Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Forget about the top10-15 RB, you're going to play them unless you have unreal depth via a dynasty league or something. Let's look at 15-30 on the board or so.
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Jamal Lewis: Should be able to run on the Colts defense. 100 total yds and 1 TD. Not in game shape from reports but Indy still gets ripped against the run. Boller will not be passing the ball all over the place.
Mike Anderson: Miami could not stop the run very well last year. I see Anderson doing well in this game as Denver will try to force Miami to respect the pass which will in turn open holes for Anderson.
Fred Taylor: Should see a lot of carries in a fairly tight game. Catches the ball well out of the backfiled, expect to see a 125 total yd performance out of Freddie.
Kevan Barlow: Should be a lot of points scored in this one. Some fear SF will have to pass because they will be behind, I see it differently with Barlow having some opps against a St Louis team that gave up plenty on the ground last season.
Avoid
JJ Arington: Struggled so far, I see the Giants ganging up against him on the ground.
Cadillac Williams: Griese will need to pass a lot to keep the Bucs in this game. Minnesota will be good against the run this season. Williams is going to have a good season, just might get of to a little bit of a rough start.
Chris Brown: Going to be rough against the Steelers. If you have to play him he has looked good in the preseason but I don't like any RB against the Steelers who have looked like beasts in the preseason.
Ronnie Brown: Basically all rookies.
Thomas Jones/Cedric Benson: Washington defense is going to be reved up for this one. Neither will have good days against the Skins.
Your thought and comments? I excluded all top tier RB because you really must start top10-15 RB in the beginning of the season...you drafted them in the 1st and 2nd round for a reason.
Exploit
Jamal Lewis: Should be able to run on the Colts defense. 100 total yds and 1 TD. Not in game shape from reports but Indy still gets ripped against the run. Boller will not be passing the ball all over the place.
Mike Anderson: Miami could not stop the run very well last year. I see Anderson doing well in this game as Denver will try to force Miami to respect the pass which will in turn open holes for Anderson.
Fred Taylor: Should see a lot of carries in a fairly tight game. Catches the ball well out of the backfiled, expect to see a 125 total yd performance out of Freddie.
Kevan Barlow: Should be a lot of points scored in this one. Some fear SF will have to pass because they will be behind, I see it differently with Barlow having some opps against a St Louis team that gave up plenty on the ground last season.
Avoid
JJ Arington: Struggled so far, I see the Giants ganging up against him on the ground.
Cadillac Williams: Griese will need to pass a lot to keep the Bucs in this game. Minnesota will be good against the run this season. Williams is going to have a good season, just might get of to a little bit of a rough start.
Chris Brown: Going to be rough against the Steelers. If you have to play him he has looked good in the preseason but I don't like any RB against the Steelers who have looked like beasts in the preseason.
Ronnie Brown: Basically all rookies.
Thomas Jones/Cedric Benson: Washington defense is going to be reved up for this one. Neither will have good days against the Skins.
Your thought and comments? I excluded all top tier RB because you really must start top10-15 RB in the beginning of the season...you drafted them in the 1st and 2nd round for a reason.
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