RBs are Overrated? (1 Viewer)

[J Perusse]

I believe Vereen was the only RB to eclipse 100 rushing yards yesterday. Tons of WRs had monster games. I understand the concept of scarcity and supply & demand and I also am cognizant of the fact that Week 1 is not even over yet, but I am done with the days of worrying about grabbing a RB within my first 3 picks.

The last 3 winners of my league have not had a top 12 RB on their team (.5 PPR). Last year I drafted Martin, McCoy, Morris, McGahee and Murray and finished 6th. With the amount of injuries at the RB position, I feel like your RB1 has a bigger chance to go down, plus there are more opportunities on the waiver wire to pick up guys who will get yards and pick up a TD.

Has anyone been on this bandwagon for a while now? I just can't justify the importance of a stud RB anymore. The league is clearly trending in a direction in which I can no longer count on a running back to lead my team to a victory, outside of AP who is an anomaly.

 

[bucsbaby]

you didn't see the extremely long debate thread we had about this leading up to the start of the season?

 

[MAC_32]

My top 3 rbs were ad, rice, and shady.

No, they are not over rated. They are necessary. Because there aren't many of them.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

Posted Today, 10:10 PM

ummmm....did you catch the philly game, by any chance?

 

[bucsbaby]

imo it's not about whether there are only a few stud RBs (there are) or whether there are only a few stud WRs (there are), it's about whether you can find a stud RB in the late 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round or whether you should, instead, scoop up 1-3 of the stud WRs that are available there. but, we've been over this ad nosium already in the other thread.

not everyone is able to draft #1 overall and take ad.

 

[MAC_32]

Most of my leagues went rice Julio gore nicks Vernon luck Bradshaw vick three Wrs from giant wr bucket with upside.

We'll see if it works.

 

[Bobby Guano]

Yes for PPR I have gone some form of WR/WR/WR and TE or QB the first four rounds 3 out of the last 4 years(last year went McCoy/Marshall/Harvin).

Made the playoffs every year.

I finneshed #1 seed with most points scored 2 out of the 4 years and won the championship as the 4th seed (second in points) one year.

I have also been top 3 for the most WW transactions in everyone of these years. Sure it helps to draft well but IMO in season management plays a much larger role in sucess than wether or not you went RB/RB or WR/WR on draft day.