Fantasy football week 7 sleepers: 5 running back sleepers

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Oct 11, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) celebrates as he scores a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter of their game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons won 25-19 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

Week 7 is shaping up to be a good one across the NFL as contenders start to separate themselves while pretenders continue to struggle. For fantasy football players, the bye weeks and injuries are stretching rosters to the max, so many are looking for running back sleepers who can produce points even though the don’t cost a lot in daily fantasy football leagues and may be on the waiver wire in season-long leagues. If you’re on the hunt for some backfield value, you can find my 5 picks for week 6 on the following slides.

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In this post, I’m not going to focus on the big name stars at the top of the salary structure in daily leagues and already universally owned in season-long leagues. Instead, I’ll try and select some lesser-known backs that are set up to step up this week.

Last week, I started my new approach to getting you my sleepers for the week with a post focused on each position. Last week’s post included Duke Johnson and Denard Robinson who ended up with decent stat lines. Overall, running back scoring was way down last week with only a few options really popping and producing big weeks. James Starks was probably the biggest surprise among the sleeper running backs as he took over the Green bay backfield and scored one of the biggest weeks of any running back.

This week, Starks and the Packers are one of four teams on a bye, and all four are full of fantasy football options. Green Bay is joined on the sidelines by the Broncos, Bears, and Bengals. If those bye weeks are messing with your backfield, check out my sleeper running backs as possible replacements

If you’re looking for our complete fantasy football coverage, check out our fantasy football hub which is always loaded with tips, picks, and the latest injury news. If you have lineup questions for one-week or your season-long leagues, I’ll answer as many as I can on Twitter @FansidedFantasy. Stay tuned tomorrow for more sleepers at other positions. I’ll tweet the links and they’ll be posted on the hub listed above and the related content box as well.

Let’s get started with my running back sleepers for fantasy football week 7.

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