Fourth & Inches

2026 regular · wk 4 · half ppr · 64 games lined

RB

Saquon Barkley

PHI

RB7 · overall #11 · tier 2 · age 29

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Projected points

212

13.7/gm

Value over replacement

99

repl 116

Range

167–256

sd 44

Week

8.7

vs LA

The take

written by hand

I raised him from RB19 to RB11. 14.6 carries and 3.3 targets at 29 with the age curve at 0.90 — I'm not paying for last year in full, but I had gone too far the other way.

Why this ranking

hand-set 2026-08-22

Market-matching call, 22 Aug: raised 190.6 -> 206.0 to land RB8. Expanded 3 Sep from an assertion into something checkable; the CALL is unchanged and this adds no new claim. 211.7 over 15.5 games is 13.66/g against his own 15.19 half-PPR/g, so the override buys back only part of the gap to his record and still sits well under it. Sleeper projects 228.2, above this. Markets ADP RB9, ECR RB6, consensus RB7, Underdog RB6 -- four sources inside three ranks, which is as close to agreement as they get. Lands RB6 against the stated RB8, two ahead, on a board that moved rather than on any change here. BASIS CORRECTED 3 SEP. The comparison above originally quoted `obs_ppr_pg`, which is FULL PPR, against a projection the board computes in HALF PPR. Every such figure in this file has been replaced with the player's own half-PPR rate, measured from nflverse weekly data over his whole career. Receptions are the whole difference, so the error scaled with target volume and was largest for receivers.

This is a view, not a correction — the model said something different and was overruled. See how it works.

Projected usage

opportunity over the projected season

Targets
55
Carries
228
Receptions
41
Rec yards
303
Rush yards
1073
Rush TD
9.4
Rec TD
1.6
Total TD
11.0
Games projected
15.5
Observed pts/gm (history)
17.1
Games of history
62
Age multiplier
0.895
Usage carryover
1.00

Team context

what scales this projection

Neutral sec / play
32.8
Projected plays / game
61.3
Projected pass rate
53%
OL run block
+1.28
OL pass protection
+1.10
OL continuity
81%
2TE rate
36%
3WR rate
63%
1st-down pass rate
43%
Run friendly
+0.90
Scheme creativity
+0.20
Play action / motion
23% / 46%

Situation

ambiguity widens the projection range

Label
clear lead
Ambiguity score
14
Effective contributors
1.61
Top player's share
77%
New play-caller
no
Variance multiplier
1.31

Trade window

schedule-driven buy / sell timing

Action
hold
Window weeks
4-6
Window opponents
LA,JAX,CAR
Window matchup
+0.05
Opponents after
DAL,WAS,NYG
After matchup
+1.42
Flip edge
-1.36
Buy basis
recent form
Bye week
10
Playoff schedule (15-17)
-0.29

2025 game log

full season · Standard

Games

16

Points

195.3

Per game

12.21

17-gm pace

208

Best / worst

29.4 / 4.2

Pace extrapolates the selected weeks over 17 games. It is what that stretch was worth, not a projection — no availability, matchup or regression adjustment is applied.

WkPtsRankAttRu YdsRu TDTgtRecRe YdsRe TD
114.4RB81860154240
215.4RB10228812260
35.5RB33184605490
413.4RB171943144310
514.8RB10630033581
66.7RB21125803290
74.2RB351844011-20
829.4RB414150154241
1010.1RB192260033410
119.0RB26268302170
125.4RB301022087520
135.6RB43135602000
1418.2RB52012212000
1515.2RB112278132140
1621.2RB92113212000
176.8RB27196800000