8 Fantasy Football Sleepers for Week 9

Peyton Barber, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Doug Martin? Out. Charles Sims? Out. Jacquizz Rodgers? Out.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on their fourth starting running back of the year, and while you probably can't count on big-time efficiency from a guy who is only getting his chance because three backs ahead of him got hurt -- opportunity is king for running backs in fantasy football. That means Peyton Barber is in play tonight against the Atlanta Falcons.

Even with Rodgers, their third-string back, Tampa was committed to running the ball. Rodgers saw 30 carries in his first start, 26 in his second, and 19 before leaving his third start with injury. Barber is not necessarily going to see the entire workload, but head coach Dirk Koetter has said that "When you have three guys who have been here short-term, other than Peyton (Barber), your roles aren't very clearly defined right now", possibly indicating that Barber will play the biggest role this week.

The Falcons rank 29th in Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play, and even if Barber shares the workload with Antone Smith or Mike James (the team's fifth and sixth choices at running back), he should have enough volume to put up a solid fantasy total against a weak rush defense.