Risk Flags
4- Age Concerns
RB age 29 — entering/past typical value cliff
- Injury Concerns
Sanders suffered a season-ending left knee injury in October 2025 requiring surgery, landing on IR after just 4 games. At 28, full recovery of explosiveness and burst is far from guaranteed.
- Team/Role Uncertainty
Sanders became an unrestricted free agent in March 2026 after Dallas declined to retain him. As of April 2026 he has no team, no guaranteed role, and no clear path to meaningful touches.
- Usage & Volume
Even when healthy in his 4 DAL appearances, Sanders posted only 10–36% snap shares and 3–7% target shares — confirming he was never the featured back and that his role was already heavily marginalized before the injury.