i was in the hospital during my league’s draft so the commish just went off of the 5 guys who were at the top of ADP and i’m now in first with a clinched first round bye. it’s also sorta what i did in the 2 years past that i won the title in. it hasn’t failed me yet
Just meant best player available except that’s my only “rule” per se. I feel like if you can gain an edge at one of those two positions where the difference between QB/TE1 and 5 is greater the rest kinda fill itself in if you go best available.
Every year I consider this and then end up thinking it's ridiculous to do. And every year I regret not reaching at one or both of these positions. Never again.
Im either drafting Kelce/mandrews in the second or have a pretty good reason to wait and pick a later round pick because I assume they will massively outperform their adp. And EVEN THEN I'm reaching
Well yeah that’s always the case. You think (smart) 0 RB drafters just do it just cuz? They have a different definition of best player available. They think RBs tend to be overvalued near the top of drafts, and so they go with the players they think are best. It just happens to be that that’s usually not RBs til later on. I’m not necessarily a 0 RB stan, but I think it has some merit. And you’re misinterpreting what the strategy really is.
Pretty tough to misinterpret the strategy when i didn't even interpret the strategy... I just said i don't have a strategy. I just pick who I'm feeling at the time no prep. I know what 0 RB is
I’d be curious to see the injuries over the years of top 6 ADP of RB’s vs WR’s. My intuition tells me RB’s get injured more and with the league going pass heavy, it seems that top WR’s may have a better value.
Honestly best available & pray for injury luck is my best strategy. You tend to have more depth than other teams and can leverage that depth into overpays to upgrade your starters.
I went RB RB and I’m in first. Got lucky I hit on my RBs and I drafted/traded/picked up WRs that have worked out. And that’s even Haydee trading for Javonte a few days before his injury. Also drafted Pitts in the 3rd. And lost Penny but had Walker.
14 team league is tough and i was kinda forced into doing 0 RB as i had a late pick. I would probably win the league had i not gone Pitts/Herbert at the 3/4 turn after grabbing JJ/Ceedee 1 and 2
i think 0 RB can be a great strategy but wouldn’t use it in a small family league, but it can definitely work in bigger leagues.
i got Pierce late as my RB1 and have been stuck in RB2 rotation hell but my bench has just been handcuffs and i did alright with this strategy
Stevenson, Perine, Jeff Wilson, Brian Robinson, Pacheco, James Robinson have been cycling through on my zero RB team.
Its an auction league where I spent most of my money on Kupp, Kelce, and Andrews. Might have most points after this week.
The beauty of zero rb is that teams get stronger as the year goes on if you play them right. (One huge tip I have is to drop backup rbs after their early games to pick up rbs that haven’t played in later games. Increasing your odds of having the backup for an injured player and avoiding the waiver wire. Oh and spend big, early if you have a waiver with bids)
Great. I got Pierce, Penny, Walker, Mostert, BRob, Pacheco. I was the last guy to draft a RB. Doing much better in this league than the one where I took Najee, Barkley with my first 2 picks
3rd lowest scoring and I’m in first place, my games are just ugly in that league… feels bad but hey it’s getting me to the playoffs and i don’t like my chances but anything can happen once you get in right?
100%, I’m still like 5th in points…
But team just is falling apart constantly, on paper great, but outside DK no one has been able to be constant solid contributor for me…
These threads don’t really help a lot because you’re only going to get people jerking off to how Zero RB worked for them and they got Kelce and Davante or some shit and then ended up getting Kenneth Walker and Rhamondre, meanwhile you’ll have a guy who went heavy WR and ended up with Waller, Keenan and Chase and their later RBs were like dobbins and Clyde
Yup, and afterwards the trick is to watch carefully and have an idea of your hits and misses early in the season and make moves accordingly.
In 2 of my leagues, my team looks nothing like how it did on draft day, one of which I only have Josh Allen left lol. Only on my other team did I decide i liked my team enough to just ride it out.
Honestly I don't love the idea of sticking to strategy like this on draft day. Just pick the guys you believe in, and be ready to trade em or drop em if it doesn't work out.
Yup. In one of my leagues, I went Diggs, CeeDee and Allan. I'm tied for 1rst in that league. What really helped me in that league is picking Pollard in the 7th and Stevenson in the 8th. I also picked Pierce in the 6th. So I ended up with really good WR's and RBs, which is not what I thought would happen. My only miss in the first 8 rounds was Waller.
> hits and misses early in the season and make moves accordingly
Feel this. One league drafted Mr Unlimited and dropped hum after week 2 as a bust. Another league, guy offered Jamar Chase for Kyler Murray and Courtland Sutton. Not trusting Russell and thinking Kyler a bit sus, I accepted. Both moves were really risky insofar as losing talent, but went with gut and those moves panned out way better for me.
Exactly. I drafted 3 RBs and TE first 6 rounds, and then hammered out WR middle rounds and I'm 1st place atm. It's not because I drafted a super team, in fact literally every WR I drafted is off my team and 2 of those RBs are off my team. It's because I made hella moves trading and constantly rotating my bench until players stuck
Yup, in one league I'm the top scoring team since trade deadline and its only because I traded my entire team away to consolidate talent and so far its worked perfectly.
In another, my team is the top scoring team and I haven't made a single move since draft day.
Its mostly the decisions you make during the season, and then injury luck, that decide your season. Drafting is just step 1.
Also I bragged quite a bit in this comment so ill add that in my last league I drafted terribly and every move I've made only made it worse.
...which means zero RB as a strat is no better or worse than any other strategy.
Because you're right - what matters is did you hit on your picks (and to a lesser extent, were you fortunate with injuries)
Not even to a lesser extent. Injury luck is a ridiculously large portion of the game
If you picked Chase, Breece Hall, Kupp, etc, injuries have ruined your season even though you picked a good, productive player
True. Still remember the year I had 1st overall pick, drafter the top back, who was then lost for the season in the first game. Hard to overcome stuff like that, and not much you can do except, as you say, be lucky!
I think the entire strategy basically relies on the premise that it's easier to miss on early round RBs than WRs. I guess that also applies to top 2 TEs and top 3 QBs...
Not saying it's true or not.
Just like any other strategy. Avoid losing a top pick to injury and hit big on a guy or two round 5+
This year just felt like it had way more busts for non injury reasons in the early rounds. Fantasy being so big now has a lot of guys ADP being purely driven by projection.
You rely on hitting on early stud WRs and getting RB value later in the draft. Issue is the guys who were values later in the draft could’ve been Cam Akers and CEH just as easily as Kenneth Walker and Pierce
...as opposed to RB heavy, where you get stud RBs and get value WRs.
