I don’t care what you call it.
Modified Zero RB. Anchor RB. Single Elite RB. Hero RB (okay, this one is actually cool, so maybe this is the winner?). The viability of a strategy is more important than the name, as much as Twitter would lead you to believe otherwise.
Let’s start from the top for those who aren’t familiar. C.D. Carter interviewed Zero RB pioneer Shawn Siegele a few weeks ago about the strategy he popularized, but Siegele actually won the NFFC Primetime Main Event in 2013 with Jamaal Charles as his first-round pick. The evidence behind Zero RB supports grabbing an elite RB if you get the chance. No one is denying that high-end RBs are the most valuable assets in fantasy football.