Barber, Stephen Jackson, or Slaton?

I need to start two...thanks for your insight :)Barber, Stephen Jackson, or Slaton?
all three make good plays and have knocks against them





They're all playing teams that allow less than 100yds on the ground





DAL vs ARI - 12th allowing 97.8


StL vs WAS - 9th allowing 85.4


HOU vs MIA - 7th allowing 82.8





Barber vs ARI - game's gonna be a shootout now that DAL's secondary accrues setback after setback. No Terence Newman and now Pacman has some off-the-field issues means ARI's gonna have a field day through the air and DAL will have to respond likewise. Look at the game vs WAS where WAS jumped to a lead through the air and Barber was limited to 8 carries for 26yds. Also with Felix Jones healthy, it's going to eat into his carries.





SJax vs WAS - Has decent yardage both running and catching, has seen his yardage totals increase every single week, but has only scored 1TD all year. You might have the same problem as Barber here with being in a shootout, but with his receiving numbers i don't see how you sit him. Holt is going to be locked down, like DeSean Jackson was last week and will open up the game for SJax.





Slaton - I Think MIA being able to limit LT last week to subpar numbers more an issue of less-than-stellar offensive line play and LT being hampered by a toe injury. Furthermore, I think MIA's status as a good run defense is artificially inflated. Look who they've played - NYJ, ARI, and NWE. All teams who lean much more on the pass and have messes in their backfields. Thomas Jones, Edgerrin James, Maroney? Slaton's much better than these guys.





As hard as it may seem, I think the best choice here is to sit Barber. There'll be weeks to play him and this isn't a knock to his high draft status, just consider yourself lucky that you have these RBs and have the luxury to make this decision.





good luck.