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The Sunday slate features the two highest totals of the weekend, so the cash options at quarterback are much more bountiful. However, Russell Wilson ($8,200) is the only one with a rushing floor. Wilson ended the 2019 regular season with 75 (No. 5 among qualified quarterbacks) carries, 13 (No. 8) red zone carries and 342 (No. 6) rushing yards. Between his rushing production and passing efficiency, there are too few ways for Wilson to fail to not play him in cash.

The blueprint for Dallas Goedert chalk week was set a few days ago when Joshua Perkins ($5,100) outscored him by 4.5 points. Goedert played every snap and saw 10 targets. However, Perkins took the field for 78.4-percent of the Eagles’ snaps and was targeted six times. All it takes is one touchdown swing for Perkins to put up more fantasy points than Goedert, who will still be upwards of 10 times as popular. This is the type of leverage that tournament players dream of.

Josh Allen ($8,200) is the preferred target in GPP’s, with no player bringing forth his level of upside. As always, there’s serious rushing upside with Allen. He ended the 2019 regular season with 109 (No. 2 among qualified quarterbacks) carries, 22 (No. 2) red zone carries and nine (No. 1) rushing touchdowns. A multi-touchdown game on the ground likely breaks the entire slate, and that’s well within his range of outcomes.

If playing Josh Allen at quarterback, John Brown ($6,800) is so highly correlated with him that we have to fit him into our lineups. Most of Allen’s deep pass volume has come through Brown. He’s in rarefied company based on his volume, and Allen has done a phenomenal job feeding him the ball, evidence by a 7.0 (No. 13) Target Quality Rating. Against a Houston defense that allows an NFL fourth-most 267.2 passing yards per game, how can we not go overweight on the Brown/Allen combo?

Anyone from Minnesota is most likely a one-week play because the Vikings are eight-point dogs this week. Because running back is so thin, Dalvin Cook has massive upside for one game after coming off three weeks of rest. The Vikings/Saints showdown has a 48-point total, highest of the first weekend. Cook has per-game marks of 17.9 (No. 6 among qualified running backs) carries, 17.8 (No. 7) Weighted Opportunites and 3.6 (No. 4) red zone touches.

Mark Ingram has said he’ll be playing in the Divisional Round but he’s unlikely to be at 100-percent health. His volume was also a bit fraudulent this season. Despite finishing with 201 (No. 18) carries, he only recorded 167.7 (No. 25) Weighted Opportunites because of his minor receiving role. The only edge in taking Ingram is if he vultures numerous touchdowns from Lamar Jackson. That can happen, and Ingram will be virtually unowned, so feel free to get chalky after taking him.

Zooming out, Freeman’s size, athleticism, and college production put him in rare company. Fortunately, the risk that he never achieves fantasy RB1 status is now build into his dynasty trade value. The risk is low, and the reward is high.

Despite a breakout rookie season, Lindsay’s risk is higher and his upside is lower than Royce Freeman, a classic sell-high candidate in dynasty leagues.

Danny Woodhead was already the target of many fantasy football fans after his move from San Diego to Baltimore this offseason. Now the injury to Kenneth Dixon will only inflate his value and continue to drive up the price of Terrance West as well.

Kenneth Dixon’s injury does open a few opportunities and targets for both West and Woodhead but neither should be considered elite talents. Opportunity matters in Baltimore and theres a player available that likely see over touches in the Ravens offense.

Burkhead has been forgotten altogether, despite his impressive profile. At his current ADP, Burkhead is not only the best value in the Patriots backfield, he is also talented enough to win the job outright.

Burkhead won’t be asked to outrun anyone, instead, he can use his exceptional Burst Score (89th-percentile) to explode through holes and punish defenders, or his Agility Score (93rd-percentile) to make them miss at the line of scrimmage.

Whether you land one the “Big 3” RBs in the first round of your draft, or you are a Zero RB proponent, Stacking the Seahawks backfield should be a viable strategy in the mid-later rounds. C.J.Prosise has the traits of a league winning later round pick, while Eddie Lacy provides double digit touchdown potential.

A healthy Russell Wilson should lead to more efficient run game due to the threat of his rushing ability, allowing C.J. Prosise to make big plays in space and opening up lanes for Eddie Lacy to get rolling to the second level of defenses where he can make use of his massive 35.3 (99th-percentile) BMI.

With the development of the NFL offenses towards a more pass heavy emphasis, the time has come for a completely new fantasy football draft strategy. When it comes to the running back position, don’t draft individual players: draft entire team backfields.

When they are both healthy, Devonta Freeman is a solid fantasy RB1 and Tevin Coleman is a volatile fantasy RB2 with week-winning explosiveness. If either Devonta Freeman or Tevin Coleman goes down, whoever is left standing will be a top-3 RB in fantasy football.

It’s time to do some reactionary analysis of rookies and the teams they’ve landed on, as we attempt to dissect who the fantasy football contenders and pretenders are among the rookie class for 2017. The first player we’ll look at is Dalvin Cook, who entered the 2017 draft process as a highly touted prospect out of Florida State who underwhelmed at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Early speculation is that the Vikings will be looking to establish a running back committee early, which does little in the way of helping Cook’s fantasy value, or any Minnesota running back’s value for that matter. The wheels don’t appear to be up for Dalvin Cook heading into 2017.

Last season, the fantasy running back world was turned upside down. The running back “bell cows” were put back in the barn, and the multi-dimensional pass catching running backs became more desirable.

The crux of Zero RB Theory is that running backs bust more frequently than quarterbacks, wide receivers, and tight ends. Use team backfield drafting as your guide to mid-late round RB value.