0:00We are still to the point of the year where if you don't have Jamir Gibbs, if you don't have Dejian Robinson, you just
0:05maybe cooked chicken. Like obviously if you have JSN, you are fine. But we are three games in, Jir Gibbs is averaging
0:11over 30 fantasy points per game. Three games in Bejian Robinson's averaging about 26. And this past week, now that the Falcons actually have a quarterback,
0:20he just dropped 35. These are the two most valuable assets in fantasy right alongside Jackson Smith and Jigba. I wish one of them was on my team. Sadly,
0:29they're not. Now, I did have the opportunity to have Kenneth Walker and Jonathan Taylor, but sadly, I'm an idiot. Um, here with Kenneth Walker,
0:37phenomenal volume that he has had so far this season. Something that we had never seen from him throughout his NFL career.
0:44Like, if we go through and look at Walker this year, he is averaging 21 carries per game. His previous career high was back in 2022, his rookie season
0:54at 15. He is averaging six targets per game. This is 27 total opportunities per game and he has never cracked 20. So, as
1:02long as he stays upright and as long as he is healthy, he looks like probably the best pick in fantasy if you got him
1:08in the second round of your draft.
1:10Hopefully, you did not trade him away.
1:11And then looking at Jonathan Taylor, Taylor disappointing this past week, but it was a tough match up against the Houston Texans. He is still playing
1:18every single snap in this backfield. He has played at least 85% of the snaps every single week for the Indianapolis Colts. I think he gets right back on
1:26track this week against the Commanders and he is a top five running back right alongside McCaffrey. With McAffrey, the usage was really concerning week one and
1:35two where he played 55 and 52% of the snaps. But week three against the Arizona Cardinals, he just went right back to 83% of the snaps for this Niners
1:46offense. And he is averaging 5.7 targets per game. So you still have this as an elite offense. you still have him with
1:53phenomenal receiving usage. Now, moving over to our B tier, this is where things begin to get a little bit mixed up.
1:59James Cook hasn't really had the receiving usage of any of these other guys. Like even Jonathan Taylor getting used way more as a receiver, right? With
2:06JT having 3.7 targets per game in comparison to James Cook with a whopping 2.7. But still, um, a James Cook averaging 115 rushing yards per game.
2:17So, even with the receiving work not being there, even with the touchdowns not being that exciting either with Josh Allen obviously vulturing them, he's
2:25still a locked and loaded running back one rest of season. Ashton Genty is a locked and loaded RB1. He just went
2:31backtoback games playing over 80% of the snaps for the Raiders. Now, the efficiency has been really bad. He's only averaging 3.3 yards per attempt,
2:41but I would expect Genty to still be a very good running back and the efficiency to actually get better as time goes on. Derrick Henry, legitimate
2:49beast. Honestly, at this point, there is no reason for Derrick Henry not to be their running back three in fantasy.
2:54Like, he is averaging 25 fantasy points per game. We have played three games this season and this dude has six rushing touchdowns. Obviously, the
3:04receiving volume isn't going to be there, but dear God, if you're in a nonPBR format, Dererick Henry's the running back one overall. And then Chase
3:12Brown, the last running back in this tier. So, with Brown, I know a lot of people are concerned because he's not
3:18necessarily scoring a ton of points, but he has had three straight games of over 70% of the snaps played in Cincinnati.
3:24So, I still 100% have faith that Chase Brown is a running back one locked and loaded rest of season with this Bengals
3:31offense being good and him having the volume as well. Now, going over to our seeds here, Saquon Barkley is only averaging six fantasy points per game
3:40right now, but one of the games that he played in, he left early. He was clearly injured even when he came back. Like, um
3:47I think tonight is going to be incredibly telling for Barkley.
3:51Obviously, I'll be live after tonight's game talking about it, but right now expectations going in on Poly Market US.
3:57The Eagles have a 65% chance of winning.
4:01Going over and looking at the player prop section for fantasy points PPR.
4:06Suan Barkley has a 51% chance of scoring 15 or more fantasy points. So, it will be interesting to see what happens with
4:14Barkley tonight. Maybe he is a riser.
