However, in each of those cases, I pause for a small reality check. Jones made two big plays for most of his 131 receiving yards, but was targeted only four times total. Veteran Roddy White remains the top Atlanta target. Dalton still must face the Pittsburgh Steelers or Baltimore Ravens in half his remaining games, though it's interesting that no first-year quarterback -- including Peyton Manning and Dan Marino -- has ever had as many as his 12 touchdowns in his first eight team games since the 1970 merger. And Murray, as awesome as he looks averaging 6.7 yards per rush this season, still must deal with the pending return of Felix Jones in what might become a frustrating (for fantasy owners) time share.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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