2020 - Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Melvin Gordon
RB
, Denver Broncos

Age: 27
Weight: 215 lbs
Height: 6' 1"

ADP: 29
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
139	612	8	42	296

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Apparently the Broncos aren't happy with Royce Freeman and want to instead utilize Gordon in tandem with Phillip Lindsay. Freeman saw 175 touches last year and I'd expect Gordon to surpass that number if he plays a full season. As a result, Lindsay is unlikely to approach the 259 touches that he saw last season. Gordon looks like he'll be a fantasy RB2 with Lindsay more of a fantasy RB3 in a reduced role.

Latest news

Melvin Gordon signs with Denver on a two-year deal

Ian Rapoport

Mar 20 · 1:48 PM EDT

Source: The #Broncos and RB Melvin Gordon have agreed to terms on a 2-year deal worth $16M with $13.5M guaranteed. The former #Chargers star stays in the division, creating a strong 1-2 punch with Phillip Lindsay.

Fantasy Impact:

This is an interesting signing considering both Phillip Lindsay and Royce Freeman were productive in 2019. Melvin Gordon is the better pass-catcher out of this trio, but for fantasy purposes, we're looking at a muddy situation until another move takes place.

Scouting report

by Pete Behnke

· Dec 27, 2019 · 5:21 PM EST

LAC RB Melvin Gordon - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 at Kansas City Chiefs
In Week 16, Melvin Gordon out-snapped Austin Ekeler 37 to 33 and out-touched Ekeler 15 to 9. Gordon had nine rushing attempts for 15 yards and two touchdowns, six receptions for 32 yards, and was the half PPR RB8. Gordon only had 47 scrimmage yards but was able to finish as an RB1 thanks to two touchdowns.

The Chargers have been out of the playoff picture for quite some time. However, at the time of writing this, the Chargers are likely to play their starters because this could be Rivers’ last game as a Charger.

The blueprint to beating Kansas City is attacking them on the ground. Kansas City is the eleventh worst defense against running backs but the third-best defense against wide receivers, per our signature schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed metric. 4for4 rankings expert, John Paulsen, has Gordon ranked as fringe half PPR RB1.

2020 Strength of Schedule - DEN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
21 TEN	5 @PIT	1 TB	11 @NYJ	4 @NE	26 MIA	25 KC	BYE	9 @ATL	20 @LV	19 LAC	3 NO	25 @KC	32 @CAR	17 BUF	19 @LAC	20 LV

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	IND	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	@DET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	HOU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	@MIA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	DEN	12	31	0	0	2.58	4	7	0	6	1.75	3.8	7.8	32/70	45.7%
6	PIT	8	18	0	0	2.25	3	30	0	4	10.00	4.8	7.8	37/62	59.7%
7	@TEN	16	32	0	1	2.00	2	-3	1	3	-1.50	6.9	8.9	34/64	53.1%
8	@CHI	8	31	1	0	3.88	2	3	0	3	1.50	9.4	11.4	25/45	55.6%
9	GB	20	80	2	0	4.00	3	29	0	4	9.67	22.9	25.9	45/71	63.4%
10	@LV	22	108	1	0	4.91	1	25	0	1	25.00	19.3	20.3	48/77	62.3%
11	KC	14	69	0	0	4.93	3	21	0	5	7.00	9.0	12.0	42/80	52.5%
12	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	@DEN	20	99	0	0	4.95	2	11	0	3	5.50	11.0	13.0	43/66	65.2%
14	@JAX	12	55	1	0	4.58	5	29	0	5	5.80	14.4	19.4	29/63	46.0%
15	MIN	7	28	0	2	4.00	5	36	0	7	7.20	2.4	7.4	25/62	40.3%
16	LV	9	15	2	0	1.67	6	32	0	7	5.33	16.7	22.7	37/61	60.7%
17	@KC	14	46	1	0	3.29	6	76	0	7	12.67	18.2	24.2	36/77	46.8%
Per game		13.50	51.00	0.67	0.25	3.78	3.50	24.67	0.08	4.58	7.05	11.57	15.07	36.08/66.50	54.27%
Totals		162	612	8	3	3.78	42	296	1	55	7.05	138.8	180.8	433/798	54.27%