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Beware! Not all players will return their promised value in 2024 fantasy football drafts? The team at Yahoo Fantasy identifies five running back fades to consider avoiding at their current ADP.
Rachaad White, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Yahoo ADP: 39
First of all, I feel compelled to mention that I’m not aggressively fading any running back currently ranked inside our consensus top 40. I’d take any of those guys at the right draft price. That said, I’m a little lower than the herd on Rachaad White, a player coming off an inefficient season as a rusher in which he didn’t break off many big gains and struggled to gain yards after contact.
Tampa Bay rookie Bucky Irving has delivered an impressive preseason and he’s White’s equal as a receiving threat. Irving may have already earned a rotational role in the Bucs backfield, and his usage should only increase. — Andy Behrens
Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles
Yahoo ADP: 13
Barkley unquestionably improved offensive environments with the move to Philadelphia, but he’s a player in decline. Barkley’s broken tackle rate (4.7%) was the sixth-worst in the league last year, and only Dameon Pierce and Miles Sanders had a worse EPA/rush attempt. The receiving peripherals aren’t any better; Barkley has finished second-to-last in EPA/target each of the last two seasons.
History hasn’t been kind to running backs switching teams at this stage of their career, and Barkley’s new quarterback scored 15 rushing touchdowns last season, including 11 from the one-yard line. The Eagles were one of only two teams without a single RB rush attempt from the goal line last season. Philadelphia running backs rank just 25th in targets since Hurts took over as a starter and have seen the fifth-fewest expected fantasy points over the last two years.
Philadelphia has a loaded WR/TE group and a running QB, so targets will be limited. Barkley struggles before contact (and remember, Jason Kelce retired) and simply doesn’t resemble the player he was when…
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Publish date : 2024-08-27 14:51:36
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