Kit Fisto
Footballguy
Please keep this in mind come draft time next year. If I recall correctly, guys on this board were falling all over themselves, declaring 2005 the best RB class in history and there would be at least 8 stars from this group.All I could do wasI got ripped a few weeks back because I traded Julius for Hines Ward in a PPR dynasty league. It's a bit too early to gloat, but I'm definitely not feeling bad about the move. I like Julius, but I think people got a bit carried away with him. This happens all the time with young backs.
For every Tomlinson and Alexander there are a handful of washouts and disappointments like William Green, TJ Duckett, and Michael Bennett. We're seeing some of that this year with Julius Jones, Kevin Jones, and maybe even Tatum Bell (he's playing well, but he's not starting). I still think some of these guys have bright futures, but it remains true that people (myself included) were too quick to annoint these guys as superstars. It always happens with young players. People see a few good plays and assume that it will become a trend. Sometimes it does. Most of the time it doesn't.

And this one... "People see a few good plays and assume that it will become a trend." Please keep this one in mind while we're discussing Samkon Gado, Ron Dayne, JJ Arrington, Willie Parker and the like.