Marion Grice, Stepfan Taylor's Fantasy Outlook After Andre Ellington's Injury

The Arizona Cardinals already lost their starting quarterback, and in Sunday's Week 13 game against the Atlanta Falcons, they saw feature running back Andre Ellington leave with a hip injury.

That leaves rookie Marion Grice and second-year Stanford product Stepfan Taylor to take over in Arizona's backfield. Neither has a lot of fantasy upside, though, so they aren't highly recommended as waiver-wire candidates even in the deepest leagues.     

Running the ball hasn't been the Cardinals' forte all year, as they ranked 31st entering Sunday in averaging just 78.4 yards on the ground. They may have been worse off if not for Ellington's sensational lateral quickness and elusiveness in the open field.

With Carson Palmer no longer under center, expectations for Grice and Taylor have to be tempered with Drew Stanton at the helm. Defenses will load the box and dare Stanton to beat them with his arm, so that's bad news for any fantasy owners hoping Taylor or Grice will save them.

And since there is no clear, superior option between Grice and Taylor, they will likely be in a timeshare situation, which is mutually destructive for their respective fantasy stocks.