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Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Early at the NFL Scouting Combine last week we heard LA Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn mention that “we need a guy with him” in regards to running back/receiver* Austin Ekeler. But ESPN fantasy expert Matthew Berry expanded on that comment in an article this week, seeing Ekeler as a “17-to-20 touch-per-game guy” after speaking to people at the combine. I saw a lot of concern over comments from Anthony Lynn about wanting “another guy” back there with Austin Ekeler. Now, we don’t know yet whether Melvin Gordon (or Ekeler) will definitely return to the Chargers, but my take after speaking with folks is that the Chargers do see Ekeler as a 17-to-20 touch-per-game guy. They just won’t all be runs. In fact, they, not surprisingly, love Ekeler out of the backfield, lined up in the slot, etc. And those plays work best when you have another running back in the backfield (Justin Jackson?). In other words, Ekeler (assuming he’s back with the Chargers) will still
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