Fantasy football - is the day of only picking running backs in first round over?

[Dr. Jack]

With most teams using multiple backs - does that change your strategy?

How about the lockout and shorter offseason mini camps, will that influence your strategy?

[Cali Roots]

What it does is make a couple backs very valuable in the 1st round because they do get all the carries, but the days of 8 rbs going in the top 10 are gone. Top Rbs like AP, etc still are the top picks.

[JDSilk]

I think that I have told you this before Dr. Jay, but i have not selected a RB in the first two rounds in any of my drafts the last 3 years and have been doing really really well (all top 3 finishes). It is all about Wide Receivers.

As a matter of fact, last year I selected 3 WR's (andre johnson, greg jennings, larry fitz) with my first three picks in a 12 team league. Reason being you can find boom or bust talent easily... Last year we loaded up on RB's.... Foster in Round 4, McFadden in Round 5 then added about 4 more boom or busts.

Then we got Vick in Free Agency. I think there is soo much, and I mean soo much value in WRs... There is less point deviation in QB's and RBs and when a WR gets hurt, your ****ed. Its not like a WR can come in and do amazing unless they have Peyton Manning throwing to them.

To me, and I will continue to campaign this. Take WRs early.... Get Andre Johnson, Roddy White, Jennings, ect... boom or bust the rest of the way.

[RanPicks]

it is in my league

[weazel079]

Yep. Last year AP and CJ were the top 2 picks. CJ was a bust for that early of a pick. AP was avearge at best. Too many teams going RB by committee and the league has gone to an aerial attack.

[Chris46139]

fantasy football is all about waiver position and when to pull the trigger now, not even fun anymore to me

[scr0da]

Originally Posted by Chris46139

fantasy football is all about waiver position and when to pull the trigger now, not even fun anymore to me

sore loser