Key Highlights
- The do-it-all weapon had the Taysom-est stat line ever versus the Jets: 12 carries for 42 yards, four catches for 36 and chipping in with a 38-yard passing touchdown to boot. Hill got the rare start and played a season-high 42% of the snaps.
- Watching the game it felt as if the coaching staff, who has no affiliation with Sean Payton, also came to realize that Hill was a much better running back option than the end-of-the-rotation guys they had left over after the Neal injury. Alvin Kamara is still working through a MCL injury and missed Tuesday’s walkthrough practice.
- If he is out again this week versus Tennessee, why the hell not swing for the fences and start Taysom in your TE spot?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMarquez Valdes-Scantling - STOCK UPWith DK Metcalf suspended for the rest of the regular season it could be Rodgers’ ole buddy MVS to step up in that X-receiver role for the Steelers. The former Packer/Chief played just 43% of the snaps this past week but it was tied for the second-most among the Pittsburgh receivers and if you look around the roster, it’s hard to find another reliable outside receiver among the bunch. MVS already has one touchdown from Rodgers this year.
- Let’s see if they can’t rekindle a little bit of that magic against a Browns defense that has given up four touchdowns to outside wide receivers over their last four games. Kenneth Walker III - STOCK NEUTRALEvery few weeks we seem to play this same old song and dance.
- Walker goes off, we get excited thinking OC Klint Kubiak will FINALLY take the bumpers off and unleash the beast but each and every week the only thing that changes is whether Walker can hit on a big play. This is a long way for me to say he did not see an increase in playtime — in fact, his 43% snap share was the second time in as many weeks Walker’s played less than half the offensive snaps. Against the Panthers in Week 17, expect more of the same. Rashid Shaheed - STOCK DOWNAfter seemingly “breaking out” in Week 15, Shaheed once again fell back in Week 16, playing his usual 50-55% of the snaps. On that aforementioned Week 15 game, Shaheed set a Seattle high in targets, receptions and yards.
