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Next up behind J.K. Dobbins; depth chart RB2.
Rest of the stableTyler Badie (RB3), Adam Prentice (FB1)ExpandCollapse
Tyler BadieRB3change of paceQuestionable0% rostered · free long shotDenver's No. 3 back, moved up a spot by Coleman's Sept. 26 placement on injured reserve. Both backs ahead of him, Dobbins and Harvey, were cleared without a game status for Week 3, and no current-season usage has been reported for Badie himself - so he is an emergency-only option unless a second injury hits the room.
Injury history: No significant reported injury absences in the last three seasons; has spent most of his career as a roster-bubble depth back. Not listed on Denver's Week 3 injury report (dated Sept. 25), though absence from a report is not positive evidence of health.
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Adam PrenticeFB1fullback0% rostered · free long shotBlocking fullback, not a ball carrier: through two weeks he played 12% of Denver's offensive snaps and 67% of special-teams snaps. Elevated from the practice squad for a third straight game on Sept. 26, his maximum allotted, so Denver must sign him to the active roster for him to play beyond Week 3. No backfield touches to project.
Injury history: No injury absences reported in the sources reviewed; missing injury data is not evidence of durability. Available for each of Denver's first three games of 2026 via practice-squad elevations.
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Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 81/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in 72% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 21 | 81 | 26 | 23 | 163 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 146 | 540 | 58 | 47 | 356 | 12 |
Last 3 games with stats for DEN: 5.3 carries and 5 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 81 | 270 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 153 | 772 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 4 |
Last 3 games with stats for DEN: 15.3 carries and 2.3 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
RJ Harvey is listed RB2 on the Denver Broncos depth chart behind J.K. Dobbins. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Tyler Badie: Questionable (espn_rosters) Jonah Coleman: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Denver's passing-down back, cleared for Week 3 after missing Week 2 with a hamstring. Jonah Coleman's high-ankle IR placement on Sept. 26 removes the rookie who had been eating into this role, so Harvey is again the uncontested handcuff behind the chronically injured Dobbins. The most valuable stash in this backfield.
Starter injury history: Career: ACL tear (2021), Achilles tear (2023), MCL sprain costing four weeks (2024), Lisfranc surgery ending 2025 at 10 games; no season above 13 games since 2020. Aug. 11, 2026 (date-only): camp soft-tissue issue. Left Week 2 vs. JAX early; the team listed it as a hip, not the hamstring first reported. Full participant Thursday and Friday, no game status for Week 3 vs. LAR - no games missed.
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.
Next up behind Tyler Allgeier; depth chart RB3.
Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 54/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in under 1% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 18 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 82 | 269 | 31 | 22 | 160 | 5 |
Last 3 games with stats for ARI: 6 carries and 0.7 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 53 | 157 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 143 | 514 | 16 | 14 | 96 | 8 |
Last 3 games with stats for ARI: 9.7 carries and 2 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
Bam Knight is listed RB3 on the Arizona Cardinals depth chart behind Tyler Allgeier. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Trey Benson: Out (espn_rosters) Jeremiyah Love: Out (espn_rosters) James Conner: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Biggest bump of his career, for one week: with Love ruled out at the Rams, the Arizona Republic reported Oct. 16 that Knight is expected to share snaps with Tyler Allgeier, who is in line for the lead role. That is a committee complement, not a takeover - he remains a kickoff returner and depth back, and Conner is still on IR with no timetable.
Starter injury history: Durable across four Atlanta seasons (2022-2025) with no reported multi-game injury absences; healthy through 2026 camp and has played every week this season with no injury designation reported.
Listed starter Jeremiyah Love is Out; Tyler Allgeier steps in.
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.
Next up behind Kyren Williams; depth chart RB2.
