Fantasy Football RB Report: Touches, schemes, matchups, more ahead of Week 6

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• Kareem Hunt is playing like it’s 2017: Hunt made his first start for the Chiefs since 2018 and instantly took on a huge workload, with his 27 carries the most among all players in the NFL in Week 5. The veteran now looks like one of the best waiver wire pickups of the fantasy season.
• Tank Bigsby is inching closer and closer to stealing Travis Etienne’s job: Bigsby leads the NFL in yards per carry, yards after contact per attempt and breakaway percentage in 2024. He is outplaying teammate Travis Etienne Jr. this season, which could put pressure on the coaches to make him the team’s lead back sooner rather than later.
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