Not everyone is abandoning RB-RB

A few weeks ago Zoneblitz published a post suggesting that the strategy of stacking your fantasy football team with running backs the first two rounds is falling out of style. The post was linked to by a couple other blogs and earned a comment from Minneapolis fantasy guru Paul Charchian, who provided a more detailed version of his “do the opposite” strategy.

Zoneblitz stands by its “let the draft come to you” strategy. But in fairness to loyal traditionalists not everyone has decided to eschew that philosophy. In fact the folks at Fanhouse say the more people do the opposite by drafting wide receivers and quarterbacks first, the stronger the running back options that will be available in the second round.

He may have a point. And for the record, Zoneblitz isn’t suggesting that you automatically draft wideouts and quarterbacks first. If there are two players of equal skill available by all means, take the running back. But if the best running back available is the sixth or seventh ranked back and the top one or two wideouts or quarterbacks are still on the board, don’t be afraid to take a chance.

Now, back to our program.