Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison rushed two times for five yards in Week 4's loss to the Chicago Bears. He added one catch for eight yards on his only target. Mattison only played 6-of-62 (10%) offensive snaps with the Vikings playing from behind for the majority of the contest. The rookie out of Boise State is averaging an impressive 5.1 yards per carry and remains a high-priority handcuff to Dalvin Cook. Mattison will likely receive more touches against the New York Giants ...

Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison had a surprisingly solid week during the Week 3 contest versus the Oakland Raiders. Mattison rushed 12 times for 58 yards and a touchdown. This was the first time that Mattison had double digit rushing attempts this season, but that was likely a fluke game. Dalvin Cook is the lead back and is going to continue to get a bulk of the carries. Mattison heads into a Week 3 matchup against an elite Chicago Bears Defense. He's going to get some carries,...

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team LeaguesOWNED IN: 20% of LeaguesANALYSIS: It took a long summer, but we're finally enjoying Alexander Mattison performing on a Pro backfield at the NFL level. At least to the extent Dalvin Cook's monster production allows him to. As a newcomer, the rookie already has been handed the ball 25 times. Higher-drafted players such as Jordan Howardand Kenyan Drake have 27 or fewer attempts. Mattison is clearly out-performing all of them and then some.While we're not talking ...

Minnesota Vikings rookie running back Alexander Mattison rushed 12 times for 58 yards (4.8 YPC) and a touchdown in Sunday's 34-14 win over the Oakland Raiders. His first NFL touchdown came on an impressive 10-yard run in the third quarter, and Mattison has proven to be a rock-solid backup to starter Dalvin Cook through three weeks. He remains a high-priority handcuff to Cook (and is starting to garner deep-league flex consideration), but keep him on the bench for Week 4's road matchup against ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team LeaguesOWNED IN: 23% of LeaguesANALYSIS: I refused to believe what happened in Minnesota during their Week 1 game against the Falcons. The Vikings won their season-opener 28-12 with a shocking 10-38 pass-run split on offense. Those numbers belong to the 1970s, not the current football era. Indeed, Week 2 was very different and although Minnesota still relied heavily on the ground game (27 rush attempts to 32 pass attempts), it wasn't that extreme. Obviously, in both ...

The Falcons Defense was run out of the building by the Vikings in Week 1. The Dalvin Cook and Alexander Mattison backfield led the Vikings to 172 rushing yards and both backs averaged over five yards per carry. The Vikings totalled 28 points in the game, allowed just one sack and didn't have any turnovers. This week, the Falcons face a potent Eagles offense that should easily top 20 points and could very well be over 30 in a game that could end up being a shootout. Avoid the Falcons defense ...

Minnesota Vikings rookie running back Alexander Mattison had himself a nice NFL debut, rushing nine times for 49 yards (5.4 YPC) in the Vikings 28-12 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Mattison didn't see any targets, but his nine attempts were an encouraging sign as he operated as Dalvin Cook's backup in a game dominated by the Vikings rushing attack and defense. The Vikings registered 38 rushing attempts against just 10 passes in the contest, and it seems that the team will look to feature the ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team LeaguesOWNED IN: 21% of LeaguesANALYSIS: The Minnesota Vikings running game was out in full force in Week 1 and rookie running back Alexander Mattison played a big part in it. In his NFL debut, Mattison had nine carries for 49 yards, averaging a solid 5.4 yards per carry.Dalvin Cook was of course the star of the show for the Vikings, carrying the ball 21 times for 111 yards and two touchdowns. However, you'd have to imagine the Vikings don't want to lean on their ...

BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~130 OverallCurrent ADP: ~150ANALYSIS:Latavius Murrayis stepping into the Mark Ingram role with the Saints and he's being drafted at RB34. Alexander Mattison, a rookie third-rounder out of Boise State, steps into the Latavius Murray role with the Vikes...but he's RB55? What gives? Latavius Murray finished RB32 (2018) and RB20 (2017) in his two seasons backing upDalvin Cook, a role that now belongs to Alexander Mattison. Mattison had a solid career at Boise State, ...

I've been a little jaded writing some of these articles, not for any reason other than wondering if the creeping feeling of "everyone is listening to/writing all of the same advice" was starting to creep in a little heavier. I had many of the same sleepers/avoids as Matthew Berry, I've been tending to agree with most of my Rotoballer writers about their player highlights (Alexander Mattison really jumped up since my writing, hasn't he? Not my doing, but still.) And then I wandered into my ...