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Some fantasy football advice on drafting rookies

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For fantasy football owners, rookie running back Doug Martin of Tampa Bay has been a huge surprise this season.

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It's been a brutal fantasy season for John Dietz's teams, but it might have turned out differently if he had selected a few rookies in later rounds. He takes a closer look at whether that strategy is time-tested to be solid, and he offers up another helping of Good Bets and Bad Bets in this week's fantasy football column.