Who Should I Start? Damien Harris or Travis Etienne

Friday, September 22, 2:24 PM

Running back Damien Harris managed to find the end zone amid Week 2's smackdown of the Las Vegas Raiders for the first touchdown of his Buffalo Bills career. The 26-year-old finds himself in an intimidating matchup on deck against the Washington Commanders' stud nose-tackle combination of Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne. Harris has played behind Latavius Murray for scraps behind lead back James Cook in the opening two weeks, so fantasy managers would really be grasping at straws by inserting Harris into Week 3 lineups. Murray has siphoned five of Buffalo's nine red-zone touches among the three RBs. The power back, Harris, is at least a better bet to hit paydirt than Cook after out-touching him in the red zone 4-0 to this point. Harris probably needs Sunday's meeting to get out of hand in favor of Buffalo to return value as a TD-or-bust RB4/FLEX.

Monday, September 25, 12:46 AM

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. produced 138 scrimmage yards in the loss against Houston on Sunday. The feature back took 19 carries for 88 yards, adding four receptions for 50 yards. The yardage marks were both season highs, as Etienne accounted for 34% of the Jaguars total offensive output. He didn't have the monster game fantasy managers were looking for, but still came through and produced an all-around solid performance even with the Jaguars struggling on offense yet again. While this team still has a lot to figure out, Etienne is the unquestioned bellcow and will continue to get almost all of the backfield touches, keeping him at low-end RB1 status. He heads to London next week to take on the Falcons.