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RB Travis Etienne, JAX (2 Viewers)

Sounds like Etienne is going to be the weaker part of the RBBC, but may have to start him over a hobbled/limited Swift. ☹️
 

Travis Etienne rushed 13 times for 45 yards in the Jaguars' Week 3 win over the Chargers, adding three catches for 30 yards.​

Nearly a third of Etienne's touches came on the final drive when the team was using him to put the game away. Before that, James Robinson was the team's lead back. The two split the backfield targets at three a piece. Etienne's touch count has risen in each of the past two weeks, but the Jags also won both of those games, giving their backfield more looks as a group. For now, he's an electric committee-back working toward a larger role. That should be good enough for low-end RB3 numbers in Week 4 against the Eagles.
Sep 25, 2022, 8:36 PM ET
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Dream is dead. It’s effing dead. Jags d is solid. Lawrence is not turning the ball over as much. Add that up and you have a fantasy stud in the RB that is their bulldozer…not etienne.

Bust- worst third round pick in recent memory for me
 

Travis Etienne rushed 10 times for 71 yards in Jacksonville's Week 5 loss to the Texans, adding three catches for 43 yards on five targets.​

One of Etienne's incompletions was initially ruled a catch-and-fumble, so he lucked out there. Etienne had 81 of his 114 before halftime and mainly cooked on outside runs. The Texans appeared to be changing out linebackers throughout the first three quarters and finally found a combination that worked. The Jaguars appear to have gone full-on RB-by-committee over the last few weeks, which says a lot about Etienne's talent but doesn't do a lot of good for his chances of having fantasy games like this. He'll be on the FLEX line for Week 6 against the Colts.
Oct 9, 2022, 4:43 PM ET
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zamboni said:
Ministry of Pain said:
114 yds, 3 catches on top, improving
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Also helps that Robinson hasn't performed that well of late and that much of his JR's fantasy success thus far has come on a couple of long runs.
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I own them both in different leagues. Etienne will have opportunities to showcase his talents. Robinson was red hot, now lukewarm. Be interesting to watch this potential 50/50 split or so moving forward. Who's the guy to own? Right now today, MoP and zamboni?
 
Team Smokin' said:
zamboni said:
Ministry of Pain said:
114 yds, 3 catches on top, improving
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Also helps that Robinson hasn't performed that well of late and that much of his JR's fantasy success thus far has come on a couple of long runs.
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I own them both in different leagues. Etienne will have opportunities to showcase his talents. Robinson was red hot, now lukewarm. Be interesting to watch this potential 50/50 split or so moving forward. Who's the guy to own? Right now today, MoP and zamboni?
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Hard to say, as Pederson seems to remain an RBBC guy and I think their respective usage is going to be game script dependent. They both bring different skills to the table, but I'd rather gamble on the higher ceiling/lower floor of Etienne.
 
zamboni said:
Team Smokin' said:
zamboni said:
Ministry of Pain said:
114 yds, 3 catches on top, improving
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Also helps that Robinson hasn't performed that well of late and that much of his JR's fantasy success thus far has come on a couple of long runs.
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I own them both in different leagues. Etienne will have opportunities to showcase his talents. Robinson was red hot, now lukewarm. Be interesting to watch this potential 50/50 split or so moving forward. Who's the guy to own? Right now today, MoP and zamboni?
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Hard to say, as Pederson seems to remain an RBBC guy and I think their respective usage is going to be game script dependent. They both bring different skills to the table, but I'd rather gamble on the higher ceiling/lower floor of Etienne.
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Fair enough. I'm sensing Etienne is going to get plenty of opportunities, and has plenty of talent. Robinson perhaps decent floor and lower ceiling, kinda opposite of what you say about ETN. Both will likely be in lineups somewhere especially with bye weeks starting up. Both will remain on my teams and we'll just have to see what kind of a team JAX is. RBBC used to be a terrible term. Not so much anymore as most teams are like this. Only a few bruisers like Saquon, Henry, and CMC to name a few. Chubb still has Hunt, etc. It's how the teams use these players or spell them that really matters. Riding the hot hand or scripted per series, etc.
 
