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Forte, TRich, Wilson, Tate hereCan't believe I started the season with the "great on paper" combo of t-rich / cj spiller / david wilson, and have been reduced to starting andre ellington this week.
scrambling to start Ellington and...? 
That's kind of obvious that it would be a 15-touch ceiling with smith getting in the ballpark of half the carries. But if that's 5 catches, he's a great ppr bye week play. I don't trust that will happen. But with 6 teams on bye, I can see calling him a top 20 play. Like I and others have said, he's a better discussion for dynasty than redraft. To get into Arians head, I'm guessing he sees ellington as a sproles. That would make me modestly project AE to getting 100 carries and 50 catches by 2014 (he's already on pace for 65 rushes and 45 catches this year).
That would be funny. Have s stud like Ellington in the wings, give him more snaps? Nope, lets get Williams the rock, you know, cuz that gives us the best chance to win.
As opposed to what Mendenhall has done on obvious running plays? I don't think anybody is arguing the Cards O-line sucks and nobody's gonna have much success on early downs Sherlock.
what we all have been waiting for...popcorn is ready
I can certainly understand the lack of optimism here. Arians has given us no reason to believe he will use Ellington as a workhorse-type back. However, this is as good an opportunity as you could have asked for as an Ellington owner. I Expect Stepfan Taylor to get some short yardage use, and he could be worth keeping an eye on.
Yep, good post. Ellington's involvement will probably be directly proportional to his performance (and to a lesser degree, Taylor's performance on his initial touches). Hot hand will get fed if Mendenhall's out.
Looks like a committee between Ellington, Taylor and Williams this weekend is a possibility.
Sure, but it also indicates that they're going to take a look at him in the feature role. It's hard to imagine Arians sticking to his touch-count strategy if he performs well.Eminence said:
with bye weeks im sure some could do worse
I am starting him over MJD and Joique Bell in 1 league. Also starting him over MCGahee and Robert woods on a team where I have 7 players on Bye
It has nothing to do with bench players. If you aren't going to use him in a week where he is the starter against a week D then when? If not might as well drop him and move on.
If you drop decent, potentially break-out, players simply because you have more reliable options to start, that's your business, but it sounds ridiculous to me. But this is the Ellington thread, not the how to manage fantasy rosters threads, so let's drop it.
