Chris Sweet – Fantasy Sports Analyst
Today we are gonna unveil our early rankings for Running Backs. Last season we saw a bit of a resurgence with this position after several years of being very thin after the top 3 or 4 guys. You are gonna see a lot of people going back towards the RB-RB drafting method this year, and I’m not ready to say that’s an outright mistake, but I am expecting some letdowns this season. My favorite format is PPR so these rankings will be based on getting a point for each catch. The top 3 guys barring injury are in a clear tier of their own, and should be the top 3 picks in most drafts this year. They are safe and consistent, which are the 2 biggest things I look for in a RB. After that the rest of the Top 10 is less certain, and there will be a few potholes in there. I know most experts are down on Todd Gurley this year and some are even uttering the words “Trent Richardson”, but I do not subscribe to that comparison at all. I think sunnier days are headed his way in LA now that Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur will be running the offense. You will win your league by finding the Running Backs in rounds 6-10 that end up being a workhorse for their team. So enough talking here’s the early preseason rankings.
NFL RUNNING BACKS – 2017
- Le Veon Bell
- Ezekiel Elliott
- David Johnson
- Melvin Gordon
- Devonta Freeman
- Lesean McCoy
- Jordan Howard
- Jay Ajayi
- Todd Gurley
- Demarco Murray
- Isaiah Crowell
- Lamar Miller
- Leonard Fournette
- Carlos Hyde
- Danny Woodhead
- Joe Mixon
- Eddie Lacy
- Spencer Ware
- Marshawn Lynch
- Christian McCaffrey
- CJ Anderson
- Bilal Powell
- Ty Montgomery
- Legarrette Blount
- Ameer Abdullah
- Doug Martin
- Samaje Perine
- Tevin Coleman
- Adrian Peterson
- James White
- Mike Gillislee
- Frank Gore
- CJ Prosise
- Paul Perkins
- Latavius Murray
- Dalvin Cook
- Theo Riddick
- Darren Sproles
- Jalen Richard
- Jonathan Stewart
- Duke Johnson
- Kenneth Dixon
- Kareem Hunt
- Giovani Bernard
- Jeremy Hill
- DeAndre Washington
- Jaquizz Rodgers
- Robert Kelley
- Thomas Rawls
- Rex Burkhead
- Derrick Henry
- Jamaal Charles
- Donnel Pumphrey
- Joe Williams
- Fitzgerald Toussaint
- TJ Yeldon
- Alvin Kamara
- Matt Forte
- Chris Thompson
- Terrance West
- Devontae Booker
- Jeremy McNichols
- Jonathan Williams
- Jamaal Williams
- Marlon Mack
- D’Onta Foreman
- Charles Sims
- Wendell Smallwood
- Tim Hightower
- Dion Lewis
