2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: The Update – 3 Huge Swings Enter, 3 Sadly Depart

Shawn Siegele
September 1, 2024

Shawn Siegele updates the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown as we head into the home stretch of fantasy football draft season.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Priority Targets – The Update, we’ve received some meaningful new information and I’ve participated in a flurry of high-stakes drafts since the Countdown came out. The list doesn’t change dramatically, because these plays are almost entirely talent-based. In cases where an NFL team has a weak starter (even if he still brings a lot of name cachet) and is followed by a potentially potent backup, we want to attack those opportunities.

In addition to the Zero RB Update, I wanted to provide an easy landing spot as you navigate our 2024 draft content.

The 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown

2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to No. 11 – Not for the Faint of Heart (The Gunslinger Edition)
2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – These Starters Are in Trouble (The Extreme Talent Edition)
2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners (The ADP Crushers Edition)
2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: The Watch List – 9 Players Who Pop After Cuts

The Priority Targets

2024 RotoViz Home League Workshop

Elevate Your Home League Performance With These 4 Contrarian Draft Principles by Blair Andrews
The Best Pick In Every Round of NFL.com Drafts by Kevin Szafraniec
The Defaults Are Giving You 10 Crazy Upside Opportunities in CBS Leagues by Shawn Siegele
The Sharks Think You Should Sprint to Draft These 12 Players in ESPN Leagues by Blair Andrews
The Starting Lineup Wins at Home: Set Your Team Apart Through QB and TE Selections by Kevin Szafraniec
Your Opponents Are Too Afraid to Draft the Best RB Options in Yahoo! by Mat Irby
Zero or Hero: How to Build a Dominant RB Game Plan in Yahoo! Leagues by Kevin Szafraniec
Want Great Value and Free Upside At WR? The Must-Draft Receivers in Yahoo! by Mat Irby
Our WR Analysis Is Even More Valuable in Yahoo! Formats: 2024’s Home League Game Plan by Kevin Szafraniec
Is Your Home League Holding an Auction? Dominate at ESPN With These Tactics by Dave Caban

Ben Gretch and I drafted five teams in the FFPC FantasyPros contest as part of our Stealing Bananas draft marathon on Friday. Join us for those tough OTC decisions as we juggle multiple teams simultaneously.

2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: The Update

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Shawn Siegele

Author of the original Zero RB article and 2013 NFFC Primetime Grand Champion. 11-time main event league winner. 2015, 2017, 2018 titles in MFL10 of Death.

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