Fantasy Position by Position: Running-Back Breakdown

By kroberts, Section NFL
Posted on Wed Aug 20 2008 at 8:53 AM EST
More on: Adrian Peterson, LT, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore (all tags)

Anyone can analyze the quarterback position, mostly because youre usually only looking at one guy under a microscope. But take a look at the Oakland Raiders backfield, even for a second, and you have to start to wonder: Who is the starter, the third down back, and will it even matter?

That's what happens when you have a sure fire talent, a couple of injury riddled busts, and a collection of all around solid talent at the position.

It's not really about DO you have the talent, it's what you do with it.

So, in doing my best from digging too deep in the cookie jar and trying to pretend like the Pittsburgh Steelers' signing of Mewelde Moore will actually shake your fantasy football world up, even a little bit, here is my perspective on each team's running back issues, by player, as insignificant as they may be.

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Fantasy Rankings

By kroberts, Section NFL
Posted on Fri Jul 06 2007 at 7:05 PM EST
More on: Fantasy Football, position breakdown, Peyting Manning, LT (all tags)

It's July, everybody. So, that means fireworks, jubilation, and well, that it's almost August. Which means the NFL season is inching that much closer, and your preparation for your fantasy football draft probably has you pulling hair out or paying that much more attention to ESPN News. Here's a quick look at the top 10 players at each offensive position going into your draft, as well as 5 sleepers for each position. I know how hard it is to prepare, much less actually draft a solid team. So here are the guys that have the lowest amount of risk, the highest amount of reward, and some damn good reasons why.

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