Thread by @JakesFFootball

Running backs I was higher on than consensus in 2020 who finished higher than consensus

David Johnson
Chris Carson
David Montgomery
Jonathan Taylor
D'Andre Swift
Antonio Gibson

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Running backs I was lower on than consensus in 2020 who finished lower than consensus

Christian McCaffrey
Saquon Barkley
Joe Mixon
Austin Ekeler
Kenyan Drake
Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Running backs I was higher on than consensus in 2020 who finished lower than consensus

Ezekiel Elliott
Miles Sanders
Todd Gurley
James White
Mark Ingram
Cam Akers
Ke'Shawn Vaughn
Jordan Howard

Running backs I was lower than consensus on in 2020 who finished higher than consensus.

Derrick Henry
Josh Jacobs
Aaron Jones
Melvin Gordon

What does this all mean?

My old rankings system was more or less just look at previous season finishes, add in injured players as of they were healthy, and then try to adjust for changes.

Though I had some good hits, I also had some good misses. It could be better.

Another weakness of this method is that it likes to hold on to older and injured players for a little too long.

This year my method is drastically different and detailed in a series of articles starting here:

jakobsfantasyfootball.blogspot.com/2021/06/before…

I also wish I would've ranked more running backs.

I was also higher on Jerick McKinnon and James Robinson.

Two guys who were solid pieces on a lot of my teams. They all fell come fantasy playoff time, but my higher than consensus backs were huge scorers in the fantasy playoffs