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Video: Fantasy Football RB Strategy: Are We Drafting Running Backs Wrong?
the guys in the middle like your Josh Jacobs, your Travis ETN's, those like types of players, you are pretty much only paying for the safety that they provide over the two down specialists.

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Middle-archetype running backs like Travis Etienne are the least exciting fantasy investments, smashing their ADP the least often (10% in first 50 picks vs. 21% and 16% for non-pass catchers and elite pass catchers), offering only safety over two-down specialists.

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