Normally I play the role of Mr. Conservative and try to avoid situations that can really burn fantasy owners, but I have to admit, I went all-in when it came to a few running backs in my Week 16 rankings, surprising myself along the way. This week is the championship round in many leagues, and Harrison, Beanie Wells, Rashard Mendenhall, Fred Jackson, Laurence Maroney and Jason Snelling all are among those I've ranked as RB2 choices. Stunning indeed.
Last week I adjusted the normal "rankings decisions" format to discuss players coming off particularly uninspiring performances from the previous week, noting where I had ranked them moving forward. Let's stick with that in looking ahead to Week 16:
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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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