Jamal Lewis Discussion

Jamal Lewis can't get no respect. He finished 6th in Yahoo standard scoring last year and Dave Richard on his blog at CBSSports.com is calling him a #2 RB while saying another staffer is going to avoid Lewis altogether.

Read the comments - everyone's negative on Lewis. Let's look again at the results from last year:

LT, 293
Westbrook, 269
Addai, 222
Adrian Peterson (Min), 222
Portis, 210
Jamal Lewis, 207
Marion Barber, 187
Willis McGahee, 174
Edge, 172
Gore, 170
Lynch, 167
Earnest Graham, 167
Jones-Drew, 161
Steven Jackson, 154

The #6 back in fantasy football is a borderline #2 RB?

Strangely, I see that argument and here's why: 1) new contract - less incentive to sacrifice himself. It's probably his last contract, he's going to be 29, so in the back of his mind he's probably thinking this year and next year might be all he has unless he's just good enough and still healthy enough to avoid being cut in two seasons; and 2) inconsistency - Lewis was all over the map in fantasy points last year with 7 games over and 9 games under 90 yards. The games under 90 were usually way under (0, 11, 35, 35, 37, 56, 61, 62, 64). And although he finished with 9 rushing TDs, he got four of those in one game. His reception yardage was also inconsistent but usually low.

In the end, if anything, I think the fact Lewis finished so high last year might be due to the fact it was a down year for most RBs last year.

The Mustard: Lewis is going to be available probably late in the second to the top of the third round. Personally, I'd be good with him as my RB2, but at this time, I have to admit I would probably rather take other players available at that time, such as Reggie Wayne, Tony Romo or maybe even Brandon Jacobs, Rudi Johnson or Darren McFadden.