Adam Levitan, Evan Silva and John Daigle address everything you need to know before drafting Running Backs for your Fantasy Football teams this year, from what approach to take in the early rounds, player takes on the key players in each tier, how to handle the ambiguous backfields and their sleepers for the upcoming season
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:13 - Tier 1 RBs
3:39 - Handling The 1.05 Pick - RB or WR?
11:05 - Early ADP Outliers: Derrick Henry
12:28 - Early ADP Outliers: Chase Brown
14:32 - Early ADP Outliers: Ashton Jeanty
16:33 - Early ADP Outliers: Kenneth Walker
19:06 - Early ADP Outliers: De’Von Achane
22:33 - Is Saquon Barkley A Difficult Click?
25:32 - Drafting At The Back End Of Round Two
34:50 - Do Dead Zone RBs Still Exist?
38:48 - Mid Range: Quinshon Judkins
40:40 - Mid Range: Bhayshul Tuten
44:32 - Mid Range: D’Andre Swift, Travis Etienne, Jadarian Price
49:28 - Mid Range: Cam Skattebo
52:10 - Mid Range: Bucky Irving
53:31 - Mid Range: TreVeyon Henderson
57:33 - Ambiguous Backfields: Jacory Croskey-Merritt vs Rachaad White vs Kaytron Allen
59:16 - Ambiguous Backfields: Jonathan Brooks vs Chuba Hubbard
1:02:08 - Ambiguous Backfields: RJ Harvey vs J.K. Dobbins vs Jonah Coleman
1:04:17 - Ambiguous Backfields: Tony Pollard vs Tyjae Spears
1:05:42 - RB Sleepers
1:08:48 - Handcuffs For RBs
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