Establish The Run on Travis Etienne

PodcastRest Of Season Top-150 Rankings: Players To Buy And Sell Before Week 3 (Episode...September 23, 2026

From the episode

Chiefs guaranteed Kenneth Walker 28.7 million and are building the entire offense around him. Saints guaranteed Travis Etienne 28 million and are instead ignoring him as he's been 25th and 32nd among all running backs and his share of backfield touches through these first two games.

Mentioned at 25:49 – 26:50

STACKED’s take

Negative signalUsage

Etienne's 28M deal ignored; 25th-32nd touch share while Kamara out-touches him.

Despite signing a 28-million-dollar guaranteed deal with the Saints, Etienne has been benched and deprioritized in the backfield through two weeks, ranking 25th and 32nd in backfield touch share; in Week 2, he received only 11 opportunities while the injured Alvin Kamara received 15, a shocking reversal given the contract investment. Adam Levitan suspects undisclosed injury, off-field issue, or organizational dysfunction is driving the benching.