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Fantasy: Four Backfields To Avoid Like, Well, You Know

Three backfields you’re probably already thinking, and one which may shock you.

Unless you play in some sort of circus league with three tight ends, two kickers, and three quarterbacks, the backbone of any reasonably successful fantasy football operation is the running back. In today’s NFL, with pass-wacky chuckleheads seeming to run all 32 of the league’s offenses, and quarterbacks throwing three dozen or more deep post routes per league, it’s even harder to ensure you have a true foundation player at your running back position.

Le’Veon Bell is suspended. Jamaal Charles is an “injury risk.