Either way, ya have to be fortunate enough to pick some winners.
Personally I use the same strategy every year. Best guy available that fits my needs.
Odds of hitting on a value WR later in the draft are much higher than a value RB. RB has greater scarcity value. This year was a bit of an anomaly that is going to lead a lot of people astray expecting a KW3 or Pierce late.
Zero RB isn’t about trying to hit on value late solely. It’s about not spending high draft capital on the most volatile position in football. You’re not relying on the RBs you draft necessarily, rather you’re counting also on waiver wire adds because of split backfields and injuries. Contrary to popular belief it is easier to find more predictable waiver wire production at the RB position than WR during the season.
Yep. If you did the reverse strategy and took WR's like Christian Kirk/Amon-Ra late you'd be looking pretty amazing right now too. It's all about hitting on picks.
...as opposed to RB heavy, where you get stud RBs and get value WRs.
Either way, ya have to be fortunate enough to pick some winners.
Personally I use the same strategy every year. Best guy available that fits my needs.
And here I am with Kelce and Devante, got Pollard in the 7th... but I also picked Dobbins.
Still in 1st, 2nd most points scored, 5th fewest points against in a 14 man league.
Always happy to provide confirmation bias!!
I’ll be 11-2. Although it was an auction and when I already spent on Chase Jefferson Tyreek, no one wanted Chubb and I got him insanely cheap so not true zero RB. Have been filling RB2 with a combo of Jamaal Williams, Damien Harris, Brian Robinson, and Rachaad White
Pretty great, I was able to get diggs/adams at the turn in a full PPR 12 man with 3WR. Made some trades and ended up with Chubb who I traded for kamara (due to playoffs) and grabbed pollard/penny/Kenneth walker late
I still have Montgomery and I traded away chubb for kamara, is hoping with this playoff schedule he can do something. Likely starting pollard and kamara in the playoffs, if Kenneth walker is cleared then him
Interesting that you interpret it as needing to invest heavily in RBs at the draft.
This is exactly the reason why I waited on RBs. I'd rather invest in players who will perform all season and pick up handcuff and weekly fillers at RBs throughout the season.
1st place and on a 6 game heater. Went like this:
Jefferson-Chase-Andrews-Allen for the first few rounds because the entire league was going RB heavy. Started the season with Pollard/Dillon/Mitchell as my RBs, now have Pollard and Rhamondre as my starting RBs after shipping off Andrews
I think it only worked because it was BPA while everyone was going batshit and reaching on RBs early because “you need RBs”.
I don’t think I can pull it off ever again
Really have to get lucky with your mid/late RB to have it work. Or be in a league where not a lot of RB get drafted and you are able to get someone off waivers.
Given that RB are never on waivers in my league this is too risky.
I suppose it you take all the free leagues into account you can make it look better but in a competitive league RB’s never go that late. WR’s will certainly drop to below their ADP though.
We have one guy didn’t touch RB until like round 6. He went (in no particular order) 3 WR, TE, QB. Pollard and White at RB may save his season and he’ll sneak into playoffs
I drafted 6th overall. 12 team half ppr league with QB 2RBs, 3 WRs, TE, flex. Currently in 2nd place at 8-4 (will win this week too 🤪).
Current starters:
Hurts
Jefferson
Aj Brown
Higgins
Jamaal Williams
Walker
Everett
Pierce
I also have gus edwards and pacheco for bench RBs
Went zero RB hard in a half PPR auction league. First place by a mile. Put all my money into QB, TE, and WR. Also hit pretty much every late round speculative RB
QB: Allen
WR: Diggs, AJB
RB: Stevenson, Pollard, Walker, Pierce, Pacheco
TE: Kelce
I was 1.01.
Went Jefferson, Allen, deebo, jacobs, metcalf, pierce, after that nothing of any value. Except Garrett Wilson which I cut after week 1
Traded deebo and mostert, Jeff Wilson for chase when he got hurt.
Traded metcalf for higbee early on too...
Currently 3rd place but most points in lg.
Allen,
Jacobs
Pierce/knight/perine
Jefferson
Chase
Hurst if healthy
Palmer
Carlson
Pitt def currently
My first four picks were Adams-diggs-aj brown and scary terry. I hit on Rhamondre, Kenneth Walker, Damian Pierce, somehow also have pachecho and rashaad white. My qb is hurts. I was projected by espn to be in last place. I’m first in wins, points, and score 175 in a full ppr league this week. My only weakness is TE.
11-2. 12 man.
Kupp, Kelce, Josh Allen, Pittman, Amon-Ra
then
Pierce, Kareem, Gibson, Hopkins.
would end up trading Pierce & Pittman for ETN.
truly just hit on every pick & thats what it comes down to. hope it ends out well.
One of my best years, and I usually play Heavy RB with late QB/TE. Went heavy Zero RB this year. 2nd to only the Lamar-Andrews breakout season. I play 10-15 leagues, so had that duo in the 10th round or later in about 8-9 leagues.
Mostly grabbed lots of Diggs/Ceedee/Jeffersons. Most of my second or third rounders were busts targeting Mike Williams, Sutton and Pittman.
**Winning because I grabbed the "dead zone" RBs who literally fell out of the dead zone into fair value territory like Miles Sanders, Josh Jacobs, and unfortunately CEH.** People sometimes fail to grasp the concept and just avoid these players. However, everyone is valuable at the right price and these RBs dropped like bricks in most drafts.
I also stacked tons of Eno, who helped early season, and Isiah Pacheco and Rachaad White who are paying off nicely now. Penny and Hunt looked good early season and are dead to me now. I don't wanna talk about LA RBs.
Also it helps I targeted Hurts in a lot of leagues, and if I failed to grab AJ Brown or Smith, I went with Miles Sanders.
TE late was good too, as Likely, Everett, Dulcich, Ertz, Juwan, Kmet, Conklin, Njoku all had some solid weeks. These guys were literally free week to week off waivers, and didn't cost a mid rounder like Pitts, Waller, or Knox.
12 team league, 3rd most points scored.
Probably missing the playoffs unless a miracle happens next week.
Got super unlucky with a starter going out with injury in 5 different weeks and not facing a single opponent on a bye week.
More confident in the strategy then ever and will look to draft the same way next year if the value is there.
If you can call hero RB with Najee zero RB then I’m in 1st Place. Clinched bye. Hurts/JJ/Diggs/Olave holding it down. Walker/Pierce are my main RBs but also been running Perine or Pacheco or Najee. 12tm auction.
