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They have one of the best offensive lines in the game and although Thomas Jones and Leon Washington are on the RB depth chart as well, Jones will be 31 this season which is practically AARP worthy in "running back years" (like cats and dogs) and Washington is the team's resident spark plug, who is not played too often in order to maximize his effectiveness.
There is risk in banking too highly on Greene, however, since Jones could have another stellar year and Washington could dazzle with a few big plays out the get-go while Greene is still struggling to get up to NFL speed.
However, looking down the road, Jones is going to be gone soon and the Greene/Washington duo RBBC has a lot of potential and would also most certainly see Greene as the RB1 of the bunch. The Jets could very well play a card out of the Patriots and Giants books and run a three player RBBC.
If Greene can translate well enough, he should be given enough carries to at least be a spot-starter, or even full-starter should Jones go down. He'd also be a very nice handcuff for Jones as well, but I'm sure you already knew that, didn't you?
Bottom line: There's a reason that there's a ton of buzz around this kid. But don't be swept up in it too much, because while he has a lot of upside, he also has some road blocks that could stand in his way to truly fulfilling his potential (for THIS year at least).
2009 fantasy RB potential (out of four, "Wow I am excited!" faces): 
1/2
2. Knowshon Moreno (DEN)
Say whaaaaaaat!?
I know, I know, but please bear with me. All will soon be revealed to you, just have some patience. Please and thank you.
To start off, here's a list of the current Denver running backs on the roster (in addition to Moreno of course):
Correll Buckhalter
LaMont Jordan
Darius Walker
Ryan Torain
Now even though Mike "I pioneered the RBBC and get incredibly rosy red cheeks in cold weather games" Shanahan is no longer the head coach, you still have to expect the team to use some kind of RBBC along with Moreno—especially when you consider that Buckhalter and Jordan were brought in this past offseason and Ryan Torain hasn't exactly proven to be a bust by any means at all.
On the Moreno front, he certainly has the talent to outclass all of the others and be the RB1 in the committee, but with so many running backs...I don't know. I'm just not as incredibly excited as some other people may be about him.
It's certainly not enough to warrant not taking a good, hard and serious look at him, but as you can see from this article, there's plenty of other rookie running backs available that will probably end up being just as good as him—if not better.
Bottom line: He's the best running back on a team with a sea of running backs that the team is probably going to try and utilize all of. The kid sure is ta
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