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Los Angeles Chargers @ Dallas Cowboys
Monitor Kimani Vidal’s health: The Chargers' second running back option suffered a neck injury early in the fourth quarter and didn’t return.
Los Angeles started the season with Omarion Hampton, Najee Harris and Hassan Haskins as its running backs. With all of them injured, Vidal took over as the lead running back for the middle of the season, and he played well enough to earn a split role with Hampton since he returned. Vidal played two-thirds of the snaps over the last two weeks compared to Hampton's one-third. Hampton’s snaps often led to Hampton touching the ball, leading their stat lines to be much closer than the stats suggested.
This week, the team started turning more toward Hampton, even before Vidal’s injury. Hampton played 20 snaps on the first five drives, compared to Vidal's 17. Hampton ran 10 times, while Vidal ran four. Vidal suffered a neck injury on the sixth drive, leading him to miss the rest of the game. He was ruled questionable, but never ruled out.
Hampton’s role increased with Vidal out, playing 12 of the final 19 snaps of the game, while Haskins played six. Hampton ran 16 times for 85 yards and a touchdown and caught a 10-yard pass in this game. Even if Vidal is fine, fantasy managers can more confidently put Hampton in fantasy starting lineups next week. If Vidal misses next week, then Hampton’s opportunity next week will be even better.
Monitor Ryan Flournoy’s health: The Cowboys' up-and-coming wide receiver suffered a knee injury in the first half and didn’t return.
Flournoy has been the Cowboys' third receiver in recent weeks, playing 55.8% of the offensive snaps in their previous three games. He was a big part of the Cowboys' plan over the first two drives of this game, playing 22 of a possible 26 snaps. That was the same amount as CeeDee Lamb, and George Pickens played 24 snaps. Dallas ended its first drive with a Flournoy touchdown, his fourth touchdown since the start of November.
He was ruled questionable in the middle of the second quarter and ruled out after halftime. Dallas continued to use 11 personnel at a high rate after Flournoy’s injury. Jonathan Mingo was Flournoy's primary replacement. Mingo played 16 of a possible 27 snaps over the rest of the game while Dak Prescott was still in the game. KaVontae Turpin only played nine snaps in that time.
If Flournoy misses time, we can expect Mingo to be the Cowboys' third wide receiver. Dallas has a solid matchup against the Washington Commanders, so Mingo could be an option in very deep leagues. If we find out that Flournoy is okay and ready to play next week, he could be an even better option in 14-16-team leagues.
Miscellaneous notes
- Cowboys running back Javonte Williams was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to a neck injury. He was rotated out a little more frequently than usual, partially due to the injury and partially due to garbage time.
- Cowboys seventh-round rookie running back Phil Mafah returned to practice from injured reserve on Wednesday. He was limited in practice all week due to a shoulder injury, and Dallas opted not to activate Mafah for this game.
- Dallas fullback Hunter Luepke didn't practice on Wednesday and was limited on Thursday due to a concussion. He was deemed questionable on Friday but was ultimately cleared to play.
- Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb didn't practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to an illness.
- Dallas wide receiver Jalen Tolbert was a healthy scratch, his third straight absence.
- The Cowboys took a few starters out at the very end of the game, including quarterback Dak Prescott, but the top wide receivers and tight ends remained in the game.
- Los Angeles wide receiver Quentin Johnston was back in the lineup after missing last week due to a groin injury. He was limited all week and was questionable, but he played. He was back to his usual role as the Chargers’ X receiver, totaling his first 100-yard game of the season.
- Los Angeles wide receiver Tre Harris was limited on Wednesday and Thursday due to a hip injury.
- Wide receiver and returner Derius Davis was ruled out Friday due to an ankle injury, his second straight absence. KeAndre Lambert-Smith was active in his place.
- Los Angeles tight end Tyler Conklin was a healthy scratch after playing in their last game. This gave Los Angeles only two active tight ends in Oronde Gadsden and Will Dissly. Gadsden played under 63% of the offensive snaps before garbage time for the third straight week after peaking at 87.5% in Week 11. He caught one pass for seven yards, while Dissly caught three passes for 28 yards.
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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.