Jerick McKinnon

The majority of fantasy teams have been eliminated from playoff contention, but fantasy managers who are still in the running for a championship should continue to monitor which players could be worth adding ahead of Week 16. The waiver wire in deep leagues is a wasteland, but it's always a good idea to improve your roster, even if it's the last player on your bench. Even if your Week 16 roster is good to go, you never know who could suffer an injury.The top waiver wire adds are often obvious ... [Read More]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon (groin) is expected to return to practice on Thursday after sitting out Wednesday's session. McKinnon did not suit up in Week 12's win over the division-rival Las Vegas Raiders, but the fact that he's set to return to the practice field on Thursday will give him a shot to return this Sunday when the team faces off against the Packers in Green Bay. If the 31-year-old is cleared, he'll resume his role as KC's primary pass-catching back behind lead ... [Read More]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon has been a fantasy afterthought in 2023. So much so, McKinnon has played a higher percentage of snaps as a special-team player than on offense in each of his nine games played this year. It's a curious drop-off for the 31-year-old veteran, who's rushed a mere 12 times for 23 yards on the campaign as a whole. McKinnon's 17 catches (23 targets) and 147 yards are not nearly enough to support RB3/flex value even in the deepest PPR settings. McKinnon ... [Read More]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon has settled into a supplemental role, showing a scant seven carries for 21 yards in six weeks of play. McKinnon's bread is buttered in the passing game, except the elusive back is being outplayed in this area by lead back Isiah Pacheco. McKinnon trails Pacheco in target share (7.7%), yards per catch (7.6), and yards per route run (1.15). It leaves McKinnon with significantly reduced standalone value, rendering him more of a handcuff for Week 7 ... [Read More]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon's 2022 late-season magic has worn off across four 2023 games, anchoring as fantasy's overall RB34 in full-PPR scoring. While the Minnesota Vikings defense has caged RBs for the second-least receiving yards (60), they are the only team to have permitted a 100% catch rate (14-of-14) to the position this year. Week 5 offers "revenge game" juice for McKinnon, as the former freak athlete will do battle with the team he spent the first four years of his... [Read More]