Ten things I learned: Some guys you don't bench 

October, 12, 2009
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I certainly didn't expect 210 receiving yards and two scores from Roddy White on Sunday, but I did suspect he would put up a big performance sometime soon, regardless of the opponent, because I know how good he is. We learned that last season. Although White had started slowly -- blame Tony Gonzalez, opposing defenses, Matt Ryan's decision-making or even White himself, if you like -- I still trusted him moving forward. I took a chance ranking him fifth at wide receiver in Week 5, and it turns out that was too low. He ended up No. 2 among wideouts in Week 5.

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Eric Karabell
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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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