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Chosen spent last season with the Dolphins, appearing in nine games while posting a 4-126-1 line on six targets. Chosen can be claimed by another team as an addition to their 53-man roster at any time, but the speedster appears unlikely to make much of a real and/or fantasy impact this season.

Abdullah rotated into the game when the Raiders started trailing big. He is the team’s definitive pass-catching back, making the Raiders backfield a frustrating committee. Abdullah is best left on fantasy benches after the Week 10 bye.

Coming off a one-carry showing in Week 8, Estime was reportedly going to be more involved versus the Ravens. While he did up his carry total by four, all of his rush attempts came on the final drive. The Broncos were down by 31 points and the Ravens had already pulled some starters. It’s hard to chalk this one up as a win for Estime and his role. He will remain out of the fantasy ranks for Week 10.

White put together another inefficient day, getting first quarter goal-line carries for his touchdown score. The Raiders offense is low opportunity, and will be passing a lot when trailing. Alexander Mattison has taken over lead back duties and while White will still get chances and goal-line duties, he is merely a risky low-ceiling RB4 after the Raiders’ bye.

It was a weirdly quiet day for Ertz in Sunday’s win over the Giants. Coming off an 11-target outing in Week 8’s win over the Bears, Ertz was a complete non-factor against the Giants. Coming into Week 9, Ertz was averaging 5.6 targets per game. He should have some boom-or-bust TE2 upside in Week 10 against the Steelers.

Mattison only saw nine carries as the Raiders had to throw 33 times while playing from behind against the Bengals. His opportunities have varied throughout the season, as Zamir White was active and saw six carries while Ameer Abdullah saw all the backfield pass-catching opportunities. Mattison is the lead back, but his fantasy success will be game script-oriented more often than not. Mattison is a risky FLEX play after the Raiders bye.

McLaughlin scored a receiving touchdown last week but hasn’t topped 10 touches in a game since Week 1. His role also took a hit this week with Audric Estime pitching in for five carries. McLaughlin was on the fantasy periphery without Estime stealing carries and is now off the radar entirely heading into Week 10 against the Chiefs.

Young also took only one sack for five yards. It was just the fourth time in his career he took one-or-zero sacks. His 6.6 yards per attempt were his fifth best. That, of course, speaks to just how bad the young quarterback has been, but he looked far better via the eye test than usual. That includes even on his interception, which in reality was a beautiful deep completion to Xavier Legette the rookie wideout let get ripped out of his hands. We don’t want to overdo it when it comes to a 16-completion outing, but Young avoided mistakes and actually kept the chains moving in this one. It was probably enough for the Panthers to give him another look in their Week 10 German road trip to face the Giants. He will be nowhere close to streamer relevance for that one against a strong pass rush.

McNichols saw fewer rush attempts and totaled fewer rushing yards than Chris Rodriguez, who ran 11 times for 52 yards in this one. McNichols’ usage was on par with what we’ve seen from him in games without Brian Robinson; there just wasn’t much that materialized for him in the way of rushing production. Assuming Robinson is healthy for Week 10 against the Steelers, McNichols will revert back to his low-usage RB3 role.

Williams was inefficient per usual, rushing for 3.5 yards per carry. His longest gain of the day went for a measly seven yards. He marginally made up for the lack of rushing production with a 34-yard reception, getting him to 80 yards from scrimmage for the fourth time this year. Audric Estime and Jaleel McLaughlin combined for 10 rush attempts. Williams is the leader of a backfield-by-committee and isn’t creating additional yards beyond what is blocked. He is stuck in the RB3 ranks heading into Week 10.