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282	'09	'08	'07
Games	--	11	15
Attempts	--	210	321
Rushing Yards	--	791	1316
100 Yard Games	--	4	8
Receptions	--	3	23
Receiving Yards	--	13	164
Total TDs	--	5	2

Willie-parker

Season Schedule

Week 1 - Sep 12

DAL @ WAS
Week 2 - Sep 19

HOU @ WAS
Week 3 - Sep 26

WAS @ STL
Week 4 - Oct 03

WAS @ PHI
Week 5 - Oct 10

GB @ WAS
Week 6 - Oct 17

IND @ WAS
Week 7 - Oct 24

WAS @ CHI
Week 8 - Oct 31

WAS @ DET
Week 9 - Nov 07

bye
Week 10 - Nov 15

PHI @ WAS
Week 11 - Nov 21

WAS @ TEN
Week 12 - Nov 28

MIN @ WAS
Week 13 - Dec 05

WAS @ NYG
Week 14 - Dec 12

TB @ WAS
Week 15 - Dec 19

WAS @ DAL
Week 16 - Dec 26

WAS @ JAC
Week 17 - Jan 02

NYG @ WAS

Week 1 - Sep 13

WAS 17 @ NYG 23
Week 2 - Sep 20

STL 7 @ WAS 9
Week 3 - Sep 27

WAS 14 @ DET 19
Week 4 - Oct 04

TB 13 @ WAS 16
Week 5 - Oct 11

WAS 17 @ CAR 20
Week 6 - Oct 18

KC 14 @ WAS 6
Week 7 - Oct 26

PHI 27 @ WAS 17
Week 8 - Nov 01

bye
Week 9 - Nov 08

WAS 17 @ ATL 31
Week 10 - Nov 15

DEN 17 @ WAS 27
Week 11 - Nov 22

WAS 6 @ DAL 7
Week 12 - Nov 29

WAS 24 @ PHI 27
Week 13 - Dec 06

NO 33 @ WAS 30
Week 14 - Dec 13

WAS 34 @ OAK 13
Week 15 - Dec 21

NYG 45 @ WAS 12
Week 16 - Dec 27

DAL 17 @ WAS 0
Week 17 - Jan 03

WAS 20 @ SD 23

Week 1 - Sep 07

HOU 17 @ PIT 38

25 rushes

138 rush yards

3 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 2 - Sep 14

PIT 10 @ CLE 6

28 rushes

105 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 3 - Sep 21

PIT 6 @ PHI 15

13 rushes

20 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 4 - Sep 28

WAS 26 @ DAL 24
Week 5 - Oct 05

WAS 23 @ PHI 17
Week 6 - Oct 12

STL 19 @ WAS 17
Week 7 - Oct 19

CLE 11 @ WAS 14
Week 8 - Oct 26

WAS 25 @ DET 17
Week 9 - Nov 03

PIT 23 @ WAS 6

21 rushes

70 rush yards

1 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 11 - Nov 16

SD 10 @ PIT 11

25 rushes

115 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

4 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 12 - Nov 23

WAS 20 @ SEA 17
Week 13 - Nov 30

PIT 33 @ NE 10

16 rushes

87 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 14 - Dec 07

DAL 13 @ PIT 20

12 rushes

25 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 15 - Dec 14

PIT 13 @ BAL 9

14 rushes

47 rush yards

0 TDs

2 receptions

9 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 16 - Dec 21

PIT 14 @ TEN 31

19 rushes

31 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 17 - Dec 28

CLE 0 @ PIT 31

23 rushes

116 rush yards

1 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs

Week 1 - Sep 09

PIT 34 @ CLE 7

27 rushes

109 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

-2 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 2 - Sep 16

BUF 3 @ PIT 26

23 rushes

126 rush yards

1 TDs

2 receptions

7 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 3 - Sep 23

SF 16 @ PIT 37

24 rushes

133 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

9 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 4 - Sep 30

PIT 14 @ ARI 21

19 rushes

37 rush yards

0 TDs

4 receptions

29 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 5 - Oct 07

SEA 0 @ PIT 21

28 rushes

102 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 6 - Oct 14

WAS 14 @ GB 17
Week 7 - Oct 21

PIT 28 @ DEN 31

21 rushes

93 rush yards

0 TDs

2 receptions

34 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 8 - Oct 28

PIT 24 @ CIN 13

22 rushes

126 rush yards

1 TDs

2 receptions

8 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 9 - Nov 05

BAL 7 @ PIT 38

23 rushes

42 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

17 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 10 - Nov 11

CLE 28 @ PIT 31

25 rushes

105 rush yards

0 TDs

2 receptions

8 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 11 - Nov 18

PIT 16 @ NYJ 19

21 rushes

52 rush yards

0 TDs

receptions

rec yards

TDs
Week 12 - Nov 26

MIA 0 @ PIT 3

24 rushes

