Week 11 Fantasy Rankings: Lance Ball and Players Who Will Benefit from Injuries

Week 10 of the NFL season had quite a number of injuries take place to viable and popular fantasy players.

Now players will need to look to find replacements and they shouldn't go further than the personnel that NFL teams are using to fill these positions.

Let’s take a look at some bench players who will get a ton of touches and a chance to prove themselves this week because of injuries ahead of them in the depth chart.

Lance Ball

Ball took advantage of not one, but two injuries ahead of him and made the most of his opportunity in the Broncos win over the Chiefs, rushing for 96 yards on thirty carries.

The Broncos have seemingly abandoned the pass and are going with a run-option style offense, which will benefit anyone who can hold the ball it seems. Even FB Scott Larsen got five carries and WR Eddie Royal ran three times.

Willis McGahee should be available next week, but Ball will get a healthy number of touches as the backup with Knowshon Moreno out for the season.

Kendall Hunter

Frank Gore went down with an injury after six unsuccessful carries and finished the day with zero yards against the Giants.

Hunter, his backup, came in and ran six times for 40 yards and a TD.

Gore should be ready for the 49ers game against the Cardinals this week, but Jim Harbaugh may use more of Hunter to keep his workhorse healthy for the playoffs.

Steve Smith (Eagles)

Smith took advantage of an injury to Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson being inactive to have a team high ten targets in Week 10.

Maclin is dealing with a shoulder sprain and hamstring injury so he may completely miss Week 11. Jackson should be back after hashing out his problems with the team.

That makes Smith a No. 2 option on a team that has been slinging the rock a good bit and needs to win a lot of games to keep their postseason dreams alive.

Vince Young

If Michael Vick cannot play, Vince Young is going to be the man under center for the Eagles this week.

They play the New York Giants, a hated division rival, Sunday and Young may see significant action if Vick’s ribs are too injured for him to play.

The Eagles are pretty far out of playoff contention right now and they may want to hold Vick out as to keep him healthy for the long-term.