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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2020 · 54 MIN

Fantasy football's best form of insurance: premium backup running backs

from The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast

Early in the season, conventional wisdom holds that fantasy managers don't need to worry about securing their starting running backs' real-life backups. You want to maximize every spot on your roster when so much is unknown. At this time of year, however, when the picture has come into focus, those real-life backups become must-have pieces to finish putting together a championship puzzle.On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Nando Di Fino, Jake Ciely and Eric Moody take a look at backfields that are clearly dominated by one player, discussing which backups are must-have (hello Alexander Mattison and Giovani Bernard) and which are unlikely to inherit a significant workload should the starter go down with an injury.Follow Nando on Twitter: @nandodifinoFollow Jake on Twitter: @allinkidFollow Eric on Twitter: @EricNMoody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Early in the season, conventional wisdom holds that fantasy managers don't need to worry about securing their starting running backs' real-life backups. You want to maximize every spot on your roster when so much is unknown. At this time of year, however, when the picture has come into focus, those real-life backups become must-have pieces to finish putting together a championship puzzle.On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast, Nando Di Fino, Jake Ciely and Eric Moody take a look at backfields that are clearly dominated by one player, discussing which backups are must-have (hello Alexander Mattison and Giovani Bernard) and which are unlikely to inherit a significant workload should the starter go down with an injury.Follow Nando on Twitter: @nandodifinoFollow Jake on Twitter: @allinkidFollow Eric on Twitter: @EricNMoody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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