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During the regular season, Mack achieved new single-season highs in carries (195), rushing yards (908), yards per carry (4.7), rushing touchdowns (nine), total touches (212), yards from scrimmage (1,011) and touchdowns from scrimmage (10).
He finished among the top 25 fantasy running back in seven different weeks, and in those games, he finished in the top 10 four times.
Looking ahead to the 2019 season, it’s hard to disagree with Fabiano about Mack’s impact as a potential high-end RB2 — so far, the Colts haven’t added any three-down or goal-line backs in free agency who would eat into Mack’s touches or short-yardage touchdown chances.
Mack will also have an outstanding offensive line to run behind once again, as all five starters are under contract in 2019, and general manager Chris Ballard has expressed a desire to continue adding to the depth up front.
When he came into the league two years ago, Mack was very much a college spread-system runner, but he has quickly developed into a complete, NFL-style runner since then, but his growth isn’t done.
With all those factors in tow, it’s easy to see that Mack could make a big impact for fantasy owners in 2019.
For what it’s worth, Mack wasn't the only Colts player on Fabiano's list. Fabiano listed Colts’ Pro Bowl tight end Eric Ebron among fantasy’s “losers” from free agency due to the arrival of fellow red-zone threat Devin Funchess as well as the expected regression from scoring 14 touchdowns in a single regular season.
Here is Fabiano’s explanation:
“Ebron was one of the best draft bargains in fantasy football last season, but touchdown regression is a virtual guarantee. That mindset was elevated even further when the Colts added Devin Funchess, who at 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds will see at least some of Ebron's red-zone targets.”
Given Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and Ebron's chemistry — especially in the red zone — we'll have to see about that last prediction.