4:16Maybe he's a follower in these ranks. I think he's probably just a borderline low-end RB1 regardless though. And obviously if y'all wanted to check out
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4:48Now, moving over to Jeremiah Love.
4:50Jeremiah Love, maybe the biggest riser that we have from last week's rankings to this week's rankings. I cannot believe that Avery Huffman in my league
5:00somehow was able to trade Tedoa McMillan for Love. Unexcusable. And love the following week. 21 carries, five targets, 26 total opportunities. He has
5:12completely moved Tyler Algier to the back seat. He is an automatic jam as a locked and loaded starting running back every week going into the future. And
5:20again, with these rookies, you only expect them to improve as time goes on.
5:25Kairen Williams in close games is just getting the vast majority of the work here for the Rams. Like Kairen Williams this past week had 71% of the snaps. So
5:34of course in week two where he only had 55% maybe it was a little bit concerning. But also in that instance,
5:41it was a blowout against the New York Giants where we had a lot of Blake Cororm at the end of the game. So Kirn
5:47still has the starting job for the Los Angeles Rams. This is still a very good offense. And damn, Kairen looked like a
5:53very good running back. Now with Javvante Williams, it's fully a volume game, right? I mean, this is a running back this past week that had 22 total
6:01opportunities. He's averaging four targets a game. It's a good Dallas Cowboys offense. So with this being a good offense, they'll have red zone
6:09trips while at the same time we will be in a spot in which you can rely on Javvante as a receiver as well. So he is
6:17somebody that you probably just need to go out through and start if you have him. Now moving over to our next name,
6:24we are going to be looking at Amarian Hampton. So Hampton at this point is a continuous faller as it does just appear
6:32that this Chargers offense is garbage.
6:36like the Los Angeles Chargers complete and total frauds as big of frauds as my own fantasy football team. They are currently sitting at 0 and3 and if you
6:45look at the schedule that they have going into the future they have no hope Katon Mitchell expanded his role this week and I'm not going to lie to you
6:52Katon Mitchell looked better than Amari and Hampton. It finally looked like they had some explosive plays. Like if we just look at the uh markets of for next
7:03week, the Los Angeles Chargers are in a spot against the Seattle Seahawks where the Seahawks have a 74% chance of winning this game. The spread 6 and a
7:14half right now. The Chargers next week project to score 16 and a half points.
7:18The Los Angeles Chargers are cooked and Amari Hampton's not getting any target volume and Amari and Hampton's in a committee. Like if Bree Hall was
7:26healthy, Bree Hall would easily be ahead of Amari and Hampton. If Bucky Irving's fully healthy, Bucky would easily be ahead of Amari and Hampton. The only
7:36reason Hampton's going ahead of Bree and Bucky, and why it's difficult to talk about Bree and Bucky at the moment is
7:42obviously those two other running backs are currently dealing with injuries, and we just don't exactly know what we can expect. Now, moving over to our next
7:50name, we are going to have Bay Shell Toutin. So with Tuton, he is the guy in Jacksonville. The receiving volume has
7:57not been there, which is why I'm going to be a little bit lower on him in these ranks. He's averaged only 1.7 targets
8:04per game, but clearly this team likes him a lot. Trevor Lawrence did everything he could to get him a touchdown this past week. So I think
8:11with Tuton, you're probably viewing him as an every week start. But I would say that with every Dtier running back, every one of these guys, while they are
8:19healthy, you absolutely do need a jamama. DeAndre Swift would be much higher in these rankings if Caleb Williams was good to go and if the
8:28Chicago Bears offense was looking like how it did at the beginning of the season. Now, of course, we are just going to have to wait for Caleb to come
8:35back. Very similar to Bree, very similar to Bucky as we get clarity with the health of these situations. These running backs will be risers in these
8:43ranks. And I am a little concerned with Swift splitting with Kyle Manungai.
