Fantasy Football: Predicting a "Bust"

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• Selvin Young-  Who you might say?  This guy was figured to handle the load for the notoriously mysterious Denver backfield, and unfortunately for his owners, got injured in week six.  But before he got injured, he didn't receive the amount of carries that fantasy owners were expecting, averaging only around nine attempts a game.  I know I attribute those low totals to the fact that Denver uses all of their backs equally it seems.

So now let's put all of these players into a "chart" to see just what reasons caused the players to bust.

1. Three players played in an offense built for the position opposite theirs (e.g.: running back playing in passing offense).  37.5%
2. Three players played on terrible teams.  37.5%
3. Two players were part of a running back by committee.  25%

Now let's look at players who are apart of those situations this year:

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