What the Alec Pierce Injury Means for Jonathan Taylor #bestball #fantasyfootball
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Sep 27, 2026
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Sun, September 27, 2026
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Jonathan TaylorJosh DownsTyler Warren
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Jonathan Taylor
NegativeUsage0:41
Jonathan Taylor's efficiency is heavily dependent on Alec Pierce; without Pierce, Taylor averages 3.8 yards per carry with 40% of runs facing eight-man boxes, compared to 5.5 yards per carry when Pierce is on the field.
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Josh Downs receives a projected target bump due to Alec Pierce's absence, though he faces a difficult matchup against cornerbacks like Derek Stingley and Marshon Lattimore.
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PositiveUsage3:47
Tyler Warren's usage is concerning, characterized by a 1.48 average depth of target (aDOT), negative air yards in the previous week, 21% of his yardage coming from screens, and a 0.61 yards per route run rate.
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0:00The the the compelling part of this
0:01match-up, I think, is now we have for
0:03sure like we know Alec Pierce is gone.
0:05Like he's he's donezo. At least for the
0:08immediate future, I would assume this
0:10has potential to be like a big thing for
0:12the whole year.
0:14Um that was the one worry about him
0:15coming into the season.
0:17Um and we talked about this like he he
0:19his presence on the field changes the
0:21dynamics of this offense
0:23um a great deal because they don't have
0:26any other guys. Now they brought in
0:26Darious Slayton.
0:28>> [laughter]
0:30>> Can't even get through it. Can't even
0:32get through it.
0:33I tried [laughter] so hard.
0:36Cuz we talked about this
0:37So this this is this year's splits cuz
0:39this is a big deal.
0:41When with Alec Pierce not on the field
0:43this year, Jonathan Taylor is averaging
0:443.8 yards per carry.
0:47No no
0:48the in the box eight men in the box 40%
0:50of his runs without Alec Pierce on the
0:51field. There's no respect. There's no
0:52one here we need to worry about to to
0:55blow us to blow us off the top, right?
0:56Like And then with Alec Pierce on the
0:58field this year,
1:00Jonathan Taylor 5.5 yards per carry.
1:02Like this is a Removing Alec Pierce from
1:04this offense is scary to me. It's good
1:07for Josh Downs. I think Josh Downs gets
1:08a bump, obviously. You you you don't
1:10you're not excited about him locking up
1:12with Derek Stingley and Camara
1:13Lattimore, but like
1:15like removing Alec Pierce from this
1:17offense to me, I'm I'm a little scared
1:19of like at least the immediate return
1:21especially against this defense that is
1:23just like now we can just load up on
1:25Jonathan Taylor. Like we can literally
1:27load up on him cuz that's what they did
1:29in the second match-up between last year
1:32when
1:33uh it was like Philip Rivers stuff. They
1:34didn't care. They just they just totally
1:37mushed Jonathan Taylor in this match-up.
1:38So I'm just a little bit worried with
1:41Alec Pierce's removal like this is a
1:43tough spot for this offense to do
1:44anything.
1:46>> Yeah, it's I I completely agree with
1:49you. Um
1:52I mean you're playing Jonathan Taylor.
1:53Like you're playing Jonathan Taylor.
1:55It's It's just It creates a lower floor,
1:58you know, for for him unless they start
2:00utilizing him in more in the pass game.
2:01And he does have a 14% target share, so
2:03that that could be, you know, a way that
2:05that he still gets there in these tough
2:07spots. But this is just like an
2:09unambiguous tough spot with Pierce out,
2:12as you're saying. They They can't
2:14challenge deep. Um And then you also
2:16like
2:17Josh Downs, Keenan Allen, and Tyler
2:20Warren. It's just a little bit too like
2:23we're all kind of close to the line of
2:25scrimmage here where
2:26>> Well, his usage dot awful.
2:28>> It's been terrible, yeah.
2:29>> One point you're going to do it.
2:30>> 1.48 dot. Um
2:33>> He had negative 10 air yards last week.
2:35>> Yeah, 21% of his yards have been on
2:37screens, which is a a pretty high rate.
2:390.61 yards per route run. Yeah, 5% air
2:43yard share uh for Warren. So,
2:46>> him.
2:47>> They do.
