The Raiders won't offer any fantasy potential in 2010

The Browns stated that Harrison was their starting running back for the upcoming season and it looks like that's not going to change anytime soon. Harrison should be a solid No. 2 back in your fantasy lineup. If you follow our Top 200 here at FFToolbox.com, Harrison is ranked No. 41 -- which would have him drafted in the 3rd or 4th round. The running backs that follow him are: Matt Forte, Ricky Williams and Darren McFadden (I intentionally stopped at McFadden to keep this context within the Top 50 players). All three of those running backs have to fight off other players for carries. Harrison has the most upside when it comes to getting carries with only a rookie running back behind him. There is a possibility, however, that Harrison loses some goal line carries to Hardesty simply because of physical differences -- Harrison is 5'9" 205 to Hardesty's 6'0" 225 -- but I don't think there's too much loss here. Louis Murphy The point is, you want a solid No. 2 running back to get the bulk of the carries and Harrison seems to have that edge. It's a good thing he had no choice but to sign that one year tender.

One thing fantasy owners will want to watch closely in camp is how Oakland utilizes running backs Darren McFadden and Michael Bush (pictured). It was Bush, not McFadden, running with the first-team offense in OTAs back in May. However, Raiders coach Tom Cable has since changed his stance that he wants a lead back to emerge this offseason, hinting that a tag-team might be Oakland's recipe for success.

Owners would rather have a lead back emerge, though, so they'll have an extra Darrius Heyward RB to target as a flex/RB3 on a run-heavy team. Otherwise, owners will be left with Bush and McFadden splitting carries on a slightly improved, yet still subpar, offense with Jason Campbell under center. That's certainly not a recipe for fantasy success.

If Oakland enters the season with a committee backfield, owners should consider Bush the more valuable commodity because he'll likely get the looks around the goal-line. McFadden will still have decent PPR value and upside in a timeshare, but he's getting the injury-prone label after missing seven games in his first two seasons. Plus, his career 3.9 yards-per-carry average pales in comparison to Bush's 4.6 mark.

Adding Campbell to the starting lineup might help Oakland win a few more games in 2010, but adding any Nnamdi Asomugha Raiders to your starting lineups -- including Bush and McFadden -- won't get fantasy owners in the win column very often.