Fantasy Football: Predicting a "Bust"

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The absolute worst nightmare for every fantasy football manager is the thought of spending an early round pick on a player who "busts."

Last year, the following players were major busts:

• Joseph Addai, (first round)
• Larry Johnson, (second round)
• Willis McGahee, (second round)
• Braylon Edwards, (second round)
• Laurence Maroney, (third round)
• Rudi Johnson, (fourth round)
• Edgerrin James, (fourth round)
• Selvin Young, (fifth round)

Here's a quick take on the situation that each of the above players were in last year, and why they were so bad:

• Joseph Addai-  He was coming off of a robust season that had him totaling over 1,400 total yards and double digit touchdowns, but missing four games due to injury hampered his ability to "get going" so to speak.  Also the fact that he was apart of a high-powered passing and not running certainly could have contributed to why he didn't put up impressive stats last year.

• Larry Johnson-  Three years removed from his latest great season, (and coming off of two disastrous seasons), many were expecting a bounce back year for Johnson; but it didn't happen.  Now he was oft-injured, and did face numerous off-field as well as on-field problems, but that, and the fact that he was apart of the lowly Chief's offense proved to be the reasons as to why he has not achieved statistically the last two seasons.

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