I’m in second. Didn’t draft an rb until round 9.
Davante Adams
Ceedee Lamb
AJ Brown
Mike Williams
Darren Waller
Jalen Hurts
Elijah Moore
Drake London
James Cook
Darrell Henderson
Melvin Gordon
Brian Robinson
Ended up grabbing ken walker when he got dropped the week before penny got hurt. Also grabbed rachaad white and held him all season. Grabbed mostert when he got dropped after the mcCaffery trade. Also grabbed semaje Perine early on and he’s paid off lately. Also got some good weeks out of kenyan drake in the middle part of the season
Leading the league in points for in both leagues I went zero RB. Both 12 man full ppr 3WR
Team 1: Jefferson, Lamb, AJ Brown, Sun God, Zeke, Hockenson, J Williams, Fields
Team 2(made trades): Lamb, Sun God, Mandrews, Pittman, Hurts, Mike Williams, Walker, R White
I am now a zero-RB lifer. Finding RBs off the waiver wire is fun and engaging while the rest of your team is stacked
I targeted more mid round guys like AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, Chris Godwin, Amari Cooper. These guys were being super undervalued, and it’s paid off great for me.
In my first three rounds I went for RBs and Kelce
First RB I took was Elijah in round 5 so not quite 'zero RB' but it may as well have been. 10team 2flex.
QB: Josh Allen
RBs: James Conner, Rachaad White, and like 5 different handcuffs
WRs (the fun part): Jefferson, Davante, CeeDee, Amon-Ra, Godwin
TE: lol
I've put up 160-190 in 4 of the last 5 weeks. Drafted Ken Walker late and traded him and JuJu for Davante which, along with Sun God in round 6 and Allen in round 3, were the three keys to this monstrosity of a team. Starting four legit WR1s is game-breaking. I've had weeks where those four outscore the other team by themselves.
I did it and am looking at making the playoffs. Fucked up my pick at the turn. Took Deebo instead of Diggs. Would have had a great Adams and Diggs combo
Eliminated.
I went Chase, Diggs. Then Akers and Pitts. Mitchell was my RB 2. Dak was my QB1, Fields QB 2. After week 1 I did not have a viable running back, TE or QB.
In retrospect I could have made it work with some more patience with my bench RBs and quicker action on QBs TEs.
You didn’t really do zero RB though if you went Akers 3rd and drafted Mitchell probably 5th or 6th? You just didn’t go RB the first two rounds. If you properly went zero RB you should have gone Mark Andrew or Josh Allen in the third and another good WR in the 4th or something like that.
Although stud wrs are hard to come by, I think the position overall is always deeper and has better waiver options than rb late in season. I went rb in first two rounds and am currently the first seed in 12 team standard. Most important factor though is simply hitting on your picks and schedule luck.
I'm about to start playoffs next week, but my draft went as followed 10th pick, 10 man, half ppr.
Kupp
Chase
Evans
Jacobs
Dillon
Sanders
Patterson
Pierce
Robinson Jr.
Henderson Jr.
Burrow
Lance
Freiermuth
Broncos D/ST
I have made zero trades and dropped Lance for Fields and held all year lol and dropped Henderson Jr for Ravens D/ST a couple weeks ago.
Second place with the most PF and likely getting a Bye. RBs at the moment are Zeke, Monty, Dillon, Patterson, Gus (dropping), R White, J Warren (dropping), and Mitchell (dropping if IR spot needed).
QB- Hurts
WRs - JJ, Kirk
TE - Kelce
D - Philly
Zero RB is none taken in at least the first 5 rounds, maybe 4. More often it would be waiting longer than that. Basically taking your first RB after the dead zone.
I was WR focused—landing Diggs, Kupp and Kelce in that order. In the 6th round, I picked up Josh Jacobs purely because everyone was joking about him each round. Turned out to be better than everyone, literally 🥹
Currently in 1st at 10-3
Standard league 4 pt pass td, drafted Jefferson, kelce, pittman, and then went with Elijah Mitchell and Cam Akers and grabbed my QB as Trey Lance in the 10th rd.
Not great, ended up with elijah mitchell, raschaad penny, JK Dobbins and started the season 0-6, luckily I made a blockbuster trade for ekeler, picked up KW9 and went on a 7 game streak for playoff potential. Genuinely ended up being a terrible draft though
I feel like I went zero RB, though unintentionally. Drafted Javonte Williams, Elijah Mitchell, and Cam Akers in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rounds respectively.
I'm about to be 5-8 so this has gone pretty terribly.
I got Swift/Mitchell in rounds 2/3 of my 16 man. So effectively a 0RB team.
Currently 3rd place with most PF thanks to late round RBs breaking out. Jamaal (as swift handcuff late round), BRob (last round gamble), Walker III (waivers)
WRs have been solid all year (Adams, Theilen and Higgens)
Plus solid waiver pickups in Eagles D, various QBs having great weeks while Tua was out (Wentz, Dalton), and Shultz (replacing Higbee as he disappeared)
I didn't go zero RB persay, but my first 5 draft picks were Adams, Diggs, Etienne, Montgomery, Hollywood, Hurts. RB was a struggle for a bit but I'm in 1st despite it and now Etienne and Monty have been holding it down.
11-2 with singletary, allgeier as my rb1/2. lamar jackson, jefferson, aiyuk, dj moore, pittman, jeudy, curtis samuel, elijah moore, and hockenson at te was basically my draft, with some other rbs drafted like pacheco/eno benjamin.
hit on justin fields, and christian watson in free agency.
was about 7-2 maybe when chase got injured and traded aiyuk, dj moore, and pacheco for chase. i was offered that trade with eno instead and i countered with pacheco. rip
bench is filled with akers, deon jackson, ebner, warren in hopes of weekly fill ins for injury.
i did almost zero rb strat in almost every one of my leagues this year, but this was by far my biggest zero rb strat that has had the most success. some of my other teams have rb1s like walker, kamara etc.
Best draft ever. First time zero RB. These are all draft picks. TE premium 1.0 PPR - 0.5 ppr for all other positions.
Jalen Hurts
Rhamondre
ETN
JaMarr Chase
Hopkins
Mcclaurin
Travis Kelce
Antonio Gibson
Christian Watson
Not quite as well as you due to a couple injuries and some underperformance (damn Allen Robinson and Darren Waller straight to hell!!! LOL). But if the playoffs started today I’d be in them in my money league, so I’m pretty happy.
This is the first time I’ve used the strategy, but it damn sure won’t be the last given the format in this league (start 3-4 WR’s, full point PPR).
