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NYSportsguyAugust 2, 2008
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Nice….I completely agree Nice….I completely agree that the 2 Running back strategy does not have the gravitas and ooomph that it used to, especially as the position has become less important. However, you have to be realistic – owners are still going for two rbs despite the production falling off at the position. So you almost have to draft two rbs due to what everyone else is doing. If I was drafting early or middle of the round and TO was there in the middle of the second, sure I’d take him. Alternatively, if Moss was there at the beginning of the second round I would take him. It would depend on the scoring and the value that player offered based on ADP. Otherwise, you have to conform and make sure you get a solid #2 back too. Unfortunately, RBs have lost value but owners are slow to catch on to the phenomena.
- Freddie Footballer
I’m not so sure…it just I’m not so sure…it just really depends on the draft that you are in. It’s all about adapting to the trends within each draft so that you can consistently get good values. Good article though and some interesting points.
It depends on your overall strategy, who falls to you, and what you do in the later rounds. The first 4 rounds are pivotal, but it’s rounds 6-9 that win leagues.
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definitely rounds 6-9 is the most crucial….its all about depth and value
interesting..but like what Dr. Mike Pick and lebron23 said….it all just depends.
this guy leaves out some important information. you can compare WRs and RBs but he fails to point out that outside of tier 1 WRs, where the points go amongst WRs is anybody’s guess. people contributing to those lofty WR totals are guys like Wes Welker, Braylon Edwards, Randy Moss, Roddy White, etc. Nobody thought of drafting these guys early last year, they basically stumbled into them. As for RBs, the majority of the time you know who’s going to get the touches based on situation. sure there are 2 back situations but that’s better than 3 and 4 WR corps. Jacksonville is a good example of both. They split carries at RB but both Taylor and MJD have been good. As for the WRs you have no idea who’s getting the ball and then Reggie Williams ends up with double digit TDs. as if anyone would have predicted that! -bB
I Disagree with the 2 RB strategy- Running back is a much more physically demanding position to play in football than is wide receiver. Thus, running backs are far more injury prone and specialized than wide receivers – making them more risky and volatile as far as their production goes.
With wide receivers you know what you are going to get and they are a safer bet, especially in “pass friendly” offenses such as the way most teams are set up today in the NFL. Outside of the top four RB’s (Addai, LT, Westbrook and Purple Jesus) running backs are all about who can stay healthy and who can stay fresh down the stretch, in other words, it’s a crap shoot. Outside of running routes and staying out of real world violence issues, you can bank on most wide receivers playing a full 16 game schedule pretty healthy. Therefore you can project more accurately what their stats would be instead of gambling more on running backs.
Guys like Maurice Morris, Chris Perry, Justin Fargas and Ray Rice will always be there later in the rounds just like Ryan Grant and Earnest Graham were there last year….all those people who drafted guys like Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Thomas Jones and Brandon Jacobs last year got burned in the early rounds.