Cam Akers

Akers, who had 15 rushing attempts over the past two games, was invisible in this one. Aaron Jones, meanwhile, had 21 touches for 93 scoreless yards. Akers did not log a route or target against the Seahawks. He should remain on waiver wires in Week 17.

The question is simply how big of a role there is behind Gibbs. Reynolds took 14 carries to Gibbs' 26 in Week 8 of 2023 against the Raiders, and three carries to Gibbs' 11 in Week 7 of 2023 against the Ravens. That was with a rookie Gibbs, though, and it's possible the Lions are more interested in entrusting Gibbs with a large majority of the workload today. Ultimately we expect Reynolds and Vaki to command no more than a Cam Akers-ish closeout role with a snap here or there. It may not be enough for fantasy value in Week 16.

Akers had just three carries before things got out of hand, then salted away the fourth quarter with a one-yard touchdown to take the score to 27-6 and was given additional closeout work. His role feels as strong as you can get on a non-committee team, but it doesn't amount to much more in fantasy than touchdown-or-bust. He finished with 21 snaps to Aaron Jones' 47.

He added a 30-yard defensive pass interference penalty in the end zone that set up a Cam Akers score. Addison had scored six touchdowns in his last six games, but we'd argue nine targets is still a very strong signal for his rest-of-season involvement even if he didn't quite land the knockout blow in this one. Addison will remain on the WR2 line against the Seahawks in Week 16.

That makes touchdowns in three of four games for Jones. The Vikings had some trouble establishing it in the first half as they struggled with penalties and Jones had a pair of negative-one yard carries on a tough 15-play drive that ended with a pick. But they finally cracked Chicago's defense late in the third quarter as Jones took seven carries on a 12-play drive that he capped with a score. Jones ceded some late playing time to Cam Akers, but that was about the game situation. He'll be in the RB2 ranks for Week 16's game against the Seahawks.