After a mediocre 2008 campaign, Ryan Grant had all his naysayers patting themselves on the back during the first part of 2009, as it looked like his brief flirt with NFL success had fizzled as predicted. He started off looking exactly like the fantasy backup RB most “experts” were predicting him to be, but then in the eighth game of the season, Grant suddenly came back around to the 2007 form that put him on the fantasy map in the first place. Ryan racked up 8 of his 11 TDs and 728 yards on the ground over the final nine games of the 2009 season en route to a Packers playoff berth and well-deserved relief for his patient fantasy owners. Of course, it didn’t hurt knowing that 1,250+ rushing yards over the course of the season meant an extra $2 million added to his 2010 salary…
~ Set career bests in yards (1,253), rushing touchdowns (11, 11 total), yards/game (78.3), receiving yards (197), and total yards from scrimmage (1,450)
