Fantasy football is undergoing a transformation. For the first time in recent memory a wide receiver, Antonio Brown, is the consensus No. 1 overall pick. Odell Beckham Jr. and Julio Jones also figure to be selected in the top-five of standard-scoring leagues, with DeAndre Hopkins, A.J. Green and Dez Bryant rounding out the rest of the first-round selections.

In part, the shift in strategy can be traced back to Shawn Siegele, who first championed his Zero RB theory in 2013, suggesting to steer clear of running backs until the fifth or sixth round of a draft. With so many wide receivers ranked so highly this season, it might seem obvious that Zero RB is what can earn you a title. In fact, it might make more sense to buck the trend and go old school by taking running backs with your first, second and possibly third picks in your fantasy draft.

There are two reasons fueling this approach. The first is one of novelty: the Zero RB strategy was successful because it was contrarian and rarely implemented. This year, half the first round will be wide receivers according to consensus projections, more if you count tight end Rob Gronkowski as a key player in Zero RB strategies.

If the top three picks are Brown, Beckham and Jones, it doesn’t make sense to force a Zero RB strategy and take either DeAndre Hopkins or A.J. Green if you have your choice of running backs. You are much better off getting who you project to be the top player at a key position rather than the fourth- or fifth-best wideout. And if your opponents continue to draft wide receivers in Rounds 2 and 3, that’s even better for those that go against the grain since the value based draft (or VBD) at the receiver position is expected to drop off at a much faster pace than it is at running back.

The second reason to go heavy on running backs revolves around how many starts are needed in a 12-team, standard scoring league. For example, if each team starts two running backs, not including the flex position, then a league needs to get 384 starts at the running back position for a 16-week season. After you account for players lost to injuries, that would have required a league to draft the top 34 rushers in 2013, the top 41 rushers in 2014 and the top 44 rushers in 2015. And that’s just to make sure you have a starter at the position and doesn’t account at all for preferential matchups.

Proponents of value based drafting typically use the 24th ranked running back to set a baseline for a 12-team league that starts two running backs — meaning you would determine a running back’s value by subtracting the 24th-ranked running back’s point total from the point total of the running back in question. For example, last year’s No. 1 running back — Devonta Freeman — scored 230 points on the season, compared to 111 by the No. 24 running back, Thomas Rawls. That gives Freeman a value of 119. But in truth, Freeman’s value was much higher.

In Zero RB strategy, it is essential to grab players with upside in the later rounds to make this strategy successful. Here are 4 wideouts who could help win you a championship if you utilize Zero WR:

Eric Decker, New York Jets Decker finished the season with 80 catches for 1,027 yards and 12 touchdowns, producing a 106.3 passer rating for Ryan Fitzpatrick when he threw Decker’s way. Decker also had a touchdown in 12 of his 15 games last season, making him one of the more reliable fantasy options out there.

John Brown, Arizona Cardinals

After catching 48 passes as a rookie for 696 yards and five touchdowns, Brown improved on that in his second season, hauling in 65 of his 101 targets for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns. It may be tough to get his quarterback’s attention with Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd also vying for targets, but Brown is the team’s go-to deep threat who was very successful on routes that were 20 or more yards downfield: eight catches for 370 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks

Lockett had a solid rookie campaign for Seattle in 2015, catching 51 of his 69 targets for 664 yards and six touchdowns. Lockett averaged 1.6 yards per route run and caught seven of the eight targets that were 20 or more yards downfield, including four for touchdowns. He was also featured on punt and kick returns, giving him 1,915 all-purpose yards.

DeSean Jackson, Washington

Jackson was limited to just 10 games in 2015 but during the second half of the season he and Kirk Cousins combined for a 132.7 passer rating, sixth highest among wideouts. Jackson is also a legitimate home-run threat: he saw more than a third of his targets 20 or more yards downfield, hauling in all 10 that were catchable for 392 yards and 4 touchdowns.