8:48Chuba Hubard doesn't have to split with anybody obviously. AJ Dylan's the running back that's running alongside him at this point. And at this point, I
8:55don't really think we need to be worried about Jonathan Brooks even when Jonathan Brooks comes back later on. So Hubard looks like he's just a set it and forget
9:03it jam every week. And then with David McGomery, David McGomery is splitting the backfield with Woody Marks. This is why he was a sell high candidate after
9:12week one, right? Week one, he comes through and he only plays 49% of the snaps, but he has three total touchdowns. So he scores 29 points right
9:21now. David McGomery is averaging 2.8 yards per carry. 2.8.
9:26The explosiveness isn't there. He's a touchdown or bus running back that's in a bad offense. Now I will say though once Nico Collins does come back, then
9:36at that point you can be a little more excited about McGomery because this offense will be better. They will have more trips to the red zone. Now, as we
9:43go down to the E tier, these will be the running backs that I think I would like to bench if I could. Now, of course, if
9:50you are in my situation, right, where I just had my running back, too, go down with Travis ETN, I'm cooked chicken, so
9:56I'm going to have to be starting some of these bums down here at the bottom end of your ranks. But if you have a good
10:01fantasy team or you play in a shallow like 10 team league, I would really hope you're only starting the Dtier names and
10:07above. Cam Scataboo here at 21 is averaging 12 fantasy points per game so far this season. And it sounds like JJ
10:15McCarthy may be the starting quarterback for the New York Giants going into the future. So, I am very concerned about this Giants offense. I would rather
10:25avoid Scat if I could. I will say the underlying volume this past week was incredible though where he did have 24
10:33opportunities and he looks very good at the same time. I am just worried that this Giants team is about to be the
10:40worst team in the NFL. Like if we go back say to before the Jackson Dard injury or very early on, you actually
10:48had the New York Giants with a what 67% chance of beating the Arizona Cardinals this next week. Right now, the Cardinals
10:56are slight favorites over the Giants.
10:58That's how down bad it is to be a New York Giant right now where you are a coin flip winning against the Cardinals
11:06at home. Now going over to Quinn Shawn Judkins. Judkins very similar to Cam Scataboo is getting the volume. Like Quinn Sean Judkins getting used as a
11:15receiver, getting used as a rusher.
11:16Whether you want to blame the offensive line, whether you want to blame the coaching staff, whether you want to blame Judkins on why he's not scoring
11:22any points and why he's super inefficient with this volume, it's kind of up to you to figure out who you're blaming. But the fact of the matter is
11:29they're garbage regardless. Now going over to Jerian Price. Jarian Price gets benched with the fumble this past week and we are now to the point of the year
11:39where it's like dear God, can you expand your role like what we just had with Jeremiah Love? Because if it's not going
11:45to happen soon, you may be put into a situation if you're Jadarian Price that by the time you want to expand your
11:52role, what we end up getting in a healthy Zack Charbanet, which obviously at that point would just be devastating for Price Trevon Henderson, Jaylen
12:03Warren, and Remadre Stevenson here at the bottom end of this tier. Obviously, if you were looking at our weekly rankings, the weekly rankings will be
12:11very different than this. We had Jaylen Warren ranked as an absolute must-start running back last week because you had no Rico Dattle. And any game in which
12:19Dow's going to miss. Yes, Jaylen Warren will be an auto start like he just was.
