Ultimate Zero RB Watch List: AFC Week 9 – J.K. Dobbins Is Ready to Lead Your Team to the Playoffs (and So Is Patrick Laird)

Blair Andrews
November 4, 2020

The Ultimate Zero RB Watch List provides analysis for Zero RB and RB-heavy owners alike. Blair Andrews examines the running back workloads for every AFC backfield from Week 8. Check out Shawn Siegele’s companion piece on the NFC.

Almost every fantasy team can use a breakout RB, whether they were drafted as a Zero-RB squad or not. The Ultimate Zero RB Watch List helps to find these breakout stars before they hit. But it also helps you understand which of the high-profile backs you should be buying and selling based on workload shifts.

We’ll use the RotoViz tools to dive deep into the Week 8 advanced stats for every AFC backfield, focusing on expected points (EP), fantasy points over expectations (FPOE), and opportunity (snaps, targets, and carries).

Baltimore Ravens

Mark Ingram was nursing an ankle injury, which opened up the backfield for J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards to shine. Neither of them wasted their opportunities, but the rookie was particularly impressive, gaining 113 yards on 15 carries, also one catch for eight yards. Dobbins doubled Edwards’ snaps, and should be considered the team’s RB1 going forward as long as Ingram is out.

Indianapolis Colts

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Blair Andrews

Managing Editor, Author of The Wrong Read, Occasional Fantasy Football League Winner. All opinions are someone else's.

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