Is it my imagination or are running backs less important in Pro Fantasy Football this year?
Posted by Ray Gill
Filed under Running Answers
In past years, it seemed like if I could draft decent running backs with my first three picks, and pick up a solid new starter late in the draft, I could alway get a quarterback or recievers later. This year the quarterbacks and receivers seem more dominant. A couple more years like this, and I’ll draft a quarterback with my first round pick, and possibly a receiver in the second or third. How you you see it?
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No it is not just your imagination. Running backs have not been as productive this year (with a few exceptions) as QB’s, WR’s, Kickers, and Defenses.
This is for several reasons:
1) Running back by committee – to keep RB’s fresh and to highlight the different strengths of RB’s, teams are increasing moving to the RB by committee; therefore each RB gets less touches, making it harder to get into a rhythm and limiting the yardage gained and in many cases spliting goaline activities.
2) Many of the top RB’s this year had difficult injuries in the pre-season or holding out for money; therefore their NFL top production did not really start until week 7. Even in week 11 you have Larry J, Kevin Jones, Adrian Peterson, Ronnie Brown, and Joshep Addai (to name a few) that are hampered by injuries – these star players are playing with injuries or are out which means a decrease in points by RB’s
I don’t know if you are in a keeper league, but if you are good QB’s are hard to come by. They stay healthier more so than RB’s (because they almost exclusively have good to great O-line protection) and generally consistently productive.
However the real banner games will be when your WR or RB score multiple (3 or more touchdowns – plus over their yardage thresholds).
Emerging Wide Receivers and the prolific base is greater for WR than any other group; therefore you can always draft a good (possibly great) WR in a 2nd or 3rd round.
It is likely that next year we will see some loosening of the RB committee’s because in cases like Joseph Addai (where it was supposed to be a committee) true featured starters will emerge being more productive and elusive or hard down-hill running at which point the committee structure is lessened. There will still be committees but the productive fantasy points will still be focused on the select few.
As such RB’s will likely again be very important to he top priorities in your draft.
Moyie
its a down year for them thats for sure