Have Not Seen a Run on RB's like I have this year (1 Viewer)

[Addai's Adidas]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.

I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.

Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

 

[ponchsox]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Just curious, who did you end up with? If I was near the end, I would have been scooping up the WRs that fell and targeted RBs like Beanie and Hightower.

 

[snellman]

I have been seeing almost the opposite in leagues I have been doing this year. If given the choice, I have been choosing later picks to try Waldman's "upside down drafting" because I see a lot more question marks around RBs this year. Vick and Rogers seem to consistently be going mid first along with the 2 Johnson boys at WR and sometimes Nicks. It has been kind of a weird year drafting IMO, but who knows it may just be me.

 

[Addai's Adidas]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Just curious, who did you end up with? If I was near the end, I would have been scooping up the WRs that fell and targeted RBs like Beanie and Hightower.

I ended up with Ryan Matthews at 2.14 (Beanie went before, Mark Ingram After) and got Best at 4.14 (Hightower went right after that). I did forego and RB at my third pick for Fitz, wasn't really sure if anyone would be left for me at Rb later.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Play in a 14 team league, I didn't think the run on RBs was as bad this year. I was able to get Ryan Grant in the 4th round.

 

[jon_mx]

Seems pretty typical of drafts I have seen over the years. There have been years I have picked 11th where I am the first to choose a non-RB.

 

[Daywalker]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Just curious, who did you end up with? If I was near the end, I would have been scooping up the WRs that fell and targeted RBs like Beanie and Hightower.

I ended up with Ryan Matthews at 2.14 (Beanie went before, Mark Ingram After) and got Best at 4.14 (Hightower went right after that). I did forego and RB at my third pick for Fitz, wasn't really sure if anyone would be left for me at Rb later.

Crazy that Fitzgerald made it to you in 3rd. Crazy you didn't take him in 2nd.

 

[Daywalker]

R. Rice

L. Fitzgerald

V. Jackson

And me as your RB2 would be a nice start to your draft.

 

[Addai's Adidas]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Just curious, who did you end up with? If I was near the end, I would have been scooping up the WRs that fell and targeted RBs like Beanie and Hightower.

I ended up with Ryan Matthews at 2.14 (Beanie went before, Mark Ingram After) and got Best at 4.14 (Hightower went right after that). I did forego and RB at my third pick for Fitz, wasn't really sure if anyone would be left for me at Rb later.

Crazy that Fitzgerald made it to you in 3rd. Crazy you didn't take him in 2nd.

Don't want this to be about my team. You usually know in drafts when a run is happening or over, but never really expect the run to Keep in going.

 

[Bobtender]

last 3 years in my 12 teamer.

2010 18 RB's first 2 rounds

2009 17 "

2008 18 "

 

[Bobtender]

last 3 years in my 12 teamer.

2010 18 RB's first 2 rounds

2009 17 "

2008 18 "

 

[griff321]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.

Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

 

[solorca]

I'm seeing it this year too, probably because the RB quality drops off a cliff around the 7th round. In my league, the guy who picked ninth was able to grab Andre Johnson in the first and Calvin Johnson is the second. Granted, he ended up with Shonn Greene and Ryan Grant as his top two running backs, but he should be dominant enough at WR to compete.

 

[fantasy stud]

Picked #5 yesterday in a 12 team league. A lot of rb and qb early.

I ended up with

1- R. Rice

2- H. Nicks

3- Fitzgerald

4- F. Jones

 

[Donnybrook]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Scoring system and starting lineup requirements would probably might shed some light on this mystery.

 

[Professor S]

R. RiceL. FitzgeraldV. JacksonAnd me as your RB2 would be a nice start to your draft.

That was the start to my draft. Well, sans you as my RB. Gambling on a platoon of Wells and Fred Jackson.

 

[tenaka]

In my leagues I've seen more people go WR early and/or a full upside down draft. IMO early on just go BPA, don't chase runs and grab a terrible player just because only terribler ones will be there later. That's what trades are for. You only need one of those other 15 (or 13 or 11) owners to be willing to realize they need that stud WR you're dangling for one of their RBs.

 

[two_dollars]

Why would you grab RBs at the end of a long run when a top 10 wr is staring at you in a ppr league no less.

 

[Gawain]

Why would you grab RBs at the end of a long run when a top 10 wr is staring at you in a ppr league no less.

