Two players that aren't being drafted that have the potential to be major fantasy players this year:

Frank Gore, RB SF. Obviously SF isn't the greatest offensive juggernaut any longer, but with Kevin Barlow as the only thing between him and the starting lineup, Gore has great potential to ring up some great stats this year... and in an era where starting running backs on the waiver wire are about as rare as south Atlantic hurricanes, he's worth a look. I believe me and Chad agree that he has a great chance to crack the starting lineup by week 4 or 5.

Stephen Davis, RB Car. They paid the farm for him, then his knee went caputz last season after the NFC Championship run with him the year before. With 4 1,000 yard seasons in the 5 seasons prior to 2004, he's still got some great talent. He is 31, kind of old for running backs in the NFL, and he has to displace DeShaun Foster, as well as newcomer Eric Shelton, and one name you may actually remember, Nick Goings. Foster was to be the guy this year. He exploded onto the scene last year with 172 yards in week 2 after Davis was injured in week 1 (Davis only played in week 1 and week 5 last season). However he only picked up 51 yards in 9 carries in week 4 and only 18 yards in 5 carries in week 5 before breaking his collarbone. Shelton is young, and I don't know too much about him, but from what I've heard, he'll be mainly a goal line/3rd down back. Goings was the man fantasy surprise of the year (ok, maybe not... that was probably Rueben Droughns, but still, he came out of nowhere as well), racking up 821 yards, almost 700 of which came in the final 8 weeks of the season. He started with 4 straight 100 yard games, and added 6 td (3 against Arizona in his first game as starter). But he also has the knock that he struggled down the stretch, rushing for only 61, 127, and 46 in the final weeks of the season, and no tds in the last two weeks. It's going to be tough getting into this mess of a possible committee approach (Denver, Cleveland, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh also are scary places to fantasy owners)... but you still may find a diamond here, and my bet is that it will be Davis All I know is that Carolina was 6-0 in 2004 when they had a 100 yard rusher, while 1-9 without one (and with the losses by only an average of 8 1/2 points, it's not like they were being forced out of the running game) and made the NFC Championship game with a healthy Stephen Davis. Worth a look!

Some other names I'm abnormally high on this season: Joey Harrington, Eli Manning, J. J. Arrington, Ron Dayne, and maybe even Derrick Blaylock.