4. Jerome Harrison (32)--I know, I know...Montario Hardesty. Listen, I have no doubts that Hardesty will be ok. I personally was never super impressed by him in college, but I've heard that the Browns are high on him. But how could they be? He's barely touched the field? Harrison meanwhile, dominated towards the end of 2009 and will begin the season as the starter. Harrison knows that this is his chance to be a starting RB and he knows he has a rookie hot on his tail. His ADP is extremely low and reflects the apprehension of fantasy owners to take a risk. But he has the talent, and the OL is good enough to help him reach a top ten ranking if he can hold off Hardesty.
		
		
	 
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that's classic fantasy football analysis --- statistical analysis of 3 number samples.
that reminds me of a great quote, although I can't actually remember who it's from, and probably thousands have said something similar:
some guy who played with wilt chamberlain fondly recalled the night where he and wilt combined for 105 points, or whatever it was.
so, let's take a look at the sample you're averaging, while bearing in mind that his competition at the time was rookie udfa chris jennings, and rookie 6th rounder james davis......
here's the domination:
wk15 @KC 34 carries 286 yds 8.4 ypc 3 td
this is absolute domination in every sense of the word over a team that was 27 yds away from giving up the most rushing yardage in all of football -- but still domination, we agree 100%.
wk16 vs OAK 39 carries 148 yds 3.8 ypc 1 td
if this is domination then I guess I just don't know what domination is, because it looks more like a pretty average effort by a guy getting nearly 40 carries against one of the worst offenses in the league, which scored 9 in the game.
the oakland raiders gave up the most rush td's in the league (1.5 per game), the 4th most yardage (about 150 ypg, and a horrible average 4.5 ypc --- harrison manages 3.8 ypc and 1 td, but this is domination?
dude, you give any back in the league 40 carries and he'll put up some numbers.
wk17 vs jax 33 carries 127 yds 3.8 ypc 1 td
now, here's a team that's actually not one of the very worst rush defenses in football --- they were merely average (4.1 ypc), however another 3.8 ypc and 1 td on on 33 carries doesn't seem very dominating to me, unless you mean a dominant number of carries.
so, if he's playing kc 16x, or you want to make the case that he's getting 500 carries, then I'm a big believer.
until then, you've got one fluke game from an average back against zero competition.
I would imagine cleveland holds hardesty in somewhat higher regard than jennings or davis.