The NFL’s evolution into a pass-first and pass-often league has made the bell cow running back somewhat of a fantasy football unicorn in recent years.
Stars like Jonathan Taylor and Derrick Henry still boast league-winning upside, but without a top-five pick in your draft it’s hard to pencil in one of those stars, which could result in you dashing for an RB1 from a pile of not-so-great choices.
That leaves you with two options: overdraft a so-so running back while passing on other game-changing talents or, preferably, shocking the world by nabbing an impact sleeper in the later rounds.