Fantasy Files: Breaking down every single running back handcuff situation
PFF Fantasy Football Podcast
Fantasy Football
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Hartitz goes through the pecking order in every NFL backfield to determine which No. 2 running backs might provide the best handcuff value in the event the team's starter misses time in 2021. The first tier consists of the big-four handcuffs that most are familiar with before Ian moves on to the tier two group, which includes running backs part of a committee with room to truly flourish if disaster stikes. The third tier includes notes on the Rams, Steelers, Dolphins and more: backfields where Ian could see the backup getting a featured role, but it's not guaranteed. The podcast concludes with a look at which running back situations are either too unclear, or consist of one-dimensional talents, for fantasy investors to worry about.
Tier 1 handcuffs (1:12)
Tier 2 handcuffs (3:44)
Tier 3 handcuffs (8:10)
Tier 4 handcuffs (15:55)
Tier 5 handcuffs (19:19)
Tier 6 handcuffs (21:48)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to be a little bit |
| 0:07.0 | wildcard. |
| 0:07.0 | We are going through the handcuffs |
| 0:14.0 | situations from all 32 teams. |
| 0:18.0 | I'll try to make this brief. |
| 0:20.0 | Not going to give you five minutes on |
| 0:22.0 | every backfield in the league. |
| 0:23.0 | We got usually a fancy file |
| 0:25.0 | episode to vote to each of those. |
| 0:27.0 | But basically I was going through, |
| 0:28.0 | you know, each of these are |
| 0:29.0 | basically set up to do one for team |
| 0:31.0 | for the quarterback, the backfield, |
| 0:33.0 | the wide receiver room. |
| 0:34.0 | Looking at the patriots and I was |
| 0:35.0 | just thinking like, |
| 0:36.0 | okay, now might be a good time again |
| 0:38.0 | to some of these handcuffs because |
| 0:40.0 | it's such a, you know, |
| 0:41.0 | some of these are so unclear and we |
| 0:42.0 | just don't really know what's going on |
| 0:44.0 | until August. |
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