5 NFL backups with enticing prop bets as stars rest in Week 18

These backups just might be worth betting on

You know the deal.

Every year during the last week of the NFL’s regular season, the teams gearing up for the postseason rest their best players to keep them fresh and avoid injuries before the playoffs. This weekend’s Week 18 games will be no different.

Already we’re tracking the big names sitting out, the players who are close to hitting their incentives and the teams still hoping to win their way into a better seed. But what about the backups who suddenly find themselves in the spotlight?

Week 18 should see plenty of those guys and at least a handful have prop bets that are monitoring as we get closer to kick off.

Here are five we’re keeping an eye on this weekend.