As a pats fan I am putting a lot of stock in what Mike Lombardi said about Burkhead being the fantasy player to own coming out of this game. Ideally you have a week to see what the usage is before having to rely on any of the NE RB's.
I don't know that I would start him this week but this could be a great preemptive pickup in case he does well against that terrible run d and earns a bigger role going forward.
Any chance the assumption of rational coaching happens this weekend under the Jim Bob Cooter?
Seems like he has pushed all the right buttons for this offense since he took over half way through last year.