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Top 6 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Running Backs (Week 15)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Running Back

RUNNING BACKS

Written by Bo McBrayer

Tank Bigsby (JAX): 46% rostered

  • Next Opponents: NYJ, @LV, TEN
  • True value: $11
  • Desperate Need: $16
  • Budget-minded: $6

Analysis: We hadn’t seen double-digit fantasy points from Tank Bigsby since Week 8. In a nearly unwatchable 10-6 win over the Titans, the Jaguars hitched their wagon to Bigsby to the tune of 55 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. Travis Etienne saw more work as a pass catcher, but Bigsby has looked like the more reliable player when healthy this season and has been among the league leaders in yards after contact per carry. With so many injuries at this pivotal point in the fantasy season, he must be rostered.

Sincere McCormick (LV): 15% rostered

  • Next Opponents: ATL, JAX, @NO
  • True value: $9
  • Desperate Need: $14
  • Budget-minded: $5

Analysis: Sincere McCormick is playing his way into relevance just in time for the fantasy football playoffs. The Raiders stink to high heaven, but the former UTSA Roadrunner is primed for a 2023 Zamir White type of run. He cracked double-digit fantasy points in Week 14 against Tampa Bay, with 89 scrimmage yards on 18 touches. White and Alexander Mattison might be back soon, but they have both failed to lock down the job and left the door open for McCormick to take over.

Isaiah Davis (NYJ): 11% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @JAX, LAR, @BUF
  • True value: $7
  • Desperate Need: $10
  • Budget-minded: $3

Analysis: I tried to tell the world this summer that Isaiah Davis was just as good as Braelon Allen (and more versatile). Allen was inexplicably used for entire series instead of Breece Hall early in the season when Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was hacking it up, leading many to believe Allen was in line for a robust step up in volume in Week 14. Davis was thoroughly impressive Sunday against the Dolphins, with 67 scrimmage yards on 13 touches. He scored a touchdown for the second week in a row and was targeted six times in the passing game. The Jets are done, officially eliminated from playoff contention for the 14th consecutive season. They should shut down Hall and run the two youngsters out there in tandem against a really soft remaining schedule. Davis is the one to covet.

Jaleel McLaughlin (DEN): 13% rostered

  • Next Opponents: IND, @LAC, @CIN
  • True value: $6
  • Desperate Need: $9
  • Budget-minded: $3

Analysis: We have been chasing our tail all season trying to figure out Sean Payton’s “hot hand” at running back. When it looks like Javonte Williams is finally out of the doghouse, it turns out to be an Audric Estime week. After spending FAAB on Estime, Williams is the guy. Week 13 saw the music stop with Jaleel McLaughlin settling into the lead chair. He earned a season-high 15 touches and racked up 84 yards from scrimmage against the Browns. I don’t trust Payton at the podium as far as I can throw Kevin James, but McLaughlin does have big-play upside and receiving chops the other two don’t have.

Kendre Miller (NO): 4% rostered

  • Next Opponents: WSH, @GB, LV
  • True value: $5
  • Desperate Need: $8
  • Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: Dennis Allen is a gaslighting menace and putrid football coach. He made me feel like I was the crazy one when he blamed former TCU star Kendre Miller for getting hurt all the time, as if Miller wasn’t actually any good. Kendre is good. He was finally activated after erroneously getting tossed back on IR by his former coach. Touchdown. I don’t believe we see Derek Carr for the remainder of this lost season. After breaking his hand, Carr joins Taysom Hill and Chris Olave on the shelf. New Orleans will run the ball a lot, but how much work do they want to pile upon recently extended Alvin Kamara? Miller is quite possibly a fantasy diamond in the rough.

Patrick Taylor (SF): 4% rostered

  • Next Opponents: LAR, @MIA, DET
  • True value: $4
  • Desperate Need: $7
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: The 49ers have now lost their top four running backs to injury. We may see Isaac Guerendo again, but with the quick turnaround to a Thursday-night game against the Rams, Patrick Taylor stands to see a sizable promotion against the Rams. Taylor earned seven carries on Sunday and found the end zone late in the 49ers’ blowout win over Chicago after Guerendo left the game. Taylor was pretty decent for Green Bay in a similar role last season when Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon were out. Don’t break the bank; Taylor’s not even as good as Guerendo. It’s more important to make sure your playoff opponents don’t get their grubby hands on him.

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