Analyze Ashton Jeanty's matchup for week 9
Jeanty’s 2.0 YPC and a bottom-tier Raiders O-line collide with a Jaguars defense that’s allowed the 6th-fewest RB fantasy points since Week 6; sit the rookie and stream almost any other flex.
Jacksonville enters Week 9 surrendering just 91.1 rushing yards per game and zero RB touchdowns over its last two contests, while Las Vegas fields the league’s 27th-ranked rushing attack. The Raiders’ inability to stay on schedule or sustain drives means Jeanty will see stacked boxes and negative game-script, a death knell for a back averaging a league-worst 2.0 yards per carry.
The first-round pick has logged only 445 yards on 88 carries (2.0 YPC) and one score through eight weeks, producing a meager 13.7 PPR points per contest and ceding passing-down work—he’s caught two balls all year.
Jeanty’s rookie campaign has been derailed by an offensive line that creates zero push and a scheme that tips run vs. pass at the highest rate in football; his 2.0 YPC is dead-last among 42 backs with 40-plus attempts. Jacksonville’s front seven, anchored by interior wrecking ball DaVon Hamilton and speed at linebacker, concedes the NFL’s sixth-fewest fantasy points to RBs since Week 6 and has not allowed a rusher to top 65 yards in that span. With the Raiders 27th in both rushing and passing offense, Vegas projects to trail early, relegating Jeanty to 12–15 early-down carries against a light box that never materializes. Until the Raiders prove capable of moving chains or the schedule softens (Weeks 11–13 look better), Jeanty is a bench-only commodity who caps weekly upside at ~6 PPR points.