2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Why Bilal Powell will be a Top 25 Running Back

photo credit: bmward_2000 via photopin cc Bilal Powell will be a Top 25 fantasy running back this season. He’s being drafted 52nd among running backs and 145th overall. Sound like something you might be interested in? Powell is perceived as an unproven backup on a crappy offense, but in reality, he’s a very good running back, primed to grab a starting job… in a crappy offense, yes, but not one that will hold back his fantasy production. The New York Jets are a bad football team, but by one measure, they’ve actually been one of the most efficient offenses in the NFL in recent years. Of course, because we all know what Mark Sanchez is capable of, that measure has absolutely nothing to do with quarterbacking. Since Rex Ryan took over the team in 2009, the Jets have ranked in the top seven in the NFL in adjusted line yards, a Football Outsiders stat that basically measures an offensive line’s ability to open up holes for running backs. As long as Nick Mangold is still anchoring the line...