Kyle Monangai

Through four games Monangai is running at 14.8 points a game, well past the 8.5 preseason pace we set for him, and the reason is on the ground. He sits RB6 in rushing yards over expected at +1.1 a carry and RB7 in yards after contact, and 31% of Chicago's carries and targets inside the ten have gone to him. That scoring-range grip has turned into 3 touchdowns already, against 143 total points and a RB32 finish in all of 2025. The red-zone role has grown too, up to 24% of Chicago's red-zone carries and targets in his games this season. Last year he beat the position's weekly median in 10 of 17 games, so the weekly hits are nothing new.

The weak part of the profile is the passing game. Five targets and 39 receiving yards in four games costs him in PPR, and it shows in the swings: 28 points in week 4 of 2026, then 3.1 in week 3. He is also still listed second among Chicago's backs behind D'Andre Swift, with Ben Johnson calling the plays himself, so the role depends on Johnson keeping the hot hand fed.

He missed week 5 of 2026 and has carried a questionable designation since before week 6, which matters when you remember we expected 14 games from him and he has played four. Our number for the season was 119 points, RB35 on our board, and 12 backs still sit in his tier before a 10.1-point drop. The call: hold him and start him until the efficiency or the touchdowns stop, and if someone cut him during the quiet weeks of weeks 2 and 3 of 2026, grab him.