2017 FANTASY FOOTBALL THREAD VOL. ZERO RB IS STILL KING

If you were in a PPR league then OBJ and Evans were top-3 WRs. That's better than pretty good. As far as starting Eli over Matt Ryan, I'm guilty of doing that type of stuff too. Sometimes it's hard to start better players over the ones you've become attached to for whatever reason.

 

Double check with the commish to see if those are the actual rules. Keeper league settings vary from league to league, and as an example, what it says on ESPN regarding keepers for my league isn't correct. We set our own rules.

If those are the correct rules though, you'll wanna make sure that you MUST keep 4 players. If you're allowed to keep less than 4, then there's no sense in keeping Mariota and DJax, as both of those guys can be drafted after the 4th round (Landy is a fringe 4th rounder as well). I'd still probably keep Miller/Baldwin/Cooks/ARob regardless though, as all of those guys are top 2nd-3rd round picks. That way you'll lock up your WR/Flex spots as well as have a top RB before the draft even starts.

 

Don't draft one before the 6th round. Then grab high upside RBs in committees, pass-catching backs, and undervalued starters, and hope that either injury or increased opportunity (e.g. poor play from guys ahead of them on the depth chart) causes them to break out. Load up on WRs (and occasionally TE) in the early rounds. Exceptions can be made, but that's the gist of it.

It's primarily suited for PPR leagues that start 3 WRs and a Flex, although it can still work very well in other formats. The main thoughts of the strategy are that top RBs get hurt more often than top WRs. And the fact that in the "new" NFL (pass-heavy), WRs that you can grab in rounds 1-5 are likely to outscore RBs that are drafted even in the 1st round (as a general example, in PPR leagues, the #15 WR will probably outscore the bottom-half of the top 10 RBs).

Check this article out for a more detailed analysis.
http://rotoviz.com/2016/06/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-zero-rb-universe/?hvid=X3a20
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It's definitely not for everyone . I've been full-on Zero RB for the past two seasons (and somewhat in 2014), and while it didn't work out last year, my teams were so good in 2015 that I'm chalking up last year as a fluke (which data shows that it was). Hoping for more 2015 as far as my fantasy football success goes this year.

 

RotoViz usually does several articles throughout August profiling the top Zero RB targets. I'll link them (as well as any others I come across) in here when they come out.

 

Yeah I'm not a fan of Blount either (although I hope he kills it because I'm an Eagles fan ). But he's the perfect Zero RB target. A starting RB with a good O-Line who's shown that he can score TDs on what should be a pretty good offense. In the 9th-10th round? Sign me up.

 

Yep. It looks like Murray will still be the de-facto workhorse for the Titans but if an injury struck, Henry would become an RB1.

He's a little too expensive for me, but definitely a good option.

 

Pierre Garcon is looking like a big value in the 7th round.

http://rotoviz.com/2017/06/pierre-garcon-league-winning-wr-must-2017/