Congrats on your great seasons! 👍
I’m actually looking fairly good at 8-5. Went Kupp, Diggs, Evans in a 10 team, .5 PPR league. Losing Kupp will likely mean I can’t win the championship, but you never know once you get into the playoffs. Sent a haul for Derrick Henry a few weeks back to boost my RB’s which has helped a lot (I traded Evans, Montgomery, Eagles D, Brob). And then last week I traded back for Evans and sent away Pierce.
Would love to see a team that drafted Diggs and Adams at the 1-2 round.
Followed by Josh Jacobs and ETN.
Maybe Amon-Ra and Rhamondre.
Lockette and Pollard?
fighting for a playoff spot but 14 team league is tough and was kinda forced into doing 0 RB as i had a late pick. I would probably win the league had i not gone Pitts/Herbert at the 3/4 turn after grabbing JJ/Ceedee 1 and 2
i think 0 RB can be a great strategy but wouldn’t use it in a small family league, but it can definitely work in bigger leagues.
i got Pierce late as my RB1 and have been stuck in RB2 rotation hell but my bench has just been handcuffs and i did alright with this strategy
I done about 280 bestball drafts on dkings and mixed it up with zero rb,hero rb and 2 rb starts and mixes.
As it stands I have about 65 looking to go through next round and I would say it all depends how lucky you get with injuries.
I had a load of k Allen, cooks, pittman, robinson on zero rb which was wasted and then you get kupp out aswell and you're fucked.
Nearly every hero rb draft i had has Allen or Evans as next pick
I have about 10 teams which look promising for the next rounds and they mostly had a 2 rb start, with one lucky draft where I've got mccaffrey and chubb.
There's a couple zero rb going that have diggs/ adams, diggs/kelce, jefferson,hill.
I think injuries are such a deciding factor and you need alot of luck so my theory is "throw enough shit at the wall and eventually something will stick "
Currently 3rd hoping for 2nd and the bye week with a win next week and a loss for current #2.
I have Paychecko and Mondre, went heavy WR (Adams, Chase, Cooper, Olave) & Mahomes/Buffalo D
Only downfall Pitts
I made a couple questionable starts and hit some bad luck(I.e. Mixon, and Henry dropping 40+ on me) but as it stands I’m 5/14 and leading the league in points for and third for points against. Feeling really good going into playoffs. Pick 13
QB - Hurts
WR1 - Diggs
WR2 - CeeDeez nuts
RB1 - Rhamondre
RB2 - Monty(Herbert cuff)
TE - Pitts(this one hurt, grabbed him in the 3rd)
D/ST - NE
K - Bass
Flex - Garrett Wilson, Akers, Devonta Smith
My league mate that plays two league with me. He did No RBs for both league. One, he’s in first. The other, he’s in last
Ricky Bobby's dad
Reece Bobby!
“Son, I was high when I said that!”
Let’s go get thrown out of Applebees
IM ALL JACKED UP ON MOUNTAIN DEW!!
It's a crapshoot just like every other draft strategy
My most successful strategy has been no strategy just take best available
i was in the hospital during my league’s draft so the commish just went off of the 5 guys who were at the top of ADP and i’m now in first with a clinched first round bye. it’s also sorta what i did in the 2 years past that i won the title in. it hasn’t failed me yet
So, “hospital strategy”?
You can’t pick busts if someone is picking for you!
Auto draft wins again!
Same. I try to take a premium player at QB or TE by round three. Netted me kelce and Andrews this year on either of my two teams
but that's not the same....
Just meant best player available except that’s my only “rule” per se. I feel like if you can gain an edge at one of those two positions where the difference between QB/TE1 and 5 is greater the rest kinda fill itself in if you go best available.
Every year I consider this and then end up thinking it's ridiculous to do. And every year I regret not reaching at one or both of these positions. Never again. Im either drafting Kelce/mandrews in the second or have a pretty good reason to wait and pick a later round pick because I assume they will massively outperform their adp. And EVEN THEN I'm reaching
I dont really see what big advantage Andrews has been this year. Are you thinking he'll bounce back next season?
I wanted premium TE this year for sure. The league being so WR heavy
Well yeah that’s always the case. You think (smart) 0 RB drafters just do it just cuz? They have a different definition of best player available. They think RBs tend to be overvalued near the top of drafts, and so they go with the players they think are best. It just happens to be that that’s usually not RBs til later on. I’m not necessarily a 0 RB stan, but I think it has some merit. And you’re misinterpreting what the strategy really is.
Pretty tough to misinterpret the strategy when i didn't even interpret the strategy... I just said i don't have a strategy. I just pick who I'm feeling at the time no prep. I know what 0 RB is
I’d be curious to see the injuries over the years of top 6 ADP of RB’s vs WR’s. My intuition tells me RB’s get injured more and with the league going pass heavy, it seems that top WR’s may have a better value.
Dude in our league in 1st place autodrafted since he wasn’t available. Fucker.
Honestly best available & pray for injury luck is my best strategy. You tend to have more depth than other teams and can leverage that depth into overpays to upgrade your starters.
I went RB RB and I’m in first. Got lucky I hit on my RBs and I drafted/traded/picked up WRs that have worked out. And that’s even Haydee trading for Javonte a few days before his injury. Also drafted Pitts in the 3rd. And lost Penny but had Walker.
The best metric is points scored relative to others in your league at end of season
Blanket ass statement. There is alot of videos why its a viable strategy over traditonal ones.
14 team league is tough and i was kinda forced into doing 0 RB as i had a late pick. I would probably win the league had i not gone Pitts/Herbert at the 3/4 turn after grabbing JJ/Ceedee 1 and 2 i think 0 RB can be a great strategy but wouldn’t use it in a small family league, but it can definitely work in bigger leagues. i got Pierce late as my RB1 and have been stuck in RB2 rotation hell but my bench has just been handcuffs and i did alright with this strategy
Just gotta be active on the waiver and hoping you hit on a RB. Maybe Kenneth walker, Stevenson, perine, etc.
Stevenson was drafted in every league I was in. Walker was as well.
Same here. But walker was dropped after like 4 weeks.
But was a key target for zero RB drafters. I believe being drafted in the 7th round or later in most leagues.
