RB's who will NOT be in a time share committee early on

[Texecutioner]

Alright guys as we're all getting closer to our fantasy drafts we might as well get these discussions moving as much as possible and help each other out. I'd like to make a nice list of all the guys that should have the backfield mainly to themselves to start the season, and then we can discuss different time shares and discuss how the touches might be disbursed.

Solo backfields
Slaton
A. Peterson
Jones Drew
Forte
Grant
Turner
Portis (Most likely)
Benson
Gore
LT
Lynch (Possibly changing to a time share)
Kevin Smith
Jacobs


Alright, now that is about all I can think of at the moment where they are backfields where one guy is going to get the bulk or the high majority of the carries. Anyone feel free to add someone to this list if I've missed anyone or feel free to dispute anyone that I've put on this list as I could be misinformed with what direction a team's backfield will be going in. For the most part though this should be pretty accurate.

I'm thinking these RB's are going to carry more value than most of these other RB's on a weekly basis to start the season and possibly even over a lot of elite WR's since you know they should be looking at 15+ carries on any given game as opposed to many guys like a Donald Brown/Addai or Moreno/Buchhalter/Jordan type of situation where you could start one of these guys and get nothing from them on any given week where it's almost a crap shoot do to game situations and disbursement of carries and receptions.

Now which guys do some of you feel like might rise from the ashes in their committee and become the TROJAN HORSE of their committee and be THE GUY because their just kicking ass and separating themselves?

The purpose of this thread is to determine which RB's have the sole backfield value and also how valuable different guys are that are in time shares and how valuable certain guys may be in their time shares to distinguish the duds of the committees that are simply names in those time shares and who are guys that will be pretty productive in their committees that will be pretty good starters in plenty of weeks.

Lets make this a productive thread for fantasy guys.

[The Gopher]

Peterson may be miles ahead of Taylor in talent... but that doesn't mean Taylor will steal carries maybe even TD's... It's one of the only concerns i'd have about drafting Peterson

[Texecutioner]

Peterson may be miles ahead of Taylor in talent... but that doesn't mean Taylor will steal carries maybe even TD's... It's one of the only concerns i'd have about drafting Peterson

That really shouldn't be a big concern actually. As good as Taylor is, it will still be Peterson's backfield all the way where he'll still get a ton of carries every week. It just helps the Vikes to have Taylor as well, because he's a stud in his own right. It seemed like the Vikes threw a lot of short passes Taylor's way last season quite a bit. Taylor could possibly steal a few GL carries though. He did from time to time last season, but Peterson is still the man, and with Favre there now defenses should back their guys up a bit now making it easier for Peterson to find room to run. As effective as Taylor was last season and will be again this year, just look at Peterson's numbers from week to week last season he was still a great guy to have on your roster every week in fantasy.

[Wolverine]

I think Jacobs is more of a time-share guy. He'll get most, but they'll find ways to use Bradshaw and now Danny Ware. Now granted that's a team that wants to run, run, and run some more, but Jacobs still has a few guys around him. Probably a better situation for him statistically if Derrick Ward isn't around though.

Call me crazy, but I think the Broncos might end up with Peyton Hillis as their guy, or at least the guy with the best stats among their current group. Buckhalter and Jordan will both find ways to get hurt and who knows if Moreno will be as advertised right out of the gate. Not to mention the Broncos are always a complete crap shoot of a situation.

I think the guy out of their that'd I'd be real comfortable with is Jones Drew. The line is going to be better, he has a good QB with him, no one really threatening as far as taking carries away. He looks solid to me. I've already drafted him in one league and If I'm stuck in the top three-four (which to me isn't ideal this year), he's my go-to-guy, hell even if I'm picking number one.

[Chris Raiden]

Peterson may be miles ahead of Taylor in talent... but that doesn't mean Taylor will steal carries maybe even TD's... It's one of the only concerns i'd have about drafting Peterson

I've got that concern as well, but it didn't seem to happen as much as I'd though it would last season.

Not to mention, now with Favre backing the 8th man out of the box, Peterson becomes even more dangerous to pop off the 5-10-15 yard runs pretty consistently.

[Parrish]

The way Coffee has been playing, the 49ers are going to try to spell Gore with him as much as possible.

[Chris Raiden]

Will Gore's stats be more positively affected by the fact that he should get better quarterback play this year, or is Coffee going to take away a substantial number of carries?

[Dreamers]

Slaton will not be alone. Brown and Moats will both get a nice share of carries. Both have looked good and if Brown can stay healthy still may be the better back. Houston has a few good options back there now. Benson is anther I have to wonder about. DD and Leonard will both get a shot at that starter spot I'm thinking. But I'm a Leonard fan so you can't go by me on that one.

LJ should not share too much time I'm liking his odds this year. I've also said it before but I really think Leon Washing will be the prime back on the JETS. McFadden is a dark horse as will be Rashard Mendenhall in Pitts.

[Texecutioner]

Slaton will not be alone. Brown and Moats will both get a nice share of carries. Both have looked good and if Brown can stay healthy still may be the better back. Houston has a few good options back there now. Benson is anther I have to wonder about. DD and Leonard will both get a shot at that starter spot I'm thinking. But I'm a Leonard fan so you can't go by me on that one.

LJ should not share too much time I'm liking his odds this year. I've also said it before but I really think Leon Washing will be the prime back on the JETS. McFadden is a dark horse as will be Rashard Mendenhall in Pitts.

I can tell you right now that Slaton is not in any kind of committee. He is not sharing carries with Brown or Moats. He's the guy. They'll get carries just like any back ups do, but it won't be any sort of time share type of thing. You're completely off base there.

Leon Washington is not going to be the prime back on the Jets. THey haven't made him one for years and it's not about to all of a sudden happen now. Jones will be, and Washington will be used in different roles.

[Chris Raiden]

I can tell you right now that Slaton is not in any kind of committee. He is not sharing carries with Brown or Moats. He's the guy. They'll get carries just like any back ups do, but it won't be any sort of time share type of thing. You're completely off base there.

Leon Washington is not going to be the prime back on the Jets. THey haven't made him one for years and it's not about to all of a sudden happen now. Jones will be, and Washington will be used in different roles.

After watching Washington run last night, I think you may end up eating those words by season's end. Thomas Jones is getting up there in age for a running back, and I think he's going to be at worst splitting half the carries with Washington at the end of the season.