Is Cedric Benson or Joseph Addai this years Ronnie Brown?
With Ricky Williams gone in 2006, Brown was set to get more carries in Miami in his second NFL season. He got the carries — but he didn’t do much with them, totaling just 1,008 rushing yards. This year Benson and Addai are young backs who will get more touches after the departure of, respectively, Thomas Jones from the Bears and Dominic Rhodes from the Colts. But really, that’s where the comparison ends. Benson, unlike Brown, thrived as a solo back in college. (Brown split the load at Auburn with Cadillac Williams.) And while Addai’s carries will increase, Tony Dungy will still rotate backs and keep Addai rested. Here’s an added bonus for both: With the exception of Indianapolis’s Tarik Glenn, who retired, their teams’ Super Bowl offensive lines will return intact. Expect bigger numbers from these two. Are Randy Moss, Darrell Jackson and Joe Horn this year’s Terrell Owens, Javon Walker and Deion Branch? A change of locale was supposed to be just what receivers Owens, Walker and Branch
