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As I parsed through Yahoo’s ADP looking for the perfect make-or-break candidates for this fantasy football season, several high-risk, early-round running backs stuck out like sore thumbs.
You could argue that a quarterback like Anthony Richardson is a make-or-break candidate given his ADP and limited experience, but rushing upside gives him a solid floor and ensures he’ll finish as a QB1 if he remains healthy.
A receiver like Garrett Wilson is a risk with a Round 1 ADP despite never finishing higher than a W3 in average points per game, but even at 40 years old and coming off a major injury, Aaron Rodgers bumps Wilson up to a strong WR1 candidate.
The tight end ADPs have dipped as a whole, meaning missing on a tight end doesn’t have a true season-ruining impact.
It’s running backs who present the highest level of volatility combined with their ADPs that will define your fantasy season, but which running backs are the true make-or-break players for fantasy in 2024?
Kyren Williams, RB, Los Angeles Rams
I was debating whether or not to include Williams because if you’ve followed my work with Yahoo this preseason, you know I have true conviction in Williams as a Round 2 pick. As I was debating his inclusion, Sean McVay announced that Williams will be returning punts this season and sent fantasy football managers into a downward spiral of doom and gloom and “I told you so’s.”
When the NFL changed the rules for kick returns, we expected some potential big names to try their hand at returning. However, the idea of punt returns for a 5-9, 194-pound starting running back feels like malpractice … or punishment. Williams isn’t a stranger to punt returns, but unnecessary touches do raise cause for concern. To be clear though, fantasy managers should not take this as an indication Williams has lost his job. McVay’s exact quote was:
“It’s another opportunity for him to get touches and impact the game. And you feel comfortable with that because of the…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-08-28 14:01:34
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