Analyze Bhayshul Tuten's matchup for week 10
Tuten’s sporadic usage (five-or-fewer carries in five of eight games) and zero passing-down role make him a touchdown-or-bust bench option against a middling Texans run defense; only start in 14-team leagues if you’re absolutely desperate.
Houston enters Week 10 allowing 120 rushing yards per game (upper-half but exploitable) after getting gashed by Jets rookie Kyle Monangai for 176 yards on 26 carries last week. The matchup is neutral-to-slightly-favorable on paper, yet Tuten remains stuck behind Travis Etienne and doesn’t play on passing downs, so any positive game-script advantage is unlikely to reach him without an Etienne injury.
Career-high nine carries in Week 9 produced 29 yards and a score—his first TD since Week 3 and only his second game above 30 rushing yards this season.
Volume is the fatal flaw: Tuten has handled five or fewer carries in five of eight outings and has been targeted just four times all year, rendering him entirely game-script and touchdown dependent. Even after a post-bye buzz about expanded work, his 22 % snap share and six red-zone carries in Week 9 still pale beside Etienne’s every-down usage. The Texans’ recent 176-yard debacle versus Monangai hints that a committee back could succeed, but Jacksonville has shown no inclination to move away from Etienne, and Tuten’s complete lack of receiving chops (LeQuint Allen Jr. owns passing downs) caps his floor at zero if he doesn’t fall into the end zone. Stash him as a high-end handcuff—an Etienne injury would vault him into the RB2 conversation in a top-12 offense—but expectations must be minimal in Week 10.