There wasn't much out there about Trey Benson's injury, but all of a sudden, the Arizona Cardinals' running back has been placed on Injured Reserve and will miss at least four weeks.
The news comes just a week after the Cardinals lost James Conner to a season-ending injury.
Fantasy football managers may have hustled to replace Conner with Benson, but now there's more figuring out to do.
Arizona's RB depth chart at this point may not be as straightforward, but there are still options.
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Should I pick up Emari Demercado or Michael Carter?
The simple answer here appears to be to pickup Demercado.
And in PPR leagues especially, that probably works just fine.
In Week 4, Demercado had two runs for eight yards and two catches for 13 yards (and a receiving TD).
Demercado played 26 snaps to Michael Carter's four snaps.
But Carter does have one thing going for him: He's more of an early-down back.
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Demercado was essentially only in on third downs and then in the passing game script down two touchdowns against the Seahawks. He didn't spell Benson at all on early downs. The only player who did that a few times was Carter.
Carter got just one carry for one yard, so there's pretty much no way you could start him this week. But in a deeper league, he could be worth a pickup, too.
There's a little hype about depth RB Bam Knight, as well, but it's hard to see him leapfrogging these two guys, at least right now.
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