B/c if if 10 more running backs go before your next pick and only 2 wide receivers, the running back offers more value.

 

[Pickle Rody]

Why would you grab RBs at the end of a long run when a top 10 wr is staring at you in a ppr league no less.

B/c if if 10 more running backs go before your next pick and only 2 wide receivers, the running back offers more value.

Not buying it. That BPA is more valuable because you could use that player as trade bait and secure that RB that you missed out on.

 

[two_dollars]

No it doesn't.. if 10 more RBs go, your wr2 is going to be at a giant advantage over the other teams.. more of an advantage gain vs the disadvantage of waiting on your RB2 vs the other teams..

 

[zamboni]

Doesn't seem to be that much different, but the the diminishing number of 3-down, all-purpose RBs does seem to make people pounce on one of those guys than perhaps a top QB or WR a the same spot.

 

[pack66]

Play in a 14 team league, I didn't think the run on RBs was as bad this year. I was able to get Ryan Grant in the 4th round.

You might want to pick up Starks as a backup. He may have supplanted Grant as GB's #1. He's that talented.

 

[Rick James]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

Totally different experience in my live draft last night. I picked 11th, got Andre/Calvin, and was still able to get Bradshaw/Felix/Ingram 3/4/5.QBs went fast, too. Rodgers went 1.02, Vick 1.04, Brady 1.07, Brees 1.09. Rivers went in the 2nd

 

[Fighting Noles]

Had our big 16 team league draft yesterday and I have never seen a run on RB's like this before. After the second round was over (32 picks), 22 RB's were gone. Everyone was shocked, especially those of us near the end of the run, who scrambled to get whatever was left in the next round.I remember back when Marshall Faulk and Priest Holmes were in their heyday and the "Stud RB" theory was the dominant drafting strategy this would happen. We had since moved to PPR for WR's and TE's to compensate for this in the past, but it didn't seem to after.Is this how it is playing out in other leagues too?

Just curious, who did you end up with? If I was near the end, I would have been scooping up the WRs that fell and targeted RBs like Beanie and Hightower.

I ended up with Ryan Matthews at 2.14 (Beanie went before, Mark Ingram After) and got Best at 4.14 (Hightower went right after that). I did forego and RB at my third pick for Fitz, wasn't really sure if anyone would be left for me at Rb later.

22 RB's went (Ingram wasn't one of them?) & then Best & Hightower went 32 picks later, strange draft indeed.

 

[Raider Nation]

Play in a 14 team league, I didn't think the run on RBs was as bad this year. I was able to get Ryan Grant in the 4th round.

You might want to pick up Starks as a backup. He may have supplanted Grant as GB's #1. He's that talented.

Beat me to it. I was gonna ask JTC when the better Green Bay RB went.

 

[the spanker]

Doesn't seem to be that much different, but the the diminishing number of 3-down, all-purpose RBs does seem to make people pounce on one of those guys than perhaps a top QB or WR a the same spot.

This.I'd rather have the rare 3-down RB gems than a top QB/WR....I'll find the 2nd tier guys to fill those spots.

 

[adrenaline]

The more teams go to RBBC, the more valuable bellcows become.

 

[Fighting Noles]

There aren't 22 "bellcow RB's" though worth more than the top WR's in a PPR format....

 

[FUBAR]

Notes nailed it. No problem taking bellcows over aj, cj, etc. But the 22nd rb over the Austin or Marshall tier is a losing strategy.

 

[Funkley]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

Totally different experience in my live draft last night. I picked 11th, got Andre/Calvin, and was still able to get Bradshaw/Felix/Ingram 3/4/5.QBs went fast, too. Rodgers went 1.02, Vick 1.04, Brady 1.07, Brees 1.09. Rivers went in the 2nd

Similar here. I started out Andre and Calvin then got DWill/Felix/D Thomas

 

[cubbie5150]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

Totally different experience in my live draft last night. I picked 11th, got Andre/Calvin, and was still able to get Bradshaw/Felix/Ingram 3/4/5.QBs went fast, too. Rodgers went 1.02, Vick 1.04, Brady 1.07, Brees 1.09. Rivers went in the 2nd

That's a nice start of the draft for you. I also picked @ 11 (12 team redraft, .5 PPR). QB scoring is 6 pts/any TD & -2 pts/Int, so I started Calvin/Brady (AJ was picked earlier & the only RBs I love this year are the consensus top 4). Felt my best chance to get a solid impact guy was Brady since I'd have to wait so long. But yeah, mid-round RBs were largely still there in my draft as well. After Tampa Mike @ 3.11, I went Greene/DeAngelo/Beanie/Addai Rds 4-7 & got McGahee Rd 9.

