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Ideal Bye Week Running Backs

While handcuffing your stud running back (drafting his actual NFL backup) is critical in fantasy football, it's also important to draft players to fill in for him when he's on a bye. This page identifies the non-fantasy starting RBs that have the easiest match-ups on the stud's bye week. Points allowed to RBs listed in []

#1RB LeSean McCoy, PHI
Bye Week: 7

Handcuff: #66RB Ronnie Brown
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#34RB DeMarco Murray, DAL vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#27RB Michael Bush, OAK vs. KC [20.4 pts allowed]


#2RB Ray Rice, BAL
Bye Week: 5

Handcuff: #58RB Ricky Williams
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @CAR [25.3 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @CAR [25.3 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @CAR [25.3 pts allowed]
#37RB Jackie Battle, KC @IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#42RB Dexter McCluster, KC @IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#44RB Joseph Addai, IND vs. KC [20.4 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU vs. OAK [20.1 pts allowed]


#3RB Adrian Peterson, MIN
Bye Week: 9

Handcuff: #70RB Toby Gerhart
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#38RB Ladainian Tomlinson, NYJ @BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU vs. CLE [21.4 pts allowed]
#32RB Cedric Benson, CIN @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#28RB Daniel Thomas, MIA @KC [20.4 pts allowed]


#4RB Matt Forte, CHI
Bye Week: 8

Handcuff: #54RB Marion Barber
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#44RB Joseph Addai, IND @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#26RB Mike Tolbert, SD @KC [20.4 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]
#34RB DeMarco Murray, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]


#5RB Fred Jackson, BUF
Bye Week: 7

Handcuff: #0RB Johnny White
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#34RB DeMarco Murray, DAL vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#27RB Michael Bush, OAK vs. KC [20.4 pts allowed]


#6RB Arian Foster, HOU
Bye Week: 11

Handcuff: #39RB Ben Tate
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#43RB Ryan Grant, GB vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#28RB Daniel Thomas, MIA vs. BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#36RB Brandon Jacobs, NYG vs. PHI [20.3 pts allowed]
#37RB Jackie Battle, KC @NE [18.8 pts allowed]
#42RB Dexter McCluster, KC @NE [18.8 pts allowed]
#27RB Michael Bush, OAK @MIN [18.5 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL @WAS [18.3 pts allowed]


#7RB Maurice Jones-Drew, JAX
Bye Week: 9

Handcuff: #63RB Deji Karim
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#38RB Ladainian Tomlinson, NYJ @BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU vs. CLE [21.4 pts allowed]
#32RB Cedric Benson, CIN @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#28RB Daniel Thomas, MIA @KC [20.4 pts allowed]


#8RB Michael Turner, ATL
Bye Week: 8

Handcuff: #56RB Jacquizz Rodgers
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#44RB Joseph Addai, IND @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#26RB Mike Tolbert, SD @KC [20.4 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]
#34RB DeMarco Murray, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]


#9RB Darren McFadden, OAK
Bye Week: 8

Handcuff: #27RB Michael Bush
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#44RB Joseph Addai, IND @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#26RB Mike Tolbert, SD @KC [20.4 pts allowed]
#33RB Felix Jones, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]
#34RB DeMarco Murray, DAL @PHI [20.3 pts allowed]


#10RB Jahvid Best, DET
Bye Week: 9

Handcuff: #0RB Kevin Smith
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO vs. TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#38RB Ladainian Tomlinson, NYJ @BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#39RB Ben Tate, HOU vs. CLE [21.4 pts allowed]
#32RB Cedric Benson, CIN @TEN [21.0 pts allowed]
#28RB Daniel Thomas, MIA @KC [20.4 pts allowed]


#11RB Ryan Mathews, SD
Bye Week: 6

Handcuff: #26RB Mike Tolbert
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#36RB Brandon Jacobs, NYG vs. BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#32RB Cedric Benson, CIN vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#43RB Ryan Grant, GB vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#27RB Michael Bush, OAK vs. CLE [21.4 pts allowed]


#12RB Chris Johnson, TEN
Bye Week: 6

Handcuff: #0RB Jamie Harper
Ideal Bye Week Fill-ins:
#29RB Darren Sproles, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#40RB Mark Ingram, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#41RB Pierre Thomas, NO @TB [27.7 pts allowed]
#36RB Brandon Jacobs, NYG vs. BUF [23.2 pts allowed]
#32RB Cedric Benson, CIN vs. IND [22.8 pts allowed]
#43RB Ryan Grant, GB vs. STL [22.6 pts allowed]
#27RB Michael Bush, OAK vs. CLE [21.4 pts allowed]