Rookies Hill, West take over: TNF fantasy preview

Published: Nov 06, 2014 at 03:43 AM

It's the "Battle for Ohio" Thursday night when the Browns head to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals. But for fantasy it's the battle for Week 10 with six teams once again on byes. The big storyline in this game is the fact that rookie running backs are taking over lead duties for each team. With Giovani Bernard out fantasy owners who were lucky enough to roster Jeremy Hill will enjoy another week of him in a featured role for the Bengals. And for Cleveland it seems like we're in the midst of a transition with rookie Terrance West getting more work than Ben Tate. Let's get into the player breakdown for this crucial matchup.

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Matt Franciscovich is an associate fantasy editor at NFL.com. Follow him on Twitter _@mfranciscovich_.

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