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J.D. McKissic

Third-down back should be busy against Bucs

For the first round of the playoffs, J.D. McKissic is one of the players who interests me. I think he’s going to outperform where he’s selected.

I don’t think Washington will win against Tampa Bay – or even be competitive. But that could play into McKissic having a decent game.

If and when the “Football Team” falls behind, I think they’ll be passing a lot, with McKissic grabbing a lot of dumpoff balls. If you’re using PPR scoring, a player catching 6-7 passes has considerable value.

Antonio Gibson starts at running back for Washington, and their preference is to feed him the ball and let him bang out 100 yards and a couple of touchdowns. But that kind of approach won’t be possible this week, with Tampa Bay having the league’s No. 1 run defense. They don’t let people gain much on the ground. So it should be a pass game, and that’s where McKissic moves into the spotlight.

Consider the game-by-game numbers. McKissic caught 2-3 passes in the three games against Cincinnati and Dallas, but those were weeks where they didn’t need him – they were able to get Gibson rolling.

But in McKissic’s last 10 other games, he’s caught 69 passes for 488 yards and 2 TDs. Not that McKissic is a big scoring threat, but when a player catches 7 passes for 49 yards, that’s 11.9 points in PPR scoring.

There’s not a lot of reliable producers at the running back position, so if you don’t have the luxury of being able to use somebody like Alvin Kamara or Derrick Henry, McKissic becomes a depth-type guy to consider.

Setting aside the three run-dominated games (which I’ve got tagged with black dots), in his last 10 games he’s averaged 22 rushing yards, 6.9 catches, and 49 receiving yards, with 3 TDs in those 10 games.

J.D. McKISSIC RECEIVING PRODUCTION
OppResultTgtNoYdsTDRun-Yd-TD
Phil.W 27-1751103--2-0
at Ariz.L 15-3000008-53-0
at Clev.L 20-34433705-15-0
Balt.L 17-31874002-6-0
LARL 10-30864601-3-0
at NYGL 19-20664308-41-0
• Dall.W 25-3221605-35-0
NYGL 20-231496503-17-0
at Det.L 27-301574308-6-1
• Cin.W 20-9432606-43-0
• at Dall.W 41-16222101-6-0
at Pitt.W 23-1710107005-8-0
at S.F.W 23-154218011-68-0
Sea.L 15-2010956113-51-0
Car.L 13-201087714-15-0
at Phil.W 20-14853002-0-0

—Ian Allan

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