There is a point in the late spring and early summer where fantasy football players must get ready for the upcoming season. The running back position has always been looked at as one where owners needed to pick one in each of the first two rounds. While that thought process has been changed over the past number of years, there are many running backs that owners must be looking at early in 2014 drafts. The top 10-15 running backs must be taken in the first three rounds to anchor a solid roster. Here are the top 40 running backs for fantasy football going into the […] Read the whole post here.
I can't wait until my first fantasy football draft this year. It will indeed be interesting to see how far RBs like Arian Foster & Ray Rice drop in drafts this year.
Foster seems a bit risky.. but Rice is a big bounce back guy IMO and worth the pick considering he's bound to drop to round 3 or maybe even 4.. ADP will be out soon.. only time will tell.
I've lost faith in Rice at this point. I wouldn't be taking him until I have taken my other two RBs. Foster does have the back issues and that can be an issue but still think he will be much better than Rice in 2014.
Naw man.. Rice, had a bad year, as did the Ravens pretty much. He's down to 205 pounds (from 220) and looked "a lot lighter, quicker than last year" at Ravens OTA practices. He'll be Gary Kubiak's work horse when he's done with his suspension.. Foster is the same age (27) as Foster, but has TWO big risk factors: 1. New head coach / playbook - Man, new schemes have KILLED entire offenses. We've also seen new HC rejuvenate them. Bottom line: risk factor +2 2. Back issues and hammy issues are intertwined, I speak from experience. Unless his doctor was Jesus, he'll never be perfect again. Bottom line: risk factor +5 For me, drafting running backs is like playing chicken, they're the most volatile players on the field (coaches always say "you can never have enough good backs" due to injury risk. So when you draft, don't add unnecessary risk to an already risky position. Draft proven backs, and if one of those guys drop far enough then ya, Foster would be worth it in the right situation, based on the composition of my team at that time. But in all likelihood I'm not risking it, I want a proven guy with no warning signs when I pull the trigger.