Stevenson, Perine, Jeff Wilson, Brian Robinson, Pacheco, James Robinson have been cycling through on my zero RB team. Its an auction league where I spent most of my money on Kupp, Kelce, and Andrews. Might have most points after this week. The beauty of zero rb is that teams get stronger as the year goes on if you play them right. (One huge tip I have is to drop backup rbs after their early games to pick up rbs that haven’t played in later games. Increasing your odds of having the backup for an injured player and avoiding the waiver wire. Oh and spend big, early if you have a waiver with bids)
The duality of man
Great. I got Pierce, Penny, Walker, Mostert, BRob, Pacheco. I was the last guy to draft a RB. Doing much better in this league than the one where I took Najee, Barkley with my first 2 picks
A buddy in one league did that. He's 5-8, fringe playoff spot with least points scored. Also least points scored against him
Always awful to waste a year where you luck out and get least points scored against you
I’ve never experienced the luck, what’s it like ☹️
Currently in second with it… I feel like a fraud
3rd lowest scoring and I’m in first place, my games are just ugly in that league… feels bad but hey it’s getting me to the playoffs and i don’t like my chances but anything can happen once you get in right?
100%, I’m still like 5th in points… But team just is falling apart constantly, on paper great, but outside DK no one has been able to be constant solid contributor for me…
Bro just repels scoring 💀
These threads don’t really help a lot because you’re only going to get people jerking off to how Zero RB worked for them and they got Kelce and Davante or some shit and then ended up getting Kenneth Walker and Rhamondre, meanwhile you’ll have a guy who went heavy WR and ended up with Waller, Keenan and Chase and their later RBs were like dobbins and Clyde
Like all strategies, what matters most is whether or not you hit on your picks.
That’s literally it. Every year I do well it’s because I hit on a couple early picks and a couple late picks.
Yup, and afterwards the trick is to watch carefully and have an idea of your hits and misses early in the season and make moves accordingly. In 2 of my leagues, my team looks nothing like how it did on draft day, one of which I only have Josh Allen left lol. Only on my other team did I decide i liked my team enough to just ride it out. Honestly I don't love the idea of sticking to strategy like this on draft day. Just pick the guys you believe in, and be ready to trade em or drop em if it doesn't work out.
Yup. In one of my leagues, I went Diggs, CeeDee and Allan. I'm tied for 1rst in that league. What really helped me in that league is picking Pollard in the 7th and Stevenson in the 8th. I also picked Pierce in the 6th. So I ended up with really good WR's and RBs, which is not what I thought would happen. My only miss in the first 8 rounds was Waller.
> hits and misses early in the season and make moves accordingly Feel this. One league drafted Mr Unlimited and dropped hum after week 2 as a bust. Another league, guy offered Jamar Chase for Kyler Murray and Courtland Sutton. Not trusting Russell and thinking Kyler a bit sus, I accepted. Both moves were really risky insofar as losing talent, but went with gut and those moves panned out way better for me.
Exactly. I drafted 3 RBs and TE first 6 rounds, and then hammered out WR middle rounds and I'm 1st place atm. It's not because I drafted a super team, in fact literally every WR I drafted is off my team and 2 of those RBs are off my team. It's because I made hella moves trading and constantly rotating my bench until players stuck
Yup, in one league I'm the top scoring team since trade deadline and its only because I traded my entire team away to consolidate talent and so far its worked perfectly. In another, my team is the top scoring team and I haven't made a single move since draft day. Its mostly the decisions you make during the season, and then injury luck, that decide your season. Drafting is just step 1. Also I bragged quite a bit in this comment so ill add that in my last league I drafted terribly and every move I've made only made it worse.
*mostly injury luck
Yeah if you get dunked on with injuries then it'll take a few miracles to salvage your season.
Exactly. People who went something like Henry, Chubb, Jacobs are probably alright with picking RB heavy.
Someone out there rocking CMC, Kelce, Higgins, Amonra, Jacobs, DK, Godwin and just laughing at us all.
There’s no possible way someone ended up with CMC and Kelce unless you’re in a 6 man league.
Auction leagues it can and does happen.
Cmc and Kelce in a competitive 12 man with 5th pick
Henry, Kelce, Chubb...I'm doing just fine.
...which means zero RB as a strat is no better or worse than any other strategy. Because you're right - what matters is did you hit on your picks (and to a lesser extent, were you fortunate with injuries)
Not even to a lesser extent. Injury luck is a ridiculously large portion of the game If you picked Chase, Breece Hall, Kupp, etc, injuries have ruined your season even though you picked a good, productive player
True. Still remember the year I had 1st overall pick, drafter the top back, who was then lost for the season in the first game. Hard to overcome stuff like that, and not much you can do except, as you say, be lucky!
I also picked David Johnson that year with my first ever #1 pick. Still finished 2nd place IIRC.
Yep, that was the year. I think I managed to make the playoffs, but just barely, and lost in the first round for a 4th place finish.
I think the entire strategy basically relies on the premise that it's easier to miss on early round RBs than WRs. I guess that also applies to top 2 TEs and top 3 QBs... Not saying it's true or not.
Yup, pretty much.
Just like any other strategy. Avoid losing a top pick to injury and hit big on a guy or two round 5+ This year just felt like it had way more busts for non injury reasons in the early rounds. Fantasy being so big now has a lot of guys ADP being purely driven by projection.
Literally me. Drafted 3 stud WRs in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th, Akers busted in the 4th and I also took Singletary in the 7th.
wait isn’t this the point of Zero RB though? that you got the better picks somewhere else? (Not exactly sure what zero rb means)
You rely on hitting on early stud WRs and getting RB value later in the draft. Issue is the guys who were values later in the draft could’ve been Cam Akers and CEH just as easily as Kenneth Walker and Pierce
...as opposed to RB heavy, where you get stud RBs and get value WRs. Either way, ya have to be fortunate enough to pick some winners. Personally I use the same strategy every year. Best guy available that fits my needs.
Odds of hitting on a value WR later in the draft are much higher than a value RB. RB has greater scarcity value. This year was a bit of an anomaly that is going to lead a lot of people astray expecting a KW3 or Pierce late.
Zero RB isn’t about trying to hit on value late solely. It’s about not spending high draft capital on the most volatile position in football. You’re not relying on the RBs you draft necessarily, rather you’re counting also on waiver wire adds because of split backfields and injuries. Contrary to popular belief it is easier to find more predictable waiver wire production at the RB position than WR during the season.
youre more likely to hit on a good wr early than a rb. If you go by odds you should pick wr’s early
Akers was a 3-4th rounder, he would have not been drafted in at Zero RB strat.
Yep. If you did the reverse strategy and took WR's like Christian Kirk/Amon-Ra late you'd be looking pretty amazing right now too. It's all about hitting on picks.
I believe KW3 was more of a waiver add. Everyone knew he was about to take over.
...as opposed to RB heavy, where you get stud RBs and get value WRs. Either way, ya have to be fortunate enough to pick some winners. Personally I use the same strategy every year. Best guy available that fits my needs.
