
Every Wednesday, The Fantasy Doctor ponders fantasy football dilemmas and prescribes advice with an eye on helping you win. Email your fantasy questions to fantasydoctor@pfwmedia.com. Questions may be edited for clarity.
What do I do with Reggie Bush? I'm in a one-QB, two-WR, two-RB, one-TE and one RB-WR. My other backs are Arian Foster, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Andre Brown.
— Zach
I'd take a wait-and-see approach with Bush, who's averaging 57.1 yards (rushing and receiving) in the last eight games after a wonderful start to the season.
While Bush isn't producing enough to be an every-week starter, you can't release him. He'll be immediately claimed, and he's capable of helping someone else. It's just not worth the risk.
The question of what to do with Bush comes down to how you rank Green-Ellis, Brown and Bush in a given week. Foster is on a different tier and shouldn't be benched for any reason save injury.
As for this week, I'd stack your running backs thusly: Foster, Green-Ellis, Bush, Brown.
Finally, picking up Dolphins reserve RB Daniel Thomas is one way to reduce the risk of Bush not getting back into form. If this is a full-season league, and if you really wanted to roll the dice, you could also consider Dolphins rookie Lamar Miller, but he's a huge longshot.
Doc,
Thanks for helping sort out my WR situation a couple of weeks ago. It kept me in playoff contention. This week, I need help again in selecting my WRs and my flex play.