Slapdash said:
Is he worth a start week 1 or is Bolden the guy to roll out?
My thoughts are Dion Lewis should net about 12 points in ppr tomorrow night.
I am basing that on a combination of things.
Bolden's value to that team is truly Special teams and being able to fill the rb role in a pinch. He does both well.
The Patriots are missing a lot of their parts right now and given the style of Defense the Steelers play, I expect them to be making lots and lots of short passes and, by volume, some of that goes to the RBs, which Lewis and Cadet fill the role better than Bolden.
Given that Cadet hasn't really been involved so far, I think the Patriots will prefer to use the guys that have more reps in at this point.
Given that the Steelers offense will certainly carve up pieces of the Patriots defense that is a work in progress, I see the sustained need to keep throwing throughout the game (I don't see any scenario where the Patriots get up by 17 and then run the ball down the Steelers throat for a quarter).
Looking at 7-8 different likely outcomes, I think most of them point to Lewis being involved pretty well so a handful of catches and a handful of yards should get him to 12. A lot less of either BUT a TD in some fashion still gets him there.
I like him for that dozen or so tomorrow.