And the Oh, Not every problem has a solution and one of the great problems that we face in fantasy football is projecting running back target share.

It is one of the most difficult assumptions to zero in on in all of fantasy football

and we've all at one point in time got it wrong with a

running back and I surfaced this issue today because the most illuminating stat of week nine was the non-existence of a statistic from

Ezekiel Elliot on the receiving side of the box score. Zero targets, zero receptions for Ezekiel Elliot, and yes, it made

sense that this team was not throwing the ball in the second half. When you play the giants and you're

up double digits, the running back is not going to be hogging the targets.

Understood. But Ezekiel Elliot's target total on the season is one of the most instructive

statistics on player profiler.com.

31 targets this year for Ezekiel Elliot and you think oh wow that's number 20 in the league he's top 20 he's top 20

What the fuck does top 20 get you at the running back position, that means your last among primary

backs.

That's essentially what that means.

He's commanding less than four targets per game.

After commanding 6.3 targets per game last season,

he finished top five in the league in targets.

But Ezekiel Elliot is not an exceptional receiver.

And that's best illustrated by the fact

that he never went over 30 receptions in his college career.

And there is no magic bullet to project running back targets.

But the rule of thumb is this. If a running back is a truly

exceptional receiver, then most of the targets they've earned in the past should be

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