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Boston Scott, Kenny Gainwell's Eagles Fantasy Outlook After Miles Sanders Injury
Oct 24, 2021
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 10: Kenneth Gainwell #14 of the Philadelphia Eagles in action during their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on October 10, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia Eagles lost a key piece of their offense Sunday, with Miles Sanders getting carted back to the locker room and ruled out with ankle injury.
The third-year running back was slowed by a knee issue earlier in 2020 and among a handful of Eagles players to miss significant time. That allowed fantasy football managers to get a prolonged look at Kenneth Gainwell as the primary ball-carrier.
The Eagles selected him in the fifth round of the 2021 draft. The 5'11" running back had 2,069 yards from scrimmage as a redshirt freshman at Memphis in 2019, so the potential is there.
In a limited role, Gainwell has run for 100 yards and two touchdown on 21 carries while catching 15 passes for 123 yards.
Given the waiver wire scarcity of running backs who can make a meaningful impact, the rookie is worth a look as a short-term solution. His value immediately craters again, though, when Sanders is back on the field.
For Boston Scott, the outlook is largely unchanged.
Scott finished with 374 yards and one touchdown on the ground while catching 25 passes for 212 yards and one score. He has since fallen to third in the depth chart behind Sanders and Gainwell, giving fantasy managers little reason to consider him.
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Devonta Freeman, Le'Veon Bell, Ty'Son Williams Fantasy Outlook After Murray Injury
Oct 22, 2021
Football: Baltimore Ravens Le'Veon Bell (17) in action, rushing vs Los Angeles Chargers at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore, MD 10/17/2021 CREDIT: Simon Bruty (Photo by Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number:X163832 TK1)
The Baltimore Ravens have ruled starting running back Latavius Murray out for Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals with an ankle injury, forcing the team to rely on its depth at the position in Week 7.
With Murray sidelined, Devonta Freeman, Le'Veon Bell and Ty'Son Williams should see an increased workload against the Bengals. Freeman is second on Baltimore's depth chart, followed by Bell and Williams.
Freeman has seen an increase in offensive snaps over the last two weeks, averaging 28.5 percent of snaps played in Weeks 5 and 6. In last weekend's 34-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, he led the Ravens with 53 yards and a touchdown on nine carries.
But while Freeman will undoubtedly see an increase in snaps this weekend, the Ravens tend to rotate their running backs and rely heavily on quarterback Lamar Jackson on the ground.
Jackson leads the Ravens in rushing yards (392) and carries (64) through six weeks. Murray is second with 212 yards and four touchdowns on 59 carries.
As for Williams, he has appeared in four games for Baltimore this season and was inactive last weekend against the Chargers. His time on the field has declined drastically since Week 1 when he saw 51 percent of the Ravens' offensive snaps.
The 25-year-old ranks third on the team with 170 rushing yards and a touchdown on 31 carries, but he still likely won't see a high enough number of snaps in Sunday's game against the Bengals to make picking him up worth it for fantasy managers.
Bell also likely won't be worth picking up for fantasy managers as he played 32 percent of Baltimore's offensive snaps last weekend compared to Freeman's 30 percent. The 29-year-old only ran for 18 yards and one touchdown, averaging 2.3 yards per attempt.
Bell is rostered in just nine percent of Yahoo Sports fantasy leagues, while Williams is rostered in 10 percent of leagues and Freeman in 14 percent of leagues.
If you have Murray on your roster and are in need of a running back to pick up, though, New England Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson (21 percent rostered), Seattle Seahawks RB Rashaad Penny (36 percent rostered) and Houston Texans RB Mark Ingram II (35 percent rostered) could be the best replacement options.
