FanDuel Salary Changes: Week 15

Kenneth Farrow, RB, San Diego Chargers

FanDuel Price: $6,000
Salary Change: Up $1,500

Chargers running back Melvin Gordon was carted off the field early in the first quarter last week and has been diagnosed with a hip strain and MCL sprain. The injuries may not be season-ending, but he is expected to at least miss Week 15.

With him out of the lineup, we’ll see a big workload for undrafted rookie free agent Kenneth Farrow, who played 55 snaps and touched the ball 22 times after Gordon exited. He wasn’t efficient with his touches (he only totaled 78 yards), but he did haul in six receptions for a solid fantasy day.

He’ll face the Oakland Raiders, who haven't been great against running backs. They’ve allowed 14 touchdowns to the position and over the last five weeks, along with allowing the fifth-most FanDuel points to running backs (24.2/game).

Not all is positive for Farrow, though. In the last three years, minimum-priced running backs who see this kind of price bump reach tournament value just 14.2 percent of the time in the following week.

While Farrow will start and likely get the bulk of the carries, recently signed Ronnie Hillman will get some work, too While Farrow is a good source of cap relief if you want to pay up at other positions in cash games, just realize there are reasons why he went undrafted in April -- you’re better off fading him in tournaments.