Fantasy Football RB's: Which Ones Should You Upgrade to for the 2007 Season?

Why should you listen to my fantasy football advice? In 9 years of playing fantasy football I have won 5 fantasy football Super Bowl Championships.

These are the RB's you should be upgrading this year in your fantasy football drafts. Experienced fantasy football owners already know who the best RB's in fantasy are. Even novices should know that if you have the first pick you should take LaDainian Tomlinson. But what about after the top RB's are gone?

I'm not saying you should draft the RB's on this list but that you should upgrade them and consider drafting them earlier than you would have last season. The great thing about fantasy football is that each owner is the GM of their own team. As owners we have the final say on roster spots and how you evaluate talent will play the lions share role in determining how you do this year in your fantasy football league(s).

Joseph Addai (Indianapolis Colts) - had a fine rookie year for the Super Bowl champs rushing for 1,081 yards with a 4.8 yard average and 7 TD's, while also catching 40 passes out of the back field with another TD. With Dominic Rhodes gone he's likely going to be the full time RB for a great offense. Tony Dungy says he wants to have a two back system but the Colts don't have another RB with anything close to Addai's ability and that should translate into him getting the vast majority of the workload. Peyton Manning will always look for his RB in the passing game which means Addai could have a huge year.

Laurence Maroney (New England Patriots) - like Addai he too had a fine rookie year rushing for 745 yards with a 4.3 yard average and 7 TD's. Also caught 22 passes out of the backfield. With Corey Dillon gone Maroney figures to be the main RB for the Pats this year and that should translate into a big year if he can stay healthy.

Cedric Benson (Chicago Bears) - rushed for 647 yards last year with a 4.1 yard average and 6 TD's for the Super Bowl runner-up Bears. With Thomas Jones gone to the Jets via trade, Benson will be the number one RB in the Windy City. That should translate into big time production for the former first round draft pick.