Running Backs Preview Part 1: Sleepers, Breakouts, Strategies and More (08/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Fantasy Football Today
CBS Sports
4.6 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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How should you approach the running back position this season? Jamey and Heath give their overall strategies (2:55). Sometimes a Hero-RB approach works best, but don't be afraid to take two RBs early (6:00). We also talk about how to draft RBs if you're picking early or late in the first round, and what to do if you start with two wide receivers (16:50) ... Let's discuss RBs13-24 in ADP and how much we should rely on them (20:40). There are risks associated with Ken Walker, Alvin Kamara and the rest of the group. Then we've got some news and notes (27:30) before we talk about the great rookie RB class (32:30) ... How does our RB strategy change in different formats (42:40) including auctions? Does age matter anymore at this position (49:00)? Who are the biggest sleepers (51:15), breakouts (57:10) and busts (1:04:00). We talk Jaydon Blue, James Cook, JK Dobbins, D'Andre Swift, Javonte Williams, Saquon Barkley and more ... Email us at fantasyfootball@cbsi.com
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| 0:30.0 | This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. |
| 0:33.6 | What a play! |
| 0:34.8 | Then you believe this? |
| 0:36.4 | No, I can't. |
| 0:38.0 | It's time to dominate your fantasy league. |
| 0:40.6 | Off to the races and he stays on his feet. |
| 0:43.4 | It's just going to go the distance. |
| 0:45.2 | Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. |
| 0:51.2 | Oh, what a year it was for running backs in 2024. |
| 0:56.2 | Can we repeat that success? |
| 0:58.0 | I'm going to go out and live and say probably not, you know, |
| 1:00.3 | especially running backs 13 through 24, an average draft position, |
| 1:04.6 | usually kind of a wasteland or at least a disappointing range in terms of production. |
| 1:10.5 | Last year was absolutely sensational. |
| 1:13.5 | But everybody's a year older now. |
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