[Rain Man]

I don't have any inside information, so this is just a theory.

I think Jones will start and get the bulk of first down carries while Charles gets 2nd and 3rd, but then in Week 2 Chris Johnson will go down for the year and we'll trade Jones to the Titans for a 3rd round pick. Then Charles will get the bulk of the 1st and 2nd down carries, while McCluster will get third and long and Battle will get third and short. Then in Week 5 Frank Gore will go down for the year and we'll trade Charles in a blockbuster trade where we get San Francisco's 1st and 2nd next year if we give them Tennessee's 3rd this year. At that point Battle and McCluster will be splitting carries almost evenly. Then in Week 10, our new third running back, Cedric McBainbridge, signed out of Chadron State as an undrafted free agent, will burst onto the scene when Battle and McCluster both go out temporarily with cramps, paving the way for trades of McCluster (2nd and 3rd round picks from the Buccaneers) and Battle (3rd round pick from the Eagles). At that point McBainbridge and our new third down back Terry Wilhelm will get the bulk of the carries, though Castille will also start getting some action. We'll then use all of our new picks in next year's draft to pick defensive linemen, other than one third-round pick that will be used to draft a tight end.

Like I said, though, I've got no firm information that this will happen.