81 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

8 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 13 - Dec 02

CIN 10 @ PIT 24

28 rushes

87 rush yards

0 TDs

1 receptions

14 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 14 - Dec 09

PIT 13 @ NE 34

21 rushes

124 rush yards

0 TDs

4 receptions

23 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 15 - Dec 16

JAC 29 @ PIT 22

14 rushes

100 rush yards

0 TDs

2 receptions

9 rec yards

0 TDs
Week 16 - Dec 23

WAS 32 @ MIN 21

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Willie Parker

Washington Redskins

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

He was undrafted coming out of North Carolina back in ‘04 for a reason. Not because he wasn’t any good, but because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. After Willie’s freshman year at the University of North Carolina, there was a coaching change; John Bunting took over as head coach of the Tarheels and brought with him an offense that emphasized a power running game over speed. Willie Parker’s game is very much the latter. In 2004 at NC’s “Pro Day”, he was clocked at 4.23 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Willie was never able to buy in to the new coach’s philosophy and therefore never saw enough carries in his final three years to turn scout’s heads.

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Again?

If that explains why he was undrafted, it does not explain why his numbers seem to be getting worse the last two years. A quick look at his rushing average per carry shows steady decreases since he entered the league. He had a dominant fantasy year in 2006 but has trailed off in almost all categories since then. We will chalk part of his 2008 issues up to what happened to their offensive line. Pittsburgh headed into 2008 with three new starters, and then lost one of their two familiar faces, OG Kendall Simmons for the season in week four. They then lost new-comer OLT Max Starks for five games. The line was a mess. But Willie’s issues are larger in scope than the o-line’s struggles.

Mike Tomlin was hired in 2007 and, in short, has a similar philosophy to running the ball as Parker’s college coach, John Bunting. Willie is one-dimensional - speed. He’s a blazer and is willing to take a hit for extra yards, but the “pros” sort of stop there. He has been criticized for having poor field vision (runs very north/south), is only an average receiver out of the backfield, is ineffective in short yardage situations, and is barely an average pass blocker. These all come together to severely limit the number of touches he sees on third downs and inside the five yard stripe. It’s very difficult to be fantasy-relevant as a RB if you aren’t the goal line guy and/or catching a lot of balls out of the backfield on third downs.

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2009 Fantasy Outlook

The offensive line struggles should be helped by the fact that they return all five starters from last year. Chemistry is key on the line, and a year together will benefit them. That said, Willie is tough to get excited about. You would think that the starting RB on a team like the Steelers would be a lock to grind out yards and TDs. It’s just not the case with “Fast Willie”. If you draft this guy keep your expectations way low and then you can’t be let down too badly. You must ignore the year he had in ’06 when he went ballistic for 1,716 total yards and 16 total TDs because that was pre-Mike Tomlin. He is the one that removed Parker from many of the third down and goal-line opportunities. One thing in Parker owner’s favor is that he is entering the final year in his contract and has received no overtures for an extension. See more below, but this should be a factor if you find yourself torn between him and another backup fantasy RB on your cheat sheet. Fast Willie should be a top fantasy backup RB which makes him the 79th RB selected in ’09.

