See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they turned the opportunity into a touchdown.
See where Zach Charbonnet lined up on the field and how he performed in each area.
How did the Broncos pass defense compare to other NFL teams this season?
The bars represent the team’s percentile rank (based on QB Rating Against). The longer the bar, the better their pass defense. Team and position group ratings only include players currently on the roster and not on injured reserve. The list of players in the table only includes defenders with at least 3 attempts against them.
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Overall QB Rating Against
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Charbonnet is arguably overqualified as Seattle’s RB2 behind Kenneth Walker, and with the latter missing time in 2024 due to injury, the former has shown his worth. Charbonnet is enough of a spot starter in Walker’s place to potentially make their workload even more split in 2025 than in 2023 or 2024 – years in which Walker gets most of the touches and Charbonnet gets more than passing-down scraps. Walker is the more explosive runner, but Charbonnet’s combination of passing-down skills and size (6-foot-1, 214 pounds) arguably make him valuable. The Seahawks could very well give both RBs heavy workloads in 2025 under new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, as new quarterback Sam Darnold struggles to handle pressure and doesn’t have great receiving weapons. In that case, Charbonnet could provide FLEX utility even if Walker is healthy, in addition to the usual RB1 boost if Walker misses time. Charbonnet scored six touchdowns in his six starts last season, with 66 or more yards from scrimmage in every game.
Charbonnet may eventually overtake Kenneth Walker in the competition for carries in Seattle’s backfield, but by 2023 there was a clear division of labor with Walker leading the important carries while Charbonnet handled the passing downs and some low-leverage carries. It wasn’t enough for Charbonnet to establish fantasy value aside from Walker’s two missed games, as the rookie second-round pick spent a lot of time blocking and was targeted just 30 times. As long as Charbonnet is just a passing-down player for the Seahawks, it will be difficult for him to establish mainstream fantasy value, though his college production and 214-pound frame suggest he’ll at least be busy if Walker misses games. The UCLA standout and 2023 second-round pick was built like a starting NFL running back in college and backed it up with solid athletic testing, but the same could be said of Walker, who was also a second-round pick (in 2022). Charbonnet specifically needs to gain ground on Walker in the rushing rotation to determine fantasy relevance that isn’t entirely dependent on his backfield partner missing time.
Charbonnet looks like a carbon copy of DeMarco Murray, running in a fairly linear fashion but undercutting it with a unique blend of explosiveness, vision and motor. Charbonnet runs hard and breaks away to the second level if linebackers lose their pursuit angle, making the former UCLA/Michigan star a candidate to provide explosiveness and volume both, including as a pass catcher. It was disappointing for fantasy investors, then, when the Seahawks took Charbonnet in the second round of the 2023 draft. Kenneth Walker proved himself a standout runner as a rookie, repeatedly making high-volume, high-efficiency returns, so with the two on the same team, it eclipses the projections for both. Either would be a potential top-10 fantasy on his own, while the two healthy together in the same offense makes it difficult for either to reach the top 12. It’s a good setup for Seattle – they’ll run all day and create favorable looks for their talented WR group – but for now Charbonnet’s only advantage over Walker is that the rookie is a better receiver.