It’s official, Mike Shanahan hates fantasy football (in case you didn’t already know). Shanahan made an already murky running back situation even murkier by giving 6th round rookie Alfred Morris two straight starts in the preseason, one because he wanted to see what he had and one because Evan Royster was hurt. Morris impressed, rushing for 195 yards and a touchdown on 39 carries.
Shanahan said that Morris could start week 1. Royster, most recently the presumed starter, is currently nursing a knee injury, while Roy Helu, at one point the presumed starter, is nursing an Achilles injury. Meanwhile, Tim Hightower, the starter last year before tearing his ACL, just saw his first preseason action last week, as the #2 back behind Morris.
Shanahan loves a murky running back situation. He loves his opponents not to know what kind of back they’ll have to game plan against and he loves to be able to switch running backs depending on the matchup. It’s a smart football philosophy, but it creates a wasteland in fantasy leagues. Morris, Hightower, Royster, and Helu could easily all get starts this season.
In fact, I’d be willing to bet that a running back not currently on their roster will get at least one start for them at running back this season (Ryan Torain?). Don’t draft any of their backs before the late rounds in fantasy leagues and only do it if you’re comfortable ripping out half your hair over the course of the season out of frustration with Shanahan.
If you’re interested in doing a fantasy football league with me, here’s the link (no draft date set yet, currently standard, with the option to become PPR with group vote). http://msn.foxsports.com/fantasy/football/commissioner/Registration/Private.aspx?league=55086&password=FanSpot2
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