Tennessee Titans running back Bishop Sankey was viewed as the rookie running back with the best chance to make a big fantasy football impact, and he has a big chance tomorrow against the rival Jacksonville Jaguars with veteran Shonn Greene listed doubtful. Sankey is the more talented RB anyway, and, for all intents and purposes we’ll assume Greene won’t play, a strong game could make him the team’s feature back for good. To this point in the regular season, Greene has carried the rock 12 more times than Sankey, so we could see a full workload of 20 touches for him tomorrow.
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According to The Tennessean’s Jim Wyatt, Sankey stated that he feels more comfortable with ball security and pass protection, “I am feeling a lot more comfortable with pass protection, and really just being more confident doing my job. am just going out there trying to move the chains, protecting the quarterback and securing the ball. I am feeling good, though.”
Sankey seems pretty shrewd based on this quote, because he knows that two of the main reasons why more talented, but younger, RBs get benched in favor of plodding veterans are pass protection and fumbling. The Washington Huskies well-rounded back, of course, hasn’t fumbled the ball yet, and he’s been better in pass pro than Greene, who has been terrible in that regard so far this year. It’s obvious that Sankey needs to be the Titans feature back as soon as possible, so hopefully he can have a huge game and make double-digit carry days for Greene obsolete.