Early 30 RB Projections

Posted by on Thursday, July 31, 2008 · 1 Comment 

 Gridiron Experts Early 30 Fantasy Forecast

Here at Grid-X, we not only give out our rankings, we also show you how we reached our decisions on how to grade each player. The following is a brief description on each of the categories we used to rank these players on a scale of 0-3:

  1. O-Line: No Rb can have a big season with a bad o-line
  2. Carries: Does anyone steal carries or is it a one man show
  3. Goal Line: TD’s on watching from the sidelines
  4. Receiving Yards: Multi threat or one dimensional
  5. Game Breaker: History of big fantasy games.
  6. Injuries: Any nagging injuries or history of getting hurt
  7. X-Factor: Division / Strength of Schedule / Contract year  

Player

O-Line

Carries

Goal line

Rec

Game Breaker

Injuries

X-Factor

Total

Reasoning

L.Tomlinson

2.5

3

3

3

3

2.5

2.5

19.5

LT is still the top RB

A.Peterson

3

2.5

3

2.5

3

2

2.5

18.5

Purple Jesus

B.Westbrook

2

3

2.5

3

3

2

2.5

18

Holdout? / injury prone

S.Jackson

2

3

3

3

3

2

2

18

Holdout hurts but is a stud

J.Addai

2.5

2*

2.5

3

2.5

3

2

17.5

* solid back-ups hurt his carries

M.Barber

3

2*

3

2

2

3

2

17

How much will F. Jones do?

L.Johnson

2*

3

3

2

3

2*

2

17

High risk vs. high reward

Tier 2

C.Portis

2

3

2

2.5

3

1.5

2.5

16.5

Hard to know how he’ll fit into the new system

J.Lewis

2.5*

2.5

3

2

2.5

2

2

16.5

*O-line is on the rise

M.Lynch

2.5

2.5

3

2

2

2.5

2

16.5

Buffalo is on the rise

F.Gore

2

2.5

3

2

3

2

2

16.5

What will Fosters role in SF do to Gore’s numbers?

E.James

2

2.5

3

3

2

2*

2

16.5

Getting up there in age for a RB

W.McGahee

2.5

2.5

3

2

2*

2

2.5

16.5

Hard to have big games in Baltimore Offense

Tier 3

Player

O-Line

Carries

Goal line

Rec

Game Breaker

Injuries

X-Factor

Total

Reasoning

M.Jones-Drew

2.5

2*

2

2.5

2.5

2.5

2

16

How long will it be until this is his team?

W.Parker

2*

2*

2

3

2.5

2.5

2

16

Lost Fanica / Mendenhall will steal carries

B.Jacobs

2.5

2.5

3

2

2

2

2*

16

Hard to get geared up after winning SB

C.Portis

2

2.5

2

2.5

3

1.5

2.5

16

Hard to know how he’ll fit into the new system+ lead the league in carries with 325

R.Brown

2.5

2.5

2.5

2

2

1.5*

2

15

*Great back, but injuries and bad team hurt

Tier 4

E.Graham

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

15

Gruden loves W. Dunn

M.Turner

1.5

2.5

3

2

2

2.5

1.5

15

Got paid, but is alone on a rookie team

R.Grant

2.5

2

2.5

2

2

3

1

15

We’re not sold on this guy yet. Holdout?

L.Maroney

3

2

2

1.5

2.5

2

2

15

NE is always plugging players in, and L. Jordan or S. Morris could steal carries

J.Stewart

2.5

2

2.5

2

2

1.5

2

14.5

Not the starter yet but could be a monster

R.Bush

2

1.5*

2

2.5

2.5

2

2

14.5

Shares carries, not an every down back

D.McFadden

1.5

2

2

2.5

2

2.5

2

14.5

Bad O-line

T.Jones

2.5

2

2

2

2

2

2

14.5

O-Line could make him a sleeper

J.Jones

2

2.5

1.5

2

2

2

2.5

14

Will get more carries but Duckett might steal TD’s

L.White

2.5

2

2

1.5

1.5

2

2

13.5

Rookie may steal carries

R.Johnson

2

2

2

1.5

2

1.5

2.5

13.5

Needs a bounce back year badly. In the hot seat


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One Response to “Early 30 RB Projections”
  1. tim s says:
    08/03/2008 at Sunday, August,3

    what about R.mendahall? he’s going to be wicked top 10 for sure

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