back room in signing Howard and acquiring speedster Matt Breida from the San Francisco 49ers for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick.

In half-PPR leagues, Jordan was the tenth highest-scoring running back from weeks three to nine (the seven games he received ten plus offensive touches), outscoring notable players such as Derrick Henry (13th), Mark Ingram (14th), Kamara (26th), Breida (29th) and Mixon (31st). In addition, Miami signed guard Ereck Flowers to a three-year, $30 million contract as another part of their massive overhaul of the offensive line. ... More Fantasy News. You can do better than Howard as a runner, but you don’t have to. Given Howard’s relatively low career catch rate of 67%, that means we can reasonably expect 19 catches for him. Howard shouldn’t be counted out in getting some receiving work, either. For 2019, Howard was just outside the top-25 (26th) for running backs. The Dolphins selected quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Follow him on Twitter at @DMooreNFL. 2020 Dynasty Superflex and 1QB Fantasy Football PPR Rankings. Howard is currently being drafted as a low-end RB3 (34th running back taken) in half-PPR leagues, heading into the 2020 season. 29 targets, 19 catches, 139 yards, 0.25 touchdowns Those numbers would’ve had him 17th in offensive touches, 33rd in scrimmage yards, and fourth in total touchdowns amongst all skill players in the NFL. In those nine games, Howard had 525 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns on 119 carries (4.4 yards per carry) with 69 receiving yards and one touchdown on ten receptions. 163.6 PPR points. Meanwhile, Breida finished 42nd amongst running backs in 2019 with a 2.85 score. Prior to his injury in 2019, Howard was performing extremely well. That’s a healthy average of 4.42 yards per carry. Marcas Grant and James Koh debate. October 4, 2020. Playing in an offense as the primary goal line and early-down runner, sprinkled in with a healthy dose of targets, should allow Howard to easily outplay his draft position. ANALYSIS Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news. So he was averaging 4.58 yards per touch (16 per game) and one touchdown per game. It is crazy to think that Jordan Howard is still being undervalued in 2020 fantasy leagues. Howard’s average of 7.3 yards per catch last season puts him at 139 receiving yards.

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In the seven games he had ten plus offensive touches, Howard had 513 yards from scrimmage and seven touchdowns on 112 total touches. They also selected offensive tackle, Austin Jackson, with the 18th overall pick, offensive lineman Robert Hunt with the 39th pick, and guard Solomon Kindley with the 111th pick. Will Matt Breida be the Dolphins starting running back? Fails to score in loss. Jordan Howard has scored more Fantasy points (19.2) than Joe Mixon, Mark Ingram, and Antonio Gibson. Reid-inspired offenses prioritize backs who can catch the ball, and that was not Howard’s strong suit. But one player often overlooked and undervalued (for no good reason) is Jordan Howard. Last season, he saw just 5.2% of the Bears’ targets. The writing was on the wall for a down season from Howard after the Bears brought in former Andy Reid assistant Matt Nagy as their new head coach.

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We Are Your Secret Weapon. He signed a two-year, $10 million dollar contract as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins earlier this offseason. While he will be competing with Breida for snaps and touches, there is reason to believe that Howard not only will be a valuable fantasy football asset but even a more valuable one than Breida. Given his expected role in the Eagles’ offense and his historic production, Howard is a low-ceiling fringe RB2 option who is likely to be a frustrating fantasy option for anyone who takes him to be their No. Fantasy Football Today @FFToday. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images), (PFF Fantasy is reacting to all the offseason moves from a fantasy football perspective. Find out what to expect from him going forward and see how other backfields fared in the Week 5 Opportunity Report. Get the latest Jordan Howard fantasy football news, stats and injury updates, player profile, fantasy rankings, daily matchup ratings, DFS projections and more. FPD looks at the difference between expected fantasy points and what a player actually scored. Howard played in nine games for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019 and started in four of them before going down with a season-ending shoulder injury. But at this point, it seems more likely that he comes off the board in the fourth round. That isn’t a massive dropoff, but Howard has been just over 7% more efficient on outside zone runs. Taking a look at Fantasy Point Differential, Howard was elite during the 2019 season in outperforming expectations. That said, Howard is now the clear favorite to enter 2019 as the Eagles’ primary early-down back.

In Philadelphia, Howard joins an Eagles offense that is very similar to the one he leaves in Chicago. His history production has him projected at 0.25 touchdowns with this workload. Doug Moore is a fantasy football writer for Pro Football Network.

Don’t get me wrong, Howard is still a viable option in the fifth or sixth round of fantasy drafts. NFL Betting: Prop bets for Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season. Breida, however, has only hit that mark once as well (2018, 27) in his first three seasons.

A similar share this season would translate to roughly 29 targets. Of course, Howard has shown the ability to score touchdowns in his career. That isn’t even RB2 production, which means there’s a darn good chance Howard is going to be overdrafted and end up as a fantasy disappointment. However, even early-down workhorses like Jay Ajayi and LeGarrette Blount didn’t see feature workloads. In his first four seasons, Howard has only surpassed 25 receptions once, and that was in his rookie season (29). Some (including myself) would argue that is likely his floor for the upcoming season.