Factoid
I’m on board with the notion that Shonn Greene will be one of the breakout running backs this year. He’s big and fast, he’s running behind one of the league’s best offensive lines. He’s also simply a lot better than LaDainian Tomlinson.
In a lot of fantasy formats, however, Greene will be substantially hurt by his limited receiving ability. He has poor hands – he simply can’t catch – and that’s not a big part of New York’s passing game anyway. The Jets like to pound away with the run, then throw deep when they actually put the ball in the air. Braylon Edwards, for example, averaged over 20 yards per catch during the second half of last year.
New York’s running backs, meanwhile, simply don’t catch many passes (and this was last year – with backs who catch better than Greene). In the 2009 season, only one team didn’t complete twice as many passes to running backs, and only one team didn’t finish with at least twice as many passing yards (to backs).
So if you’re in one of those leagues giving points for receptions or points for receiving yards, be sure to keep that in mind when mulling Greene in the first or second round.
RUNNING BACKS – RECEIVING PRODUCTION, 2009
In order of receiving yards.
No Yds TD
97 932 7 San Diego
115 932 3 Baltimore
97 892 2 Minnesota
91 849 2 Detroit
101 845 6 Houston
85 811 4 Washington
107 781 7 New Orleans
109 773 5 Seattle
98 727 3 Arizona
80 629 3 Philadelphia
76 610 0 Oakland
74 608 1 New England
81 605 2 Buffalo
65 596 2 Tennessee
83 594 4 Miami
69 585 3 Atlanta
70 560 3 Indianapolis
77 546 2 Kansas City
76 537 3 San Francisco
65 513 3 Green Bay
67 511 0 Chicago
59 491 2 Carolina
74 489 1 Jacksonville
67 485 5 Tampa Bay
53 483 4 Pittsburgh
79 478 0 St. Louis
61 477 0 Dallas
63 472 2 Denver
61 440 0 Cincinnati
46 429 2 NY Giants
63 396 3 Cleveland
28 199 0 NY Jets
—Ian Allan
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