Which RBs To Target and Which RBs To Fade This Season (Episode 1011 with Evan Silva, Adam Levitan, John Daigle)

Adam Levitan, Evan Silva and John Daigle address everything you need to know before drafting Running Backs for your Fantasy Football teams this year, from what approach to take in the early rounds, player takes on the key players in each tier, how to handle the ambiguous backfields and their sleepers for the upcoming season

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Levitan’s Redraft Player Notes

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:13 - Tier 1 RBs

3:39 - Handling The 1.05 Pick - RB or WR?

11:05 - Early ADP Outliers: Derrick Henry

12:28 - Early ADP Outliers: Chase Brown

14:32 - Early ADP Outliers: Ashton Jeanty

16:33 - Early ADP Outliers: Kenneth Walker

19:06 - Early ADP Outliers: De’Von Achane

22:33 - Is Saquon Barkley A Difficult Click?

25:32 - Drafting At The Back End Of Round Two

34:50 - Do Dead Zone RBs Still Exist?

38:48 - Mid Range: Quinshon Judkins

40:40 - Mid Range: Bhayshul Tuten

44:32 - Mid Range: D’Andre Swift, Travis Etienne, Jadarian Price

49:28 - Mid Range: Cam Skattebo

52:10 - Mid Range: Bucky Irving

53:31 - Mid Range: TreVeyon Henderson

57:33 - Ambiguous Backfields: Jacory Croskey-Merritt vs Rachaad White vs Kaytron Allen

59:16 - Ambiguous Backfields: Jonathan Brooks vs Chuba Hubbard

1:02:08 - Ambiguous Backfields: RJ Harvey vs J.K. Dobbins vs Jonah Coleman

1:04:17 - Ambiguous Backfields: Tony Pollard vs Tyjae Spears

1:05:42 - RB Sleepers

1:08:48 - Handcuffs For RBs

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