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FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

How to Master Your Draft With the Zero Running Back Strategy

FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

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Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.710.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Erickson is back to discuss the ultra-rare ... Zero Running Back Strategy. This draft approach advocates steering clear of running backs until the fifth or sixth round and was once a novel approach to fantasy football drafts. Its basic premise was to focus on wide receivers, tight ends, and quarterbacks in the early rounds, and then find value among available rushers in the later rounds.

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0:00.0

What's up, fan? It's football gamers. My name is Andrew Erickson and today I'm going to be talking about

0:04.0

Bestball Over on GiraffeKings.com. I'm going to be talking about basic bestball strategy,

0:10.3

reviewing a roster that I drafted myself on the platform, and talking about an approach that is

0:14.7

sweeping the nation called Zero RB. To start things off, let's talk about what is the Zero RB strategy.

0:22.1

Now, the premise behind the Zero RB strategy is simple. You deliberately avoid drafting running

0:26.9

backs in the early rounds of your Phoenix football drafts, and that allows you to focus on the

0:31.2

other positions like wide receiver, tie-dend, and quarterback. The first run you make that you draft

0:35.8

typically doesn't come off the board onto your roster until the middle to late rounds, typically

0:40.9

after round seven. So why is your running back so beneficial? The strategy has been effective

0:46.5

for the past two seasons because it forces drafters to choose the best player available more often

0:52.0

as opposed to reaching on running backs that don't necessarily be drafted where they're being

0:56.5

selected. Basically, you're avoiding just drafting running back to fill out the starting slot.

1:02.4

Stint stockpiling running backs later on allows for massive return on investments as we

1:06.4

see in a large majority of late round running backs drastically beat their ADP as game changers on

1:12.0

zero running back squads. Guys like Josh Jacobs, Miles Sanders, Tony Pollan, Kenneth Walker,

1:17.2

were top targets for zero RB drafters last season, and they were available in round seven or later.

1:22.9

You also take on less injury risk with your early round draft capital with running backs

1:26.7

commonly the most injury prone position. Why should you use the Zero Running Back strategy?

1:31.2

Now, the Zero Running Back strategy works best on platforms like the draft keys because the

1:34.6

scoring format includes a full point per reception. That's advantageous because the scoring format

1:39.9

boosts wide receiver and tie-dend pass catchers more so than running backs. It's also great in

1:44.8

best ball where it's a big advantage to drafting the elite players at the onesy positions like

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