Analyze hassan haskins's matchup for week 7
Haskins has fallen to third on the Chargers’ depth chart behind Kimani Vidal, is averaging 2.5 YPC over the last two games, projects for under six fantasy points, and faces a middle-of-the-road Colts run defense that has not allowed a 70-yard rusher since Week 4. Bench or, better yet, cut him.
Indianapolis enters Week 7 surrendering just 78.8 rushing yards per game to RBs (ninth-fewest) and 0.5 rushing TDs per contest. Ashton Jeanty and Tony Pollard were both held under 70 yards on sub-4.9 YPC the last two times the Colts took the field, so this is not the get-right spot many hoped for. With the Chargers now running a three-way committee and Haskins logging only 31% of snaps last week, volume will be scarce against a defense that funnels offenses to the air.
A presumed starter three weeks ago, Haskins has crashed to 27 yards on 11 carries (2.5 YPC) since Omarion Hampton’s injury and was out-snapped 67%–31% by Kimani Vidal in Week 6.
Hassan Haskins’ brief window as a fantasy-relevant handciff slammed shut the moment Kimani Vidal erupted for 138 total yards and a touchdown against Miami. Since being named the nominal starter, Haskins has produced a microscopic 2.5 yards per carry and has seen his snap share fall below one-third. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s "all-hands-on-deck" rhetoric masks the reality that Vidal is the far superior pass-catcher and explosive runner, relegating Haskins to early-down breather work and the occasional goal-line look—hardly enough usage to matter against a Colts front seven that ranks ninth in fantasy points allowed to running backs. Indianapolis’ 4.26 YPC allowed is respectable, and their recent tape shows disciplined gap control that limits splash runs, the exact skill set that has bottled up Haskins (career 3.7 YPC) all season. Even if game script stays neutral, the Chargers are far likelier to lean on Justin Herbert’s arm once inside the 20 than trust a runner who has created minus-12 rushing yards over expectation in his last 22 carries. Add in the fact that Haskins has zero targets in two of his last three games and you have a player whose weekly floor is literally zero and whose ceiling is a vulture TD—an outcome the Colts have permitted only once every other game this year. In 12-team redraft leagues he is unplayable; in shallower formats he is an immediate drop so you can chase higher-upside bench stashes who actually touch the football.