Rookie Slow Starts or Busts for McFadden and Smith?

We posted the top five NFL Rookie fantasy players through week five last night. Now we will discuss the rookie disappointments thus far which include Darren McFadden and Kevin Smith.

Many of us thought Darren McFadden would be the next Adrian Peterson, but a combination of injuries, a crowed backfield and playing for the most dysfunctional franchise in all of sports has hurt McFadden. With Justin Fargas getting healthily and expected to play this week, it is time to put McFadden on the bench this week until he proves he can produce on a consistent basis. I am going to start Michael Pittman this week in my league over McFadden, especially with Selvin Young out for Denver this week.Kevin Smith of the Detroit Lions also came into the season with high expectations from fantasy owners as he was going to get 20+ carries and be the focal point of the offense. The Lions added Rudi Johnson and they are starting to split carries and the fact that the Lions are the second dysfunctional franchise in all of sports. YES I MEAN ALL OF SPORTS! What have we learned from this??? Avoid at all costs drafting running backs none the less rookie running backs on bad teams. If you drafted McFadden or Kevin Smith you drafted a running back on not only a bad team, probably the two worst teams in the NFL and neither of them will help your fantasy teams each week.