5 years agoWith Rodney Anderson on IR with a torn ACL and Trayveon Williams nursing a foot injury that might keep him out Week 1, Giovani Bernard is locked in as Joe Mixon's handcuff. The Bengals face off against a solid Seahawks Defense Week 1 that gave up a modest 113.2 yards per game rushing in 2018 but a healthy 4.9 per carry. Although the Seahawks were not that good against the run on a per play basis, opposing teams simply didn't run much against them as they looked to keep pace with the Seattle offense. Bernard should only be in your Week 1 lineup if you are desperate in an extremely deep league, and even then you need to hope the Bengals fall behind and dump it off to Bernard late in the game for him to come through. If you have Joe Mixon as your RB1 or RB2, you must own Bernard as his handcuff except in shallow leagues.--Mike Riggall - RotoBaller
Source: Jason Marcum - Cincy Jungle