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Everyone on TRT has been waiting for this video because the robust RB strategy is coming at you guys. We've never done it before. We've never talked about it, but our definition of a true robust running back is basically drafting as many running backs as you can feasibly start on any given week and prioritizing them in the first three rounds, in the first four to five rounds, up to six rounds, depending on how many flexes you have. You're essentially treating your flexes in a robust RB strategy as additional running back slots.
Yeah. Like if you're in a two running back, two wide receiver, one flex setup, you're going to be prioritizing three running backs with your first four picks. If you're in a two running back, two wide receiver, two flex setup, maybe that entails taking four running backs in your first six picks. Realistically, the robust running back uh strategy. It it can be effective in all formats, but typically if you're in a standard league, a half PPR league, it's going to be even better for you.
Yeah. So, as we've talked about in other videos, we're going to be aiming to get league winners at running back that can carry you. And if you have a robust running back strategy, you're going to get three or four league winners that can carry you. And in the first four rounds of ADP is where you want to be doing that based on ESPN draft um percentages and who becomes a league winner. You can see that in round one and round two and round three and round four is the biggest kind of honeypot for where you want to pick those running backs. So, if you're intending to have three of your first four picks be running backs, that's kind of the strategy that you want to be aiming for.
And the reason we want to be doing this is because in the last three years, running backs have been hitting early at an exceptionally high clip. Over the last three years, over 50% of the running backs achieved a positive win rate in the first four rounds or the top 50 of ADP. 47% of the wide receivers in this same range, excluding last year's outlier, uh, because that's obviously going to skew the data, are hitting at that point. So at this point in time, running backs and wide receivers are hitting at about an even clip early on. And that was not the case 3 to four years ago. 3 to four years ago, 25 running backs were going in the first 50 of ADP. Only, you know, 20 wide receivers were going in the first 50 of ADP. And you were usually better off, especially rounds 2, three, and four, taking wide receiver over running back. And that's just not the case anymore. The ADP market has balanced out to now you're taking best player available.
Yeah. We mentioned this in the double hero running back video, but it makes sense. If you're taking less at the top of your draft, more than likely you're prioritizing the best profiles at running back. You're going to have a higher hit rate. Conversely, too, we've also seen running back injury rates go tremendously down. Like we saw, for example, the doomsday at wide receiver this past year, 4.1 average games missed, 35% injury chance. That was similar to the running back doomsday of 2015. And honestly, that running back doomsday year in 2015 is kind of what piloted people wanting to take wide receivers early, claiming that running backs were more likely to get hurt. We used to be scared of drafting running backs because they would get hurt more frequently. But lately, they've just been frankly more durable than wide receivers. Even if we think right now, obviously that doomsday year 2025, a receiver probably unsustainably high. At the very least, it's no longer that major advantage that if I'm drafting a receiver early, I'm inherently at an advantage that they're not going to get hurt as often as your running back will. That was the draft philosophy. That's clearly changed. Maybe it's different in practice habits. Maybe it's different in diets. Maybe it's just the fact that we don't have those 400 touch workloads like we did in 2005. Realistically, the running back position has changed. And whatever the reason may be, it is a major factor for why zero running back has not been working these last couple of years. So if you're a robust running back drafter, you believe these trends will continue and running backs will remain durable going forward.
