Fantasy football: running back handcuff chart

September 3, 2010 @ 13:40:51

By KFFL Staff

KFFL.com's running back handcuff chart depicts the player to target after you secure your fantasy football starter at the position. Sometimes the true handcuff is the No. 3 back on the depth chart since the No. 2 back is a specialty player that won't hold up to the every-down pounding.

AFC East	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Buffalo Bills	Fred Jackson (inj)	C.J. Spiller ®	Marshawn Lynch	Joique Bell ®
Miami Dolphins	Ronnie Brown (inj)	Ricky Williams	Lex Hilliard	Patrick Cobbs
New England Patriots	Laurence Maroney	Sammy Morris	Fred Taylor	Kevin Faulk	BenJarvus Green-Ellis
New York Jets	Shonn Greene	LaDainian Tomlinson	Joe McKnight ®	Chauncey Washington
AFC North	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Baltimore Ravens	Ray Rice	Willis McGahee	Le'Ron McClain	Jalen Parmele
Cincinnati Bengals	Cedric Benson	Bernard Scott	Brian Leonard (inj)	Cedric Peerman
Cleveland Browns	Jerome Harrison	Peyton Hillis	James Davis	Chris Jennings
Pittsburgh Steelers	Rashard Mendenhall	Jonathan Dwyer ® (inj)	Mewelde Moore
AFC South	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Houston Texans	Arian Foster	Steve Slaton (inj)	Chris J. Henry	Jeremiah Johnson
Indianapolis Colts	Joseph Addai (inj)	Donald Brown	Mike Hart	Javarris James ®
Jacksonville Jaguars	Maurice Jones-Drew (inj)	Rashad Jennings	Kolby Smith	Greg Jones	Deji Karim ® (inj)
Tennessee Titans	Chris Johnson	Javon Ringer	Alvin Pearman	LeGarrette Blount ®
AFC West	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Denver Broncos	Knowshon Moreno (inj)	Correll Buckhalter	LenDale White (susp-4)	Lance Ball
Kansas City Chiefs	Jamaal Charles	Thomas Jones	Javarris Williams	Jackie Battle
Oakland Raiders	Darren McFadden	Michael Bush (inj)	Michael Bennett	Rock Cartwright
San Diego Chargers	Ryan Mathews ®	Darren Sproles	Shawnbrey McNeal ®	Jacob Hester	Mike Tolbert
NFC East	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Dallas Cowboys	Felix Jones	Marion Barber III	Tashard Choice
New York Giants	Brandon Jacobs	Ahmad Bradshaw	D.J. Ware	Gartrell Johnson
Philadelphia Eagles	LeSean McCoy	Mike Bell	Eldra Buckley	Leonard Weaver	J.J. Arrington
Washington Redskins	Clinton Portis	Larry Johnson	Ryan Torain	Willie Parker
NFC North	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Chicago Bears	Matt Forte	Chester Taylor	Kahlil Bell	Garrett Wolfe
Detroit Lions	Jahvid Best ®	Kevin Smith (inj)	Maurice Morris	Aaron Brown
Green Bay Packers	Ryan Grant	Brandon Jackson	James Starks ® (inj)	Kregg Lumpkin (inj)
Minnesota Vikings	Adrian Peterson	Toby Gerhart ®	Albert Young	Darius Reynaud
NFC South	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Atlanta Falcons	Michael Turner	Jason Snelling	Jerious Norwood (inj)
Carolina Panthers	DeAngelo Williams	Jonathan Stewart (inj)	Tyrell Sutton	Mike Goodson (inj)
New Orleans Saints	Pierre Thomas	Reggie Bush	Ladell Betts (inj)	Chris Ivory ®
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Cadillac Williams	Kareem Huggins	Earnest Graham	Clifton Smith (inj)
NFC West	No. 1 fantasy option	Primary handcuff	Secondary handcuff	Other options	Other options
Arizona Cardinals	Chris Wells	Tim Hightower	LaRod Stephens-Howling	Jason Wright
San Francisco 49ers	Frank Gore	Anthony Dixon ® (inj)	Brian Westbrook	Michael Robinson
Seattle Seahawks	Justin Forsett	Julius Jones	Leon Washington	Quinton Ganther	Louis Rankin (inj)
St. Louis Rams	Steven Jackson	Chris Ogbonnaya	Kenneth Darby

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