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Dynasty Fantasy Football: Rookie Top 40 Rankings

Posted on by Coleman Kelly
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A couple of thoughts about my Top 40 before you dive in: With the recent comments by Todd Haley saying that Le’Veon Bell is “…not a guy that you’d shy away from giving it to him 30 times a game,” he’s moving into my #1 spot. This is a perfect intersection of talent and situation. To all those shouting out Bell as the next Daniel Thomas or Shonn Greene: I could not disagree more. I honestly don’t know what to make of the Eddie Lacy/Johnathan…

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Sports Wunderkind NFL Draft Running Backs Preview Podcast

Posted on by Davis Mattek
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With the overwhelmingly positive response to the top 5 NFL Draft TE’s and WR sports podcast that Coleman and I did on Wednesday, we decided that a second edition featuring all of the 2013 NFL Draft running backs would be in order. Inside, we discuss Johnathan Franklin, Eddie Lacy, Miguel Maysonet, Andre Ellington, Christine Micheal and all of the other relevant players. As always, leave your comments below or contact us on twitter. Sports Wunderkind NFL Draft Running Back’s Podcast

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NFL Draft Player Evaluation: Johnathan Franklin, RB UCLA

Posted on by Coleman Kelly
Johnathan Franklin stiff arms a USC defender.

Jonathan Franklin was a player I heard about through Joe Goodberry, a Bengals draft writer for Cincy Jungle, who was opining about how Franklin was an underrated back. After watching three of his games (vs Rice, Nebraska, and Stanford), I have to agree, although Franklin’s “stock” has been gaining steam as of late. Johnathan Franklin vs Stanford (courtesy of DraftBreakdown) Finding comps for Franklin was rather difficult. There were literally 10 or 15 no-name running backs who compared to Franklin, but the one thing they…

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