Drop Sankey or Martin for Andre Williams?

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Chris Moser

Drop Sankey or Martin for Andre Williams?

I'm 6-2 and just picked up Rashad Jennings via trade to carry me through the playoffs. Williams is available and I'm thinking of grabbing him as an insurance policy. It's a tough decision for a few reasons:

1. I have the Lions D and and don't want to drop them for bye-week fill in.

2. I will have an empty flex spot if Martin is inactive due to either trade or injury, making grabbing Williams this week more attractive (Sankey is on bye, Megatron, Gordon and Jennings are inactive).

3. I'm not a huge fan of the handcuff philosophy in general.

4. I want to keep Martin if he is traded and I think he will produce solid RB2 numbers with a halfway decent line.

5. I can afford to lose this week and would gladly take a loss to strengthen myself for the playoffs.

6. I have 3 QBs (2 on bye) and plan on trading one next week.

QB: Stafford, Cutler, Cam
WR: Megatron, Hilton, Vjax, Gordon
RB: Martin, McKinnon, Sankey, Oliver, Jennings
TE: Gronk
D/ST: Lions

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Fins Up (454 Reputation Points)
I'll offer a dissenting view. I think Martin is toast, not going anywhere and tweaked his ankle this week. Either way, if you're really concerned about trades, you'll find that out by 4pm EST officially and maybe take a little bit after that. Still plenty of time to put in your waiver claim knowing if he was traded or not. Sankey isn't amazing, but I like his workload and opportunity much better than Martin's. Also, read up on the Bucs RB Sims. Word is Lovie sees a bit of Matt Forte in him. They drafted him 3rd round, I think he'll be the main RB for the Bucs from here on out.