Fantasy Football: Cedric Benson to the Packers Outlook

Fantasy Football: Cedric Benson to the Packers

By Muntradamus

Obviously this means James Starks is already the Bust of the Season if you drafted him.  Cedric Benson did not sign with the Packers to be a backup RB, and he gives the Packers their best RB since the days before Ryan Grant was a starter.  I would go as far to say as Ahman Green.

With the Packers, you can except Cedric Benson to be an easy bet for 10 TDs.  Defenses have to worry about Aaron Rodgers in the red zone and all of his lethal threats.  Aaron Rodgers is one of the best Red Zone QBs of all time!
The last two seasons Cedric Benson has been very consistent.

2010. 16 Games: 321 Carries.  1111 Yards. 3.5 Average Per Carry. 7 TDS.
2011: 15 Games: 273 Carries. 1067 Yards. 3.9 Average Per Carry. 6 TDs.

In 2012 I predicted Cedric Benson to have: 220 Carries. 946 Yards. 4.3 Average Per Carry. 11 TDs.

Benson will not have to face stacked boxes like he did every season with the Bengals.  The Packers will be in the Red Zone very frequently, and on top of that the Packers will be killing clock in the 4th Quarter.  Benson will prove that he is still a BEAST, and could be a low-end Marshawn Lynch option. 

Check out where Cedric Benson and James Starks rank among all RBs this season in the BEAST DOME RB DRAFT GUIDE.

Muntradamus is a Fantasy Sports Expert who specializes in Fantasy Football/Baseball/Basketball. He is currently in his first season as a Pro on FantasyPros where he is the only expert to have Adam Dunn, Mike Aviles, and Wilin Rosario in his top 20 at each position. Muntradamus not only leads many to championships with his great advice, and outlooks into the future. He is also consistently on the top of leaderboards in DraftStreet. In August he will compete in a $200K MLB tournament that he qualified for, he has won two spots.