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• 2014 Fantasy Football: Week 1 Zero Running Back Review

  By JD on September 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  With Week 1 of the NFL season now in the books, fantasy football players can review hard data on the effectiveness of the Zero Running Back Strategy. Using ESPN ADP and standard scoring data, the table below lists the top-10 running… Read More ›

• 2014 Fantasy Football: Ray Rice’s Impact on Baltimore Ravens

  By JD on September 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  After TMZ Sports released a video of what transpired between Ray Rice and his wife Janay Palmer Rice, the 27-year old running back was cut by the Baltimore Ravens.  As Rice was already facing a two-game suspension before this happened,… Read More ›

• Zero Running Back Strategy: Marshawn Lynch vs. Eddie Lacy in Week 1

  By JD on September 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  If you had the fifth or sixth pick in your 2014 fantasy football draft, you were probably deciding between Eddie Lacy or Marshawn Lynch. If you elected to implement the Zero Running Back Strategy, you avoided Lacy and Lynch like… Read More ›

• 2014 Fantasy Football: Marshawn Lynch After Week 1

  By JD on September 5, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  From reports of Christine Michael preparing to take over the backfield, to potential retirement plans, I was very down on running back Marshawn Lynch before the start of the 2014 NFL season.  Then of course, Beast Mode was unleashed on the Green Bay… Read More ›

• QB Derek Carr Week 1 Starter: Fantasy Football Implications

  By JD on September 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I thought I hit the lottery in daily fantasy football with the price of the New York Jets‘ defense, but my confidence was rocked when Derek Carr was announced as the Week 1 starter for the Oakland Raiders.  I don’t… Read More ›

• Zero Running Back Strategy: Thoughts From the Fantasy Football Industry

  By JD on August 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  If your 2014 fantasy football draft is in the next couple of days, you are probably agonizing over whether or not you should try the Zero Running Back Strategy. You will hear advice going back and forth on whether or… Read More ›

• 2014 Fantasy Football: Why Drafting Two Wide Receivers from the Same Team Doesn’t Work

  By JD on August 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  If you were planning on drafting two wide receivers from the same team, you may want to consider a different strategy.

• Zero Running Back Strategy: Cheap Non- Rookie Running Back Targets

  By JD on August 20, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  If you hate the idea of drafting another running back who turns into a bust, you are already a fan of the Zero Running Back Strategy.  When you are selecting your running backs using this strategy, you find yourself looking… Read More ›

• Zero Running Back Strategy: Wide Receivers Risky Investment After Round Two

  By JD on August 14, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Please don’t kick me out of the Zero Running Back Strategy fan club for voicing some concerns about the theory. I plan on implementing this strategy or forms of it in all of my 2014 fantasy football drafts, but after… Read More ›

• The Zero Running Back Strategy: Pros and Cons

  By JD on August 12, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  The line has clearly been drawn in the sand for the fantasy football community: You either support the zero running back strategy or you don’t.  Much like political association and religious beliefs, fantasy football players hold their draft strategy near… Read More ›