I am in need of solid RB’s. Should I try to trade up in this years draft to snag Jeanty? Or should I stick with what I have and draft an RB at the 1.06 Half Ppr 1.5 TEP QB: Stroud, Murray, Penix RB: R. Dowdle, R. Davis, I. Guerendo, E. Wilson, S. Tucker, K. Mitchell WR: MHJ, BTJ, M. Nabers, Odunze, Ladd, A. Mitchell, J. Burton, D. Wicks, D. Douglas, D. Vele TE:J. Smith, K. Pitts, Freiermuth, N. Fant, C. Stover 2025 picks: 1.06, 1.11, 2.05, 3.06, 4.06

Jeanty is special. No doubt.. but he’s still a RB

And that's fine but it's not because they get hurt more it's because when a RB goes down someone is able to replace with someone else who puts up some points. When a WR goes down it's extremely hard to just replace them.

If the WR is harder to replace, then wouldn’t that make their value higher?

Let me ask you, if Jeanty had this season last year and was in the ‘24 class. Would you have drafted him over MHJ or Nabers?

Right but we are not talking specifically about avg WRs either. We are talking about Ladd who finished his rookie season as a WR1 and MHJ who was the consensus 1.01/1.02 in one of the best classes ever

My reverence to avg WRs and avg RBs is only to establish the overarching difference in value of the position…

TE is a crap shoot. Laporta was rated the 5th or 6th best in his class and people aren’t letting go of a player like Bowers. You don’t need a stud TE to make a run.

Like Mark Andrews this past year. Going into the season he was top 2 with Laporta…both let you down big time

I didn't think either was the best WR in that class

not to mention the depth was so good I knew I could get a great WR later

You need RBs with an emphasis on the “S”. I’d stand pat and accumulate prospects.

It’s too difficult to find a stud TE. Just get a couple Mid range guys and play matchups

Or Ladd or BTj or nabers.. all gold bars. Or Odunze, a gold bar that still has dirt on it

A player like Gibbs or Bijan from a competitive team who's at the top of your league can arguably be just as valuable as any of The top wide receivers. Because there are so few of these players that if you land one it basically becomes an automatic league winner. Yes you can get away with not having the best RB in the game, Just like you can get away with not having the best wide receivers in the game if you have better RB, QB or TE.

I see your point, just think it limits your win conditions. Fantasy is so largely centered around luck that as soon as you hit a certain critical mass of talent, it’s best to put your name in the hat and see if it gets picked.

Yeah I guess I just don’t think special WRs are as prevalent as you. They are just as rare as special RBs.

And we don’t know that Jeanty will be at the same level as Bijan and Gibbs. But to that I’ll ask you.. are you taking Bijan/gibbs over Chase/JJ/CD?

Think about the top 10 WRs right now Jj, CD, ST Brown, Puka, Nabers, BTJ, MHJ, Chase, Nico, Ladd, London. now think about the top RB Gibbs, Bijan. which one has more likely of a chance that you're able to get your hands on one?

and the list of possible top 10 wide receivers does it end with those guys

I mean, OP just needs 2 RBs to complement 4 WRs. Also I’d argue that you left out some great RB names.. are they at the level of Bijan and Gibbs.. probably not, but we don’t know that Jeanty is either. We can only speculate.

Also the whole landscape looks different after this year. We are about to have at the very least 10 very good young RBs that are going to be drafted.

I’m stoked to draft Jeanty, however if someone offered me Nabers or BTJ for the 1.01, I’d accept and then laugh at them.

Now they can’t offer me those guys, because I already have them. But my point is still there