 

[sn0mm1s]

Why would you grab RBs at the end of a long run when a top 10 wr is staring at you in a ppr league no less.

B/c if if 10 more running backs go before your next pick and only 2 wide receivers, the running back offers more value.

Not buying it. That BPA is more valuable because you could use that player as trade bait and secure that RB that you missed out on.

I don't know how it is in your leagues - but most people won't make a trade like that. You might get a 2nd tier RB for a 1st tier WR - but no one is trading for a RB that went earlier in the draft unless that RB is damaged goods.

 

[tenaka]

Why would you grab RBs at the end of a long run when a top 10 wr is staring at you in a ppr league no less.

B/c if if 10 more running backs go before your next pick and only 2 wide receivers, the running back offers more value.

Not buying it. That BPA is more valuable because you could use that player as trade bait and secure that RB that you missed out on.

I don't know how it is in your leagues - but most people won't make a trade like that. You might get a 2nd tier RB for a 1st tier WR - but no one is trading for a RB that went earlier in the draft unless that RB is damaged goods.

Before week 1? No. A few weeks in, most might not but you only need 1 trading partner who has realized how much they need a WR1.

 

[sn0mm1s]

Before week 1? No. A few weeks in, most might not but you only need 1 trading partner who has realized how much they need a WR1.

They need a #1 WR and they have a RB that is worth trading for that went before you picked the WR in the draft? Most owners I play with want to see how their team performs first. Drafting a player for tradebait is a cardinal sin in just about every league I have ever played in. Most people don't want to trade, owners that like trading rarely offer something reasonable, the few that want to trade and are reasonable often don't have what you want.

 

[the spanker]

Notes nailed it. No problem taking bellcows over aj, cj, etc. But the 22nd rb over the Austin or Marshall tier is a losing strategy.

Obviously the 22nd RB isn't a bellcow never mind the 12th being a bellcow.

 

[tenaka]

Before week 1? No. A few weeks in, most might not but you only need 1 trading partner who has realized how much they need a WR1.

They need a #1 WR and they have a RB that is worth trading for that went before you picked the WR in the draft? Most owners I play with want to see how their team performs first. Drafting a player for tradebait is a cardinal sin in just about every league I have ever played in. Most people don't want to trade, owners that like trading rarely offer something reasonable, the few that want to trade and are reasonable often don't have what you want.

Someone is bound to have drafted a sleeper, and they'll know that a few weeks in. See where I said not before week 1 above? Yea.And you're not drafting as trade bait, you're drafting the best player. I'd rather have the #3 WR and #30 RB than the #12 WR and the #23 RB. The trade down the line is just a luxury.

 

[LittlePhatty]

RBs went faster than normal in my draft today too.

Normally the guys in my league are QB-happy, with 3 or 4 QBs going in the first round.

This year only 1 QB was taken in the first (Rodgers).

 

[sammy8887]

Doesn't seem to be that much different, but the the diminishing number of 3-down, all-purpose RBs does seem to make people pounce on one of those guys than perhaps a top QB or WR a the same spot.

This.I'd rather have the rare 3-down RB gems than a top QB/WR....I'll find the 2nd tier guys to fill those spots.

Yep, totally agree with this...Got DMC, Mendenhall and Forte with first three picks and am thrilled -- then got S. Holmes and Marshall in the next two rounds. RB studs are few and far between these days...

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Big fan of grabbing 2 RBs in the first 3 rounds in leagues where you must fill out a starting roster. In best ball it doesn't matter as much but you can still come up sort if you wait too long. I don't see the depth that they see, more like a lot of part timers.

 

[griff321]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

Totally different experience in my live draft last night. I picked 11th, got Andre/Calvin, and was still able to get Bradshaw/Felix/Ingram 3/4/5.QBs went fast, too. Rodgers went 1.02, Vick 1.04, Brady 1.07, Brees 1.09. Rivers went in the 2nd

Whoah! That's gotta be some special QB scoring or roster. My league is online and FPC style scoring and roster.Brady made it to me in the 5th and Brees/Romo until the 6th then Manning in the 7th right before a good QB run. Guys here elected to use early rounds to focus primarily on RBs. From about the start of the 4th and on guys were going about a round or two before their ADP.