Rest of the stableDean Connors (RB3)ExpandCollapse
Dean ConnorsRB30% rostered · free long shot51score
Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 72/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in 67% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 47 | 223 | 13 | 9 | 91 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17 | 145 | 746 | 14 | 8 | 36 | 6 |
Last 3 games with stats for LA: 6.3 carries and 2.7 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 80 | 393 | 39 | 30 | 217 | 5 |
| 2025 | 17 | 259 | 1252 | 50 | 36 | 281 | 13 |
Last 3 games with stats for LA: 14 carries and 9 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
Blake Corum is listed RB2 on the Los Angeles Rams depth chart behind Kyren Williams. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Ronnie Rivers: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Material change in usage, not in value: Corum was used as a pure breather back on Oct. 4, held to five carries for 14 yards and a seven-yard catch while being out-touched 26-6 by Williams, and an Oct. 2 beat report said the Rams need more from him. Still the premium handcuff in the league - durable, decisive, trusted on all three downs, and one Williams injury from an every-down role.
Starter injury history: 2023: high ankle sprain (his second in two years) cost him four games on IR. 2024: played every game but the rested finale. 2025: 295 touches across all 17 games, including an in-game ankle scare in late November that cost him nothing. 2026: no reported injury through Week 4, when he played a full 26-touch workload. Two-plus clean seasons after an injury-marred start.
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.
Next up behind Ashton Jeanty; depth chart RB2.
Rest of the stableDylan Laube (RB3), Connor Heyward (FB1)ExpandCollapse
Dylan LaubeRB3change of pace0% rostered · free long shot2024 sixth-rounder whose value is on special teams: a 25.9-yard kick-return average and 855 return yards in 2025, 10th in the league. Third in the pecking order with minimal offensive usage. If Jeanty missed time the work would go primarily to Mike Washington Jr., leaving Laube a complementary piece.
Injury history: No 2026 injury designation reported through Week 2 and no significant injury history located in the sources reviewed; he was available for return duty throughout 2025. Missing injury data is not evidence of durability.
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Connor HeywardFB1fullback0% rostered · free long shotH-back/fullback signed after four seasons in Pittsburgh and listed FB1 on the Week 1 depth chart. Brings blocking, receiving and special-teams value with five career scrimmage touchdowns. Las Vegas values his versatility, but he is not a candidate for meaningful carries behind Jeanty.
Injury history: No 2026 injury designation reported through Week 2. No significant injury history surfaced in the sources reviewed, which is not the same as a verified clean record — his Pittsburgh-era availability was not checked in this pass.
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Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 69/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in 19% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 34 | 168 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | No stats available before this game week | ||||||
Last 3 games with stats for LV: 6.3 carries and 1.3 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 98 | 313 | 36 | 26 | 251 | 3 |
| 2025 | 17 | 266 | 975 | 73 | 55 | 346 | 10 |
Last 3 games with stats for LV: 11.7 carries and 6.7 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
Mike Washington Jr. is listed RB2 on the Las Vegas Raiders depth chart behind Ashton Jeanty. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Chris Collier: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Fourth-round rookie (6-2, 228; 4.33 forty) who is Jeanty's direct backup and was in line to start Week 1 had the ankle kept Jeanty out. Usage is small behind a healthy Jeanty — 7-41 in Week 1, 3-7 in Week 2, mostly clock-killing — but with only three backs on the 53 he is about as clean a one-man handcuff as exists.
Starter injury history: 2025 rookie year: 975 rushing yards, 55 catches, no long absence. The Aug. 2026 camp ankle sprain has lingered all season without costing a game. Week 5: full Wednesday, limited Thursday, no practice Friday with ankle/foot, questionable; he tested it in warmups and was active vs. New England Oct. 11. No games missed, no timetable outstanding; a week-to-week item.
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.
Next up behind MarShawn Lloyd; depth chart RB4.
Rest of the stableKaleb Johnson (RB3), Pierre Strong Jr. (RB2)ExpandCollapse
Kaleb JohnsonRB3early down2% rostered · free long shotLosing ground rather than gaining it. NBC's Oct. 11 note on Pierre Strong's debut says Strong was ahead of Johnson until garbage time in the Week 5 win over Chicago and calls that a bigger concern for Johnson than anyone else; he had also fumbled at Tampa Bay in Week 4. Acquired from Pittsburgh at cutdowns for a 2028 sixth. Still a three-man committee, and no takeover case.
