That noise you hear is fantasy owners all across the Internet rushing to change their starting running back before that dreaded lock kicks in.According to the Carroll County Times, my place for ground-breaking news, Ravens running back Willis McGahee might not be in the starting rotation this weekend against the Bengals because he is still struggling with his left knee. Rookie Ray Rice, who is ranked just four spots behind McGahee by Yahoo! Sports, could get the nod.
McGahee skipped most of the offseason conditioning program and minicamps, raising questions about his dedication and knowledge of the playbook. If he plays, it figures to be extremely limited action.In case you cared, McGahee went in the fourth round of our "expert" pick 'em for Fantasy while Rice went in the 11th round.
"When you've got Ray Rice out there practicing and you don't have McGahee, that's what you do," head coach John Harbaugh said. "That's what you become. So, Willis is a bonus in my mind because he hasn't been practicing anyway. If he gets out there, it's going to be great. We've got to go play on Sunday with the guys we've got and we plan on playing very well."
I bet you a dollar that before the preseason fired up, not a single one of you would have expected Joe Flacco to be the starting quarterback, handing off to Rice, the starting running back. The Ravens could very well take the field Sunday with a group in the backfield that has played exactly the same amount of regular season NFL games as Sarah Palin.
