Fantasy Football: 3 Running Games to Avoid for the Playoffs

Seattle Seahawks

Week 14: at Green Bay
Week 15: vs. Los Angeles
Week 16: vs. Arizona

As it looks now, the Seattle Seahawks' backfield could be all sorts of messy by the time Week 14 rolls around. Once viewed as Christine Michael's backfield to lose, he's kind of lost it, with C.J. Prosise leading Seattle in running back snaps in Week 10. On top of that, Thomas Rawls is going to get back on the field at some point -- maybe Week 11 -- so this backfield could be a real cluster.

In addition to all that yuckiness, there's more bad news as Seattle's running game will face a tough three-game stretch during the fantasy playoffs.

Seattle gets a road difficult matchup against the Green Bay Packers, who rank third in schedule-adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play, in Week 14. The Packers have given up the third-fewest fantasy points to running backs this year.

It doesn't get a ton easier after that. The Los Angeles Rams have allowed the ninth-fewest fantasy points, and as we just covered, the Cardinals are a stout defense, ranking sixth in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play.

With the uncertain roles and a difficult upcoming schedule, there's not much to feel good about right now with the Seahawks' backfield from a fantasy perspective. How the touches shake out once Rawls is back in the mix is anyone's guess, but Prosise, the team's passing-down weapon, may have the safest role.

Michael is a good sell, but as is turns out, the best time to move him was probably a couple weeks ago.