Should You Handcuff?

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Jeff breaks down fantasy football handcuffing strategy, giving you the pros and cons of rostering a handcuff. He talks about when it's optimal to do so, when to outright avoid the strategy, and which running backs don't have clear handcuffs. Jeff also breaks down how to use the strategy throughout the season if you find yourself drafting handcuff for your top RB.

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0:00.0	Rap back when you at?
0:14.2	Yo, what's going on?
0:16.8	It's Thursday, July 11th.
0:20.6	It's the week after the 4th of July.
0:22.5	That means it's fantasy football season.
0:25.5	You might not be drafting yet, but you know it as well as I do.
0:27.9	It's fantasy football season.
0:29.1	I know you were waiting for this podcast to come back out.
0:31.8	I know it's fantasy football season.
0:35.5	So we should do some podcasts, huh? I mean, we're already doing a whole
0:38.9	bunch of stuff over at FtnFantasy.com. You know I was going to plug the site, but I'm really
0:43.6	proud of what we got going on. This year, the game plan draft guide is out. The cheat sheets are
0:48.9	revised. You know, I'll tell you more about that in a moment. But hey, on the podcast today, you can see from the title, I want to talk about handcuffing.
0:56.4	And I think this is a good time of year to really start to drill down on all the different strategies that we can use.
1:03.0	And, you know, a lot of times it's like, do you or don't you handcuff?
1:06.7	But I don't think it's that simple.
1:08.6	Like, it's not complicated.
1:09.9	Like, let's be real. This is fantasy football.
1:12.6	But there are pros and cons.
1:15.5	There are times where you should use it,
1:17.4	times where you probably shouldn't use it.
1:19.6	And then how do you use it over the course of the season?
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