Darren McFadden- Fantasy Stud or Bust?

[Gerk]

Drafted him in one of my leagues and think I am going to start him Sunday

Have heard some very mixed opinions on him

Is he a stud or bust?

[Snowman]

stud...this years Adrian Peterson in my opinion

[Big Pimpin]

so hard to say with rooks these days....dont think he will be either....medium grade specially when Oaks season goes in the toilet

[HAMILROCK]

The Associated Press reports Oakland Raiders rookie RB Darren McFadden finished the team's preseason game Friday, Aug. 29, against the Seattle Seahawks with 50 yards rushing on four carries. He is going to begin the season as the team's No. 2 running back.

Analysis: As expected Justin Fargas will begin the season as the starting back in Oakland. This doesn't change our prediction that rookie McFadden will see plenty of work and end the season as the most productive Raider back.

P.S. I took Mcfadden number #1 in my rookie draft, hopefully he's a STUD!

[Keith]

I think he ends up the # 2 rookie RB (behind Stewart).

[rjb1816]

splitting carries with 3 guys is never good for fantasy...will be the best of the 3 but i wouldnt be surprised if its out of the top 20

[huscroft6]

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

so hard to say with rooks these days....dont think he will be either....medium grade specially when Oaks season goes in the toilet

Agree here. Wont bust or break out. Prob a solid back, esp with Oak's avg at best O. Solid year

[chucker]

I also took him late, but I'll probably wait a week or two to see how many carries he's going to get. Hopefully, he turns out to be a stud.

[Snowman]

I think I remember people saying AP wouldn't get that many carries either with Chester Taylor there. I think we know how that one turned out.

[rjb1816]

mcfadden and peterson different backs...i want to see mcfadden run between the tackles in the nfl. they have fargas and bush too...not just 1 guy like taylor

[Snowman]

True they are very different style runners...I just can't see Justin Fargas or Michael Bush taking carries from him too long.

[spliff]

he might split some carries, but remember, he is the #1 pick. He will get plenty of touches.

[Cali Roots]

Peterson still did not get as many carries as I would like from my rb, esp early in the year, but he went NUTS with his opportunities which got him more carries and he continued to go NUTS!!!! I dont think you can expect McFadden to average over 5.5 yards per carry, and get 5 or 6 TD's over 50 yards like Peterson did. He average 17 carries a game, which is around what people expected (around 15 carries), he just made the most of those carries.

If Mcfadden gets those same amount of carries he'll get around 1000 yards, and who knows about the TD's. He will be solid but no superstar this year, unless Vargas goes down or just sucks.