Week 6 Waiver Wire: Which Remaining Fantasy Football RBs Are Worth Picking Up?

You are probably looking for a running back for your fantasy football squad this week to replace Beanie Wells, Knowshon Moreno, Jackie Battle, Mike Tolbert and Ryan Matthews, Marshawn Lynch or Chris Johnson due to byes.

This is a large number of serviceable backs that won’t be playing and unfortunately the waiver wire will not be kind to you this week.

There simply aren’t enough quality RBs in the league and most of the decent ones have already found a roster spot.

You are going to have to dig deep and hope that someone pulls through for you if you cannot swing a trade or go to your bench.

Let’s take a look at some of the few options you have via waivers.

Earnest Graham

It looks like LeGarrette Blount may miss some time and his backup, Graham, will get a chance to earn a solid amount of carries.

Graham is already owned in a solid number of leagues but you may luck out and be able to scoop him up.

A bonus is in PPR leagues, as the Bucs can rely on Graham to pass protect and catch balls so he will see more snaps than Blount typically does on third down.

Donald Brown/Delone Carter

The Colts’ running game is atrocious and their No. 1 back, Joseph Addai, is hurt.

I believe they are going to use a platoon system between Brown and Carter to replace his ‘production’ but I wouldn’t expect much.

Pick up one of these guys and hope they will score a TD because besides that, there won’t be much production from either.

Isaac Redman/Jonathan Dwyer

Rashard Mendenhall should be returning from injury this week, which would leave limited snaps for Redman and Dwyer.

If Redman is still available, you could scoop him up and hope that Mendenhall reinjures himself or isn’t one hundred percent ready to go and they split carries.

Dwyer is only a desperation option and you could hope he sees from playing time after his huge run last week.