Yeah. And robust running back drafters in the year 2026 probably aren't very afraid of the dead zone, especially when we talk about the landscape of the dead zone running backs this year. Because in 2023 and 2024 especially, the dead zone at running back was as good, if not better, than the wide receiver position. And that was never the case for the seven or eight years prior from 2015 to 2022. And even last year, we saw a big time regression down from the the running backs in the dead zone last year to the wide receiver position. Even if you just look over the last three years, it's been a comparable hit rate. So in 2026, when you look at the landscape of the running backs going rounds four through seven, you got plenty of guys who are young, have talent, passcatching upside on good teams, running behind good offensive lines, or guys like a Montgomery or a Swift who have proven talent and production in the past who still play for good offenses. Yeah, if this was like we said 2013 or 2009 or, you know, one of those, you know, back in the day type of years that your uncle always references, those guys were taking a David Montgomery profile in round three over a guy like George Pickkins. This year, with the current ADP, the way it's set up, you only have to take that type of profile in round five, and the conversation of taking Montgomery versus Odunay is a lot more stomachable than taking him over a guy like George Pickins. Yeah, there's 32 NFL teams. If only 17 to 25 running backs are off the board before the seventh round is over versus 35 running backs off the board before the seventh round is over, you're inherently getting better starting running back projections. You're getting league average running backs uh who are starters for their team instead of like the worst 5 to 10 running back starters in the NFL if you're taking RB30 at pick 65 or something like that. So again, the robust RB strategy works a lot better now because ADP has been balanced and stabilized in the wide receivers and running backs are going kind of appropriately, especially in full PPR leagues. Your leaguemates are probably going to take a lot of receivers still. So nailing value over replacement running backs. As we talked about in the double hero RB, we talked about getting two high value over replacement options. in the first six running backs of uh you know Final Fantasy scoring the top six overall running backs, there's going to be a big-time value over replacement gap between the RB1s and then the RB1s are going to have a value over replacement gap over the top 18 running backs and so on. With a robust RB, instead of securing two of those guys, you're going to be securing three or four of those guys or however many you can start on any given week. So last year, for example, it was possible to say draft Christian McAffrey in round one, Jonathan Taylor in round two, like Sal did, unfortunately for you and I, and maybe Chase Brown fell to you in round three, or maybe you took Travis ETN later on in your draft, or maybe you took, I don't know, DeAndre Swift in the fifth round or something like that. You could have drafted a bunch of value over replacement running backs and it could have really propelled you to win your fantasy league. Again, every draft strategy can work if you hit on your picks. But robust RB can work very well if you hit on your picks because if you get a bunch of those value over replacement guys, nobody's going to have even remotely close to the level of guaranteed touches on any given week that you're going to have.
Yeah. And in terms of robust running back versus zero running back, they obviously are the extreme of the extreme. Let's just say zero running back is the far left and robust running back is the far right. like they couldn't be further apart on the spectrum. But both strategies kind of acknowledge like, hey, I am building up building up my team in a certain way while acknowledging that I'm going to have weaknesses in certain areas. For a robust running back drafter, you want to secure your running backs and you're comfortable with a weaker wide receiver core. For a zero running back drafter, it's the complete opposite. I want to make sure I'm strong at quarterback, strong at tight end, filled out my wide receivers, and I'm going to have to figure out my running back one and running back two by the mid-season portion. With a robust running back draft, like I kind of said, you're banking on your ability to find wide receiver value later. Rounds five, six, seven, even upwards of rounds 10, 11, 12. This year, you know, your Jaylen Coker types, Travis Hunter types, your Xavier Worthy types going to be targets if you're a robust running back drafter because casuals generally do like the running back pos uh position. We're not doing this strategy effectively with other casuals. Like if you're in a league where other casuals are going to be taking again two running backs in their first two picks guaranteed and by the time you're at the end of the second round, you're more so looking at the RB18 off the board as opposed to the RB1 13 or 14. That's going to affect your strategy. Ultimately, if you're doing an extreme strategy, it's because you're being reactionary to what's going on in your league. If you're going to act in a robust running back strategy fashion, it's because the other members of your league are maybe in hero running back builds, drafting a lot of zero running back, not really understanding the value of the top end running backs, and you're banking on your ability to capitalize at that spot.
Which is exactly what Sal did last year by taking two running backs and Trey McBride with his first three picks. He was banking on his ability to get George Pickkins and Chris Ave later, which is exactly what happened. and he was banking on our ability of the other drafters in the room to probably not draft a bunch of running backs high in the draft. And that's how he was able to get Jonathan Taylor where he got him because in a casual league, there's no way he would have been on the board at that time. So, the other thing that maybe should factor in for robust RB drafters is that if you're drafting that many running backs, let's say three in your first four picks or four in your first six picks, you're probably fading early round tight end or quarterback, maybe both of them, and opting to get some wide receiver hammers early. and maybe you feel confident in like a Bo Knicks Isaiah likely later to fill out those positions. In full PPR leagues, I think the robust running back strategy can be effective, especially if you're taking running backs with a lot of PPR upside, but in half PPR and standard leagues, as we mentioned at the beginning of the video, I mean, this strategy can be absolutely dominant. Like, if you have three absolute hammers in a standard league, like nobody's beating you.
