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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

778: Rookie Running Backs in Season-Long Leagues

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

We see rookie running backs emerge in fantasy football each year, but are they actually good bets to make during your draft? JJ analyzes that question on Episode 778.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up everyone it's JJ Zacharyson in this episode 778 of the Late Round Fantasy

0:17.0

Football Podcast sponsored by Fandool.

0:20.1

Thanks for tuning in.

0:22.3

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1:11.6

Last off season I did a study on rookie wide receivers in season long leagues.

1:15.4

The data that I presented showed that not only are rookie wide outs good bets just in general,

1:20.2

but they're especially good bets because of the second half of the season and how they

1:23.7

perform during that second half.

1:26.8

This rookie wide outs score more fantasy points during the second half of the season,

1:31.0

which makes sense because they're getting acclimated to the NFL game.

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