NFL Week 11 Fantasy Football Recap: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals

• Samaje Perine: 11 carries, 30 yards; 4 receptions, 52 receiving yards, 3 receiving touchdowns

• Najee Harris: 20 carries, 90 yards, 2 touchdowns; 4 receptions, 26 receiving yards

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CHI@ATL | PHI@IND | NYJ@NE | WSH@HOU
LAR@NO | CLE@BUF | CAR@BAL | DET@NYG
LVR@DEN | DAL@MIN | CIN@PIT | KC@LAC

Monitor Joe Mixon‘s health: Mixon suffered a concussion in the middle of the second quarter and didn’t return.

• Samaje Perine had assumed his usual role to start the game, playing on third downs and giving Mixon a break in other situations. This led to Perine catching a 29-yard touchdown pass to end the first quarter.
• Perine took over as the every-down back after the concussion. He ran 11 times for 30 yards. He also caught another two touchdown passes after the injury.
• Trayveon Williams started the game third on the depth chart but moved up to second. He played only a few snaps.
• Chris Evans is typically the third back, but he was limited in practice all week with a knee injury.
• Perine is worth a waiver target, but the Bengals have a tough matchup against the Titans next week. Tennessee has allowed the fourth-fewest fantasy points to running backs this season.
• There are also no bye weeks next week, so fewer teams will be desperate for a running back.
• Perine can still hover around the top 24 running backs from volume alone if Mixon misses a game.

Monitor Jaylen Warren‘s health: Warren suffered a hamstring injury in the first quarter and didn’t return.

• Warren had slowly been earning more playing time. He caught his only target for 9 yards today.
• Najee Harris took the vast majority of snaps over the rest of the game, with Benny Snell taking a few snaps to give Harris a rest.
• If the injury is serious, Harris a must-start again because few teams are willing to give a running back as much of the playing time as the Steelers are willing to give Harris without Warren.
• Harris has run 20 times for 90 or more yards in back-to-back weeks. He was averaging 45 rushing yards per game prior to Week 10.
• The Steelers have one of the easier scheduled for running backs over the rest of the season.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.