I think yoire forgetting to look at the situation and draft position of some of these rookies though. This was widely considered to be the best RB draft in years. Teams who want to be run first and play good defense took these guys. Most rookies don't come I to situations where they are clearly the best option from day o e or were taken high enough to warrant draftinf th confidently in fantasy. One of the story lines this year was how many teams bi ked the rwcent trwnd and took backs higher than in years past. Both McCaffrey and Cook are excellent excellent the passing game too, which gibes them a safer floor than a lot of rookies would have even if they are sharing some 1st down snaps with guys like Stewart and Murray. What is amazing to me is how much people are suddenly trying to counter-hype the rookies by hyping Stewart and Murray...as if we didnt watch Stewart's steep decline and Murray solidify himself as just another guy who will always be in a tineshare at best anywhere he goes. If those are the guys standing in the way of McCaffrey and Cook well, honestly thats making a pretty strong case that these guys are worth their ADP. Look at it another way, every back taken after them has question marks as big or bigger than Stewart and Murray. These guys havr the skills to be involved in the passing game which gives them an added bonus in PPR as well.

If Murray and Stewart were really a huge obstacle, why arent some of you talkng them back up taking them higher in drafts? If Murray couldn't beat out 2 other OK but not great backs in Oakland, what makes you think he's going to relegate Dalvin Cook to being an afterthought in the Vikings offense?