Chris Rodriguez fantasy football insight from Hayden Winks - PPR Rankings

Just like last year, we have to get the Jaguars' RB room sorted out before our drafts. To me, it looks like 3 clearly-distinct profiles that should lead to a real 3-RB committee. In bad offenses, we'd ignore it. In this offense with coach Liam Coen's history with fantasy production at RB, we can't. Simply put, Rodriguez is the best in short-yardage, while Bhayhsul Tuten is the most explosive and LeQuint Allen is most trusted in passing situations. Last year, Etienne was able to earn RB14 per-game volume, while Tuten was just the RB60. I'd be surprised if it was that drastic of a split between Tuten and Rodriguez this season. During OTAs, coach Liam Coen said the backfield race is wide open and hit-less practices up to date aren't going to sway things, even if Rodriguez missed almost all of it. Rodriguez and Coen have familiarity dating back to a season together at Kentucky when C-Rod had 1,440 total yards and 12 total touchdowns. Coen describes him as a very physical runner, which backs up what he churns out in short-yardage specifically. Rodriguez's +0.11 EPA per carry on carries with 5-or-fewer yards to go easily beats out what the Jaguars had between Etienne (-0.10) and Tuten (+0.03) last year. A similar split held true on all red zone carries (+0.20 EPA per carry vs. +0.06 and -0.01. It wouldn't be a surprise if C-Rod (5'11"/224) was the goal line back over Tuten (5'9"/209). That gives him a RB2/FLEX ceiling in half PPR, even if he's not going to play any passing downs. His 13 receptions in his lone season with Coen and his 6 career NFL receptions paint that picture...