Colts: Joseph Addai Is Taking Over | NFL Fantasy Football Rankings

Last season was a horrible failure for fantasy football owners with Joseph Addai . Injuries and poor play stripped away what could have been a second solid season in a row for the talented running back from LSU.

For the 2008 season, Addai only averaged 3.5 yards per carry and totaled just 544 yards rushing for the season. Not only did Addai fail to produce on the ground, but he only scored seven touchdowns on the year.

Because Addai was a first round pick in just about every fantasy draft that season he was one of the worst busts of the '08 fantasy football season.

Turning Things Around

Many fantasy owners were gun shy of drafting Addai this year because of his poor production in '08 and the fact that the Colts drafted Donald Brown in the first round.

For those fantasy owners that did take a chance on Addai, they have been pleasantly surprised with his consistent play this year.

Sure he's not lighting the world on fire, but he does have ten total touchdowns already and he's taking over more of the work load from Brown.

Because of Addai's consistent workload and the fact that he is the goal-line runner for the team, I fully expect him to continue his solid play for the rest of the season. Addai may not be the most explosive back in fantasy football, but he is one of the more consistent.

That makes him an excellent No.2 running back for your fantasy team and he should be drafted somewhere around the top five rounds in many fantasy leagues next season.

NFL Fantasy Football Player Rankings writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com .