Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Stashes: Running Backs (Week 4)

It’s still Week 3, but it can pay to be looking ahead to Week 4 and beyond to consider the players on waivers that you might stash. Go ahead and grab them now rather than having an all-out waiver-wire war with your fellow league mates in a few days’ time.

This column will take a look ahead each week at players rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo leagues.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Stashes Ahead of Week 4

Roschon Johnson (RB – CHI) – 45% Rostered

When the Chicago Bears made D’Onta Foreman a healthy scratch in Week 2 they greatly helped fantasy managers out, probably earlier than many expected, and the Bears haven’t done a lot to help out fantasy managers so far this season. Reducing a committee backfield from three players down to just two is a massive help and although it didn’t pay off in Week 2 when Roschon Johnson put up a paltry 6.2 PPR points, it was a great show of faith in the rookies abilities. The Bears are already in evaluation mode for 2024 and it makes sense to give Johnson every chance to establish a role so that this management gets a chance to work out how big a role he can have in 2024 when they might just be slightly more competent.

When trailing by 7+ points in 2023:

Snap rate
49% – Roschon Johnson
37% – Khalil Herbert

Bears listed as 12.5-point dogs vs. KC. Is this Roschon Johnson week?

— Jacob Gibbs (@jagibbs_23) September 22, 2023

Tyjae Spears (RB – TEN) – 23% Rostered

The Titans aren’t being shy about wanting to get Tyjae Spears involved early in the season, with him seeing 14 touches over the first two games, and Spears has obliged with 6.9 yards per carry compared to 29-year-old Derrick Henry‘s 3.6. The Titans are sooner or later going to have to confront where they are as a team, and when that happens it wouldn’t be surprising to see Derrick Henry traded, or given a back seat to the promising rookie they drafted this offseason. Spears might not blow up too soon, but he’s worth rostering in all formats.