Injury history: No significant reported injury absences. His limited usage in 2025 and early 2026 reflects role and performance rather than health, and no injury designation has been reported. Missing injury data does not establish health.
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Pierre Strong Jr.RB2change of pace11% rostered · likely freeSigned from the practice squad to the 53-man roster Oct. 8 (Packers announcement), then debuted in the Week 5 win over Chicago with 5 carries for 7 yards and 3 catches for 11 yards, filling the role Chris Brooks vacated on IR. NBC noted he was ahead of Kaleb Johnson until garbage time. Eight touches in a bad committee is not standalone value, but he is the room's change-of-pace option.
Injury history: No injury designation or absence reported for him this cycle; absence of injury data does not establish health. He was on Green Bay's practice squad from Sept. 8, 2025, elevated three times last season, inactive twice and dressed without playing once - limited exposure rather than a documented durability record.
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Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 71/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in 86% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
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| 2026 | No stats available before this game week | ||||||
| 2025 | 15 | 234 | 929 | 44 | 36 | 282 | 14 |
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 48 | 122 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 3 |
| 2025 | No stats available before this game week | ||||||
Last 3 games with stats for GB: 8.3 carries and 2.7 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
Josh Jacobs is listed RB4 on the Green Bay Packers depth chart behind MarShawn Lloyd. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Chris Brooks: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Material change: Pelissero reported Oct. 17 that Jacobs comes off the exempt list Monday and immediately returns as Green Bay's starting RB in Week 7 at Detroit. That is reporting, not a transaction - the NFL probe is open and further suspension is possible. Lloyd, Strong and Kaleb Johnson produced little in his absence, so the job is his if reinstated.
Starter injury history: 2024: six carries as a rookie; an ankle sprain cost six games, plus an appendectomy - four IR stints in two years. 2025: missed the entire season (hamstring IR Aug. 26, activated Dec. 17, back on IR Dec. 19 with a second hamstring). 2026: available and playing with no reported designation through the Sept. 24 report. Gutekunst (Sep. 2): expecting him never to get dinged up would be 'naive'.
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.
Next up behind Jahmyr Gibbs; depth chart RB3.
Rest of the stableSione Vaki (RB2)ExpandCollapse
Sione VakiRB2change of pace1% rostered · free long shotNow the only backup taking offensive snaps: 11 snaps (17%) in Week 2, nine of them on pass plays, with one catch for 13 yards and one carry for 7. Used mainly as a pass-down blocker/outlet rather than a runner, so he is a partial, not full, beneficiary if Gibbs missed time.
Injury history: 2026: missed most of training camp and all of preseason with a broken nose and an eye injury; healthy and active in Weeks 1-2. Converted safety with limited offensive exposure in 2024-2025 and no prior long absence.
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Why this pick · the matrix
Evidence: low. Stash priority: 50/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Rostered in under 1% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
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| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last 3 games with stats for DET: 0 carries and 0 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
| Season | Games* | Carries | Rush yds | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 105 | 504 | 34 | 27 | 243 | 9 |
| 2025 | 17 | 243 | 1223 | 94 | 77 | 616 | 18 |
Last 3 games with stats for DET: 20 carries and 7 targets per game.
*Games with a recorded stat line; not an attendance or injury measure. Stats exclude this game week. Source: nflverse
Jacob Saylors is listed RB3 on the Detroit Lions depth chart behind Jahmyr Gibbs. Deterministic pick; the model overview was unavailable.
Backfield news: Isiah Pacheco: Out (espn_rosters)
Scouting: Material change: after being described as Gibbs' backup when Pacheco went on IR (Sept. 1), Saylors played zero offensive snaps in Week 2 and appeared only on special teams (18 snaps, 62%). Vaki has taken the rotational offensive role, dropping Saylors' standalone value sharply.
Starter injury history: 2023: missed two games (hamstring). 2024 and 2025: played every game. No injury designation reported in 2026 through the Week 4 loss at Carolina (Oct. 4).
Analyst write-up pending; deterministic pick shown.