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The Zero RB draft strategy has died more deaths than Jason Voorhees of Friday The 13th fame.
Every summer, Zero RB is declared dead and buried. There is simply no way one can build a viable fantasy football roster without an elite running back or two (or three), the thinking goes. Fantasy managers have their funerals for the Zero RB strategy and gently place flowers on its grave, only to see Zero RB burst from its casket thanks to running back injuries, backfield shakeups, or maybe, as in Jason’s case, a fortuitous lightning strike that somehow possesses the power of reanimation.
Zero RB lives.
Those of you who know me and my work over the past decade know I’m a Zero RB ideologue, for better or worse, through sickness and in health, things of that nature. You also know I’m not unreasonable about Zero RB roster builds. The extent to which one pushes the limits of Zero RB — waiting until the middle or later rounds to stock up on backs — entirely depends on your league’s roster requirements and scoring settings.
If you’re playing in a standard scoring league with two RB spots, two WR spots, and a flex, there’s no earthly reason to use a true-blue Zero RB approach to building your team. Even leagues with half-PPR scoring where you can start a maximum of three wideouts aren’t a great fit for a real ZRB approach. Those who have spent their entire winters and springs drafting best ball teams will wonder if this goes without saying, and I assure you it does not.
It’s when you’re playing in a league where you can start four or five (or more) receivers (or elite tight ends) that going deep on Zero RB makes sense. And yes, sometimes it makes sense to grab one top-end running back early on — a nice, warm safety blanket for those with jitters about embracing the Zero RB life — before fading the position until the back half of the draft. (Here’s where I remind you I recently wrote about some boring mid-round running backs who could deliver…
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Publish date : 2024-08-16 20:11:00
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