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Michael Carter 2023 NFL Player Outlook: Mainly Deep-League Option As Jets RB3
1 year agoNew York Jets running back Michael Carter will have his work cut out for him in 2023 as the backup to Breece Hall. The Jets are "hopeful" that Hall will be ready in Week 1 and is fully recovered from his torn ACL that he suffered last season. Carter will take a back seat to the second-year running back and former Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, who signed a one-year deal with the Jets this offseason. When Hall took over as the lead back from Week 3 to Week 7, Carter averaged just 29 rush yards on 46% of the Jets snaps. That correlated to just 8.38 fantasy points per game during that span. Even when Hall went down, Carter wasn't as productive as fantasy managers would have liked due to the emergence of running back Zonovan Knight. The Jets also added running back Israel Abanikanda in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft. With Hall as the lead back and Cook now in town, Carter is suddenly buried on the running back depth chart. There will be few opportunities for the 24-year-old back to shine, even as a flex play. Carter has been related to the Jets RB3 behind Hall and Cook, making him mainly an option in deep-league formats.
