Carlos Hyde (RB, SEA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED: 10% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: Seahawks RB1 Chris Carson has played every game this season for Seattle, a first in his career, and something he even said was one of his targets entering the year (completing the season without injury). Too bad he won't be able to do it. Just 15 snaps into his Week 7 game, Carson was forced out of the game due to a foot injury. He is now considered "week-to-week", but his injury should get him out of fields for one week at the very least (it's the same as Joe Mixon suffered, and the optimal recovery time could be up to five weeks).

Carlos Hyde, who signed with Seattle this offseason, is in line to become the new go-to rusher. While Hyde hand not played a single snap since Week 3 himself, he took on the majority of plays this Sunday (41 snaps), carried the ball 15 times for 68 yards, and even scored a rushing touchdown against Arizona. On top of that, he added a not-so-great 8 yards on 3-of-4 targets caught.

Hyde is far from a do-it-all tailback, but he should get very high rushing volume going forward while Carson is out. Travis Homer and DeeJay Dallas are the other running backs in the Seahawks roster, but they're afterthoughts compared to the abilities and role of Hyde.

Keep an eye on the practice reports coming out of Seattle this week, though, as Hyde himself also left the game earlier injured last Sunday. It shouldn't be anything worrying, but still. Hyde profiles as a smash-hit for the next couple of weeks with Carson out. The 49ers are tough-as-hell against RBs (second-best) but all of Buffalo, the Rams, and Arizona' defenses rank inside the bottom-two thirds at preventing RBs from scoring fantasy points.

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