Stupid, Absurdly Early 2009 Fantasy Football Rankings: Running Backs

Tosten Burks by Columnist Written on January 02, 2009
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Pre-season rankings, along with conventional wisdom, were gone with the wind in the 2008 fantasy football season. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the running back position.

The No. 1 overall back was DeAngelo Williams out of Carolina, a team that just drafted a halfback in the first round of the draft back last April.

A first-year starter was number two.

A starter who made it into the end zone once last season scored 13 touchdowns this year. There were three rookies in the top 10. The perennial No. 1 one ended up with seven.

Nobody has any idea what they're doing with these. It's unpredictable, a crap shoot.

Now let me polish off my rifle...

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