"SECOND VERSE - SAME AS THE FIRST?"
During the 2009 fantasy season I couldn’t really complain about my player’s performance. They actually did better than the coach when he set his weekly lineup. So I’m going to talk about this young running back I drafted with some fairly high expectations only to see him go down with a season ending injury before the season started. Before the 2009 season kicked off, the Giants, through free-agency, lost running back Derrick Ward to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With only Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw holding down the running back position, I saw an opportunity for Andre Brown to receive a significant number of carries. Jacobs and Bradshaw are no strangers to injury themselves. I drafted Brown in two leagues hoping to bolster my running back depth and maybe have the Giants future starter. Not to be! Just a little over two weeks into training camp Brown ruptured his Achilles tendon. Tom Coughlin had been impressed with Brown’s speed, size, and versatility up to that point. I’m still high on Brown going into the 2010 season. The Giants running backs get a lot of work. If Brown gets by the injury I see him receiving around 25% - 30% of the carries, stealing from both Jacobs and Bradshaw. His only stats come from his days at North Carolina State where he played in 44 games with 30 starts. Brown had 523 carries for 2,539 yards (a 4.8 yard average) and 22 touchdowns. Additionally he caught 70 passes for 631 yards (a 9.0 yard average) and 2 scores. Andre also worked as a part of the special team unit. He was credited with 3,511 all purpose yards. Brown showed his ability to bounce back from injury in 2008 when he battled back from a left foot fracture in spring camp. He started all 13 games and led the Wolfpack with a career-high 767 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns on 175 carries (a 4.4 yard average). The same year he had a career-high 29 receptions for 309 yards (a 10.7 yard average) and 2 scores. Andre Brown should be available in most keeper league free-agent pools since not many team owners kept him after the injury. In single year formats you will be able to wait until the later rounds and add him as running back depth or leave him in the free-agent pool and wait to see how he performs in preseason games. See Other Roundtable Opinions Article provided by: J. PiattFanaticFantasyFootball.com LLC
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