FANTASY FOOTBALL: Brown and wildcat looking a bit shaky against Patriots’ brutal run defense

By John Mcfarland, AP
Friday, November 6, 2009

Time to bench Ronnie Brown vs. Pats?

Ever since the discovery of the wildcat offense, it’s been awfully difficult to take Miami’s Ronnie Brown out of any fantasy lineup.

This may be the week where you want to show him the bench, though.

Brown is coming off a 27-yard game — which ties his worst output in 21 games since the unveiling of the high school-style scheme — and returns to the stadium where it all began. Sunday he’ll face the Patriots, who are surely still bitter over his 113 yards and four TDs against them in the wildcat’s debut last year.

Even though Brown is fourth in the NFL with seven touchdowns rushing, he faces a stiff test. The Patriots had few problems taking apart the wildcat in their second meeting with Miami last year, limiting Brown to just 37 yards. And now the Patriots, who’ve allowed just one rushing TD this year, also have the advantage of more game film from the Jets’ defanging of the wildcat last week.

As you again wonder why this offense only works for one team, here’s a look at some players to start and some to sit in Week 9:

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