Yeah. And uh as we'll talk about with the draft sheets after, that's one of the big factors for why we brought it on to the site. Like depending on the format you're in, depending on if it's a start seven or a start nine, if it's a, you know, six-point passing versus a four-point passing, like these things do matter contextually when you're drafting. And like you said, in a standard league, if you get three hammer running backs, that can be legitimate top six to eight options at their position. Top six to eight options at running back in a standard league is basically six or eight of the best 10 players in fantasy.
Exactly. So, best picks for robust RB, and we're going to do a mock draft in a second kind of showcasing this, but I do think some of the best picks that you can do a robust RB from are the first two picks because you're going to get Gibbs and Bejon, who are the most likely guys to be high value over replacement running backs, hence why they're the first two picks in fantasy drafts. And then you can also then grab at least one more running back at each of the next two turns at the 2-3 turn, four five turn. Maybe you take two at the 2-3 turn and zero at the four five turn or zero at the two-3 turn and two at the four five turn. You can definitely, you know, accomplish the goal of playing a running back in your flex every week with the first two picks. I think the middle of the board can work as well, especially again if you're playing in a sharper league and you can feel out the runs at each position because you're in the middle of the board. You can say get Christian McAffrey at 106 and then let's say Devon Achan fell back to you in the second round or Chase Brown fell back to you in the second round. Maybe you can then grab Javvante and Kairen Williams in the third round or Kairen Williams in the third round. Bree Hall in the third round and then maybe you're still getting another running back at value like Judkins in round five. Like anywhere can be effective to run robust RB. But I to me I think the best two spots to run it from are picks one and two and then maybe more so from the middle of the board. But literally anywhere can be effective.
Yeah, because I'm I'll say too the end of the board is quite nice. Like if you miss out on uh even in full PPR leagues, we're assuming you miss out on Jefferson, Lamb, Amra, JSN, all those top receivers, are you going to push up a Drake London or an AJ Brown just to take a receiver? Like, no. Your first two picks, if you're picking 110 or 111 or 112, very well could be just taking two running backs up the top. On top of that, if your league likes wide receivers, maybe the best picks available on that three, four turn are your Javvante types, are your Kairen types. Maybe you're you're in love with a guy like Bashel Tutin. You want to take him at the early portion of the fourth. Like there's a lot of running back value to be had if you're picking at the end of the board as well, which makes it nice because if you're taking, let's just say hypothetically, it's four running backs in the first six rounds. If you want to take your fourth running back in round four because you love again a Javvante, a Kiran, or maybe you push up one of those four or five turn running backs, you can do that. If you want to say, "Hey, I want to grab my ride wide receiver here taking in a Mecca Ibuka, a Z Flowers, a T. Higgins, a Jaylen Wadd type, and then seeing what falls at the 56, maybe you get a Jarian Price, maybe you get a um I mean insert running back name here, Judkins fall, someone like that."
Yeah. So, similar to double hero, it's definitely going to be harder to execute a robust running back from the 103 or the 104 because Chase and Puk are our highest rated players there. In half PPR, I think you could maybe talk me into taking somebody higher than that, but even still in half PBR, I would still take those guys a little bit higher. So, again, the value is not always going to line up to just start your draft of three running backs. You have to get a little bit more creative, which is why we say three in the first four picks and four in the first six picks, depending on how many you could start in any given week. But we are going to stop talking about theory and we are going to actually show you exactly what we're talking about here. First and foremost though, I do want to shout out the draft sheets as Danny made uh reference to. We're going to go through and uh show you guys exactly what it looks like in a mock draft. But again, if you're in an ESPN standard, two running back, two wide receiver, one flex format, like you can customize the draft sheets and the expert average is going to reflect that. the running backs are going to be pushed up the board, so on and so forth versus if you're in a full PPR sleeper league, two wide receiver, two flex, the rankings are going to come out a little bit differently. So, definitely check out the draft sheets. You can get those on Flock Fantasy using the uh the season pass. And uh Danny, I wanted to also shout out, we now have added uh platform bots to the Flock uh mockdraft simulator. So, if you're drafting on ESPN, a lot of your league mates are just going to follow EDP, um that'll be very helpful to you. And you can also, I believe, sub out certain bots for others. So you can have some experts, some bots, etc., etc. So because we are doing a robust RB, we are actually going to do this from a half PPR frame of mind because again, it's going to be more effective in half PPR than it's going to be in full PPR generally to build your team around running backs through the flex and whatnot. So we're going to see how the draft plays out. This is a like a very very standard two running back, two wide receiver, one flex. Any casual ESPN, Yahoo, and Sleeper players are probably familiar with formats like this.