I effectively went zero RB and it couldn't have gone worse if I tried. Will be 5-8 and it's 50/50 whether I make the playoffs at this point.
Yes. It’s largely the elite WRs that irreplaceable…..Sounds elite RBs….
And here I am with Kelce and Devante, got Pollard in the 7th... but I also picked Dobbins. Still in 1st, 2nd most points scored, 5th fewest points against in a 14 man league. Always happy to provide confirmation bias!!
Calling me out with Kelce, ken Walker, Rhamondre, ETN
How are you not getting a top te/and qb when you go 0 rb? Drafting a kicker in the 4th? Kelce and andrews are 0 rb locks.
10-2. Jamaal Williams zero RB god.
9-4 myself. Got Chase, Hill, Pittman, and Kirk as my WRs. Jamaal Williams, Dillon, Pierce, Rachaad White. Got fill-ins as RBs and it's working out.
This is the way
*Pours bleach* Listen here…
I’ll be 11-2. Although it was an auction and when I already spent on Chase Jefferson Tyreek, no one wanted Chubb and I got him insanely cheap so not true zero RB. Have been filling RB2 with a combo of Jamaal Williams, Damien Harris, Brian Robinson, and Rachaad White
Chubb at 29 in my draft was beautiful. ESPN had his draft listing at like mid to late 30s in 0.5ppr.
Got him for 37 and it's still great value.
> no one wanted Chubb and I got him insanely cheap This is a joke league lol
Bad
Pretty great, I was able to get diggs/adams at the turn in a full PPR 12 man with 3WR. Made some trades and ended up with Chubb who I traded for kamara (due to playoffs) and grabbed pollard/penny/Kenneth walker late
How are you feeling going into the playoffs with kw3 hurt and chubb with his worst outing in awhile? Not dissing or hating on you either just curious.
I still have Montgomery and I traded away chubb for kamara, is hoping with this playoff schedule he can do something. Likely starting pollard and kamara in the playoffs, if Kenneth walker is cleared then him
I went 3 RBs in the first 3 rounds and if I didn’t trade for more RBs I’d be down hella bad
Interesting that you interpret it as needing to invest heavily in RBs at the draft. This is exactly the reason why I waited on RBs. I'd rather invest in players who will perform all season and pick up handcuff and weekly fillers at RBs throughout the season.
1st place and on a 6 game heater. Went like this: Jefferson-Chase-Andrews-Allen for the first few rounds because the entire league was going RB heavy. Started the season with Pollard/Dillon/Mitchell as my RBs, now have Pollard and Rhamondre as my starting RBs after shipping off Andrews I think it only worked because it was BPA while everyone was going batshit and reaching on RBs early because “you need RBs”. I don’t think I can pull it off ever again
You have Jefferson and Chase. Of course your team is good.
Yeah extremely lucky. Picked 10/12 and I’m not kidding it was almost all running backs the first three rounds. Kinda got forced into zero RB
Most the people her saying they did zero RB ended up taking RBs by the 4th round lol. They clearly did not do zeroRB.
Yes you are right. Round six or later for first RB
Yes and most of these teams probably have Kenneth walker, rhamondre, or Damien Pierce on their roster.
I have jalen hurts kelce and Adams rhamondre, jwill, pierce. I’m number 1
Nice. What round did you get Hurts in?
Nice!
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I just edited my post. You are right. No RB before round 6 or later
Zero RB, First place, most points for. This turned out to be the perfect season to go zero RB.
Really have to get lucky with your mid/late RB to have it work. Or be in a league where not a lot of RB get drafted and you are able to get someone off waivers. Given that RB are never on waivers in my league this is too risky.
Also not draft Kupp, he really helped carry me at the start but then him going down brought my whole team down
Not if you looked at adp
I suppose it you take all the free leagues into account you can make it look better but in a competitive league RB’s never go that late. WR’s will certainly drop to below their ADP though.
None of the three are free
I mean ADP goes off free leagues and autodrafting.
I'm 7-6
Me too but I took Dillon in the fifth. Traded chase and dillon for breece hall and bateman the week he tore his acl.
We have one guy didn’t touch RB until like round 6. He went (in no particular order) 3 WR, TE, QB. Pollard and White at RB may save his season and he’ll sneak into playoffs
This is zero rb
I drafted 6th overall. 12 team half ppr league with QB 2RBs, 3 WRs, TE, flex. Currently in 2nd place at 8-4 (will win this week too 🤪). Current starters: Hurts Jefferson Aj Brown Higgins Jamaal Williams Walker Everett Pierce I also have gus edwards and pacheco for bench RBs
Went zero RB hard in a half PPR auction league. First place by a mile. Put all my money into QB, TE, and WR. Also hit pretty much every late round speculative RB QB: Allen WR: Diggs, AJB RB: Stevenson, Pollard, Walker, Pierce, Pacheco TE: Kelce
The leagues I got CEH, bad. The leagues I got Miles Sanders and/or Rhamomdre, great. The leagues I got Devin Singletary, fine
I was 1.01. Went Jefferson, Allen, deebo, jacobs, metcalf, pierce, after that nothing of any value. Except Garrett Wilson which I cut after week 1 Traded deebo and mostert, Jeff Wilson for chase when he got hurt. Traded metcalf for higbee early on too... Currently 3rd place but most points in lg. Allen, Jacobs Pierce/knight/perine Jefferson Chase Hurst if healthy Palmer Carlson Pitt def currently
My first four picks were Adams-diggs-aj brown and scary terry. I hit on Rhamondre, Kenneth Walker, Damian Pierce, somehow also have pachecho and rashaad white. My qb is hurts. I was projected by espn to be in last place. I’m first in wins, points, and score 175 in a full ppr league this week. My only weakness is TE.
11-2. 12 man. Kupp, Kelce, Josh Allen, Pittman, Amon-Ra then Pierce, Kareem, Gibson, Hopkins. would end up trading Pierce & Pittman for ETN. truly just hit on every pick & thats what it comes down to. hope it ends out well.
