Ashton Jeanty 64-yard TD run vs. Chicago
Ashton Jeanty does 99% of the work on this play. The offensive line helped him very little, which has been par for the course at this point in the season, so he’s forced to dodge two tackles right out of the gate. After breaking free, Jeanty finds some real estate down the left sideline, at which point it becomes less football and more foot race, which lucky for him, is his bread and butter. You will see the Chicago free safety catch Jeanty at around the 25-yard line. You might expect that to be the end of the play — only it’s not. In a cross between a jump, a hop and a hurdle, Jeanty gets out of the tackle and glides into the end zone as if he’s done it 100 times before.
This play was a tale of two tales. The first tale is the tragedy of the Raiders offensive line. Approximately 2.4 seconds after the snap, Jeanty was faced with a mess at the line of scrimmage, contact at -0.2 yards and just three expected rush yards on the play. The second tale, however, is the epic of Ashton Jeanty’s talent. With one cut, multiple missed tackles forced and a top speed of 20.09 miles per hour, Jeanty instead logged 61 rushing yards over expectation on his way to the end zone.
This was Jeanty’s biggest play of Week 4 — worth 12.4 fantasy points on its own — but take it out completely, and he still scored 21.1 the rest of the day. It was an incredible (and relieving) breakout for the sixth-overall pick, who has been muffled by his poor offensive line and inconsistent offense to start the year. Notably, he ended up with -16 rush yards over expectation on his other 20 carries, so all is not solved, but the Jeanty panic button can be shelved for at least another week or two.