Seventh Heaven: The Top Seven Fantasy Rookie RBs for 2009

4. Bernard Scott (CIN)

Rookie RB Bernard Scott has found himself on a Bengals squad in which he is surrounded by mediocre, patchwork running backs on the depth chart. This fact alone would make him a promising chance to see a lot of playing time and even become the starter, but luckily (for the Bengals), there's a whole lot more.

Scott was a BEAST in college, racking up more than 4,200 yards and finding the end zone 62 times in just TWO years at Abilene Christian University. It's been reported that the Bengals are VERY impressed with his quickness and speed when getting to the perimeter.

This kids athleticism is obviously already on the NFL level and he has a small level of competition for the starting job—so why isn't everyone ranting and raving over him?

Well, in typical Cincinnati Bengal fashion, Scott was drafted despite the fact that he's had some pretty hefty off-the-field issues, reportedly bring arrested five different times and playing for THREE other colleges before Abilene Christian. You know, cause it's not like the Bengals have had problems with their players off-the-field criminal activity before...

Seriously, not only will it be a travesty if this kids talent is never allowed to come to fruition because of his off-the-field troubles, it will be absolutely disgusting that the Bengals allowed it to happen again.

I sincerely hope their lax disciplinary rules in regards to this stuff doesn't contribute from robbing us of the opportunity to potentially see this kid blossom into a star.

Bottom line: He's a risk and a big one at that, but along with big-risk, comes big-reward. The choice is yours, young grasshopper!

2009 fantasy RB potential (out of four, "Wow I am excited!" faces): 1/2


3. Shonn Greene (NYJ)

If you haven't yet heard about Shonn Greene and how the Jets organization was literally giggling with glee when he fell into their lap on day two of the Draft, then you MIGHT want to go about finding a new crew of whom you can discuss football with, because Greene is as hot a topic as there is currently in regards to the rookie class.

Green promptly exploded onto the college football scene last year when he absolutely TORE it UP with 307 carries for 1,850 yards and 20 TD's. He had 8 receptions for 49 yards too but as you can see, that's really not worth mentioning because he's more of a runner than a receiver.

New Jets head coach Rex Ryan was very happy with the teams acquisition of Greene and the teams running back coach Anthony Lynn actually had Greene as his No. 1 RB prospect in the entire draft. That's almost certainly a lie but I'm sure he had him ranked pretty high up and was very surprised he was taken in day one of the Draft.

Rex Ryan is all about running the rock and playing a hard-nosed, smash mouth, conservative style of football that will most certainly be enhanced with the inevitability of either an inexperienced or rookie QB about to take the signal calling duties.

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