Jacksonville Jaguars running back Bhayshul Tuten has been a big part of their offensive success this season and has helped the team to a 6-2 start atop the AFC South. Tuten and the Jaguars are on the road against the Titans this week, but should you get Tuten in your fantasy football lineup despite some recent injury concerns?
Let’s take a look at the latest on Bhayshul Tuten’s injury, and examine how to approach the running back and his workload against the Titans this week.
Bhayshul Tuten Start or Sit Advice for Week 10
In his first year as a primary starter, Tuten has been very productive from week to week. He has seven total touchdowns while totaling 521 rushing yards on 122 carries and 181 receiving yards on 15 catches. Three of his touchdowns came as a receiver and four as a rusher.
After starting with 9.8 FPTS in Week 1, Tuten had at least 11 FPTS in six straight games. His best fantasy game of the season was in Week 8 against the Colts, when he ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, while adding two catches for 55 yards and a second score. He totaled an impressive 32.9 FPTS in that big game.
Last Thursday, Tuten was battling an injury, though, and he was limited to just 20 snaps (36%) after playing at least 48% of snaps in every other game this season. He still managed to get into the end zone, finishing with 12 carries for 29 yards.
The running back didn’t practice Wednesday or Thursday of this week, either, but on Friday he was able to practice and will be a full go for this week, according to coach Liam Coen and the running back himself.
If he’s back to his regular workload, he can return to a solid RB2 start this week in the matchup with the Titans.
Tennessee has allowed 99.9 rushing yards and 35.0 receiving yards per game to opposing RBs this season, while allowing them to score six touchdowns. They allowed more than 120 rushing yards and a combined three touchdowns to the Colts and Browns in Weeks 6 and 7, but they did bounce back with a better showing against the Bengals before the Week 9 bye. The Titans did trade a key part of their defense away in Jeffery Simmons at the trade deadline, which could make them an even better matchup for running backs.
For DFS contests, Tuten has a salary of $6,600 on the main 10-game DFS fantasy football slate this week, like the NFL $2.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st]. Tuten is a solid option at that price point and is in a unique spot since there are no other active RBs with salaries between $6,100 and $7,000. He may have high ownership due to that situation, but he brings plenty of upside to still be a solid consideration. He likely won’t be a leverage play, but he can be a solid part of the mid-range core of the lineup.
For season-long leagues, Tuten can be used as an RB2 with RB1 upside now that he should return to his regular workload.
