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Team who fooled us all a year ago! So much promise, so much hype and yes so many wasted fantasy picks. The writing was on the wall for doom in Cleveland last season. Many put their faith in Braylon Edwards and Derek Anderson to be the next great QB-WR combination in fantasy football.

This season the Browns remain a little less profile. Jamal Lewis is on the cusp of crashing into the wall, Braylon Edwards is on the trading block and we aren't really 100% sure who the QB will be week in and week out. One thing is pretty certain, you can shelve Donte Stallworth for a very, very, very rainy day.

Last Sunday in Detroit, Buccaneers running back Cadillac Williams finally returned to the football field, much to the delight of head coach Jon Gruden. The initial returns were about what you would expect for a guy that hadn't played in over a year -- he carried the ball 16 times for 27 yards against the worst run defense in the league, mainly in late-game mop-up duty.

According to Stephen F. Holder of the St. Petersburg Times, the performance was still a positive step for the 26-year-old Williams because, well, he was actually on the field. And even better, he's expected to be the first back off the bench on Sunday to relieve starter Warrick Dunn during the Buccaneers huge NFC South tilt with New Orleans.

"I think a lot of the offensive guys are probably disappointed that we didn't throw it (against Detroit), but we wanted to give (Williams) repeated runs," coach Jon Gruden said. "And they were hard looks, too. (The Lions) knew we were running it. ... But he was able to get 12 or 13 carries in a 15-play span, and I think he got confidence back from that performance."

For only the fifth time in Tampa Bay's past 28 games, Cadillac Williams will be in uniform and an active member of the Buccaneers offense, when they take on the winless Detroit Lions. Jon Gruden has been waiting for this moment for weeks, it seems, and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Earlier this week, Tampa Bay learned that its leading rusher, Earnest Graham, is going to miss the remainder of the season. Combine that with the release of Michael Bennett a few weeks ago -- when Williams was removed from the PUP list -- and the Buccaneers were down to only 33-year old Warrick Dunn, the recently signed Noah Herron, and fumble-prone Clifton Smith in their backfield.

Williams was listed as questionable this week with a hamstring injury.

It remains to be seen how effective he'll actually be, seeing as how he's hardly played the past two years, so it's nice that his first game back is against the worst rushing defense in the National Football League. So, at least he'll get to ease his way back into the grind.

(H/T PFT)

We noted a few weeks ago that Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron had fought off a burglar who broke into his house by hitting him over the head with a bed post.

That story has mostly been treated as a humorous one in the media, but it clearly had an emotional impact on Herron. He has declined several media requests to talk about the incident, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that in the police report he filled out, he described himself as fearing for his life.

On Friday night, an intruder attempted to invade the home of Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron.

Herron is fine. The intruder is not.

The Green Bay Packers got a welcomed breath of fresh air on Sunday. After an offseason marred by countless injuries to the team, it was revealed that wide receiver Donald Driver is healthy enough to take the field Sunday when the Packers open their season against the Philadelphia Eagles.

"Donald is doing well," McCarthy said.

Driver has been sidelined since August 23rd, when he sprained his right foot in a preseason loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The injury, which many assumed was a broken foot prior to diagnosis, kept the ninth-year wide receiver in a boot until last Thursday.

Although the news concerning Driver is positive, the same does not apply to running backs Vernand Morency and Noah Herron. Herron was placed on injured reserve over the weekend, while Morency remains out with a knee injury sustained on the first day of training camp.