Fantasy owners always have a difficult time deciding on when to pounce on a “handcuff” as opposed to players with true standalone value in drafts. This article is designed to highlight some of the particular values that arise from the way the fantasy football handcuff depth charts are shaking out in 2019.
Ricky Sanders took a look at the RotoExperts model’s ranks of players whom he considered to be the team’s “handcuff” (although many of these of quite subjective as some teams’ second backs on the depth chart has a true role on the team). One back was designated as a team’s “handcuff” per team and then those backs were ranked from 1-32.