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RB Marlon Mack
- Last game: Week 11) 14 carries, 109 yards (7.8 avg.), 1 total TD — 16.9 FP
- Last three games avg.: (Weks 9-11) 18.0 carries, 90.7 yards (5.3 avg.), 0.3 catches (0.3 targets), 2.7 yards (8.0 avg.), 1 total TD — 11.5 FP
- FantasyPros Week 14 Position Rank:* RB56* uccaneers vs. RBs: 2nd (11.4 FPPG)
With Mack back in action this week after missing just two games with a fractured hand, he resumes the team's workhorse status, averaging 20.4 touches per game.
“I mean not thinking big pitch count. It is a feel with those backs, I mean even when he is humming we don’t hesitate to rotate those guys," Colts head coach Frank Reich told reporters on Friday when asked if Mack will be on a "pitch count."
"We know Marlon is going to get the bulk of the carries. I am anticipating that all four backs (Mack, Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins and Jonathan Williams) will be up. The way it is going to play I am anticipating all four backs will be up. So it might be a little bit more rotation than normal.”
Tampa has only allowed one 100-yard rusher this season (Chris Carson's 105 in Week 9), but there have been some other solid overall fantasy performances from opposing running backs, including Todd Gurley's 70 total yards and two touchdowns, Alvin Kamara's 104 and 112 total-yard performances, and Christian McCaffrey's 57 total yards and two touchdowns.
Because standout performances from opposing running backs are so few and far between, your safest bets in the Colts' backfield this week are Mack, and Hines as a flex in PPR lineups.