Fantasy football waiver wire pickups analysis for Austin Ekeler, Bhayshul Tuten, Braelon Allen in Week 1 (2025). Read their waiver wire outlooks for fantasy football.
During the final week of the preseason, many backup running backs have begun to make a strong case to see a larger opportunity in the regular season. As a result, fantasy managers must monitor their waiver wire to ensure that any high-upside options are safely stashed on their bench.
In this piece, we will look at a rookie running back who is slowly climbing the depth chart and two other running backs who opened the season as backups but are now nearing the starting job.
Are Ekeler, Tuten, and Allen worth adding off the waiver wire in Week 1? Here are the latest outlooks on each for fantasy football. Be sure to check al