DRBR: Houston Texans

Joe Mixon was a roller coaster of emotions for fantasy owners last season. Beginning of the year — awesome. Week one, over 150 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown. And this move to the Houston Texans looked like it was going to work out great.

But then he gets hurt in week two, and then he doesn't play in weeks three, four, or five. However, after he came back from injury, he ran for over 100 yards in five of his next six games — while also scoring at least one rushing touchdown in each of those six games.

So, in week 11 against the Dallas Cowboys, when Mixon ran for over 100 yards and three rushing touchdowns, fantasy owners were ecstatic. It was getting ready to be a huge playoff run for them and Joe Mixon.

But then over the course of the next several weeks leading up to week 18, he ran for less than 30 yards in four games, and he only scored one touchdown the rest of the season.

Unfortunately, the DRBR isn't super promising for Joe Mixon. A lot of his score is built into his volume — which would be fine if they didn't add Nick Chubb. His dynamic scores in the efficiency area… it just leaves a lot to be desired. And if he cannot be more efficient this year, especially considering the fact that they've got some changes on the offensive line, losing volume to Nick Chubb would end up killing Joe Mixon's fantasy value.

As of right now, his upside does not look that great. Maybe the weapons that they've added in the passing game can help open some things up, but Joe Mixon better be ready to run for his contract at this point — because Nick Chubb could easily step in and start taking touches right away.