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Contract

Fast Willie signed himself a four-year, $13.6 million contract right before the 2006 season that included a $3.75 million signing bonus and another $4.5 million in possible incentives. He severely outplayed the contract that year, but has declined in production every year since. 2009 presents itself as the final year of that deal, so if he plans on hitting the big pay-day next off-season, he’d better find himself a nice seat back in the tape-room and figure it all out, because with Pittsburgh having Mendenhall in the mix, you can be sure that he won’t be seeing an extension of any kind during the year.

2009 - $3.35 million

2010 - Free Agent

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Handcuff

Rashard Mendenhall - RaMen enters his sophomore year after having missed most of last season with a fractured shoulder, but is a talented RB and brings a more well-rounded game than Willie. You should plan a mid to late round draft pick to lock him down if you end up drafting Willie. If you find yourself dis-interested in the remaining field of players by the very last round, and your league affords you extra rosters spots, you may as well also nab Mewelde Moore. This is one of two situations where you may double-backup a non-starting RB (the Patriots muddled backfield being the other).

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In The Huddle

Offensive Line

Offensive Scheme

Major Off-Season Moves

2009 NFL Draft

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Strength of Schedule

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Rank #27 vs. Rush

Rank #17 vs. Pass

1=Toughest 32=Easiest

View Overall Strength of Schedule Chart

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Injury Report

Yellow

Parker suffered through an injury-plagued season in 2008. He missed five games with a knee injury early on, then dealt with a torn labrum in his shoulder later in the season. He played through the pain in December and on into the playoffs, but he is one of the smaller RBs in the league and the injuries He worked hard in the off-season doing Pilates and such and has said he feels 100% fine, but we’re a little leery of the wear and tear on him so draft him with a slight bit of caution.

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Willie Parker

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Willie-parker

Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Again?
2009 Fantasy Outlook
Contract

Handcuff
In The Huddle
Strength of Schedule
Injury Report

Breaking News

Parker gets zero touches Monday night expand +

Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall went off for 155 yards on 22 carries while catching one pass for 9 yards against the Broncos Monday night. At the same time, Willie Parker (turf toe) got into game for just one play and did not touch the ball.

Pyro's Take:

Rashard Mendenhall has strengthened his grip on the starting job more and more each game, while Fast Willie P. has pretty much been phased out of the offense completely. Mendenhall has become one of the elite fantasy football RBs over the past six weeks, and you should have no problem using him as such on your team for the rest of the year.

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09:15 AM, 11.10.09

Parker's turf toe almost completely healed expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) said on Thursday that he's thinking about losing the protective shoe he's been wearing because his toe has healed so well.

Pyro's Take:

Not that it will matter, Willie. You've already lost your starting job on both the Steelers and fantasy football teams alike and aren't likely to get them back anytime soon with Rashard Mendenhall producing the way he is.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

02:15 PM, 11.05.09

Willie missed Monday practice due to illness expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) showed up for practice on Monday, but was sent home by coach Mike Tomlin because he was obviously sick. Tomlin also said that Willie is in no danger of missing the Monday night game against the Broncos.

Pyro's Take:

In case you haven't noticed, there is quite a large bug floating around the NFL this year, sometimes keeping full teams from practicing on certain days. Willie should be fine, but he's still not worth a fantasy football play this weekend.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

10:15 AM, 11.04.09

Parker skips practice on Monday expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) missed practice with the team on Monday.

Pyro's Take:

Turf toe can be a very painful injury, so the team is likely just resting him instead of taking the chance at aggravating the situation. His fantasy football value is slowly swirling it's way down the toilet right now anyway.

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Source: twitter.com

12:15 PM, 11.02.09

Parker's turf toe causing swelling expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker is experiencing some swelling in his foot due to his turf toe injury.
"I'm starting to plant, cut and do all that stuff because it's starting to heal up," Parker said Thursday. "It's still swollen, but it's getting a lot better. This week is the best that it's been."

Pyro's Take:

Turf toe has been known to end careers, or at least hinder them in some way. Hall of Fame LB Jack Lambert was as tough as they come, but his career was put to an end because of it.
Parker is not even a flex play on your fantasy football team right now.

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Source: pittsburghlive.com

02:00 PM, 10.23.09

Willie Parker still battling turf toe expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker is still having problems with his turf toe injury. "I'm not all the way back," said Parker. "I'm not Willie Parker, I'm not myself right now."