 

[LargeMouthBass]

In one of my drafts, Grant, Wells, Hightower, and Green-Ellis all went in the 5th round. Though this isn't a money league, they aren't Fantasy Football rookies either... Just a strange year all around.

 

[glumpy]

I have been seeing almost the opposite in leagues I have been doing this year. If given the choice, I have been choosing later picks to try Waldman's "upside down drafting" because I see a lot more question marks around RBs this year. Vick and Rogers seem to consistently be going mid first along with the 2 Johnson boys at WR and sometimes Nicks. It has been kind of a weird year drafting IMO, but who knows it may just be me.

I planned on doing an upside down draft this year but first two rounds everybody else was, and I ended up going RB-RB instead.

 

[Rick James]

I'm seeing more then normal this year, and if you are doing an upside down draft don't expect hyped sleeper RBs to be near their ADP. I've seen teams loaded with RBs go back to the well over and over if people think they're getting good value.Also elite QBs and some elite TE are slipping down a lot further then I ever expected. I'm thinking that more then a few people feel that those positions are loaded and come to the draft with a strategy to wait on them.

Totally different experience in my live draft last night. I picked 11th, got Andre/Calvin, and was still able to get Bradshaw/Felix/Ingram 3/4/5.QBs went fast, too. Rodgers went 1.02, Vick 1.04, Brady 1.07, Brees 1.09. Rivers went in the 2nd

Whoah! That's gotta be some special QB scoring or roster. My league is online and FPC style scoring and roster.Brady made it to me in the 5th and Brees/Romo until the 6th then Manning in the 7th right before a good QB run. Guys here elected to use early rounds to focus primarily on RBs. From about the start of the 4th and on guys were going about a round or two before their ADP.

QBs get 6 points per TDs, but everything else is the same. never seen QBs go that early

 

[goodoldalky]

Doesn't seem to be that much different, but the the diminishing number of 3-down, all-purpose RBs does seem to make people pounce on one of those guys than perhaps a top QB or WR a the same spot.

This.I'd rather have the rare 3-down RB gems than a top QB/WR....I'll find the 2nd tier guys to fill those spots.

Yep, totally agree with this...Got DMC, Mendenhall and Forte with first three picks and am thrilled -- then got S. Holmes and Marshall in the next two rounds. RB studs are few and far between these days...

That's an amazing start. Ideal if you ask me. I love going 3 RB/2WR in the first 5 rounds.

 

[Dr. No]

PPR isn't the solution to this problem.

it's only requiring one starting RB, especially in larger leagues.

1 RB, 2WR, 1 TE, 1-2 Flex (but if 2, only one can be an RB)

if leagues required 2 starting QB's, just like 2 RB's... the demand for QB's would be ultra high as well.

Change the starters requirements AND do PPR - this solves that and makes drafts a lot more interesting

 

[moleculo]

in our CHUG league (composed of mostly local FBG's) last night, between picks 1.05 and 2.04 (one full round, 12 players total), there were 1 RB, 2 QB's, and 8 WR's drafted. This is a keeper league so that may skew some things, but it was a pretty crazy WR run that early. Certainly not the RB run like the OP mentions.

 

[Ilov80s]

In one of my drafts, Grant, Wells, Hightower, and Green-Ellis all went in the 5th round. Though this isn't a money league, they aren't Fantasy Football rookies either... Just a strange year all around.

What's wrong with Grant in the 5th? Before his injury last year, he was a late 1st round pick in fantasy drafts. He is back and plays on one of the highest scoring offenses in the leagueSame question in regards to Hightower and Wells. They both appear to have their feature back spots locked up. In the 5th round, getting a RB that is a near lock for 15-20 touches a game is a great value.

 

[conboy]

Picked 9th in 12 team redraft and went Megatron, Jennings, and then had the 5th pick the rest of the way and got Bradshaw, DWill in the 3rd and 4th.

 

[nysportsfan]

I didn't read all of the responses, but I sometimes like runs on a position if I have drafted for flexibility, because when they happen, other usually better players slide. So if the RB run was crazy, you should have had your pick of WRs no? Just a thought.