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00:03 When you think back on draft day and you take a look at players who you thought
00:06 may have an impact in fantasy, they didn't, especially at the running back position.
00:10 And then others take over and take the job.
00:12 And that certainly looks to be the case in Houston right now,
00:15 as Damian Pierce was the projected starting running back at the beginning of
00:19 the season for the Houston Texans.
00:20 Pierce looked okay, but let's be honest, had all kinds of trouble
00:25 breaking tackles, didn't score a lot from the goal line.
00:27 And then look what happened last week, Devin Singletary,
00:30 former Buffalo Bill, really took hold of this job.
00:33 150 rushing yards, one reception, 11 yards, and a touchdown.
00:37 I would imagine that Pierce will get an opportunity still to play.
00:41 But do you think, Matt,
00:42 that Singletary has now taken over the starting role of the Texans?
00:46 >> Yeah, it's always tough to say when a quote unquote starter gets hurt,
00:50 what his role is gonna be when he comes back.
00:53 But the two games prior to Pierce being out,
00:55 they were basically running even, Pierce was still starting getting a couple
01:00 more carries, but it was basically a straight up committee backfield.
01:04 Now he's been out, Singletary had the most effective game any Texans running back has
01:08 had this past week.
01:10 So at the very least, I think he's earned the right to be sort of
01:14 the nominal lead back, so to speak, when Pierce comes back.
01:19 Because Pierce was struggling to get three yards of carry.
01:21 So at the very least, I think Singletary has flex value every week.
01:25 If Pierce is out again, especially this week, fantastic matchup against Arizona.
01:30 Singletary is pretty much a must start, and certainly in 12 team formats,
01:33 maybe even 10.
01:34 So he's the type of guy that going into the year was such an afterthought running
01:39 back, a lot of people really like Pierce to build off his strong rookie season.
01:43 But it looks like Singletary might be the guy to own in that backfield the rest of
01:47 the way.
01:47 The big worry though, is who gets the goal line carries when Pierce is healthy.
01:51 That still seems like a job for Pierce.
01:53 And if you take away carries, goal line carries in an offense like Houston's,
01:58 well, now you're really relying on yards, you're really relying on catches and PPR.
02:02 And ultimately, you're probably gonna be disappointed most weeks with Singletary.
02:05 So this is one of those situations where Singletary owners anyway,
02:08 just hope Pierce stays out.
02:09 But he should be back within the next couple games.
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