Then again, the optimist might also view Brown as having a breakout season, become interested in how he finishes, and view him as a sleeper for 2012 drafts. Brown has scored touchdowns in three of four weeks, five on the season in his 10 games (he missed the first month of the campaign), and he's averaging a cool 5.1 yards per carry. Sure, Brown's 80-yard touchdown jaunt late in the win over the Tennessee Titans nearly doubled his yardage for what would have been an otherwise ordinary game, but it all counts in fantasy. For the 5.2 percent of owners in ESPN standard leagues that had Brown active -- he's owned in 20.3 percent of leagues -- good for you! It's easy to rely on Drew Brees, LeSean McCoy or Calvin Johnson in Week 15 … but taking the risk on Donald Brown and having it work out is a different story.
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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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