Exactly. And uh with the 101 here, again, a half BPR, if you wanted to say, "Hey, I actually prefer Bejon to Gibbs," I would hear you out. But Gibbs is going to be my 101 in both half and full PPR formats.
There you go. Sammy Bot grabbing Bejon, Zack, and all these receivers still go off the board. Again, in half PPR, that could still happen very easily. Worst case scenario, if McAffrey was off the board, I probably would have just taken Taylor to demonstrate this because in half PPR, Taylor is going to gain a little bit of value because he's more of like a long touchdown type of running back than a PPR machine the way that McAffrey is, but still half PPR. So, I'm going to start my draft with McAffrey. Again, we'll see how this all plays out. Maybe I start with three running backs, you start with, you know, four in your first six picks. We're just going to kind of play this out. Again, in this league format that we're specifically drafting, we can only start three running backs on any given week. So, it doesn't really make sense for us to take four running backs in our first six picks if we can only start three of them on any given week. But again, the more flexes you have, the more robust you can get if you really want to. So, I'm going to grab uh
Kenneth Walker and Derrick Henry are not my favorite running backs. I can't lie to you. They're not like some of my favorite guys. So,
I'm going to grab AJ Brown here and I'm going to see what happens in You know what? No, I'm gonna stick to the I'm gonna stick to the script here. We're going robust RB. I gotta go kind of here.
I was like, a robust running back draft is going to hear that and cringe. Um um unfortunately for me, I wanted at least one of, you know, Jeremiah Love, Derrick Henry at least to fall back to me. Um they are off the board. However, uh knowing that this is a one flex league, knowing that I still like the profiles at the four or five turn, I can kind of do a little bit of a modified version here where I take one of my running backs here along with the receiver and then maybe pound pound back two running backs at the 412 and the 501. So, that's what I'm going to do here. Bree Hall and because it is a uh smaller starting lineup, again, keep in mind this only a start seven, I will take the risk on a guy like Malik Neighbors. I think ultimately when it's a shorter starting lineup, you want to prioritize upside.
Yeah. Yeah, and I'm really pissed cuz I wanted McBride to fall to me there. I think given exactly the point you just made is also a reason why you might want to take a quarterback or a tight end early because it's a smaller starting lineup. I could take Josh Allen here. He's definitely in play in this format um as high as this pick. But it actually worked out to me that one of my highest rated players is a running back. So, I'm going to go with the high Kron Williams pick here. I go with three straight running back to start my draft. And uh now I can basically fill out the rest of my positions. the the bog standard robust RB drafter might do something just like this where hey their rankings are heavily geared towards running backs and they end up getting their early hammers. If I think that all three of these guys have top five upside then I feel pretty comfortable with the rest of my draft playing out.
Hey, and let's just say the Danny bot's rocking a pretty good double hero running back right now.
Yeah, there we go. And again, I made mention to it ESPN bot, FFPC bot, Yahoo bot, Sleeperbot, all mixed in. You can also sort by those specific ADP rankings. So again, it's another added wrinkle, another added element if you know certain league mates of yours are going to draft off the ADP and that kind of thing. It also takes away some of the like sting of the expert rankings because we all have very similar opinions on the site. So I'm going to grab Devonte Adams here because in a half PPR, I mean, he's a high touchdown scoring receiver, so he's going to um gain a little bit of value in that format.
Yep. Half PPR. Not overthinking this. I need two running backs on this turn to commit to the strategy. Um, I mean, guess because it's only a one flex league, theoretically three running backs would do me well as well.
I would say probably only go in three running backs. If this were a two flex league, like you said, you could probably easily double tap two RBs here.
