Sunday, August 08, 2010

It's said (in some places at least) that there are two kinds of people--Texans, and those who haven't made it there yet. While that may not be true (then again it may--I've been living here for two years next month), a similar rule could be made for running backs.

There are two kinds of running backs...the injury prone, and those who haven't made it there yet.

At the moment, Michael Turner, Frank Gore, and Stephen Jackson are on the injury prone list, while Ray Rice and Maurice Jones-Drew haven't made it there yet.

While Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson have been injured recently enough for me to remember, they have both recovered convincingly enough that they have crossed over to the other list...or perhaps another list labled "durable."

If I draft Andre Johnson with the 5th or 6th pick in one of my upcoming fantasy drafts, it will likely be because I don't consider Turner, Gore, or Jackson to be good injury risks. If I take wide receivers in the first and second rounds, it will probably be because WRs are better injury risks than RBs. On the other hand, Jahvid Best has an injury rap sheet that could easily make you wish you'd spend an earlier pick on an RB.

Meanwhile, the odds on San Diego winning over 11 games have held steady at (+105), along with the same (-135) odds for UNDER 11. On the other hand, Brett Favre has caused the Viking odds to be taken off the board, as well as drop Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin about 20 spots each on ESPN's draft board. It looks like I may end up running two Fantasy Leagues, and I'm tempted to hold one draft before Brett makes up his mind, just t0 see if it makes anyone make mistakes. Not that we know when that will be or anything.