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8 Players You Can't Start In Week 1

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Doug Martin

We were actually higher on Doug Martin going into drafts than most, thinking that most people would fade him based on how many people got burned by him last year. Well, that resurgence is going to have to happen in Week 2, when the Bucs aren't facing what is arguably the strongest defense in the NFC in the form of Carolina.

Adding on to that, the line is still a work in progress and well, perhaps the less said about anyone else on the offense not named Vincent Jackson, the better. This shapes up to very low-upside matchup for Dougie, one that dictates perhaps starting some wily veterans: Fred Jackson, who appears to be the presumptive lead back in Buffalo, and Frank Gore, who is a good bet to run over Dallas' overmatched D.