12:24But when we get Rico D back in, I am worried that Jaylen Warren's going to look very similar to these New England
12:31Patriots and that he's going to be in a running back by committee in a garbage offense. And yes, at this point, I do
12:37think that it's probably fair to call the New England Patriots a garbage offense with Trevian Henderson and Madre Stevenson splitting that backfield. And
12:47honestly, as we go through and talk through this, I probably do need to have Cam Scaboo in the tier above because
12:53honestly, there's no reason for me to ever like mention the word Cam Scataboo and Trevian Henderson in the same sentence. So, let me go ahead. Let's
13:04update those rankings for y'all right now. I just did that. We just moved him to that tier above. Let me go ahead and
13:11pull back the tier list for y'all. Yeah, this looks much better with Cam Scataboo in this tier with these running backs up
13:18here in comparison to like the New England backs. And then again, Jaylen Warren will be much higher if this injury lingers for Rico Dattle. But I
13:25kind of expect Dadd's going to be back this week. Now going over to our F tier, we're going to be led off with Aaron
13:32Jones. So Aaron Jones, we've had two games with no Jordan Mason and he has played 80% of the snaps both those
13:38weeks. The problem is there's just not going to be a lot of upside. There's not going to be a lot of explosiveness here
13:44with Jones. But until Jordan Mason does come back, Aaron Jones is going to be just a set it and forget it must start
13:50running back. But then when Jordan Mason is returning, Aaron Jones kind of falls back to being nothing. Josh Jacobs. I was more optimistic that we were going
13:59to see him this season. Before we got the word that the money that he paid the accuser victim, I don't know what word
14:08I'm supposed to use. Let's just wrap allegedly and everything so I don't get sued. Um the settlement that they had where she said, "I don't want the video
14:16to come out." The judge said, "No, no, no. The video can come out. The NFL's requested it." So, I think that's
14:21probably going to be a bad thing here for Mr. Jacobs. And I'm going to be a little bit less optimistic about his
14:28chances of returning now. But even if he does return, like you do need to be concerned that we're going to be in a
14:35situation in which it doesn't matter because this Packers offensive line is so damn bad. Now, Travis Cten this past week was actually scoring a considerable
14:46amount of points before he went down. He played 38% of the snaps, but had already scored nine points for the Raiders. But
14:52now that he reagravates this same hamstring, as somebody who had Travis ETN as their running back too, I am expecting the worst. I'm expecting him
15:01to hit the injured reserve and we probably don't get him back for another four to five weeks, which is just going
15:06to be absolutely brutal. And then Blake Cororm, just the premium handcuff running back where if we were to get an injury to Kiran, Blake Cororm does turn
15:13into a league winner, but without that Kairen injury, he's not startable. Then RJ Harvey is split in this backfield with Dobbins. I prefer Harvey over
15:22Dobbins because one, I think Harvey looks better between the two running backs. And two, Harvey is the receiving back. So, in a PBR format, he has some
15:31value there, averaging five and a half targets per game so far this season.
15:35Kyle Manungai would be higher as that premium handcuff running back competing with DeAndre Swift if it wasn't for the Caleb Williams injury, making the
15:42Chicago Bears offense a little useless here in the short term. And then Ali Gordon will be my choice to replace Devon Achan. I'm going to be honest,
15:53there's a good chance that I go out there and spend a decent amount of fab dollars on Oy Gordon this week trying to
15:59get a replacement for Travis CTN here.
16:02Again, Jaylen Wright did miss this past week, so I'm not going to go like Olly Gordon's a set it and forget it. Volume
16:08is king stardom every week like Aaron Jones is. And this is a garbage Miami Dolphins offense. So I can't spend like
16:15100% of my fab or anything crazy, but um with no HN, no Jaylen Wright, he did have a ton of volume this past week.
16:24Maybe he is interesting. But what's probably going to happen is Jaylen Wright's going to split the backfield with him and neither guy is going to be
16:30viable. Then going over to our Gtier, Rico Dowel is a handcuffed running back that's currently injured. So not super exciting. JK Dobbins is the starting
16:38running back in his backfield, but the problem with Dobbins is he looks so washed up at this point, there's no way
16:44that he can score fantasy points. Rashad White and Jakory Cross Merritt. Once Daniels comes back, I will be more optimistic. I understand Mariota look
16:53pretty damn good this past week. But with that being said, I'm not optimistic about this commander offense with no
17:03Jaden Daniels. Tony Pard is Tony Pard.
17:06Kenneth Gainwell is uh maybe viable if Bucky Irving misses some time here.
17:11We're gonna have to wait for the Bucky injury update. Kaylin Black, premium handcuff running back. McCaffrey were to go down. And then Alvin Kamara here. I
17:19have Alvin Kamara who was handcuffing Travis ETN on my own team. My team is so ass that I probably have to start Alvin
17:26Kamar and hope that he racks up some cheap receptions. But he is going to be splitting with Miller and that's probably going to make both running
17:33backs um unusable to be completely honest. But I am wishing y'all the best of luck. I hope that your team is
17:41looking decent at this point. Um hopefully you're not having to consider Olly Gordon or Kamara like I am with my sorry ass team. But of course, if y'all
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