Pyro's Take:

FWP (Fast Willie Parker) is nowhere close to the FWP of old right now, and coach Mike Tomlin knows it. Parker can barely be used as a flex play on your fantasy football team right now.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

01:30 PM, 10.22.09

Willie Parker moves down the depth chart expand +

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said at his weekly press conference that running back Rashard Mendenhall has indeed passed Willie Parker on the team's RB depth chart.
"It's great to have Willie back," Tomlin said, "but Rashard has the hot hand if you will."

Pyro's Take:

Thanks for confirming what the fantasy football world has known for a couple of weeks now Mike. Mendenhall is a great RB2 play each week, while Parker has been relegated to an iffy flex play for your team.

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Source: www.pittsburghlive.com

01:45 PM, 10.20.09

Willie to take a back-seat upon his return expand +

Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall will be getting the start in the backfield over Willie Parker in the game against the Browns today.

Pyro's Take:

Why in the world this was ever a question is beyond us. His skill-set is infinitely better than Parker's, and Rashard should be a great fantasy football option for you this week.

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Source: admin.clevelandbrowns.com

10:45 AM, 10.18.09

Parker to be active on Sunday expand +

RB Willie Parker (turf toe) will be active against the Browns on Sunday but is expected to be replaced in the starting lineup again by Rashard Mendenhall.

Pyro's Take:

Parker is losing fantasy football value weekly at this point and can, at best, be used as a flex play this week.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

02:00 PM, 10.16.09

Steelers won't decide RB distribution until game time expand +

With Willie Parker (turf toe) practicing in full the past two days and Rashard Mendenhall missing Thursday's practice with flu-like symptoms, Steelers OC Bruce Arians said that the majority of the carries Sunday won’t be decided until game time.

Pyro's Take:

It just shocks the shit out of us that Arians can be so wishy-washy on this call. If Mendenhall is healthy, he's clearly the better back and a much better fantasy football play as well.

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Source: sports.yahoo.com

07:00 PM, 10.15.09

Willie Parker to wear special shoe while playing expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) will begin wearing a special shoe in practice and in games in order to protect the injured toe on his left foot.

Pyro's Take:

Willie's game has always been based on speed, so having an injury that takes away from the only part of his game that was worth anything dropped his fantasy football value to being a flex play at best.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

09:30 AM, 10.15.09

Willie Parker expected back for Week 6 game expand +

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said that running back Willie Parker will practice on Wednesday and that he is very interested in seeing how he responds to the work on Thursday.

Pyro's Take:

Last week, offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said that Parker is still the starter on the team, but he'd have to be a moron not to give Rashard Mendenhall the bulk of the carries. Without a doubt, Mendenhall is the one with fantasy football value at this point.

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Source: www.pittsburghlive.com

01:00 PM, 10.13.09

Parker inactive, Mendenhall to start once again expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker has been declared inactive for the game against the Lions today. Rashard Mendenhall will get the start in Parker's place.

Pyro's Take:

No surprise here, and even if Parker was healthy and active, Mendenhall should be getting the starts now anyway. Feel free to throw Rashard into your fantasy football lineup for his favorable match-up against the decrepit Lions.

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Source: www.nfl.com

11:15 AM, 10.11.09

Willie Parker to sit one more week expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) did not practice again on Friday and will not suit up for the game against the Lions on Sunday. Rashard Mendenhall will start once more for the injured Parker.

Pyro's Take:

Parker hasn't been able to practice for awhile now, though he says that he'll probably be able to return in Week 6. Mendenhall is now a really nice fantasy football starter in Week 5.

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Source: www.post-gazette.com

05:15 PM, 10.09.09

Willie Parker misses practice again expand +

Steelers running back Willie Parker (turf toe) missed practice again on Thursday and doesn't look like he will play this Sunday against the Lions.

Pyro's Take:

Turf toe is a lot more painful of an injury than it sounds, so we wouldn't be surprised to see Parker out at least another week past Sunday. Keep him buried on your fantasy football bench.

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Source: twitter.com

04:00 PM, 10.08.09

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