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Malik Davis

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Season / week
2026 / 8
Scoring
HALF · 12 teams · 1 QB
Source freshness
partial
Observed season stats
Through week 8; complete through week 7. The latest week may be partial.

Generation time is not source freshness. Individual future-projection capture dates and coverage are provided per player; not every input has an independent capture receipt.

outcomes
ready
Captured 2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00; complete through week 7
season projection
preseason prior
Captured Unknown
draft adp
preseason context
Captured Unknown
advanced stats
coverage not verified
Captured Unknown
Model version and retrieval details

Model generated: 2026-11-01T00:32:50.841496+00:00. Model generation time does not establish source freshness.

Model version: trade-value-sleeper-ros-v1

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Retrieved 2026-11-01T01:40:13.695775+00:00. This is the page retrieval time, not a source update.

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Alphabetical player research. Observed points use posted games; future estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. Open a player for forecast dates and missing weeks. Trade values are model units.
PlayerPosTeamObserved points/gameGames playedEstimated future points/gameTrade value
Malik Davis RBDAL UnavailableUnavailable4.220

Future projection context

These estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. They do not identify who to start this week; use your league's lineup tool for that decision.

Forecast source
Model fallback
Forecast captured
Unavailable; no provider capture established
Unstarted games through Week 17
9
Weeks with provider forecasts
None recorded
Weeks using model fallback
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

Draft context

Historical context, not a weekly ranking or remaining-season forecast.

Full-season preseason projection
72
Draft average position
686.1

Observed production

Observed statistics are separate from model estimates. A missing season block means unavailable data.

This season

Unavailable.

Previous season

Fantasy points
39.6
Games played
10
Observed through week
17
passing yards
0
passing tds
0
interceptions
0
carries
52
rushing yards
250
rushing tds
2
targets
5
receptions
2
receiving yards
16
receiving tds
0
passing first downs
0
rushing first downs
11
receiving first downs
0
fumbles lost
0
Target share in observed games (%)
1.4
Fantasy points per game
3.96
Yards per carry
4.8
Yards per target
3.2
Yards per reception
8
Catch rate (%)
40
Total yards
266
Yards per game
26.6
touches
54
first downs
11
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
37.9
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
1.7
Opportunity observed through week
17
Opportunity coverage
complete

This season: advanced statistics

Unavailable.

Previous season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
20.7
Time to throw (seconds)
Unavailable
Average depth of pass target (yards)
Unavailable
pass aggressiveness
Unavailable
Completion percentage above expectation
Unavailable
pass air to sticks
Unavailable
pass rating
Unavailable
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
Unavailable
rec avg cushion
Unavailable
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
Unavailable
rec air share
Unavailable
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
Unavailable
rec catch pct
Unavailable
rec drops
1
rec broken tackles
0
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
2.96
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
1.85
rush broken tackles
0
pass pressured pct
Unavailable
pass bad throw pct
Unavailable
rec drop pct
20

Player narrative and news

Generated narrative is context, not a verified injury forecast or a weekly recommendation. Inspect its own dates before using it.

Write-up generated: 2026-07-22T02:44:42.345573+00:00

That 4.8 yards per carry from Malik Davis last season is doing a lot of false advertising. Split it open and 2.96 of those yards came before contact, 89th percentile and mostly the offensive line's doing, while his 1.85 after contact sat at the 47th percentile and he broke zero tackles on 52 carries, dead last among 89 qualified backs, so the efficiency was manufactured upstream of him. The receiving profile is thinner still, a 0.8 percent target share and two catches across ten games, which caps his usefulness outside standard scoring. What keeps him draft-relevant is the ecosystem: Dallas carries the fourth-highest implied team totals at 25.7 points a game, and the consensus hands him 80 carries with 2.7 rushing touchdowns for an RB63 finish, a projection that is really a bet on short scores in a top-five offense. He goes at pick 252, effectively free, and free touchdown equity is a reasonable last-round purchase as long as you know the shiny rate stat on his 2025 page belongs mostly to five linemen.

Latest stored news context

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Stored injury context

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