Backfields to Avoid: Could the Eagles RBs Be a Landmine? (08/17 Fantasy Football podcast)
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
There's been a lot of talk about who the No. 1 RB in Philadelphia will be, but Chris Towers and Dave Richard argue it might not be worth chasing anyways. Plus, why Miami's elite offense may not be where you want to get your running backs.
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| 0:33.7 | Are there any backfields you should be avoiding? |
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| 0:41.1 | Welcome to FFT&5. |
| 0:42.6 | I'm Chris Towers. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm here with Dave Richard. |
| 0:44.7 | And I'm concerned, let's say, about the Eagles backfield. |
| 0:48.8 | This is a team that's going to run the ball really well. |
| 0:51.6 | But for fantasy, it's not actually been a particularly great |
| 0:55.9 | backfield for fantasy purposes. Last season, Miles Sanders obviously was very, very good, but he was |
| 1:01.2 | like RB20 in points per game, despite rushing for 1,200 yards and having double digit touchdowns. |
| 1:08.3 | He really dominated the rushing roll there, but because he didn't |
| 1:11.1 | have much in the passing game, he really wasn't all that valuable for fans. He was a fine starter, |
| 1:15.7 | but not a difference maker most of the time. And now we've got this situation where |
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