Team Smokin' said:
zamboni said:
Ministry of Pain said:
114 yds, 3 catches on top, improving
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Also helps that Robinson hasn't performed that well of late and that much of his JR's fantasy success thus far has come on a couple of long runs.
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I own them both in different leagues. Etienne will have opportunities to showcase his talents. Robinson was red hot, now lukewarm. Be interesting to watch this potential 50/50 split or so moving forward. Who's the guy to own? Right now today, MoP and zamboni?
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It always rolls back and forth, but it seems like Etienne is starting to gain some momentum. Is it sustainable is the question. Just over a quarter of the season thru, we are still asking about a RBBC here and which one to have.
 
Ministry of Pain said:
Team Smokin' said:
zamboni said:
Ministry of Pain said:
114 yds, 3 catches on top, improving
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Also helps that Robinson hasn't performed that well of late and that much of his JR's fantasy success thus far has come on a couple of long runs.
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I own them both in different leagues. Etienne will have opportunities to showcase his talents. Robinson was red hot, now lukewarm. Be interesting to watch this potential 50/50 split or so moving forward. Who's the guy to own? Right now today, MoP and zamboni?
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It always rolls back and forth, but it seems like Etienne is starting to gain some momentum. Is it sustainable is the question. Just over a quarter of the season thru, we are still asking about a RBBC here and which one to have.
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Agreed - as an Etienne owner, I'm just glad we're having this conversation after week 5. About 3-4 weeks ago, it looked pretty ominous after Robinson's unexpected hot start.
 
Feel like he has missed/had so many opportunites that were close (maybe you could say that for other backs too)

15 yard sideline toe tap called back for holding.
12 yard texas route dropped (called fumble, but reviewed into a drop)

He also got 2-23 in absolute garbage to end the game
 
Two good RBs, high quality problem for Pedereson

Both are good RB2s ROS - IMO

Just don’t see either one dominating snaps or touches

I traded [for] ETN & have Flexed him a few times. Would be great if he got promoted to my RB2 but he’s not there yet. Loads of talent, he’s fun to watch.
 
Didn't like him as a draft prospect, though I've been wrong plenty of times before. Lots of speed and enough size, but really seemed to lack evasiveness and footwork. I think he's basically a CJ Spiller type, who was overdrafted for chunk plays rather than workhorse potential. I'd probably look to cash in on hype if he busts long TD, though I understand holding if you're sold on the talent. Players like Spiller and McFadden had some good seasons at various points, so there were some pretty good sell high windows even though they were never really that dude in the NFL.
 
Surprised there’s no talk here. Second week in a row he’s made multiple explosive plays. For reasons that can not be explained, the Jags seem to feature him in the first quarter and then despite him flipping the field multiple times, they forget to use him the rest of the game.

He’s averaging 5.6 ypc and 12.0 ypr

Today was a 108 yards on 12 touches. They need to be getting him 15-18 imo.
 
Ilov80s said:
Surprised there’s no talk here. Second week in a row he’s made multiple explosive plays. For reasons that can not be explained, the Jags seem to feature him in the first quarter and then despite him flipping the field multiple times, they forget to use him the rest of the game.

He’s averaging 5.6 ypc and 12.0 ypr

Today was a 108 yards on 12 touches. They need to be getting him 15-18 imo.
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He’s fun to watch - very explosive. Not sure why he isn’t used more because that offense has been sputtering.
 
zamboni said:
He’s fun to watch - very explosive. Not sure why he isn’t used more because that offense has been sputtering.
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Makes no sense. He’s clearly their most explosive offensive weapon. He’s not perfect. His hands are still a work in progress and he sometimes misses the hole but his 0-60 is startling. Give him an inch and he’ll take 20 yards.
 

Travis Etienne had ten rushes for 86 yards in the Jaguars' Week 6 loss to the Colts, adding two catches for 20 yards.​


Etienne was once again the more effective Jacksonville back. James Robinson took 12 carries for 54 yards and saw one target on the day. Etienne has ripped off a handful of impressive runs over the past two weeks. He's been efficient over that span, totaling 157 yards on a mere 20 carries (7.85 yards per carry). He is undoubtedly the team's best running back option. Etienne drafters are hoping head coach Doug Pederson agrees sooner rather than later. Etienne will be an upside RB2 play in Week 7 against the Giants, one of the NFL's worst rush defenses.
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Interesting looking back at the ETN vs Najee comparison now. ETN has 112 more yards on 29 less touches. Najee has the TDs that evaded ETN but I will be very curious how valuations on these two look in a month.
 