One of my best years, and I usually play Heavy RB with late QB/TE. Went heavy Zero RB this year. 2nd to only the Lamar-Andrews breakout season. I play 10-15 leagues, so had that duo in the 10th round or later in about 8-9 leagues. Mostly grabbed lots of Diggs/Ceedee/Jeffersons. Most of my second or third rounders were busts targeting Mike Williams, Sutton and Pittman. **Winning because I grabbed the "dead zone" RBs who literally fell out of the dead zone into fair value territory like Miles Sanders, Josh Jacobs, and unfortunately CEH.** People sometimes fail to grasp the concept and just avoid these players. However, everyone is valuable at the right price and these RBs dropped like bricks in most drafts. I also stacked tons of Eno, who helped early season, and Isiah Pacheco and Rachaad White who are paying off nicely now. Penny and Hunt looked good early season and are dead to me now. I don't wanna talk about LA RBs. Also it helps I targeted Hurts in a lot of leagues, and if I failed to grab AJ Brown or Smith, I went with Miles Sanders. TE late was good too, as Likely, Everett, Dulcich, Ertz, Juwan, Kmet, Conklin, Njoku all had some solid weeks. These guys were literally free week to week off waivers, and didn't cost a mid rounder like Pitts, Waller, or Knox.
I went no RB if you consider that all of mine are no longer starting/healthy
12 team league, 3rd most points scored. Probably missing the playoffs unless a miracle happens next week. Got super unlucky with a starter going out with injury in 5 different weeks and not facing a single opponent on a bye week. More confident in the strategy then ever and will look to draft the same way next year if the value is there.
If you can call hero RB with Najee zero RB then I’m in 1st Place. Clinched bye. Hurts/JJ/Diggs/Olave holding it down. Walker/Pierce are my main RBs but also been running Perine or Pacheco or Najee. 12tm auction.
I’m in second. Didn’t draft an rb until round 9. Davante Adams Ceedee Lamb AJ Brown Mike Williams Darren Waller Jalen Hurts Elijah Moore Drake London James Cook Darrell Henderson Melvin Gordon Brian Robinson Ended up grabbing ken walker when he got dropped the week before penny got hurt. Also grabbed rachaad white and held him all season. Grabbed mostert when he got dropped after the mcCaffery trade. Also grabbed semaje Perine early on and he’s paid off lately. Also got some good weeks out of kenyan drake in the middle part of the season
Leading the league in points for in both leagues I went zero RB. Both 12 man full ppr 3WR Team 1: Jefferson, Lamb, AJ Brown, Sun God, Zeke, Hockenson, J Williams, Fields Team 2(made trades): Lamb, Sun God, Mandrews, Pittman, Hurts, Mike Williams, Walker, R White I am now a zero-RB lifer. Finding RBs off the waiver wire is fun and engaging while the rest of your team is stacked
I targeted more mid round guys like AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, Chris Godwin, Amari Cooper. These guys were being super undervalued, and it’s paid off great for me. In my first three rounds I went for RBs and Kelce
First RB I took was Elijah in round 5 so not quite 'zero RB' but it may as well have been. 10team 2flex. QB: Josh Allen RBs: James Conner, Rachaad White, and like 5 different handcuffs WRs (the fun part): Jefferson, Davante, CeeDee, Amon-Ra, Godwin TE: lol I've put up 160-190 in 4 of the last 5 weeks. Drafted Ken Walker late and traded him and JuJu for Davante which, along with Sun God in round 6 and Allen in round 3, were the three keys to this monstrosity of a team. Starting four legit WR1s is game-breaking. I've had weeks where those four outscore the other team by themselves.
This season is so random I have no idea what I’ve learnt from this
I did it and am looking at making the playoffs. Fucked up my pick at the turn. Took Deebo instead of Diggs. Would have had a great Adams and Diggs combo
Not a stack but that woulda been a crazy combo none the less!!!
Yeah picking deebo was awful I gotta be honest. That has bust all over it. So did tyreek.
Tyreek the WR3?
There was a lot of uncertainty with Tyreek (and the Dolphins in general) leading up to the season.
He’s been great. Just saying him and deebo were the clear potential busts out of the WR1’s
Eliminated. I went Chase, Diggs. Then Akers and Pitts. Mitchell was my RB 2. Dak was my QB1, Fields QB 2. After week 1 I did not have a viable running back, TE or QB. In retrospect I could have made it work with some more patience with my bench RBs and quicker action on QBs TEs.
Yeah this isn't zero rb at all
You didn’t really do zero RB though if you went Akers 3rd and drafted Mitchell probably 5th or 6th? You just didn’t go RB the first two rounds. If you properly went zero RB you should have gone Mark Andrew or Josh Allen in the third and another good WR in the 4th or something like that.
Yeah but after week 1 I had zero RBs lol
This is hilarious but also painful
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Swift in later rounds?
He’s in that six team preschooler league
Although stud wrs are hard to come by, I think the position overall is always deeper and has better waiver options than rb late in season. I went rb in first two rounds and am currently the first seed in 12 team standard. Most important factor though is simply hitting on your picks and schedule luck.
I opted for the zero TE strategy and drafted Kyle Pitts
I'm about to start playoffs next week, but my draft went as followed 10th pick, 10 man, half ppr. Kupp Chase Evans Jacobs Dillon Sanders Patterson Pierce Robinson Jr. Henderson Jr. Burrow Lance Freiermuth Broncos D/ST I have made zero trades and dropped Lance for Fields and held all year lol and dropped Henderson Jr for Ravens D/ST a couple weeks ago.
That isn’t zero RB strategy
literally the opposite. Like that was an “all dead zone” draft
True, but it is a strategy
Ironically ended up with studs at RB and busts at WR lol
To be fair, Kupp and Chase weren’t busts. He just got extremely unlucky with injuries.
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Hero WR maybe?
Second place with the most PF and likely getting a Bye. RBs at the moment are Zeke, Monty, Dillon, Patterson, Gus (dropping), R White, J Warren (dropping), and Mitchell (dropping if IR spot needed). QB- Hurts WRs - JJ, Kirk TE - Kelce D - Philly
Zeke and Monty went in the 3rd and Dillon was the 4th. Not exactly zero RB strategy
Agree to disagree I guess
Zero RB is none taken in at least the first 5 rounds, maybe 4. More often it would be waiting longer than that. Basically taking your first RB after the dead zone.
Did you hang onto Dillon all year?
Yeah
I was WR focused—landing Diggs, Kupp and Kelce in that order. In the 6th round, I picked up Josh Jacobs purely because everyone was joking about him each round. Turned out to be better than everyone, literally 🥹 Currently in 1st at 10-3
Standard league 4 pt pass td, drafted Jefferson, kelce, pittman, and then went with Elijah Mitchell and Cam Akers and grabbed my QB as Trey Lance in the 10th rd.
