You may not be aware of it, but there are hidden traps everywhere at the running back position.

Even a few studs are worth avoiding.

I'm talking guys who go in the top five.

Look, it's not like they're bad players.

They just have red flags.

And these red flags make other guys around them better options.

So pay close attention to these crucial details because I'm sure your league mates won't.

Let's start with this.

Beware of Jonathan

Taylor because he currently goes as the fourth running back in drafts ahead of Sequin

Barkley despite finishing 17th in points per game last year. And now for 2023, his outlook just got

a lot worse because the Colts drafted Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson with a top five

overall pick. And this is bad news for

Taylor because this is the targets last year for running backs out of Florida. For Montreal Johnson,

he had 14. Trevor E.T.N. had eight. And then after that, it's just some guys picking up two or three.

Just five percent of Anthony Richardson's passes went to running backs. And it doesn't stop there

because Anthony Richardson had nine rushing touchdowns

last year, the second most on the team. This accounted for over 30% of Florida's rushing scores.

And according to player profiler's stats, Anthony Richardson over his final two years,

that's 19 starts. He had over 1,000 combined rushing yards, which is about 56 rushing yards

per game for a quarterback. Now, this is a major issue because it kills Jonathan

Taylor's upside and here's what I mean. When Jonathan Taylor has been a top 10 running back,

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