Yeah I watched much of this game on my second screen this week and it was odd to say the least. He'd make a great play or two, then be gone for a while. Then they'd run a stupid play and kill a drive. Like the pistol QB speed option on 4th and 2 or whatever it was. Just weird.

Also how many RBs do these guys have? Etienne, Robinson, Agnew, Hasty...swear there was another guy getting snaps too??
 
zamboni said:
Interesting - you'd think it would be the complete opposite with Etienne being more of a home run hitter and Robinson traditionally being more of a steady, fall forward guy.
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It is until you remember one guy is an UDFA less than 12 months removed from the worst injury a skill player can suffer and the other was a 1st round pick and the ACC all time leader in yards and TDs.
 
zamboni said:
Not so fast - he did it. Fumbled in the end zone and he’ll be benched I’m sure
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Sucks too because he was potentially on his way in for another score. I’m not worried about him losing touches though. He has to take better care of the ball, it’s been a problem for him this season but the offense needs his explosiveness. James Robinson doesn’t even have a touch yet. Hasty has 1 carry. ETN is average 7 yards per carry.
 
Ilov80s said:
zamboni said:
Not so fast - he did it. Fumbled in the end zone and he’ll be benched I’m sure
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Sucks too because he was potentially on his way in for another score. I’m not worried about him losing touches though. He has to take better care of the ball, it’s been a problem for him this season but the offense needs his explosiveness. James Robinson doesn’t even have a touch yet. Hasty has 1 carry. ETN is average 7 yards per carry.
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True although wouldn’t surprise me if Robinson got most of the work in the 2nd half to make Etienne think about it.
 
Loved seeing this play out for Etienne. Still dominated the (sparse) RB touches even after the fumble.

Not even one touch for Robinson is shocking. Is he on the trade block? I saw he had a target in the passing game so he was out there at some point.
 
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Not even one touch for Robinson is shocking. Is he on the trade block? I saw he had a target in the passing game so he was out there at some point.
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Watched the whole game - Robinson did have a handful of snaps, including at the goal line for Trevor’s sneak TD, but he was very much out of the game plan. Whether this is the way going forward still remains to be seen - Pederson does mix things up.
 
ekbeats said:
Yeah, this is as complete a takeover as you’ll ever see. Etienne is going to be a borderline RB1 the rest of the way.
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Let’s tap the breaks - Dougie may have been playing the matchup. Etienne is obviously going to be very much a key cog, but I wouldn’t bury Robinson just yet
 
jm192 said:
Leroy Hoard said:
BobbyLayne said:
Who Wins This Trade

James ConnorTravis Etienne
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Redraft Connor, dynasty ETN.
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What this guy said
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I traded Conner (16.50 pts) after WK1 straight up for ETN (8.50 pts.) Everyone I asked (100%) on this board and Reddit said I lost the trade.
  • WK2 JC 7.10 ETN 8.30
  • WK3 JC 8.70 ETN 10.50
  • WK4 JC 10.70 ETN 3.20
  • WK5 JC 7.30 ETN 14.40
  • WK6 JC 0.00 ETN 13.80
  • WK7 JC 0.00 ETN 20.90
Lot of games left, but so far so good. Besides feeling like the Cards offense was broke without Hopkins, Conner’s injury history - 18 games missed in 6 years, has always missed at least 2 G - I’m a big believer in talent.

Probably never be a bell cow but really finding his groove. 6.10 YPC on the year, 3 straight games over 100 YFS, finally scored a TD today.
 
BobbyLayne said:
I traded Conner (16.50 pts) after WK1 straight up for ETN (8.50 pts.) Everyone I asked (100%) on this board and Reddit said I lost the trade.
  • WK2 JC 7.10 ETN 8.30
  • WK3 JC 8.70 ETN 10.50
  • WK4 JC 10.70 ETN 3.20
  • WK5 JC 7.30 ETN 14.40
  • WK6 JC 0.00 ETN 13.80
  • WK7 JC 0.00 ETN 20.90
Lot of games left, but so far so good. Besides feeling like the Cards offense was broke without Hopkins, Conner’s injury history - 18 games missed in 6 years, has always missed at least 2 G - I’m a big believer in talent.

Probably never be a bell cow but really finding his groove. 6.10 YPC on the year, 3 straight games over 100 YFS, finally scored a TD today.
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I must have missed that because I would have preferred your side. I am a true believer.
 
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