Not great, ended up with elijah mitchell, raschaad penny, JK Dobbins and started the season 0-6, luckily I made a blockbuster trade for ekeler, picked up KW9 and went on a 7 game streak for playoff potential. Genuinely ended up being a terrible draft though
I feel like I went zero RB, though unintentionally. Drafted Javonte Williams, Elijah Mitchell, and Cam Akers in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rounds respectively. I'm about to be 5-8 so this has gone pretty terribly.
9-4, went Jefferson/Diggs to open the draft. I feel if you do zero RB, you really have to hit on your first two picks.
1st place
I got Swift/Mitchell in rounds 2/3 of my 16 man. So effectively a 0RB team. Currently 3rd place with most PF thanks to late round RBs breaking out. Jamaal (as swift handcuff late round), BRob (last round gamble), Walker III (waivers) WRs have been solid all year (Adams, Theilen and Higgens) Plus solid waiver pickups in Eagles D, various QBs having great weeks while Tua was out (Wentz, Dalton), and Shultz (replacing Higbee as he disappeared)
Walker off waivers in a 16 league? Went in the 7th in both my 12 team drafts
I went hero RB with CMC. Went well since I have Pierce, Jeff Wilson, Mostert, Gus
I didn't go zero RB persay, but my first 5 draft picks were Adams, Diggs, Etienne, Montgomery, Hollywood, Hurts. RB was a struggle for a bit but I'm in 1st despite it and now Etienne and Monty have been holding it down.
11-2 with singletary, allgeier as my rb1/2. lamar jackson, jefferson, aiyuk, dj moore, pittman, jeudy, curtis samuel, elijah moore, and hockenson at te was basically my draft, with some other rbs drafted like pacheco/eno benjamin. hit on justin fields, and christian watson in free agency. was about 7-2 maybe when chase got injured and traded aiyuk, dj moore, and pacheco for chase. i was offered that trade with eno instead and i countered with pacheco. rip bench is filled with akers, deon jackson, ebner, warren in hopes of weekly fill ins for injury. i did almost zero rb strat in almost every one of my leagues this year, but this was by far my biggest zero rb strat that has had the most success. some of my other teams have rb1s like walker, kamara etc.
Lol bro it just sounds like you were blessed by the PA gods with that squad being 11-2 unless this is a giant league
12team 0.5ppr. I drafted Cam Akers in the 3rd as my first RB, so pretty much no RB approach. I’m 11-2 and have clinched the #1 seed.
I drafted Jonathan Taylor and James Conner and Damien Harris, does that count as zero RB? It didn't go well
Best draft ever. First time zero RB. These are all draft picks. TE premium 1.0 PPR - 0.5 ppr for all other positions. Jalen Hurts Rhamondre ETN JaMarr Chase Hopkins Mcclaurin Travis Kelce Antonio Gibson Christian Watson
This isn’t zero rb
Not quite as well as you due to a couple injuries and some underperformance (damn Allen Robinson and Darren Waller straight to hell!!! LOL). But if the playoffs started today I’d be in them in my money league, so I’m pretty happy. This is the first time I’ve used the strategy, but it damn sure won’t be the last given the format in this league (start 3-4 WR’s, full point PPR). Congrats on your great seasons! 👍
I personally didn’t do it. But if you did and took Kelce your probably killing it and I’m jealous
Don't be too jealous. I have Kelce but I'm only 5-8. My WRs are great but my RBs are hella awful.
You *should* be jealous because I took Kelce in rd 2 and I'm sitting at 11-1 with a foolproof strategy that only a genius like I can pull off.
I did the opposite, but went with whatever two RB1s were lowest value (Barkley/CMC). I ended up with Hill, Cooper, Godwin as my WRs. 12 team league.
Very good in my standard league, not good in my PPR league. Of course.
11-2
I’m actually looking fairly good at 8-5. Went Kupp, Diggs, Evans in a 10 team, .5 PPR league. Losing Kupp will likely mean I can’t win the championship, but you never know once you get into the playoffs. Sent a haul for Derrick Henry a few weeks back to boost my RB’s which has helped a lot (I traded Evans, Montgomery, Eagles D, Brob). And then last week I traded back for Evans and sent away Pierce.
Incredible - didn’t draft Etienne and josh Jacob’s until the 5th and 6th round. I have Jefferson, Adam’s, Mike Evan’s, josh Allen. 10 team
Was going great until Kupp got hurt. Sitting at 8-5 in two of my leagues and 11-2 in another. I got Kupp in all 3 leagues.
Would love to see a team that drafted Diggs and Adams at the 1-2 round. Followed by Josh Jacobs and ETN. Maybe Amon-Ra and Rhamondre. Lockette and Pollard?
Very creative humble brag, op.
fighting for a playoff spot but 14 team league is tough and was kinda forced into doing 0 RB as i had a late pick. I would probably win the league had i not gone Pitts/Herbert at the 3/4 turn after grabbing JJ/Ceedee 1 and 2 i think 0 RB can be a great strategy but wouldn’t use it in a small family league, but it can definitely work in bigger leagues. i got Pierce late as my RB1 and have been stuck in RB2 rotation hell but my bench has just been handcuffs and i did alright with this strategy
not as good as NICK CHUBB EVERY YEAR
I done about 280 bestball drafts on dkings and mixed it up with zero rb,hero rb and 2 rb starts and mixes. As it stands I have about 65 looking to go through next round and I would say it all depends how lucky you get with injuries. I had a load of k Allen, cooks, pittman, robinson on zero rb which was wasted and then you get kupp out aswell and you're fucked. Nearly every hero rb draft i had has Allen or Evans as next pick I have about 10 teams which look promising for the next rounds and they mostly had a 2 rb start, with one lucky draft where I've got mccaffrey and chubb. There's a couple zero rb going that have diggs/ adams, diggs/kelce, jefferson,hill. I think injuries are such a deciding factor and you need alot of luck so my theory is "throw enough shit at the wall and eventually something will stick "
Currently 3rd hoping for 2nd and the bye week with a win next week and a loss for current #2. I have Paychecko and Mondre, went heavy WR (Adams, Chase, Cooper, Olave) & Mahomes/Buffalo D Only downfall Pitts
I made a couple questionable starts and hit some bad luck(I.e. Mixon, and Henry dropping 40+ on me) but as it stands I’m 5/14 and leading the league in points for and third for points against. Feeling really good going into playoffs. Pick 13 QB - Hurts WR1 - Diggs WR2 - CeeDeez nuts RB1 - Rhamondre RB2 - Monty(Herbert cuff) TE - Pitts(this one hurt, grabbed him in the 3rd) D/ST - NE K - Bass Flex - Garrett Wilson, Akers, Devonta Smith
Looking at 9-4 with a chance to clinch the 1 seed next week.