There’s no denying it: Zero RB and Hero RB have entered the mainstream fantasy community.

The spread of these fantasy football draft strategies has led to the top wide receivers being drafted earlier than ever. Given everything we know about the running back landscape, split backfields and fragility, it's not necessarily a bad idea.

But there are still some misconceptions out there about how you should be ranking and drafting wide receivers in 2024– even in Zero RB when you start your draft with a bunch of them. (I blame best ball fantasy football!)

 

 

 

The popularity of best ball has taught folks a bad habit – that you can just draft seven straight wide receivers off some list, and you’ll be all set. The algorithm will take care of...