After the Dolphins’ RBs broke fantasy football in 2023, Shawn Siegele profiles the running game poised to deliver similar results in 2024.
De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert both found their way onto last year’s Zero RB Candidates Countdown. The two Miami stars were so good that you had great success drafting them individually . . . or even together.
And despite a dramatic shift in Achane’s price, he still provides cheat-code upside in the right formats. In the 5 Craziest Values in FFPC Superflex Leagues, I explained why Miami’s team-RB value pushes Achane’s upside into the stratosphere.
The Dolphins were No. 4 in ruEP and No. 3 in reEP, offering excellent balance, and they ranked No. 1 in ruFPOE, scoring as many fantasy points over expectation as the teams in second (Detroit) and third (San Francisco) combined. On a per-game basis, Achane averaged 6.7 fantasy points over expectation, Mostert 4.7. That’s almost two TDs worth of pure efficiency per game.
Mike McDaniel’s ability to scheme wide-open paths for RBs with blistering speed is a huge part of Achane’s thesis, but it is fair for drafters to express nervousness about their ability to remain quite so efficient. And while there’s still room for Achane to outperform, price matters. One of the foundational elements of Zero RB through the years has been this: don’t chase your winners simply because you’ve fallen in love with their talent.
What if we could find an even better team environment from a fantasy-scoring perspective? And what if that offense offered us prices like the ones we got in Miami last season?
