Fantasy Football: Get Your Running Backs While They’re Hot (AFC East)

May 26, 2010   ·   kevin roberts   ·   Jump to comments

The full-fledged "feature" starting running back is dying in the NFL.
Whether it's injuries or wear-and-tear, teams are finding it much easier to just pair two solid running backs together and split the weathering load, rather than appease fantasy football nerds everywhere and give the rock to one guy all day .
It's too early for bonafide rankings. Well, not really , but we felt it'd do all fantasy owners a great service by taking a quick glance at every team's running situation , rather than just one running back per team, or (gasp) even less.
The fact is, early mocks have suggested what we've been fearing for years; that the 300+ carry back is hard to come by, and even when we find him, he's no lock to stay healthy or repeat his numbers for a second straight year.
LaDainian Tomlinson is in decline and a back-up on a new team. Thomas Jones is now a back-up in Kansas City. Truly, it's extremely difficult to assess who can carry a full load on an NFL team, let alone...

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