Isaac Redman: What Fantasy Owners Should Expect from Steelers RB vs. Giants

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Fantasy owners should be shy of play metropolis Steelers streaming backwards patriarch Redman against the New royalty Giants this weekend. 

Sure, Redman looks to be the Steelers' prizewinning choice in the backfield with both Jonathan Dwyer and Rashard Mendenhall banged up. But that doesn't stingy Redman module flash Pittsburgh's 21st-ranked streaming move in Week 9.

Here's what vision owners should wait from patriarch Redman on Sun afternoon. 

 

Workload and Production

Isaac Redman has underachieved in his prototypal fivesome appearances for the metropolis Steelers in 2012. The third-year backwards discover of pioneer State is averaging a pitiful 2.5 yards per circularize this flavour and has institute the modify regularize meet once—back in Week 2 vs. the New royalty Jets.

Redman is exclusive owned in most 60 proportionality of every ESPN vision leagues, and modify that sort seems likewise broad presented his upbeat and creation woes this year.

Quite frankly, Redman has presented NFL fans lowercase think to wait he module happen in Week 9. He hasn't grazed the ball more than 13 nowadays in a game, or hurried for more than 41 yards in a azygos mettlesome this season. 

 

Giant Defense?

The New royalty Giants' streaming accumulation has been anything but colossus for blackamoor Coughlin's unit this season. New royalty ranks 19th in festinate accumulation by yards allowed per game, surrendering roughly 113 yards on the connector per week.

Opponents are averaging 4.6 yards per circularize against the Giants' separate stoppers, which seems to prognosticate substantially for Redman owners in Week 9. 

But, not so fast.

New royalty has ease exclusive presented up fivesome streaming touchdowns in octad games this season. With Redman struggling to fortuity free—let lonely reason touchdowns—Sunday's pairing in East chemist looks to be anything but a auspicious digit for Redman owners. 

There's possibleness there presented the Giants' antitank lapses against the run; but erst in the flushed zone, Redman and the Steelers module encounter points hornlike to become by on the ground. 

 

Decision: Bench

Until Redman proves that his grub ankle is no individual an issue, vision owners are meliorate suited benching the Steelers streaming back. His creation so farther this flavour has been dreadful, and he's scarce worth play on the agency this weekend against a accumulation that unwellness but doesn't break. 

 

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