Analyst talks Jahmyr Gibbs fantasy managers off the ledge after Week 9 dud

In two games against the Minnesota Vikings last season, Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs had 330 yards from scrimmage (255 rushing) and six total touchdowns (five rushing). With that in mind, it's fair to assume Vikings' defensive coordinator Brian Flores spent the offseason finding ways to better contain Detroit's offense. In Week 9, Flores found his solution. The Vikings held the Lions to 65 rushing yards, and turned Jared Goff into a pure drop back passer. As part of that, pressure coming right up the middle worked excellently against the immobile Goff. According to Pro Football Focus, Gibbs allowed seven pressures on 15 pass blocking snaps against the Vikings. Rendering Gibbs ineffective on the ground was one thing (nine carries for 25 yards), but turning him into a pass blocker to that extent led to him having just three catches for three yards in the game. Two of those catches went for negative yards. The obvious residual of Gibbs doing so little against Minnesota was him putting up a season-low