Draft Note by John Paulsen
Johnson is fully capable of being a three-down back--he’s the all-time leading rusher at the University of Miami and hasn’t missed a game if five NFL seasons--but it doesn’t appear that his coaches in the NFL agree with that sentiment as he’s never seen more than 10.3 touches per game in any season. He averaged 7.9 touches last year playing behind Carlos Hyde, who has been replaced after Bill O’Brien’s jaw-dropping trade for David Johnson. O’Brien is likely to force feed David even if he’s not as efficient as Duke, so Duke is likely to need an injury to David to give him fantasy relevance in 2020.
- Duke Johnson
- RB
- , Houston Texans
- 27
- 207 lbs
- 5' 9"
- 141
- 2
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Johnson is fully capable of being a three-down back--he’s the all-time leading rusher at the University of Miami and hasn’t missed a game if five NFL seasons--but it doesn’t appear that his coaches in the NFL agree with that sentiment as he’s never seen more than 10.3 touches per game in any season. He averaged 7.9 touches last year playing behind Carlos Hyde, who has been replaced after Bill O’Brien’s jaw-dropping trade for David Johnson. O’Brien is likely to force feed David even if he’s not as efficient as Duke, so Duke is likely to need an injury to David to give him fantasy relevance in 2020.
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Sep 20, 2019 · 8:58 PM EDT
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2020 Strength of Schedule - HOU
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 @KC | 10 BAL | 5 @PIT | 12 MIN | 31 JAX | 21 @TEN | 24 GB | BYE | 31 @JAX | 29 @CLE | 4 NE | 28 @DET | 8 IND | 14 @CHI | 8 @IND | 27 CIN | 21 TEN |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
2019 Game Stats
| Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @NO | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 6.33 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 8.25 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 42/67 | 62.7% |
| 2 | JAX | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 26/66 | 39.4% |
| 3 | @LAC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 11.00 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 29/60 | 48.3% |
| 4 | CAR | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 9.33 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 11.00 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 45/69 | 65.2% |
| 5 | ATL | 9 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 29/73 | 39.7% |
| 6 | @KC | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 10.00 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 34/92 | 37.0% |
| 7 | @IND | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4.86 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 11.00 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 39/65 | 60.0% |
| 8 | LV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 8.25 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 37/83 | 44.6% |
| 9 | @JAX | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.86 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 5 | 13.60 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 33/70 | 47.1% |
| 10 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | @BAL | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 36/61 | 59.0% |
| 12 | IND | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 30/59 | 50.8% |
| 13 | NE | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 10.80 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 38/56 | 67.9% |
| 14 | DEN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 6.67 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 42/80 | 52.5% |
| 15 | @TEN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 9.50 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 21/63 | 33.3% |
| 16 | @TB | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | -0.4 | 0.6 | 29/66 | 43.9% |
| 17 | TEN | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 9.00 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 21/65 | 32.3% |
| Per game | 5.19 | 25.63 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 4.94 | 2.75 | 25.63 | 0.19 | 3.88 | 9.32 | 6.88 | 9.63 | 33.19/68.44 | 48.99% | |
| Totals | 83 | 410 | 2 | 1 | 4.94 | 44 | 410 | 3 | 62 | 9.32 | 110 | 154 | 531/1095 | 48.99% | |
