Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores how best ball drafters sabotage themselves by taking too many running backs and how to build a roster after a WR/TE start

I recently drafted in my home redraft league. I started off with Travis Kelce and by the time it came back to my pick in Round 2, so many running backs were taken that I ended up with Stefon Diggs.^[1]My home draft is a 10-person league, but it is entirely possible to pair a Top-5 WR with Kelce in a 12-person league My friends continued to draft RBs at such a high rate that I didn’t pick my first RB until Round 8. This got me thinking, how does this pertain to best ball?

With about a week to go before the regular season opener, draft rooms will likely have a plethora of drafters who are relatively new to best ball or do not follow the work here at RotoViz. These types of players generally love RBs and most do not understand that it is not the optimal approach to compete against teams with early picks.

For that reason, I will explore the wide receiver and tight end start from a structural perspective and constructing a robust RB roster.

Before I dive in, if this type of roster construction strategy is intriguing, be sure to check out my other best ball strategy articles before your next draft:

1. Why drafting TE/RB by Round 2 is the biggest structural edge in 2021
2. Filling out the rest of the roster after a TE/RB draft start
3. Filling out the rest of the roster after a WR/WR draft start

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