Brandon Jacobs says he doesn’t make any excuses. Just ask him.

"Right, but you know, I’m not one to make those excuses and blame my non-success on injury. That’s never been me. You guys know that. I’ve never made excuses for anything," Jacobs said when interviewed in between radio spots promoting underwear (yes, underwear).

Jacobs, of course, was talking about that knee that he says he injured in Week 1. After the season he underwent surgery to repair a partially torn meniscus that he says bothered him throughout his miserable season (884 rushing yards, 3.7 yards per carry, five touchdowns.

Jacobs says he wishes he got his knee cleaned up after Week 1, missed about a month, and then came back at 100 percent.

“As the year went on I thought it was going to get better, it was going to get better, it was going to get better," Jacobs said. "But when I figured out it wasn’t going to get better, it was too late. So I just kept going."

Are we really buying this as the reason for the Jacobs 2009 disaster? Sounds like a bunch of excuses to me, and I’ll let someone else gamble on him as a bounce-back candidate in 2010.

Posted by Adam Levitan at 01:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

This is geared more toward keeper and Dynasty leaguers, since redrafters won't have to make any decisions on the matter for months. As we posted Wednesday night, Browns GM Tom Heckert isn't sure if Jerome Harrison can hold up to a full load of carries in 2010.

Despite Harrison's late-season flurry, I had docked him in our recent Dynasty and keeper rankings for this very reason: I don't think the Browns will ever see him as an every-down back.

Continue reading "Will Harrison carry the load?" »

Posted by Chris Wesseling at 12:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (11)

We released the fourth annual Top-50 Keepers article Tuesday. Below is a short list of players that didn't quite make the cut. In the original article we've already included 11 players under "Just Missed" in addition to the players dropping out from last season, so these players are outside of the top 65-70.

Brett Favre, Vikings: He would threaten the Top-50 if we knew he'd return for the 2010 season. The Vikings offense is fantasy gold right now.

Joe Flacco: Flacco appeared to be making the leap early in the season, but a litany of second-half injuries strangled his production.

Eli Manning: Manning posted a career year in 2009, but I need to see it again before I become a believer in the most overrated player of the last half-decade.

Continue reading "Top 50 Keepers: Also receiving votes" »

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