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Some fantasy managers believe that if you draft Brown, you should also draft his primary backup, Samaje Perine. But Perine has no stand-alone value and would be nothing more than an insurance policy – and probably a bad one, since Perine would have a hard time matching Brown's numbers even if he inherited Brown's volume.
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Perine has no stand-alone value; handcuffing him to Brown is suboptimal.

Samaje Perine is Chase Brown's primary backup and has no stand-alone value according to Zachariason. Drafting Perine as insurance for Brown is suboptimal because Perine would have a hard time matching Brown's numbers even if he inherited Brown's volume. Zachariason recommends avoiding handcuffing and instead spreading RB bets across different backfields.

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