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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

Beat the Waiver Wire: Top-12 RB Handcuffs (12/09 Fantasy Football podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Elijah Mitchell and Tyjae Spears may not have much appeal for Week 14, but they could help win you a Fantasy championship. Chris Towers walks you through his top-12 RB handcuff options as the Fantasy playoffs loom. 

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Let's talk about the top running back handcuffs next on fantasy football today in five.

0:40.5

Welcome to FFT in five. I'm Chris Towers, flying solo today.

0:44.1

And we are talking about the top running back handcuffs.

0:47.1

On these Saturday shows, we usually try to have Dan Schneier on.

0:50.0

We talk about beat the Waver Wire targets, guys who we think could be, you know, one big

0:55.9

game away from being the next big thing on the waiver wire. However, with the fantasy

1:00.2

playoffs here, I think the focus has to shift a little bit because we're looking now not just

1:06.9

for upside. We're not just looking for stash candidates who have upside. We're looking for

1:12.9

guys who specifically have, I think, insurance for injuries if they happen in the playoffs and

1:19.4

that upside that we're looking for, you know, the Ezekiel Elliott on Thursday night type of

1:24.7

situations where when it comes to running back specifically,

1:28.5

often an injury is all it takes for a guy to get into a 20 touch per game role.

1:32.9

And so what we're going to do over the next few minutes is talk about the top waiver

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