Kahlil Bell, RB, Chicago Bears: 121 yards rushing, 38 yards receiving

This guy is an interesting dude. His UCLA profile lists his hobbies as basketball, video games and dancing. Not the most intimidating litany of man I've seen, and certainly not the kind of list that would gain him entry into Ernest Hemingway's circle of friends. So no gun running between Key West and Cuba for Bell and Ernest. Not a big deal. Hemingway, unfortunately, is dead like many of our fantasy playoff teams. Khalil Bell, however, is alive, like the lot of you lucky suckers who are pushing for a title this week. I'd like to say that there is some sort of pedigree in Bell's college career that would indicate great things to come, but there's not. Bell totaled 1741 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns in his four-year career as a Bruin. You'd have to go back to Bell's high school days at Marin Catholic in NorCal to find the good stuff — He rushed for 2292 yards and 31 TD's his senior season.  Bell went undrafted out of college, then signed on with the Bears in 2009 after being dropped by the Vikings. He does hold the distinction of holding the NFL record the longest gain on his first rushing attempt — 72 yards in 2009 against the Eagles.

Projections:

Bell’s last game against the Vikings looks like a juicy one; definite potential to be a 150+ total yards/1 TD game. So here’s my first recommendation: If Bell is still available in your league, man up, make Ernest proud and drop that pansy league of yours to play with real men, the kind of men who snaked Bell off the waiver wire weeks ago. My second recommendation is this: If you have Bell, play him. With so many teams entering week 17 non-chalantly because of irrelevance or a locked playoff seeding, Bell’s emergence in fantasy circles is a haven for points. He is pretty much guaranteed to play the entire game. Looking to next season, Bell might be a good handcuff pickup whose stock will go up if he is traded to a team where he will be the top running back on the roster.

Written by James Duren exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com. 

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(December 17, 2011 – Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America)