Fantasy time: Spotlight on Jamaal Charles
A quick look at the Chiefs running back to whet your appetite for fantasy football season.
FANTASY TIME
The Daily News fantasy football section will be published tomorrow. To get the juices flowing a little early, we're spotlighting a key player each day this week leading up.
Jamaal Charles, RB, Chiefs
Age: 26. Height, weight: 5-11, 199.
Proj. draft position: 4-8 overall
2012 recap: Ran for a career-high 1,509 yards and also chipped in 35 receptions for a miserable Chiefs team. Charles ran for 226 yards in Week 16, which made him a fantasy hero in some circles, but only 10 yards and 53 yards in Weeks 15 and 17, respectively, which made him a goat.
2013 outlook: Andy Reid had success riding Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy, so Reid's arrival in Kansas City should be good for Charles. Also, Alex Smith is a ground-and-pound sort of quarterback. If Charles stays healthy, he should get to double-digit TDs.
Schedule
Week 1: at Jacksonville, 1
Week 2: Dallas, 1
Week 3: at Eagles, 8:25
Week 4: N.Y. Giants, 1
Week 5: at Tennessee, 1
Week 6: Oakland, 1
Week 7: Houston, 1
Week 8: Cleveland, 1
Week 9: at Buffalo, 1
Week 10: Bye
Week 11: at Denver, 4:05
Week 12: San Diego, 1
Week 13: Denver, 1
Week 14: at Washington, 1
Week 15: at Oakland, 4:05
Week 16: Indianapolis, 1
Week 17: at San Diego, 4:25
Coming up in the Daily News
Today: Fantasy football chat on Philly.com at Noon
Tomorrow: Fantasy football section
Sept. 6: Eagles/NFL 2013 section
Sept. 9: Eagles-Redskins playbook
- Ed Barkowitz