Cardinals waive RB Trey Benson due to injuries
This is a near-fatal blow to Benson's fantasy relevance — being waived outright (not just a healthy scratch or trade) after two injury-plagued seasons signals the team gave up on him as a rotational piece, let alone a Conner replacement. He becomes a waiver-wire non-factor unless he's claimed and stashed in a run-heavy offense; in the immediate term he's droppable in all standard and most dynasty formats. James Conner's workload security in Arizona improves marginally since the presumed handcuff/eventual successor is gone, making Conner's role even more bell-cow dependent with no clear internal threat. Watch Arizona's backfield depth chart (Emari Demercado, Michael Carter, or any waiver-claim addition) for potential FCFS PPR value if Conner suffers any setback, since that role is now wide open.
The Cardinals drafted Benson as the potential successor to James Conner in the backfield, but injuries have cut his career in Arizona short.