Yep. Very good point. For that reason, uh, one of my running backs, my highest ranked running back, a little bit more buried on the site, 54 and a half rank, is Bashel Tutin, but just love the upside in the con system, especially knowing that he's my third dependable running back. Gibbs Hall, they're going to be uh giving me elite points. If I hit on the upside of two, then all of a sudden my running back in and flex is sorted for the rest of the year. On top of that, speaking of upside, my highest ranked receiver here is Luther Burden and I am totally comfortable taking him as my two little bit of risk because I have neighbors coming off the injury, but again, my running back should be able to give me such a weekly floor that taking upside at receiver. If those two both hit and all of a sudden I have two top 12 receivers in addition to that running back core I have, all of a sudden leg up on the league in a start seven.
Yeah. No, that totally makes sense. Uh, I'm on the board here looking at Odun, Harrison, Thomas, Tate. I mean, technically my highest rated players are running backs. Henderson going to lose a little bit of value in a half DPR because I do think he's more of a receiving type of back. If I didn't already have three RBs or if I could start four RBs, this would be a perfect place to take Judkins and play all four of these running backs every single week because I do have Judkins aggressively ranked and he is more of a half PPR style running back as well. Um, but I'm going to grab Romo Dunay here. tetherment to a really high-end offense, especially um as well, Odun's role in that offense, his big plays and touchdowns, so I think in a half PPR format, he fits.
Yep. Uh and I'll let you make your pick and then I have a question for you. Um yeah, I'll just ask it after you're done making your pick.
Yeah, I mean I could go for the stack here. I could grab Caleb Williams. I just took Odun with the last pick. I could grab Leaporta as well if I wanted to go with another onesie. Again, in in a a league where it's only a start seven, I am going to put a little bit more emphasis on the quarterback and tight end position than I would in a normal league. So between the two positions, I think that the quarterback positions may be a little bit deeper. So I am actually going to take Sam Leaporta and maybe I'll get a quarterback falling to me later that I like just as much as Caleb Williams.
Yeah, I was hoping I could get Leaporta. That was a good pick. I I can guarantee you that you're not going to be getting Caleb Williams because uh he will be a member of Team Lab here. But um all jokes aside, I wanted to ask you because I know the devs actually just added the feature where uh users can create their own rankings on the site. Uh, do you know when it's going to be actually added to the draft simulator page where they can pull up their own rankings?
It's it's live now on the site. So, what Danny's were referring to is if I go back to the draft sheets, I think if you go to the rankings tab, it should Okay, I'm on I'm on a creator account, so it's not going to show for me, but in the top corner right here, it should say create your own rankings. And I know what you're able to do basically is um where you would sort by what creator you would uh would want to see the rankings by. You can start with one of our rankings. You can start with my rankings and make your changes. Let's say, you know, you generally like my opinion, but you disagree on a couple of things here and there. You can kind of work off of my rankings that way. And like Danny Danny made mentioned to, you should be able to use it with every feature on the site. The mockdraft simulator, you should be able to sort by your own rankings. The my teams feature, you should be able to sort by your own rankings. The trade calculator, you should be able to sort by your own rankings and all that stuff.
Yep. Exactly. Uh, so I will be taking Calebs here. Um, and then looking at my board right now, it's pretty apparent that I don't mind a Tony Pard type. I don't mind some of the running backs here, but to me, given that I have Neighbors and Burden, I can take another receiver here with Mai Lemon. Then all of a sudden, again, I know inherently because I'm strong at running back that I'm going to have to take a little bit more uncertainty at receiver. But if this receiver room completely pans out, then all of a sudden, outside of tight end, where's the weakness on this team?
No, there isn't a weakness on that team. So, I'm uh I'm probably again, would I fade quarterback generally? I think I would, but I these guys are just too good of values to pass up to me in the seventh round. Getting either Justin Herbert or Jaylen Herz, I think is a good value. I'll grab Jaylen Herz. He's got the more proven production in a in a start seven as well. Um having a rushing quarterback is going to be a like if Herz hits, he's going to be a bigger advantage more likely than Herbert. But I I love Herbert, too. I actually have him ranked ahead of Herz. Uh generally speaking, I'm back on the board here. Godwin downs. They're more PPR guys. So, they lose a little bit of value in half PPR, I would imagine. I'm actually just gonna grab another running back here in JK Dobbins. I think he can be a piece that maybe I could flip early on in the season or just use him in my flex if I needed to. And I I feel pretty confident that in the later rounds I can get more receivers, too.
