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Miles Sanders

RB, Eagles

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Miles Sanders had a lot of things go wrong for him last year. He dealt with injuries throughout the season and the Eagles’ offensive line had many injury issues. Sanders ended up playing in 12 games and averaged 18 touches per game, including a game where he missed some time with an injury. He would have easily been an RB1 had he been a little more fortunate with injuries. The problem with Sanders this year is that the Eagles brought in a ton of running backs who seem like they’ll take some work for Sanders. It simply doesn’t look like he’ll get as many opportunities as he did last year. Philadelphia has Boston Scott, Kerryon Johnson, and Kenneth Gainwell behind Sanders amongst others. That’s a lot of players who are at least decent. It seems like the Eagles don’t trust Sanders to be a workhorse given how much he struggled with injuries last season. The Eagles coaching staff is talking about taking a running back by committee approach with an early-down back, a 3rd-down back, and a goal line back. It seems like Sanders will be the early-down option, but that limits both his touchdown and receiving upside. In addition, Jalen Hurts will take some carries away from Miles Sanders, especially on the goal line. Sanders will, however, have a better offensive line and will see some improvement in efficiency now that Jalen Hurts is under center because defenses need to take Hurts into account in the running game. Sanders averaged 19.47 PPR points per game with Hurts compared to 13.6 without Hurts, so clearly that will help. Overall, expect Miles Sanders to be more efficient but have fewer touches this year, so he’s no longer going to be in the RB1 discussion. Sanders should be considered a low-end RB2 or high-end flex.

Standard Analytics-Based Projected Points: 163.2

PPR Analytics-Based Projected Points: 208.4

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