Almost There
It's the final night before a deadline, the ass-crack of dawn approaches, and yet it's just another night for the usual Rotoworld night owls. Pouliot is still cranking out blurbs on the greatest Single-A prospects, while Evan Silva has posted nine football items since midnight. I ask him why, and he says, "I can't sleep."
People always ask how they can get into fantasy writing. Be the type of person that wakes up to post blurbs at 3:30 AM because you can't help yourself. That's why Silva makes the Godzilla bankroll.
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One of the big themes of this magazine and draft season is the questionable RB2s available. There are plenty of guys who look like solid values in the third or fourth round, but it's hard to choose any worthy of RB13-15 status. Ronnie Brown is one of my favorite candidates, but this article about Ricky Williams partially confirms my worst fears: Ronnie could be heading for a committee. Despite his claims, Ricky will not be a calming influence on Brown owners.
It makes sense. Brown hasn't topped 275 touches in his career. It would be asking a lot for him to carry the whole load in his first season after ACL surgery. Ricky, of course, is an even bigger question mark. But if Williams can stay healthy, look for Brown to ease into life under Tony Sparano. If he shows that he's strong enough, perhaps he'll get more carries as the season wears on.
Comments
I hold the same reservations regarding Ronnie Browns fantasy value in 2008.
While the ACL injury and Ricky's presence are enough to question what kind of year Ronnie will have, I think alot of people are putting too much stock into his four great games last year. They came against the Jets, Raiders, Texans and Browns. Not exactly great run stopping teams.
So while I see alot of Ronnie hype indicating "he was on pace for a 1400 rushing, 900 receiving yard season", that's obviously not the case.
Posted by: endzoneview | May 15, 2008 10:33 AM
im with u... i think ronnie's numbers were 'skewed' kinda like jamal lewis'.. a couple bloated games against weaker run d's. but i definitly think brown's got a future of 1500yd 10td seasons, just not this year. 2009 looks good, but id stay away in 2008.
Posted by: scott c | May 15, 2008 11:13 AM
.. all of these guys will be drafted in the first few rounds, but just like the real NFL draft, some players hit a homerun (Westbrook), and some players whiff(Alexander)... Brown is a whiff
Posted by: scott c | May 15, 2008 11:17 AM
Committee is probably a best case scenario for Brown this season. Coming off an ACL injury, he shouldn't be back to 100% til 2009 and expecting a guy still healing to put up 300 carries is less than realistic. 200 carries, backloaded towards the end of the season, could be reasonable and he might actually put up some decent numbers if the work him in slowly.
Posted by: Chad Ferguson | May 15, 2008 11:31 AM