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Miles Sanders

Miles Sanders

RB • n/a
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Ka'imi Fairbairn

K • Houston Texans HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sanders over Fairbairn

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Miles Sanders

Fading Into Fantasy Irrelevance After Quiet Dallas Stint

Miles Sanders enters the late stage of his career as a complete afterthought in the fantasy community. Coming off a quiet 2025 campaign where he logged just 20 rush attempts across four games with Dallas, the veteran running back currently lacks a starting role or even a guaranteed roster spot. Our data shows his rostered rate hovering at a microscopic 4%, reflecting his near-total absence from draft boards.

Long gone are the days of his 259-carry season with Philadelphia back in 2022. Since leaving the Eagles, Sanders has struggled to maintain efficiency, posting a meager 3.3 yards per carry with Carolina in 2023. At age 29, his physical decline and lack of dynamic playmaking have pushed him entirely out of standard draft consideration, even in deeper 1.0 PPR formats.

Without a landing spot or a spot on an active depth chart, Sanders holds virtually no standalone value. We recommend leaving him on the waiver wire in all standard leagues. Unless a team experiences a catastrophic rash of backfield injuries and signs him to a committee, he remains a safe skip on draft day.

Updated 10 hrs ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Fairbairn over Sanders

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Miles Sanders
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Miles Sanders
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Redzone Touches Ka'imi Fairbairn
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Miles Sanders
OWN
 
4%
+0.18 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Ka'imi Fairbairn
OWN
77%
+1.09 compared to last week
START
74%
+1 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Miles Sanders
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ka'imi Fairbairn
1st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Miles Sanders

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 84th with 18.70 total points (3.74 avg).
  • Currently 346.9 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.7 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among RB.
  • Top 100 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 83rd among RB.
  • Ranked 139th in Rec TDs among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 117 (23.40 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 78th among RB.
  • He is top 75 in rush tds with 1 (0.20 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 59th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -40, Rush AVG: +2.1 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: -13, Rec Yards: -68 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
Breakdown Ka'imi Fairbairn

    Overview

  • Including a kicker in a trade is rather pointless. Don't dare give up a positional player for a kicker.
  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among K's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 201.00 total points (10.58 avg).
  • Currently 35 points behind the leader: Jason Myers
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 10.6.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • For a kicker he is doing excellent, but that should be understood as a backhanded compliment.
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • FGA: 38, FGM: 36, XP: 36
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Miles Sanders

No Injury Reported

Injury Ka'imi Fairbairn

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Miles Sanders

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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Matchups Ka'imi Fairbairn

Week 1
Houston Texans VS Buffalo Bills

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.21287.8923163734.06
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 114.00 total points (6.00 avg).
  • Currently 113 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 321.76 per game and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Ranked 28th in rush defense with 2423 (142.53 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3047 (179.24 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 12 in interceptions with 13 (0.76 per game) and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 12 in points against with 21.47 per game and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 8 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -10.01, Turnovers: -17 Sacks: -6, INTs: -7, TDs: -2, Points Allowed: +1.51,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 42, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 311.4
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Miles Sanders
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FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ka'imi Fairbairn
7.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Miles Sanders
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2019 PHI 16 179 818 4.6 3 63 50 509 10.2 3
2020 PHI 12 164 867 5.3 6 52 28 197 7.0 0
2021 PHI 12 137 754 5.5 0 34 26 158 6.1 0
2022 PHI 16 259 1269 4.9 11 26 20 78 3.9 0
2023 CAR 16 129 432 3.3 1 41 27 154 5.7 0
2024 CAR 11 55 205 3.7 2 30 24 148 6.2 1
2025 DAL 4 20 117 5.9 1 8 8 30 3.8 0
3-YEAR AVG 15 157 679 4.3 5 33 24 128 5.3 0
Totals 90 971 4594 4.7 26 255 184 1277 6.9 4
Career Ka'imi Fairbairn
YEAR TEAM GP FGA FGM PCT XPA XPM
2017 HOU 15 25 20 80% 35 32
2018 HOU 16 42 37 88% 41 39
2019 HOU 16 25 20 80% 45 40
2020 HOU 16 31 27 87% 40 37
2021 HOU 11 19 15 79% 16 13
2022 HOU 16 31 29 94% 24 24
2023 HOU 12 28 27 96% 22 21
2024 HOU 16 42 36 86% 36 34
2025 HOU 16 51 47 92% 30 30
3-YEAR AVG 16 44 39 89% 33 32
Totals 140 307 268 87% 301 281
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ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ATH vs PIT 09:40 EDT EST
CHC vs COL 08:05 EDT EST
CIN vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST
DET @HOU 08:10 EDT EST
KC @WAS 06:45 EDT EST
LAD vs TB 10:10 EDT EST
MIA @PHI 06:40 EDT EST
MIN @TEX 08:05 EDT EST
SD @STL 07:45 EDT EST
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