Benny Snell Jr. (RB, PIT) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues

ROSTERED: 16% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: The Pittsburgh Steelers welcomed Ben Roethlisberger back until a virtual year off the field... but at the same time they had to say goodbye to RB James Conner just two quarters into the season. Bad for the rushing game, right? Wrong. Enter Benny Snell Jr.

Snell took advantage of Conner's injury, rushed the ball 19 times for 113 yards, and finished with just 11.3 PPR points only because he saw no targets and didn't have the luck to cross the goal line once. This game marked the second-largest amount of rushing attempts (21 in 2019 W12) in Snell's career, and a career-high in yardage on the ground (he reached 98 yards in that same W12 game last season).

While Snell is a pure rusher (only three targets in 11 games last season), if this is what he is going to do going forward then you can definitely do much worse on the running back waiver wire. Conner should be able to return quickly per reports, but Snell couldn't have look any better to kick the year off. Add Snell to your rosters no matter the league you're part of, because even with Conner back Snell might end getting a good amount of touches weekly with Conner being used more on the passing-side of the game and leaving opportunities on the ground to Snell.

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