Ben Tate
Old Team: Houston Texans
New Team: Cleveland Browns
Ben Tate was expected to compete for the Texans starting job as a rookie in 2010, but shattered his ankle in the preseason opener was placed on IR, thus beginning the insane Arian Foster fantasy explosion.
Most owners have a love-hate relationship with the injury-riddled, incumbent backup, boom-or-bust Ben Tate. The YPC is there (4.7) along with TD ratio (1 per 40 touches) and adequate PPR value (58 receptions in 40 career games), but the reliability is horrendous.
Tate has fumbled a whopping 10 times in those 40 games, losing six of them, and has missed 24 games (16 in 2010) in four years. Despite that, he’ll have every opportunity to carry the rock 350-plus times as the starter in Cleveland.
New coordinator Kyle Shanahan likes a power running game with serious fullback help but will protect Tate with a hybrid West Coast offense, especially with an upper-tier offensive line.
Tate, ranked between RB No. 13-20 by most services, would be a very weak No. 1 RB, but a workable No. 2 and anything beyond is beautiful. Be careful if he’s there late in the 2nd round but don’t be shy to pull the trigger by the 3rd.
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