Yep. I like that rationale here. I'm back on the clock and um I don't really have a tight end that I want to prioritize at this pick. I would rather punt another pick just because there's a couple guys that I like. But um I think I'm going to go with Blake Cororm with one of these picks for sure. Half PPR. So I don't really like the Josh DS or Jaden Reed here uh compared to like a full PPR setting. Hm. A guy that I actually I'll be honest, a guy that I probably have to raise up my rankings is Harold Fannon. So, um I'm actually going to take him here because looking at the KD stuff with the pop and just the overall uncertainty after him, I do think Harold Fannon should be ranked above him now.
Yeah, that makes sense. And um unfortunately, some of the receivers that I was targeting just went off the board. I think Worthy Downs and Conpsion would have all made sense for my team. I'll take Jane Reed just doesn't really fit this build. I'm going to just I robust RB drafter is probably going to make sure they have depth at running back. So, I'm going to take Kyle Manenga here, and I'm just going to keep pounding out running backs because I uh again, I just don't love the way the board stacked up for me at receiver there.
Yep. And I officially made that change, by the way, Harold Fannon, uh going to tight in my rankings.
Yeah. And I'm pissed because I just saw Travis go off the board because I was hoping I could get him. I'll uh I'll grab Jaylen Coker here, another uh wide receiver. Again, I'm weak at receiver. It's very clear like Adams and Odun are my only guys. So I don't really have a whole lot of depth there. But as we talked about, robust RB drafter generally has the mindset that they can get receivers later off the waiver wire, etc. I'm going to dedicate a lot more of my fab budget to picking up this year's Quinton Johnson, picking up this year's rookie breakout than I would normally because you and I don't generally follow this line of thinking when it comes to the running back position.
Yeah, speaking of running back here, Tyrone Tracy makes a lot of sense right now. some still uncertainty in regards to Cam Scataboo's uh status. Got a report that they're still trying to figure out what the rotation's going to look like. So, um taking Tracy at the 1012 feels like a nice little value at this point of the off season. Then I'm going to go with a wide receiver Corey. Out of all the options on the board, who is the biggest robust RB receiver option?
Uh Khil Shakir.
Stefon Diggs. Welcome aboard.
Yeah, I guess that's true. is kind of um I'm going to grab Khil Shakir even though in a half PBR he's going to not be as effective. He's still heavily involved in the Buffalo Bills offense and I kind of like I grabbed my upside guy with Coker already. So getting a guy who's a little safer if I had to play somebody I think makes sense. Um again I'm going to keep going back to the well at receiver most likely because my running back core is is deep and has really good depth behind like is deep in the starting lineup and deep in the bench as well with with Menai and uh and Dobbins there. And again, maybe during the season if Dobin starts out strong, I'd flip him for a receiver or something like that if this were a real league. Um, I'll grab um I'll grab Tank Dell. I'm going for the straight upside swing here. I think if he gets back to regular Tank Delhood from uh his rookie season, we could be talking about um one of the best values in fantasy.
Yep. I like it here. Um I'm back on the clock. I know where I'm going to go with one of these picks and with the other one. Um so, first one I'm going to go with Tank Bixsby. Uh just another up upside play at running back to have there. And because I have a little bit more uncertainty with neighbors week one, maybe hypothetically I have to enter week one with Burden and Lemon at wide receiver one and two, which wouldn't be great. Um kind of going against that, I'll insure myself with Isaiah likely because I'm sure that's probably going to be what a thought process would be for a drafter like this.
Yeah, I I think that makes sense for sure. um receiver. I mean, Jake Ferguson to me is just the best player on the board. Like, I just don't think he should be on the board at this point in time. So, I'm just going to take Jake Ferguson here with the intent that maybe I flip one of Leaport or Ferguson if they're both producing at a high level. Even though in u you know, in a regular league, I don't think Ferguson would fall that far. Um, one more shot at the wide receiver position because I am pretty weak there. I just want to line my bench with as many different archetypes and upside swings as possible. Um, I am going to go I already have like a pure upside swing in Tank Dell that I would probably know pretty quickly if he's going to be useful or not. Shakira a safe guy. Coker rollwise is pretty safe, but I don't I I have some concern with him as far as like what his long-term outlook would be. I'll go in the direction you went. I'll take the upside that Debo Samuel is maybe an effective receiver at this point in his career and I get kind of like a a resurgence from him. So again, receiver core is weak obviously just behind Adams and Odun, just a bunch of upside swings there. But the running back and quarterbacks and tight ends should carry this this team for sure. And I again, I would devote a lot of my waiver budget to the receiver position if I feel weak there.
