Our concern is that where there’s smoke there’s fire. Sometimes. It’s certainly wait and see and we’ll be watching closely but this makes us very nervous and as we are only a few weeks away from releasing our first cheat sheets Westbrook is sliding down.

***Update – June 6th, 2009***
News is still thin about Westbrook except that the surgery went well and although just how much of training camp he’ll be ready for remains a question mark everyone involved insists that he’ll be ready for the start of the regular season.
This continues to make us nervous, missing all of camp can lead to injuries and Westbrook is injury prone anyway.  A healthy Westbrook is one of our favorite fantasy football options but he’s moving down our cheat sheets right now.

Going up on the cheat sheets at RB are veteran Lorenzo Booker and rookie LeSean McCoy.  Early on it looks like Booker may actually be getting more carries in workouts.  We’ll continue to watch this closely.

*** The FantasyDraftEdge.com Fantasy Impact Take ***

Westbrook has been a strong fantasy point producer for several years.  But he’s struggled to stay completely healthy and he’s not getting any younger.  So the backup to Westbrook always has potential to see some time on the field.  LeSean McCoy is a similar runner to Westbrook and an exciting young back.  Additionally, we expect McCoy to see several sets in the backfield with Brian Westbrook.