1 week emergency RB help (1 Viewer)

[alterego]

PPR league, due to Zeke's suspension and bye weeks I have basically no-one to fill in at my 2 RB spots this week.  RBs are VERY thin on the waiver wire in this league.  Here are the available players (I'm currently holding Kelley and DMC), with my thoughts:

• Rob Kelley (Was) @ Sea - He's at least the #1, but against Seattle I wouldn't expect much.
  
• Darren McFadden & Alfred Morris (Dal) vs KC - A part of me wants to go with BOTH Morris and DMC and therefore get whatever Dallas gets on the ground.
  
• Kenyan Drake (Mia) vs Oak - Doesn't really excite me - it's still Miami and Ajayi had no real success.
  
• T.J. Yeldon & Chris Ivory (Jax) vs Cin - Either Ivory or Yeldon could be nice if Fournette was still hurt, but it sounds like he'll be fine.
  
• DeAndre Washington (Oak) @ Mia - 3-headed RBBC.
  
• Matt Breida (SF) vs Ari - Hyde's currently healthy, so would be just hoping for another TD.
  
• Wayne Gallman (NYG) vs LAR - Looked promising a few weeks ago, but seems to have taken a back seat to Darkwa.
  
• J.D. McKissic (Sea) vs Was - Could get a few PPR points, but has been quite the last couple weeks.
  
• D'Onta Foreman (Hou) vs Ind - Similar to McKissic, could get some PPR points, but has been quiet lately.
  
• Andre Ellington (Ari) @ SF - Intriguing. Peterson came back down to earth last week, so maybe they'll throw to Ellington again and he returns to PPR gold?
  

Anyone see a diamond in this group of turds?

 

[snoochieboochies]

If you have to start anyone pick from - kelly, mcfadden/morris, and drake. The others are limited by volume or are true handcuffs, not starters. 

Alfred morris should be your first target for sure. easy choice for me.

Kelly has a good shot to produce something this week. Finally healthy and against a 20th ranked run defense. Cousins will have a hard time passing, so the run game will be a focal point. 

Drake or williams will be the lead runner against the 22nd ranked radiers run defense, and the volume ajayi left behind favors whoever is gonna be the starting back. My money is on drake. 

Morris, then kelly/drake. 

 

[alterego]

Thanks for the help.

The question of DMC or Morris seems to be quite polarized, so just curious as to why you feel strongly Morris over DMC?  The Morris camp generally points to the fact that Morris has actually been active and playing.  The DMC camp says that he's been kept "in the wings" specifically for this scenario, and feel he is better than Morris.  I've flip-flopped my view too many times to count, so just curious as to why you side strongly with the Morris camp?

 

[jrwall]

I like Ellington. If Stanton remains the starter, he's going to check down a lot. I don't think Arizona runs away in this game. 

 

[travdogg]

Morris should be a lock. I really don't see this as being that big of a RBBC, Morris should see at least 15 touches, with upside for more if he's having success.

I lean toward Drake as the other option. Oakland isn't much of a defense, and Drake has the highest touch ceiling of the remaining options.

 

[Titletown_Favres]

yikes,,, morris and drake on volume alone

please see mine: https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/762301-flex-ppr-week-9/