With the fantasy playoffs fast approaching, one of this season’s biggest fantasy revelations will not be available to help anyone for at least a week and possibly more. Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson, a breakout fantasy star in his ninth NFL season, sprained his ankle Sunday in Atlanta’s blowout loss to the Cowboys.
Patterson is currently ninth in fantasy scoring among running backs. Nobody saw that coming before the season. Patterson, a wide receiver for most of his career, was moved to running back at the start of this season, his first with Atlanta. He’s still technically the backup running back on the Falcons behind starter Mike Davis -- yet Patterson has been far more productive.