DRBR: Los Angeles Chargers

Since entering the league, Najee Harris has had decent DRBR scores. They've started to tick up as he has progressed in his career. At the beginning, very volume dependent. Over the last couple of years, he's gotten a little bit better and a little bit better on the efficiency side of the ball.

Now, Najee Harris as a runner may not have necessarily fit exactly what Pittsburgh wants to do anyway. However, when he signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, based on his DRBR scores from last year, the volume he was going to get, and his fit within this offensive scheme to be a true power runner, it was exciting to know that this guy had top-12 potential.

And then the Los Angeles Chargers drafted one of my favorite players, Omarrion Hampton.

The Chargers are going to have a true two-headed backfield this season that is going to eat into each other's touches. Najee Harris is in a great position to succeed. Omarrion Hampton is in a great position to succeed. Both of these guys, honestly, with a Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh offense, could end up being fantasy viable.

The ceiling though is what is going to be an issue. But that is where the DRBR can help us out, because we already know that Najee Harris is not going to get the same type of volume that he has been used to while in Pittsburgh. Even though he's on a one-year deal, more than likely he'll still be the starter to begin with. And Omarrion Hampton is going to come in and work on and off the field.

I could see it maybe being 55/45 in favor of Najee Harris, maybe even 60/40 to begin the season. And then, as we get a little bit deeper into the year, Omarrion Hampton turning this into a true 50/50 split.

But with the numbers that we see — 62nd in yards after contact, 85th in avoided tackles per attempt — now, this is exactly what I want to see from a running back who isn't going to get a ton of volume. Because it means that he could still give himself a decent ceiling every single week, even if the floor could be a little bit shaky at times because we're not exactly sure how many touches he could get — especially right now in the offseason before things start to play out.

Do I think it's going to be like Detroit with Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery? Probably not that.

But what about teammates like DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart with the Panthers? The New York Giants had Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw. Some sort of combination of that could lead both of these guys to giving us top-24 seasons.

Or maybe Najee Harris gives us a top-24 season and Omarrion Hampton is just outside of that, but maybe still a flex option.

Jim Harbaugh loves to run the ball. Greg Roman loves to run the ball. They've got weapons on offense and they've got a really good quarterback. If this offense is truly special this season, then we could see plenty of fantasy output all the way around.

Just know that maybe the ceiling isn't exactly what we want every single week.