RBs Who Could Lose This Workhorse Title:

Kenneth Walker: Walker has never had a workhorse role in his four-year career. He has never totaled more than 230 carries in a season and only played 46.8% of the Seahawks’ snaps last year.

Omarion Hampton: Hampton only played in nine games last year, so his sample size is much smaller than the other workhorses. Kimani Vidal and free-agent signing Keaton Mitchell could both work their way into this backfield.

Breece Hall: Hall only played 64% of the Jets’ offensive snaps last year, and now Braelon Allen is back from his season-ending knee injury. Allen played over 30% of the team’s snaps in two of the first three weeks in 2025.

RBs with RB1 fantasy potential if teammate goes down:

TreVeyon Henderson: Henderson would have a workhorse role if Stevenson were to ever miss time. We saw that in Weeks 9, 10, and 11 last year, when Henderson averaged 24.3 PPR fantasy points in three games with Stevenson hurt.

Cam Skattebo: Skattebo and Tracy splitting opportunities will hurt each of their fantasy values. But if Tracy were to miss time, Skattebo would be a workhorse RB. He had a 71.6% snap share in two games without Tracy in 2025.

Travis Etienne: We saw Etienne’s fantasy potential when he had the whole backfield to himself last year. He finished as the overall RB10 in PPR formats with the Jaguars in 2025. If the Saints trade away Kamara before the season, that would raise Etienne’s fantasy value.

These backfields are pure chaos, and the RBs in these backfields will see their touches and snaps fluctuate each week:

Titans:
This Titans backfield is tough to predict right now. Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears were already in a split backfield, and fifth-round rookie Nicholas Singleton is now added to the mix. Pollard is 29, Spears was inefficient on the ground last year, and Singleton was projected to be an early Day 2 RB before the 2026 season.

There’s a chance this backfield turns into a three-headed split, with Pollard playing 40%, Spears playing 40%, and Singleton playing 20%.

Broncos:
This Broncos backfield got messy when Denver selected Jonah Coleman in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. His arrival could complicate things for both RJ Harvey and J.K. Dobbins. We all know Sean Payton loves a running back-by-committee, and we could be seeing that here with Coleman, Harvey, and Dobbins.

Back in 2024, Payton had three running backs total with 75 or more carries (Audric Estime, Jaleel McLaughlin, and Williams).

Commanders:
This Commanders’ backfield will consist of Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Rachaad White, and potentially rookie Kaytron Allen. Croskey-Merritt never really took over the RB1 last year, White hasn’t shown much juice in the last two years, and Washington is reportedly high on the sixth-round rookie.

This backfield could shake out to be a mess, especially since there is no clear RB1 in this offense right now.

Cardinals:
The most chaotic backfield in football belongs to the Cardinals. While everyone expects Jeremiyah Love to take over the RB1 role in this Arizona offense sooner rather than later, he might never get that workhorse role in Year 1.

Love will be battling for snaps and touches with Allgeier and veteran James Conner. This might be a backfield to avoid in 2026 unless Conner gets moved.