W/R position in Yahoo leagues

[sebastienjanikowski]

What exactly is this and how do you play it to your advantage? I always just pick the third best WR or third best RB...but something tells me this isnt right

[flotsamnjetsam]

What exactly is this and how do you play it to your advantage? I always just pick the third best WR or third best RB...but something tells me this isnt right

Welcome to the Cafe!

You got it exactly right. Sounds like your league starts 2 RB, 2 WR, & 1 WR/RB. So your WR/RB would be a choice between your 3rd best WR & your 3rd best RB. The advantage will work differently for different owners. An owner that has 3 strong RB's will be able to start them, while an owner that has 3 strong WR's will be able to start them. Otherwise there's no real advantage unless your scoring system really favors one or the other. I hope that helps a little. Good luck!

[glackk]

Also, the scoring format of your league detemines which position, WR or RB, will usually have an edge. In a point-per-reception league, you may want to give an edge to a WR over a RB of the same ability, since WRs will usually get more receptions than RBs. In a regular league, RBs usually get more touches per game than WRs, so you give the edge to RBs in that case. That said, you can start either position there in either case if you have a good WR3 or RB3.