Was Thomas Rawls' 2015 breakthrough a signal that he has arrived as a member of fantasy football's elite, or have fantasy owners merely developed that opinion from his limited sample in the NFL?
Rawls is ranked as our No. 20 player overall, and No. 10 running back, though he's being selected slightly later in average drafts: 26th overall and 12th at his position. To evaluate the merits of selecting him that soon, we asked analysts Matt Bowen and Tristan H. Cockcroft to debate some of the factors behind Rawls' value.
Rawls' ongoing recovery from his ankle injury
Bowen: Rawls rushed for 830 yards as a rookie in 2015 for the Seattle Seahawks, and he also led the NFL with 5.