Darren Sproles (RB, PHI) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Offseason discussion surrounding Philadelphia’s backfield was dominated by opinion on Jay Ajayi’s ability to reward owners for their investment of a fourth-round draft pick, and Corey Clement’s potential for confiscating a respectable workload. However, the 35-year old Darren Sproles surprisingly performed on 29 snaps (39%), which tied Ajayi, and was significantly higher than the count for Clement (13/18%).

He also garnered all seven targets that were designated for the trio of backs, and collected four of those passes for 22 yards. The fact that Sproles was allotted more opportunities than Clement was unforeseen. But the expectation should now be for him to maintain a steady role as the team’s change-of-pace back on a weekly basis, as Doug Pederson will continue deployment of all three backs. That creates abundant rationale for rostering Sproles in PPR leagues, as he still possesses the burst to turn his opportunities into big gains.