Wide receivers are all the rage and their point totals back it up. While running backs come and go every year due to injury and depth chart shake-ups, elite wide receivers serve as the backbone of any quality fantasy roster.
The WR1 in PPR last year, Cooper Kupp, scored 439.5 points and the WR12, Mike Williams, scored 246.6 points. The WR24, Tee Higgins, scored 219.1 points (14 games played). Where am I going with this? Well the scoring totals for the RB1, RB12 and RB24 were 373.1, 226 and 173.9. The positional point differentials between wide receiver and running back reveal a steeper point dropoff at RB. As you go further down the rabbit hole, you’ll see it stays on that trend. The RB50, Mark Ingram, scored 108.6 points and the WR50, Elijah Moore, scored 138.2 points.
This is important to keep in mind. You want elite receivers. Managing the running back position is more chess than checkers. It’s a cerebral chess match on the waiver wire as you jockey to secure the RB flavor of the week.
