FantasyPros Articles on De'Von Achane
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the QB scramble tax is only about 1 PPG, and 1.5 PPG in full PPR. The projected ~19-target hit works out to roughly -14 receptions – 19 half-PPR points over a 17-game season. That's it. One extra rushing TD per month, or +25 carries at Achane's efficiency, erases it.
STACKED’s take
Achane's ADP undervalues his floor despite Willis; scramble tax is ~1 PPG in half-PPR.
Despite the mobile QB transition from Tua to Malik Willis, Achane's ADP of RB9 (15th overall) may undervalue his floor. Analysis shows the scramble tax costs elite RBs roughly 19 targets in the Willis scenario, projecting Achane from 85-87 baseline targets down to mid-60s—still top-8 RB receiving volume. In half-PPR, the tax equals only ~1 PPG; one extra rushing TD per month or +25 carries at Achane's efficiency erases it entirely. The Dolphins' barren WR room (Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle gone; Malik Washington at 317 career-high yards tops depth chart) mirrors the 2022 Saquon Barkley/Daniel Jones model, where Barkley led the Giants in targets despite Jones being a top-4 QB rusher. Slowik's Shanahan-tree scheme historically manufactures RB touches (CMC got 129 targets in 2025); Achane checks nearly every box for the bull case—alpha back, no target competition, top scrambling QB. The market discounted him a full round for the mobile QB narrative, but the compensating factors (carry volume, box counts, red-zone role) are worth multiples of the target loss.
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