Yeah. And because I have a lot of upside receiver, maybe taking more of a safer play here, a guy that's probably going to run a lot of 11 personnel routes for the for his offense that he's going to, a guy that's been pretty productive and fancy these last couple years. I think Jawan Jennings would be the perfect receiver to round out this core.
Yeah, for sure. And again, um, as Danny made mention to, you should be able to draft off of your own rankings. You can customize all these drafts. Half PPR, standard, full PPR, start eight, start nine, start seven, whatever. And, uh, when you go into the actual, um, look at that. We're actually the highest in the expert rankings for once. Um, but yeah, you can see my I guess the expert rankings are loving the starts apparently. Now, uh, CMC, Kenneth Walker, Kairen Williams. I mean, I'm going to be starting those guys every single week. All three of them are live to score a touchdown. Probably minus money on the Vegas market to score a touchdown every single week. Devonte Adams and Odun, big red zone downfield receivers. Sam Laaporta and Jaylen Herz, in my opinion, both advantages at their respective positions. They're not as big of advantages as, you know, McBride and Josh Allen, but they definitely can be advantages for you. And I think at a start seven, you really do want to prioritize getting at least a pretty stable option at those positions because you don't really want to be starting, you know, Baker Mayfield and uh Isaiah likely when when it's only a 12 team start seven.
Yeah, I think you did a really good job with your team. Uh for my team as well, Caleb Williams, similar advantage at quarterback. Like how I rounded out tight end there with Fannon and likely just a little bit more insurance at that position. Running backs very clearly a priority. Gibbs, Bree, Tutin. Three of my first four picks at running back. Three of my four pick uh three of my first four picks at running backs I believe have extreme upside. Gibbs can be the number one overall scoring player. Reese Hall I think can be a top five running back. Bashalt Tutin I mean if he's inheriting the Travis ETN role where ETN was a top 12 running back in point per game last year. If he's getting that type of role with maybe even more goal line upside considering that Tutin was the goal line pack at points last year. Uh really really like his projection there at the four five turn. Round out the core. Blake Cororm, Tyrone Tracy, Tank Bsby. And then receiver, yeah, I'm taking a little bit more of a risk, but neighbors Burden, Mai Lemon, Stefon Digs, Jawan Jennings. Got to kind of, you know, your eat your vegetables there. If Digs signs, he's probably going to be a safe floor play. If Jawan Jennings is on the field, which it sounds like he will be, he's going to be a safe floor play. And then I mix that with the upside of Lemon Bird and Neighbors really spiking.
Yeah. So that was the uh robust RB strategy. Now, since we've covered zero RB, hero RB, hero wide receiver, double hero RB, robust RB, what we're going to do tomorrow is rank all these strategies. You guys have seen us execute them. I think some people are missing the point of this exercise that we're showcasing each strategy, not necessarily saying each strategy is the best strategy in fantasy football.
BPA,
yeah, the best strategy is best player available. We're going to use all these strategies as tools in our tool belt and react based on what's happening in front of us. But we are going to rank which strategies we think are going to be the most effective for you. And that will be in tomorrow's video. We'll also talk about from which areas of the board each strategy is the most effective as well.
Yeah. And like we'll reference like in format like if you're in a standard league, every running back strategy is clearly going to matter. Half PPR league, maybe you don't want to go extreme avoiding a running back. And then in full PPR, again, we still like getting our running backs. But if someone were to say, "Hey, I had to go zero running back because it was just too ridiculous. receiver value kept falling. I was at the 103 and I was able to pair Jamar Chase and freaking Drake London and AJ Brown
fell into round three or something like that.
There's always context, especially in full PPR, you can kind of do more of the extreme strategies, but in standard and half PPR leagues, like staying pretty balanced is usually going to be a good uh good strategy for you. So,
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