Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers went down in Week 1 of the Regular Season with a torn ankle ligament and ESPN is reporting that he has been placed on IR officially ending the dominant Runningback's season. Hope is not lost for the Packers yet as up and coming 4th year Runningback Brandon Jackson stepped up big with 63 yards on 18 rush attempts against a pretty good Eagles defense.
Now I wouldn't get my hopes real high on Jackson right now because frankly they don't exactly have favorable match ups for the next stretch and we did just finish Week 1 so it is hard to get a handle on it, but I don't see what I would consider to be a favorable match up for Jackson until Week 4 against the Lions and again in Week 6 against the Dolphins. In those two games I would project Jackson around 100-125 yards and maybe a TD but in the remaining games I would project somewhere around or below the total that you saw in Week 1. So if you want to play against the odds, pick him up because if I'm wrong it could be that move that people look back on when they walk away from a Fantasy League with the money and say, that move won me the championship, but don't count on it.
As far as the Packers as a team are concerned, I think that Rodgers, Driver, Jennings, and Finley are all fine and will remain steady in the projections. I also don't think that this loss impacts my season prediction for the team which has the Packers at least making a deep run into the playoffs and personally I have them winning the Super Bowl.
So Let's say you owned Ryan Grant in a Fantasy League and now have the option to pick up Brandon Jackson or someone else. I would like to give you some names that I would personally pick up above Jackson if they are available looking over the course of the season. For the rest of the Season if you are looking at overall points I would rather have Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns, Fred Taylor of the New England Patriots, and though they may not be available I would easily start Thomas or Felix Jones, of the Chiefs and Cowboys respectively, over Jackson.
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