Has the time come to panic on elite running backs?
It’s been a common strategy at the top of most fantasy football drafts to select high profile, proven NFL running backs. Going back over my nearly 20 years of playing this game, that has been one of the few consistent strategies among owners and has stood the test of time. However with the dreaded running back by committee situations popping up league wide, it’s a strategy this will not be going away anytime soon, but will getting one of these top level back pay off in the long term? Locking into a runner who is the only RB option on his NFL team ensures owners an advantage over league members drafting later in round one. This is why the likes of AP, MJD, Ray Rice and Chris Johnson dominated the early first round picks. But so far this year, we are not seeing the production many of us would have hoped for from these first round studs. Is it time to panic with these first round RB’s? Lets take a closer look at these top 4 backs and what we can expect for the rest of the season. Chris Jo
