Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving (foot, shoulder) hasn't played a single NFL snap since Week 4. He's been dealing with shoulder and foot injuries in that time. RBs Sean Tucker and Rachaad White have filled in for him in the meantime. They've had some good production mixed in with middling results -- in […]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (knee) sprained his MCL near the end of his Week 8 contest against the Washington Commanders. Since then, a Week 9 game, a bye week, and a Week 11 contest have passed without his return. Pacheco is the RB1 on the team's depth chart, and they've struggled in […]

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (appendicitis) missed his first game of the 2025 NFL season in a surprising turn of events due to appendicitis. Harrison looked to be having a career resurgence after a disappointing start to his NFL journey thanks to quarterback Jacoby Brissett outperforming QB Kyler Murray (foot). But his production […]

Week 11 of NFL action was full of surprises for fantasy football, just like most weeks in the NFL. In particular, the performances of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson, Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, and Buffalo Bills wideout Tyrell Shavers were much bigger than expected. Wilson was his team's WR2 for most of the […]

The Atlanta Falcons lost both their starting quarterback and top wide receiver in Week 11 due to injuries. QB Michael Penix Jr. (knee) is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, and WR Drake London (knee) sprained his PCL and will miss time. London won't play in Week 12, and from […]

The Arizona Cardinals have been without their top-2 running backs, James Conner (ankle) and Trey Benson (knee) for much of the season. Neither of them have played since Week 4, with Conner suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Week 3 and Benson hurting his knee the week after. Benson hasn't played in a game since […]

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Warren (ankle) has been the team's starter at his position the whole season now. But he suffered an ankle injury in Week 11 and was pulled from the game. He didn't return after that. In his place, RBs Kenneth Gainwell and Kaleb Johnson (a rookie) handled the backfield workload. Gainwell […]

We're through 11 weeks of NFL action in 2025, and the running back position remains one where it's difficult to find value. This happens every season, of course -- many RBs that were thought to be set up for good seasons have underperformed, and yet others have been injured. If you had New York Giants […]

We're through 11 weeks of NFL football in 2025, but it's never too late to hunt the waiver wire for pickups that could legitimately save your fantasy teams. Three wide receivers -- Denver Broncos WR Troy Franklin, Arizona Cardinals wideout Michael Wilson, and Cincinnati Bengals receiver Andrei Iosivas -- are interesting names to look into […]

It's generally more forgiving in fantasy football to whiff on your wide receiver picks in the draft, because you can find more value on the waiver wire. Not every week is a good week for free-agent receivers that aren't rostered in your fantasy leagues, but there are often wideouts that prove they deserve to be […]

The running back position is one of major scarcity in fantasy football. Even though it's so tough to find startable running backs after the draft, though, things do change over the course of the season. We often see players take bigger shares of their backfield work or simply take over starting jobs in their backfields, […]

I'll be filling in this week for Scott Engel and his Week 11 Key Starters and Tough Calls article, where we focus on key players to start or sit when faced with tight lineup decisions. It's that time of year when you really have to make tough decisions with your starting lineups. Week 11 doesn't […]

It only takes one injury or one depth chart shuffling for a high-upside stash that you made to instantly become a starting-quality player in fantasy football. While there are only a handful that go on to become league-winners, many become crucial parts of winning fantasy teams. Fantasy football is a marathon, not a sprint, as […]

Arizona Cardinals running back Trey Benson (knee) took over the starting RB position for his team when the guy ahead of him, RB James Conner (ankle), dislocated his ankle in Week 3 and was placed on season-ending injured reserve shortly after. Benson's initial stint as the RB1 was short-lived, though. He picked up a knee […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving (shoulder) won't play in Week 11. He'll now have missed six total games, and seven weeks, since suffering foot and shoulder injuries sometime around Week 4. In his absence, Tampa Bay's other RBs have stepped up. The second and third-string RBs for the Bucs are Rachaad White and […]

Losing your starting running backs in fantasy football to injuries is one of the surest ways to see your team collapse down the stretch. Bye weeks can also be particularly painful -- this week, Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor and New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara won't play. A combination of the two, or […]

Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon (ankle, foot) is heading into Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season with the ankle and/or foot injury that he suffered in the offseason, that's had him placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list. He's currently eligible to return, as the PUP list mandates an absence of at […]

It can be hard to bench starting players in NFL offenses in your fantasy football leagues, especially if you're in deeper leagues and need to start less commonly started players. For example, in 2QB leagues, you might be forced to start a quarterback that you don't like much. Such is the nature of fantasy football. […]

The position that's most apt to be streamed in fantasy football is easily kicker. The talent of a kicker, in comparison with other players, is the least important factor to consider, as the weekly highest-scoring kickers is often a revolving door. The most inaccurate kickers tend to get cut pretty quickly, and we've seen them […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Tez Johnson, Denver Broncos wideout Courtland Sutton, and his fellow Broncos WR Troy Franklin are three NFL WRs who have gotten significant playing time this season. Each of them has had their stretches of good production in recent games, but that doesn't mean each should be a locked-in starter in […]

It's generally easier to find startable wide receivers in fantasy football in the later rounds of the drafts or on waivers. But it's a bit harder to predict how they'll play compared to a team's starting running back, which doesn't help. Looking to their matchups, how they've played recently, how their offense is doing as […]

Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (knee) suffered a knee injury late in his Week 8 contest against the Washington Commanders. He hasn't played since then -- he missed his Week 9 game, and Week 10 was the Chiefs' bye week. In his place, we've seen running backs Kareem Hunt and Brashard Smith split […]

Dropping the right players at the right time makes a ton of sense in fantasy football. If a player doesn't have a lot of upside to bring your team down the road, it makes little sense to continue wasting a bench spot on them. It's generally a better idea to look for high-upside stashes, because […]

You might not have star players who have easy playoff schedules on your roster. That can be a tough situation to deal with, but you can at least work the waiver wire and free-agent pickups, and stash players with upside and nice schedules. Fantasy football is inherently unpredictable, but by its nature, players tend to […]

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) is dealing with a hamstring injury that sidelined him for his team's Week 10 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's a shame, because he was right in the middle of a hot streak. He had scored four touchdown catches in his previous three games, logging 26.3, […]

Arizona Cardinals running back Trey Benson (knee) continues to work his way back from a knee injury that he suffered in Week 4. He earned the Cardinals starting running back job that very game, and didn't make it to the next week unscathed. He was placed on injured reserve ahead of Week 5, where he […]

Minnesota Vikings running back Jordan Mason started off the 2025 season hot. It really looked like he was set to take over the Vikings backfield -- he was acquired from the San Francisco 49ers in a trade after an impressive season with them in relief for the injured Christian McCaffrey. Mason's game against the Cincinnati […]

Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey has been the backup to starting RB J.K. Dobbins (foot) all season, much to the chagrin of those who used a fourth-round pick (or similar) to draft the rookie this season. It made sense, as he was a second-round draft pick. He's taken a backseat to Dobbins all year, […]

Denver Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins (foot) is dealing with a foot injury, and the most recent news that's come out hasn't been positive. While he's been seeking second opinions on the aliment, it appears that he's a candidate for injured reserve. This late in the season, it means we might not see him at […]

New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson (knee) has had tough luck with injuries this season. He suffered a knee sprain in a Week 6 game against the Denver Broncos, and missed two games and three weeks total as a result. He returned to play in Week 10. Unfortunately, he suffered yet another knee sprain […]