Roster management is the single most crucial in-season task for fantasy football managers. Knowing which players to let go is as important as adding the right guys.
Which running backs find themselves on our Week 15 fantasy football cut list based on roster percentages from Yahoo? We take a closer look below.
If you’re looking for all other positions, head over to our Week 15 Fantasy Cut List, which covers quarterback, running back, wide receiver, and tight end.
Christian McCaffrey | SF (67%)
I typically wouldn’t include injured players two weeks in a row. However, Christian McCaffrey is still on a large percentage of rosters. To be fair, that’s likely a product of fantasy managers who drafted McCaffrey being out of the playoffs and not bothering to drop him, which is understandable. If you somehow made the postseason with McCaffrey on your roster, you can let him go, as he is done for the season.
Raheem Mostert | MIA (48%)
The Dolphins have pretty clearly moved on from Raheem Mostert. He has a mere two games all season with double-digit fantasy points but hasn’t hit that threshold since Week 8. Mostert also hasn’t carried the ball more than five times since Week 9.
De’Von Achane is the clear RB1 and Jaylen Wright has taken over as the primary backup. As if that wasn’t reason enough to cut Mostert, he’s also injured.
At 32 years old, it appears Mostert’s run as an impact NFL player may be over.
Devin Singletary, RB | NYG (43%)
I will preface this by saying Devin Singletary is still the clear handcuff to Tyrone Tracy Jr. If the rookie were to miss time, Devin Singletary would return to the clear RB1 role and likely be a startable RB3. But unless that happens, he has no fantasy value.
Tyrone Tracy played 83% of NYG's snaps in Week 14, just the second time he's been above the 80% mark. He ran a route on 71% of the team's drop backs, a season high. His 21.7% target share was a season high. His 89% running back rush share was the second-highest of his season.
— JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) December 9, 2024
Singletary carried the ball seven times for 23 yards against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. That seemed like a whole lot of nothing. Somehow, it got even worse this past week, with Singletary earning a whopping two carries and no targets. He hasn’t hit double-digit fantasy points since Week 3. Singletary is nothing more than a low-upside handcuff.
Tyjae Spears | TEN (43%)
Since Week 4, Tyjae Spears has played a total of five games. He’s scored a combined 17.2 fantasy points. If you were able to get all four of his most recent games in one lineup for one week, it would still merely be a mid-RB2.
Spears did see more work against the Jaguars, but only barely. He turned six opportunities into 23 scoreless yards.
This is not a timeshare. Spears, at best, is a tenuous handcuff. There is absolutely no stand-alone value here.
Jonathon Brooks | CAR (40%)
In his third game back from a lengthy ACL recovery, Jonathon Brooks’ went down untouched on his first carry of the game. He tried to walk off the field on his own power but couldn’t. Eventually, the cart was brought out for the rookie.
Sadly, Brooks re-tore the same ACL he spent nearly a year recovering from. His season is over.