There is nothing quite like the mad scramble on fantasy football waiver wires when a premier running back goes down with an injury.

FAAB (free agent auction bidding) budgets get busted. Sweat gets shed. Heart rates shoot up. Hopes and dreams of a fantasy gift fill heads, fighting for space with the nightmares of missing out.

There is one way to avoid this inevitable fantasy stress test. The cure is a running back handcuff.

Handcuffing is when you draft the real-world backup to one of your top-flight RBs. That way, if Top Flight gets dinged up, you have a plug-and-play option already on your roster.