Asiata West unlikely RB committee leaders of Week 9

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Asiata West unlikely RB committee leaders of Week 9

How about ? He had 24 carries for 154 yards and two touchdowns in 's absence and with a 60-yard scoring run for good measure. If you were lucky enough to snag him off the waiver wire and pop him into your lineup when you heard the news that Bernard would be out, well, good for you savvy fantasy owner, it paid off beautifully. A few other running backs that performed as we expected them to in Week 9 include who seemed fresh off of a Skittles overdose from a succe sful Halloween and with two touchdowns and 143 total yards after three disappointing weeks, who got into the end zone for the and totaled 88 yards and who's been of late and posted two scores and over 100 scrimmage yards. And now for all of the frustrating goodne s of this week's Committee Dick Barnett Jersey Meetings.Vikings:One of the worst things in fantasy is when you completely give up on a guy to the point of dropping him to the waiver wire and he then proceeds to slap you in the face with a huge day. "Hi, I'm and this it's Week 9 ... SLAP!" Yeah, thanks a lot dude. Can you tell I'm bitter? Since his Week 4 explosion of 100 yards and three touchdowns he hasn't done anything except lose fumbles and plod along to fantasy irrelevance. And then the came into town and Minnesota decided it was just about time for another random scoring outburst from one of their running backs so they were like, "Hey do we have a plodding no-good runner with ? Oh yeah that one guy who only scores three touchdowns at a time, get him in the game." Seriously, 10 carries for 26 yards and three touchdowns!? The might be the most frustrating team in fantasy. Yeah, I'm looking at you, . Over the last few weeks it sure seemed like the were phasing Asiata out of their offensive game plan for the more dynamic . But in Week 9 both backs were used on an almost even split of Reggie Bullock Jersey offensive plays. And although McKinnon has been touted as the more talented runner in Minnesota he has failed to get into the end zone on 110 offensive touches this season. He has been a lot more consistent than Asiata which is really what you're looking for with these committee guys and he should still be owned acro s the board. Good luck predicting the next three-touchdown game for Asiata though. Browns:It was a another unimpre sive day for who simply hasn't done much of anything on the ground for three games in a row now and finished Week 9 with just three crummy yards on 10 carries. Over the last three games Tate is averaging an abysmal 1.6 yards per carry and has totaled a combined 65 rushing yards on 41 attempts. He played on le s than half of Cleveland's offensive snaps against the on Sunday, giving way to rookie who got the nod on 55 percent of the plays. Watch:Watch:West clearly out-performed Tate (which isn't saying much) and finished with 15 carries for 48 yards and a touchdown reception proving as the better fantasy play. Reports earlier in the week from coach implied that Cleveland wants to get their talented rookie more involved and that was very apparent in Week 9. West might have been left for dead in fantasy after receiving a healthy inactive tag in Week 6, but that designation seems like it's done nothing but motivate him. He needs to be owned in all leagues and might even become the lead back . He seems to be improving both in pa s protection and as a runner as his rookie season wears on and he should continue to see increased opportunities as long as he performs well. As for , he was relegated exclusively to special teams duty but is still worth a stash in deeper leagues. Jets:I'm not Latrell Sprewell Jersey really sure if it can get much worse for the , but if you're a fantasy owner who started against the Sunday then maybe you should stop this reading right now because it's about to get worse for you. After a two game stretch where Ivory totaled three touchdowns and over 16.00 fantasy points in each he was limited to just 22 yards on eight carries in Week 9. It was more a matter of game flow here as the went down early and never had a chance to get their ground game going. Now, if you're a fantasy owner who started , first of all you might want to make an appointment to get your head checked out because what were you thinking? But secondly Johnson actually totaled a season-high 69 rush yards on 11 carries and added 32 receiving yards on two catches which was good enough for 10.10 fantasy points in standard scoring formats. The take on the in Week 10 so you can't really feel good about either of Gang Green's running backs there. But if you're in a crunch because of the bye weeks Ivory is still the guy to slot into your lineup and hope for the best. managed 10.50 fantasy points in Week 9 against Pittsburgh so it's not out of the question for Ivory to bounce back since there's really nowhere to go but up at this point. Eagles:So owners have to be happy about Shady Theo Pinson Jersey 's production in Week 9 and for his last four games for that matter as he's been putting up consistently higher yardage totals than he was to start the season. On Sunday against the he totaled 117 rushing yards on 23 attempts and now has over 20 carries in four straight games. Unfortunately he hasn't scored a touchdown since Week 2. Still, you should take his 12.30 fantasy points and call it good. returned to action after mi sing some time with a knee injury. He looked like his old quick, shifty self with more receptions than rush attempts. Although if you started him you were probably looking for more than 6.30 fantasy points and he continues to be more valuable in PPR scoring formats and leagues that reward points Nerlens Noel Jersey for return yards on punts. The have a few juicy matchups in the coming weeks so Sproles could be an interesting flex option down the stretch. Now for the moment for the . Backup running back was the only Philadelphia back to score a touchdown in Week 9 and finished with eight carries for 50 yards and the score. To be honest, Polk looked pretty monstrous on his carries plowing through some defenders. It's worth wondering if Polk will become the short-yardage goal-line back going forward. Matt Franciscovich is an a sociate fantasy editor at NFL.com. Follow him on Twitter __. He's making it a point to use the word "crummy" more in everyday conversation and in his writing. Deal with it.
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