Just finished my draft- How badly do I need another RB? (1 Viewer)

[highlander23]

Standard Yahoo league.....I had the 7th pick. Start QB/2RB/2WR/1 TE/1 Flex. Went against the grain a bit by going RB/RB and then may have gone too far trying to make up ground at WR and left myself with little depth at RB! What do you think?

QB- Lamar Jackson, Geno Smith
RB- Nick Chubb, Derrick Henry, Cam Akers, Ezekiel Elliott, Tyjae Spears
WR- Brandon Aiyuk, Christian Kirk, Mike WIlliams, Brandin Cooks, Jaxon Smith-Njigba
TE- Mark Andrews
K- Daniel Carlson
DEF- Pittsburgh

Trading WR for RB never seems to work out, but any advice on where to go from here? I like my team other than wanting that one more RB for depth. Thanks for your input!

 

[Gally]

I think you are worse off at WR. I wouldn't trade a WR for a RB. Your WR room as a bunch of a guys that could have good years but none that really have taken the step to be trustworthy enough to rely on. Each one has big if's surrounding their consistency.

 

[DarinB300]

You are good at RB. Chubb & Henry are solid & I think Akers has a good season. Zeke could be a sneaky play in the NE run game. WR is ok, but just need to see how it plays out. I like Kirk, but with Ridley now there, will he be the guy or will Trevor get everyone involved? Mike has always been able to put up #'s, but can't seem to stay healthy. If he can, your WR group improves greatly, cause I think the change in OC for the Chargers is going to help both him & Keenan this year. I like the Lamar/Andrews stack!! GL!

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Am I reading this right? It's a non-PPR league with just 2 starting WR spots?

If so, you fell into exactly the right strategy; RBs are waaaaaay more valuable than WRs in such a structure. Chris Olave put up exactly as many points in non-PPR scoring last year as D'Onta freaking Foreman; and only having to start 2 means you really don't have to worry about WR depth.

So I'll buck the trend and say trading a WR for an equivalent RB is exactly what I would try to do. You (and most teams) will be starting 3 RB most weeks, so while you have 3 solid ones I'd want to get 4 to cover bye weeks / injuries. Even if you have to move one of your top two WRs to get another starting RB back, M-Will is a perfect non-PPR WR archetype and can slot right in for you. And my guess is you can find a jump-ball specialist (Collins, Thielen, DPJ) for free on the wire that will give you 90% - hell, maybe 110% - of the production of a Cooks or JSN type in this format.

Let us know how it works out and GL to you.