The thing I love most, or at least love to hate most, in fantasy football is the complete and utter disrespect it has for the rules. There’s a lot of “It’s Week 3 and we think we know what’s going on now” content out right now, so I’m going to take a slightly different approach; a wider angle look at the season so far relative to our self-imposed fantasy rules.
The point of this column is to separate the fantasy performances we believe we can trust going forward — good or bad — from those that we think are random, fluky one-offs. We’re never going to get them all right. Take poor Isaiah Likely, for example. I maintain that the Ravens were at their best when he was a featured part of the pass game, and that is a role that has a ton of fantasy value. But I can’t make them throw the ball to him.
I’m hoping that by zooming out we can arrive at some conclusions that will help us make as many good decisions as we can in Week 4 and beyond. The two fantasy “rules” I want to focus on today are 1) older (29-30 years old) running backs are washed/ready to fall off the fantasy cliff and 2) injury replacements you pick up off waivers should be stashed not started (in Weeks 2-3).
Regarding Rule 1, the early rounds (especially Round 1) were full of young running backs (minus Christian McCaffrey) who have been outscored by a slew of Round 2+ veterans. Is this trend going to last all season? Let’s dive in:
Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints
Kamara is one of several backs in his age-29 season. Thanks to a bonkers Week 2, he is your second-highest-scoring fantasy back despite being drafted as RB17. He has yet to disappoint his fantasy managers, however, with at least 110 combined yards in each game and five total touchdowns. Even as Derek Carr and Rashid Shaheed came back to Earth in Week 3, Kamara was still a focal point of the Saints’ offense.
While we typically see opposing pass games dominate the Eagles’ weak secondary — and Chris Olave does stand out…
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Publish date : 2024-09-24 15:54:10
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