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I said at the start of the season that Jones would explode against the St. Louis Rams then go into hibernation for the winter.So far he hasn’t poked his head out of his cave since week one.While the Arizona Cardinals defense won’t strike fear into the hearts of many, no team has allowed fewer rushing yards to opposing RBs than the 238 the Cards have given up That’s less than 60 a game. Since his week one explosion Jones has only run for 168 yards, or 42 a week. If Jones does make fantasy noise this week it will likely be as a pass catcher, which is the Cards area of weakness with running backs.RB Top 50 Statistical Rankings Through Week Five (Actual stats)PlayerTeamGAttRush YardTDTargetRecRec YardTDFantasy Points1 Adrian PetersonMIN5994817101062096.32 Ronnie BrownMIA593443612964086.73 Chris JohnsonTEN57846822416126177.44 Maurice Jones-DrewJAC57533053021120075.05 Cedric BensonCIN5111487312865073.26 Ray RiceBAL56336413223208169.27 Willis McGaheeBAL538199512858267.78 Michael TurnerATL4873235215062.89 Ricky WilliamsMIA56131621411132162.810 Kevin SmithDET59428732319143061.011 Joseph AddaiIND56221032826153160.312 Fred JacksonBUF58336302820177160.013 Thomas JonesNYJ5742715521057.214 Ahmad BradshawNYG55837527674056.915 Steven JacksonSTL51044510231492054.316 Frank GoreSF339241311857153.817 Marion BarberDAL45829735458053.518 Julius JonesSEA5692851141267253.219 Steve SlatonHOU57223112217180153.120 Knowshon MorenoDEN58133719869152.621 Rashard MendenhallPIT55128735555052.222 Clinton PortisWAS59133818642150.023 Ryan GrantGB467257211983046.024 Tim HightowerARI43812623025202044.825 DeAngelo WilliamsCAR45922021511103044.326 Tashard ChoiceDAL5442252171292043.727 Brandon JacobsNYG510035518421043.628 Pierre ThomasNO33321235542043.429 C BuckhalterDEN437267111896042.330 Matt ForteCHI4712711161392042.331 Donald BrownIND544154297138041.232 Cadillac WilliamsTB5481991181589140.833 Darren SprolesSD4379012215197140.734 Fred TaylorNE44520122217033.835 Reggie BushNO43614812214121032.936 Michael BushOAK54215728851032.837 Chester TaylorMIN5286912621187031.638 Glen CoffeeSF5711831151069031.239 Leon WashingtonNYJ5552250181285031.040 Sammy MorrisNE53010911511134030.341 Mike BellNO2452291119029.842 Brian WestbrookPHI332134111839129.343 Felix JonesDAL32121212120029.244 Jerome HarrisonCLE4562020201488029.045 LeSean McCoyPHI440162113862028.446 Larry JohnsonKC593226012857028.347 Jamal LewisCLE35621204455026.748 Jonathan StewartCAR43313819869026.749 Willie ParkerPIT35215904444126.350. Darren McFaddenOAK447145113753025.Don’t forget to stay up to date on all the latest player news with our notification service.What was in my CD player while writing this week’s column: This article is also featured on Fantasy Knuckleheads. By Burton Frierson NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - As investors brace forexpectations the U.S. economy suffered its worst slump in 26years in the fourth quarter, hopes are dimming that the data tobe released on Friday will mark the bottom of the currentrecession.

For months, analysts have expected the rate of contractionto slow in the first and second quarters this year, before theeconomy resumes growth in late 2009. But the depth of the fourth-quarter slide could serve as anunpleasant reminder that little has changed since the UnitedStates suffered a debilitating financial collapse last autumn,keeping it on track for the longest recession since the GreatDepression. Even though the government took steps to stabilize theailing financial sector in 2008, it has yet put in place plansto stimulate the economy, a failure that is being seen asanother nail in the economy. "We're in the first quarter and the stimulus has not beenenacted," said Jonathan Basile, economist at Credit Suisse inNew York. "So we're still going through the abrupt correctionto the downside after the shock that the financial crisis gavethe economy." Economists have been ratcheting up their forecasts for thefourth-quarter contraction and now expect a drop of 5.4 percenton an annualized basis, according to a Reuters poll. That would be the worst since the first quarter of 1982,when gross domestic product dropped by 6.4 percent, and itwould dwarf the 0.5 percent decline in the third quarter oflast year. EYE-POPPING Basile said he expected a fourth-quarter contraction of 4.7percent, not as bad as the consensus, but still an"eye-popping" drop in annualized output.

Looking ahead, though,he still expects a 4.5 percent decline in the first quarter,hardly an improvement "The contraction is likely to be sizable again," Basilesaid. "Right now we have it on par with the drop in the fourthquarter." Indeed, the latest available data on the labor market showslittle sign that the economy has stopped bleeding jobs. Weeklyclaims for jobless benefits are still at levels comparable tothe deep 1982 recession, bad news for an economy driven byconsumer spending and suffering from limited offers of creditby banks. It also follows a huge 1.9 million job losses in the pastfour months alone, while some analysts expect another 2 millionor more to join the unemployment rolls this year. "The present quarter is going to be worse," Howard Simons,strategist at Bianco Research in Chicago, said of the economicoutlook "We're having rising claims for unemployment.