Is Shonn Greene a Top-15 Fantasy Football Pick?

July 28, 2010   ·   Ryan Lester   ·   Jump to comments


After last season’s playoff success, in which he piled up 263 yards and two touchdowns in wins over Cincinnati and San Diego, Shonn Greene began climbing up draft boards in the minds of fantasy owners. Then the Jets signed LaDainian Tomlinson rather than bringing Thomas Jones back. That only strengthened the case for fantasy owners. While LT may still have a little left in the tank, it seems like he’s closer to E than Jones is.
While I like the second-year back out of Iowa, I am not as high on Greene as most are. Mock Draft Central  has an ADP of 14 for Greene, which seems a bit high. Personally I don’t even have him that high among running backs (click to see my RB rankings ) let alone all players.
He is going ahead of guys like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Reggie Wayne, Cedric Benson, and Ryan Grant.

I can see passing on the QBs since there are plenty of good options later in the draft, but an unproven running back over...

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