Jonathan Taylor — Week 8: 8 Carries and a Costly Fumble
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 2
Taylor ran 8 times for 23 yards, both his fewest this season, and lost a fumble at midfield against the Jaguars, and caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards, in Indianapolis's 42-7 loss.
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Jonathan Taylor had his smallest workload of the season against the Jaguars: 8 carries for 23 yards and a lost fumble, worth -6.8 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, plus 4 catches on 5 targets for 24 yards and -2.6 EPA. The carries and the yards were both his fewest in a game this season. He opened with a 19-yarder on the first snap.
The play that defined it came down 7-0 with 9:11 left in the second quarter, first and 10 at the Jacksonville 41, the Colts' deepest snap of the game to that point. The play never got started: Taylor fumbled on an aborted snap and Bryan Thomas Jr. recovered at midfield, -5.8 EPA and 10.0 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win, the largest swing of the game. Jacksonville scored four snaps later.
Down 35-0 with first and goal at the 3 in the third, he carried twice and lost 1 yard, then 2, before Daniel Jones threw the touchdown on third and 6. On the opening drive, third and 4 at the Jacksonville 42, his short catch lost 7 yards, -2.7 EPA, and the Colts punted. His longest catch, 15 yards in the third, came at 35-0.
Through Week 7 he had 140 carries for 587 yards, 8 touchdowns and -2.0 EPA, -0.01 a carry; here it was -0.85, most of it the fumble.
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