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NFL Predictions Week 11: Chris Simms’ Weekly Projections

November 18, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Call it the Ezekiel Elliott Effect. Or call it a correction in the ball-carrying market.
Either label will suit the running back gold rush that's about to befall the NFL this upcoming offseason. It took general managers long enough to see the light. No position is better suited to make an instant impact more than the one Elliott plays.
And I would know. I played with two great rookie runners in Cadillac Williams (2005) and Chris Johnson (2008). I've quarterbacked teams like the one that is steamrolling defenses in Dallas these days.
Williams made his mark right before I did in Tampa Bay. I remember standing on the sidelines watching my predecessor, Brian Griese, struggle against the Packers that year. It didn't matter; Jon Gruden gave Cadillac more than 30 carries, and we rode that guy to a win. I took over eventually, but the recipe didn't change.
When I arrived in Tennessee, Johnson wasn't CJ2K quite yet. But a few of my former Longhorns teammates wouldn't stop te...

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