2011 Fantasy Football: This Is The Year To Draft Back To Back RB’s

Alright everyone, the lockout should be over today, or at the very worst Monday. Fantasy drafts will be starting all over the world once we all know where  free agents end up. With that being said, I think this is the year to draft back to back RB’s in the first and second rounds.

The reason for this is simple. The RB depth this year is really, really bad, while the WR depth seems to be the deepest I have seen in a long time.

For example, in a resent 12 team draft I took part in having the 6th pick (was not a mock draft). I was able to get Ray Rice in the first round, then draft Steven Jackson in the Second. I then grabbed a QB in the third, and was still able to get Brandon Marshall and Wes Welker with my 4th and 5th round selections. The WR position is deep my friends, very deep.

Listen, more and more WR’s emerge every year. I always find a WR that pops up on the waiver wire. While it seems the days of finding a work horse back on the waiver waire are all but dead (there was Peyton Hillis last year). More and more teams are using the running back by committee. I have looked up and down, left and right  for  true number one backs in the NFL. They really don’t exist anymore.

These are the only RB’s  that do not have a threat  for the hated RBBC.

Adrian Peterson, Steven Jackson, Frank Gore, Chris Johnson, Arian Foster, Maurice Jones Drew (Will he be healthy?), Rashard Mendenhall, and Michael Turner (Will he Bust this year due to being over worked?).

Players that have a chance at becoming work horse backs for 2011.

Darren McFadden, Jamaal Charles, LeSean McCoy, DeAngelo Williams (if he gets traded), Jonathan Stewart, Shonn Greene, Marshawn Lynch, Peyton Hillis (Bust potential), and Cedric Benson (If he doesn’t get suspended)

That’s it people! No more, no less. You guys can do whatever you like, but if you play in a 12 team league. At least think about what I’m saying, or you could get stuck with Shonn Greene as your number one back this year.

Let someone else stack up on WR’s early in the draft, while you stack up on the work horse backs.

Thanks for your time,

Christopher Halfer…AKA…Mr. Freakin’ Fantasy.