Tyler Allgeier: toe keeps Cardinals back out Wednesday
3 days ago
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THE FACT. Allgeier did not practice Wednesday with a toe injury, per the Cardinals' official Week 8 injury report and Arizona Sports. Jeremiyah Love appeared on the same report, limited with an ankle injury.
THE VERDICT. A toe injury on the first report of the week is a real flag for a running back. Redraft: have a replacement ready and do not start him without a Friday practice. Waiver Wire: the Arizona backfield is worth a speculative add while both backs carry tags. DFS: fade.
Twenty years of doing this and the replacement-ready advice is the part I would flip. If Allgeier is in your lineup Sunday you already had a problem. He is at 26 carries for 57 yards across the two games Love missed, 2.2 a pop, including eight carries for 19 last week. Knight went 22 for 128 in that same stretch. So I am not making a speculative stab at the backfield, I am adding Knight specifically, and if Love's ankle keeps him limited into Friday I am playing Knight cheap instead of fading the whole room.