NFL Week 17 Fantasy Football Recap: Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

• Travis Etienne: 9 carries, 108 yards, 1 touchdown, 3 receptions, 32 receiving yards

• JaMycal Hasty: 10 carries, 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 6 receptions, 23 receiving yards

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ARZ@ATL | MIA@NE | NO@PHI | IND@NYG | CAR@TB
DEN@KC | CHI@DET | CLE@WSH | JAX@HOU
SF@LVR | NYJ@SEA | MIN@GB | LAR@LAC | PIT@BAL

Don’t worry about Travis Etienne: Etienne finished second on the team in carries, but while he scored only one of the Jaguars’ three rushing touchdowns, there is no reason for concern going forward.

• He played 24 of a possible 31 snaps in the first half.
• Three of the snaps he missed were in four-wide receiver sets with one tight end. 
• JaMycal Hasty took the other four snaps and happened to score a five-yard touchdown.
• The Jaguars had a 21-0 lead at halftime, and they decided to take Etienne out before their other starters. Most other players lasted until the middle of the third quarter.
• He could have easily scored three touchdowns in this game had he stayed on the field for Hasty’s touchdown and for one more drive.
• Etienne should be back to his usual role for next week’s game that decides the division.

The Texans continue to struggle at running back: They continued to try different players as their primary rusher, to no avail.

• Dare Ogunbowale had the first opportunity to be the team’s primary rusher after Dameon Pierce landed on injured reserve. After his ineffective play, Royce Freeman took over.
• Houston followed that same pattern today. Ogunbowale started the game and took seven of eight snaps on the first drive.
• He ran the ball five times in the first quarter and only two more times over the rest of the game. He averaged 3.0 yards per carry.
• Freeman saw his first carry in the second quarter and ended up with the same number of carries as Ogunbowale. He averaged 2.7 yards per attempt.
• Rex Burkhead remained the third-down back without seeing any carries.
• Eleven different players ended up with targets for Houston, with no player having more than 40 receiving yards. None of the running backs finished with more than 20 receiving yards.
• Pierce will hopefully be healthy to start next season. Houston might find a new player to complement him, too.

Table Notes

• Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.

• Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.

• Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.