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Fantasy Football: Start’em, Sit’em for Week 3

September 25, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Entering the 2011 season, the most likely scenario for Carolina's offense was that they would rely heavily on their rushing attack to ease the NFL transition for their rookie signal-caller.
After all, the team had two 1,000-yard rushers in DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart in 2009 before the entire Panthers offense struggled woefully in 2010.
Through two games, however, that is not even remotely close to what is actually happening.
Neither Williams nor Stewart leads the team in rushing. It's rookie quarterback Cam Newton, who has rushed 71 yards. In fact, Newton has only three yards less than what Williams (43) and Stewart (31) have combined.
While I expect that the Panthers get their ground game going at some point, perhaps this week, there is one thing that has become clear: Newton is worthy of being a starting fantasy quarterback in Week 3.
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