DFS: Deal or No Deal - The Replacements

Last Sunday was a particularly painful day for injuries around the league, with several star players either out indefinitely or gone for the rest of the season.

Fortunately, daily fantasy allows you to set a new roster each week - so are any of these newly promoted players worth selecting?

RB Jeremy Langford, Bears (at Chargers)

A fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft, Langford had played sparingly this season as workhorse Matt Forte's backup, registering 29 touches for 111 yards and two TDs. With Forte suffering a knee injury that will sideline him for the foreseeable future (but apparently not for the rest of the season), the starting role is Langford's to lose.

With only 39 receptions in his final two seasons at Michigan State, Langford doesn't appear to be the every-down back that Forte was. Still, with a matchup against San Diego's 27th-ranked rush defense on Monday night, simply running the ball may be enough to return significant value on a price that places the former Spartan among the cheapest RB starters.

As an RB2 or FLEX option with a full workload and a favorable matchup, Langford makes a worthy selection in tournament play formats.

Verdict: DEAL

RB DeAngelo Williams, Steelers (vs. Raiders)

While Le'Veon Bell served a two-game suspension to open the season, Williams deputized admirably, registering a 41-204-3 line. With Bell suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 8, Williams will again assume the starting role.

In those first two weeks, Williams caught only five passes; in replacing the injured Bell midway through Sunday's loss to the Bengals, the ex-Panther had four receptions for 39 yards. In Bell's six games this season, he averaged four catches per contest; that receiving ability represented a significant component of his value, and those stats may have been even better had QB Ben Roethlisberger been able to start more than two of those games.

If Williams is going to be used in the same manner as Bell, who had 83 receptions in 2014-15, then he'll more than return value on his mid-range price. Even if his usage differs somewhat, he's still a starting RB in an explosive offense that boasts a healthy Roethlisberger and WRs Antonio Brown and Martavis Bryant.

Oakland is more susceptible to the pass than the run, but Pittsburgh shouldn't have any trouble moving the ball. Williams is a solid play this week, with Week 10's matchup against Cleveland's bottom-ranked run defense looking particularly enticing.

Verdict: DEAL

WR Malcom Floyd, Chargers (vs. Bears)

With Keenan Allen exiting Sunday's loss to the Ravens with a lacerated kidney, an injury that will sideline him for the rest of the season, Floyd was the immediate beneficiary, catching four passes for 92 yards, including a 70-yard TD.

While San Diego leads the NFL in passing yards, averaging 337 per game, there isn't a clear-cut successor to Allen's number one role. The 6-foot-5 Floyd is a pure deep threat, averaging 19.5 yards per reception this season and 17.3 for his career. Allen was a perfect match for Philip Rivers' short, quick passes that served as a substitute for a running game - he averaged 10.8 yards per reception, catching 67 passes in eight games.

Stevie Johnson would appear to be a better Allen replacement, having averaged 11.8 yards per reception on 24 catches this season despite missing two games due to injury.

Floyd has a defined role on the team, but with passes frequently going to Johnson, fellow WR Dontrelle Inman, RB Danny Woodhead, and TEs Antonio Gates and Ladarius Green, he's not going to be the clear-cut WR1 that Allen was.

Verdict: NO DEAL