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With the fantasy football playoffs approaching, analyst Sal Vetri offers five RBs with league-winning upside worth stashing on your bench.
Blake Corum, Los Angeles Rams (15% rostered)
Corum is coming off his best usage of the season. In Week 13, Corum played a season-high 33% of the Rams snaps, and this led to eight rush attempts for 42 yards — by far the most usage he’s taken away from Kyren Williams this year. Corum earned 35% of the RB carries in this game.
Corum was one of the best running backs in college football the past three years. He was a popular fantasy sleeper this summer due to his landing spot with Sean McVay and Kyren Williams’s injury history. Williams has dealt with three ankle/foot injuries in his three-year NFL career.
Corum was an efficient runner in college, and we saw that come through in Week 13 as he averaged over five yards per touch. Corum is the perfect stash because if Williams were to go down Corum would likely earn most of the backfield snaps and touches. Over the last nine games, no other RB has seen a single snap for the Rams besides Williams and Corum. The Rams have strong RB matchups against the Bills, 49ers, Jets and Cardinals to end the fantasy season. If Williams were to miss time, Corum would instantly become a potential league-winner.
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Kimani Vidal, Los Angeles Chargers (13%)
Vidal is trending in the right direction as the fantasy playoffs approach. The Chargers recently put starting RB J.K. Dobbins on IR, meaning he’ll miss at least four games and isn’t eligible to return until Week 17. This opens a window for Vidal to earn more opportunities, and we began to see this in Week 13.
In his first game without Dobbins, Vidal played a season-high 27% of the Chargers snaps. This led to four carries for 20 yards. Vidal had the best run of the game for the Chargers, taking his second carry out of shotgun formation for a 16-yard gain….
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Publish date : 2024-12-04 15:13:00
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