Fantasy Football RB Draft Rankings

August 27, 2016

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Running Backs are at the center of many draft debates these days. Do I draft an RB in the first 4 rounds or do I wait and go zero running back? I personally love the zero running back, but you cannot force a strategy during your draft, that will just screw you up. I am a strong believer in taking what is the best available with each pick, but I will lean towards the WR every time I have to decide between 2 guys. I prefer to take backs when the fall to me, so it is important to know what the value of each back is. So to help you decide when to take a back I have compiled my list of running back rankings. This list is based on a PPR scoring format.

Rank	Player Name	Team	Bye Week	Comment
1	David Johnson	ARI	9	Number 1 in PPR, Number 2 in Standard
2	Todd Gurley	LA	8	Pretty sure he saw a lot of stacked boxes last year so that does not scare me.
3	Lamar Miller	HOU	9	He will finally be used and we will finally see how good this kid really is.
4	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	7	Ran hard in first action, interesting to see if he can do that for 16 games. Looked real good though.
5	Adrian Peterson	MIN	6	Until he actually slows down I wont believe he will.
6	Devonta Freeman	ATL	11	He wont repeat last year, but even with 50 less points he would still be #1 RB and with 100 less he is #7
7	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	8	Finished in the top 50 last year, only played in 5.5 games. Think about that.
8	Mark Ingram	NO	5	Would be top 5 if I felt good about him playing 16 games.
9	Doug Martin	TB	6	Great year last year, but falls a little as team balances the offense.
10	Jamaal Charles	KC	5	Not sure he should be this high, but just could not drop him out of top 10.
11	C.J. Anderson	DEN	11	Put up or shut up time.
12	Eddie Lacy	GB	4	Still looks too heavy to me, but ran well vs SF
13	LeSean McCoy	BUF	10	One last hoorah for him and it just might be a good one.
14	Carlos Hyde	SF	8	SF needs him, badly. They will need to lean on him, so by volume he could be good.
15	Latavius Murray	OAK	10	OAK offense is getting better every week it seems. Low end RB1 very possible.
16	Jeremy Hill	CIN	9	Hard to say bounce back for a guy that scored 12 TD's last year, but should be a better runner this year.
17	Melvin Gordon	SD	11	I feel like he is more prepared this year. Not trying to rely on just talent.
18	Thomas Rawls	SEA	5	I am not sure I buy in to RBBC here, but could easily be wrong.
19	DeMarco Murray	TEN	13	He will be used more than he was in Philly, but less than Dallas.
20	Matt Forte	NYJ	11	Contributes in too many different ways to just drop off and disappear.
21	Giovani Bernard	CIN	9
22	Duke Johnson	CLE	13
23	Ameer Abdullah	DET	10
24	Danny Woodhead	SD	11
25	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	7
26	Ryan Mathews	PHI	4
27	Arian Foster	MIA	8
28	Frank Gore	IND	10
29	Charles Sims	TB	6
30	Matt Jones	WAS	9
31	Jeremy Langford	CHI	9
32	Chris Ivory	JAC	5
33	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	5
34	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	13
35	Rashad Jennings	NYG	8
36	Theo Riddick	DET	10
37	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	8
38	Christine Michael	SEA	5
39	Tevin Coleman	ATL	11
40	Jay Ajayi	MIA	8
41	Shane Vereen	NYG	8
42	Bilal Powell	NYJ	11
43	James White	NE	9
44	Justin Forsett	BAL	8
45	Jordan Howard	CHI	9
46	Devontae Booker	DEN	11
47	Derrick Henry	TEN	13
48	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	6
49	C.J. Prosise	SEA	5
50	Darren Sproles	PHI	4

Michael Kelley is a member of the Going For 2 team. You can check out his website Dynasty League Problems for more writings or follow him on Twitter @mikekelleydlp.
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