Free Musa 2?
Long-time (since 2006) fans of The Fantasy Fix will remember my Free Musa campaign last year. Our hero Musa Smith was wrongly held in captivity on the bench behind Jamal Lewis all season, at least until a Week 13 injury.
With Willis McGahee in Baltimore and a quiet offseason from Smith, my cheerleading has been kept to a minimum this year. But an injury to veteran Mike Anderson gave Smith a chance to backup McGahee tonight, and he was at his explosive third-down best with 39 yards and a touchdown on six touches. He was on the field for the majority of Baltimore's one touchdown drive.
Smith fumbled shortly thereafter, hurting his chances to continue to pile up touches. He has six overall to 16 for Willis McGahee. It will be interesting to see who gets the backup job when Anderson gets healthy, because Smith would be worth grabbing for McGahee owners in deep leagues.
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Demetrius Williams adds a vertical element to the offense that Mark Clayton and Derrick Mason lacks. He's been featured tonight, including nine targets overall unofficially. It's hard to imagine a third receiver from Baltimore earning consistent value, but he's an emerging second-year receiver.
Comments
my understanding is that Anderson did not play for "personal reasons" that Billick was aware of during the week, and not because of injury. Don't see Smith leap-frogging past Anderson just yet (although I do think that McGahee is overrated, and will lose the job due to injury or ineffectiveness).
Posted by: Keith | September 11, 2007 05:21 PM
Greg, if you owned McGahee and Anderson as his handcuff, and Smith is a FA in your league, do you make the switch or not? Thx.
Posted by: Mike | September 11, 2007 05:50 PM