I’m hoping to make this a bit of a repeating feature, so please bear with me as I work out the kinks.

You’ve drafted your team, you’ve cruised the waiver wires, maybe you’ve even explored some trades. Fact of the matter is, at this point in the season, there’s no reason to do anything drastic. But you’d be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t at least have your eyes open to players you’d like to acquire.

For my money, I don’t think it’s worth trying to pry blue-chippers like Peyton Manning or LaDainian Tomlinson away from owners. Most of us are reluctant to trade anyone we spent a high pick on this early in the season.

So rather than waste your time salivating over Adrian Peterson, look deeper into other teams’ rosters. I say players taken as high as the fifth round can probably be had for the right price.

Which finally brings me to Ronnie Brown. Generally considered to be about the 25th-30th best running back out there, chances are he’s no better than someone’s third best option, which greatly enhances his ability to be acquired.

Of course, he’s ranked that low for a reason. Entering the fourth season of his career, he’s cracked the 1,000-yard mark just once (1,008 in 2006) and has never scored more than five touchdowns in a season. He was a bit fumble-prone his first two seasons and he’s coming off a season-ending injury. Plus, he doesn’t open the season as a starter — that honor goes to Ricky Williams.

So why am I so high on Brown?

For starters, his stats are a little deceiving. At the time of his injury last year, Brown was coming off four straight 100-yard rushing games and was developing into a great run-catch threat. He had at least five catches in six of the seven games he played and from weeks 3-7, he was easily the best fantasy producer out there.

And remember, this was all coming without a real quarterback or serious receiving threat. This year, his offensive line should be better, Chad Pennington gives him a bonafide NFL signal caller and Ted Ginn Jr. could definitely develop into a downfield threat. Throw in the fact that Ricky Williams will provide plenty of relief, and there’s plenty of reasons to believe Ronnine Brown can pick up where he left off last year. Just don’t wait too long to make the move.