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Tough to Rank: Seattle running game

Four days and counting until our magazine is all done. Apologies about the lack of content in the meantime, but I have Silva and Wesseling chained in the Rotoworld headquarters basement fixing all of my mistakes.

I don't like Julius Jones at this point. Who does? I never liked T.J. Duckett.

But the more I marinate on the Seattle running game, the more I find myself ranking them a bit higher than I'm comfortable with.

It's the ultimate battle of situation vs. talent. Situation often makes fantasy value, but the player still needs to have a baseline of talent to take advantage.

The situation certainly plays in Jones and Duckett's favor. Seattle is installing a run-first zone blocking scheme this year that seems likely to have 400 carries for their running backs. Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp has constructed a powerful running game wherever he has gone, and there is practically no depth behind the top two. Knapp coached Duckett during his best days in Atlanta.

Again, no one is in love with these guys. But every player has value at a certain point in the draft. My current projections has Jones around 35th and Duckett 53rd at running back. I've seen Jones sitting there in round ten and eleven in early drafts, meaning he won't cost much.

But I suspect those numbers will be higher than their ADP, meaning Rotoworld readers could have them on the end of the bench. Should that keep me up at night?

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Dynasty league players LOVE this situation brewing in Seattle.

While everyone scrambles to figure out if JJ or Duckett will emerge, someone like Devin Moore or Justin Forsett will end up getting their shot by the seasons end because both of the latter are nothing more then average at this point.


Moore is a huge wild card, if he gets some playing time in that zone blocking scheme he could be really good. Great guy to stash in your deep dynasties.

Knapp has had the leagues top running games since the garrison hearst days in SF. I was hoping not to see articles like this , because I zeroed in on this issue early this year. duckett will probably benifit the most i feel.

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