0:00There are some really tough matchups this week that you need to stay away from. Clearly, that does not apply to the guys at the top, though. Jamir Gibbs
0:08is in his own tier. Nobody's coming close to him. He's averaging over 30 fantasy points per game. He's in a game
0:15environment, which should be one of the highest scoring games of the week with an overunder of like 52 points. He sees
0:21every single target out of his backfield, every single red zone opportunity. He's incredibly talented.
0:27He's coming off the buy like he is in his own tier. Then the guys underneath will be led off with Christian
0:34McCaffrey. Now obviously we can look at Bejon. We can look at Kenneth Walker here. Kenneth Walker has been the much better running back over CMC and over
0:45Bejon so far this season. And in my rest of season rankings, I actually do have Kenneth Walker ahead of these backs. But
0:53the ners are going to need to heavily lean on Christian McAffrey as they're going to have no Mike Evans, no Debo
0:59Samuel, no Deshawn Stribbling, no Ricky Peter Saul. We don't even know if they're getting Christian Kirk. It's CMC George KD. That's it. And this offense
1:08still projects to score 26 points. And then looking at the Kansas City Chiefs, they draw one of the toughest matchups in the entire NFL having to play at
1:18Seattle. It's a massive revenge game for Kenneth Walker. So, so it should be incredibly fun to watch on Sunday night, but the Kansas City Chiefs typically
1:28project out to score like 25 26 points.
1:31Very similar to the NerS, but this week they're down at 20. They're supposed to be a much worse offense than these other
1:37names. Now, going over to the B tier, we will be led off with Kairen Williams.
1:42Kairen had some statements after this past week saying he wasn't seeing the ball enough, saying he wasn't on the field enough. And yeah, the usage was
1:51down and he still had six targets and 10 carries. That is a bad Kirn game at this point. And with no Devonte Adams, I
1:59actually think that this team maybe leans a little bit more runheavy once they get to the red zone with Adams previously being their top red zone
2:07weapon. And it's a good matchup with a really good game environment playing at Las Vegas where they are four and a half
2:14point favorites. Dererick Henry is in a tough spot to map out right now. So I am recording this on Wednesday night. The
2:22latest update that we have for Lamar Jackson is that Lamar Jackson missed practice on Wednesday. Not only did he miss practice on Wednesday, but there
2:32was a viral video that hit the timeline of Lamar Jackson limping on the sidelines. This actually led to the Baltimore Ravens being favored in this
2:43game. Previously, they had a 57% chance of winning as of this morning to now that's fallen down to only a 49% chance
2:51as people prepare themselves for most likely Lamar Jackson missing this game.
2:56Now, of course, I'll keep you updated on this, but if you wanted to check out any of these markets and see how these odds
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3:14But if I am ranking Derrick Henry, I think we need to be higher on Henry in the games where Lamar is going to be
3:22there. So you can have the trips to the red zone and you can have those additional touchdowns.
3:28Now going over to DeAndre Swift. DeAndre Swift is going to be an absolute jam against the New England Patriots where the Chicago Bears project to be one of
3:39the highest scoring offenses in the league. This game's being played at home and the expectations as of today will be that you have no Kyle Manungai in this
3:48game. So I think maybe in the long term DeAndre Swift will be a sell high candidate for when Kyle Manungai comes
3:55back in and takes some of this backfield. But while he only has to compete with my Texas Longhorn Roshan Johnson, DeAndre Swift is just a locked
4:04and loaded top 10 back. Javvante has been a locked and loaded top 10 running back all season. And this Dallas Cowboys
4:11team is four and a half point favorites playing against the Philadelphia Eagles.
4:16This game is at Philly. It would be a little bit tougher to project out the Cowboys as winners in this. Of course,
4:23if they had Jaylen Herdz, but the Cowboys should be able to run the ball.
4:26It will be a tough defense to go up against. And then Chuba Hubard. I rank these guys in tears because you could
4:34have Chuba Hubard all the way up at running back five if you would like.
4:39Like to be honest here, it seems incredibly low and disrespectful to have him down at nine. But again, it's just tough when all these guys are running
4:48backs that need to be in your lineup no matter what. Now, the C tier is where things are going to begin to flatten out
4:54a bit. You're still most likely starting all these running backs no matter what.
4:59Starting off with Chase Brown. Now, Chase Brown, we had some concerning usage between him and Sam Perin before the Cincinnati Bengals went into the
5:09week six buy. I'm gonna be standing by Chase Brown as a running back that frankly is still averaging 14.2 carries
5:18per game, 5.6 targets per game. That's about 19 opportunities per game in a good offense. And if the Baltimore Ravens don't have Lamar Jackson, they
5:28should be able to run the ball with Chase. Now, Ashton Genty is in an interesting setup and that the volume he
5:37has had as a receiver has been incredible. He has had one game this season with fewer than six targets. If we go over and look at his targets per
5:46game, he is sitting with six. He's the RB13 in points per game. Now, this isn't the easiest matchup in the world going
5:53up against the Los Angeles Rams here.
5:56You do have the Raiders as four and a half point dogs and Genty clearly is not fully healthy.
6:03Now going over to Jaylen Warren. Jaylen Warren did take a step backwards with the addition of Rico Dattle into this offense. And yeah, when you had no Rico
6:13Dattle, Jaylen Warren was that top 10 running back. I still think he is gonna be a must-start running back every single week, especially in a matchup
6:21like this where you get to go up against the New Orleans Saints who have a very soft defense. While I mean, you are
6:27three-point favorites. Um, but clearly Dowel is going to have some role here for this Pittsburgh Steelers offense.
6:35Now, Jonathan Taylor is typically going to be so much higher in my rankings here. I actually have Jonathan Taylor on my own fantasy team and I really need a
6:46win. I mean, if I win, I stay in the playoffs four and three. I thank God my team's turned it around, but I am not
6:54having the highest of expectations where here you currently have the Indianapolis Colts as six and a half point dogs playing this game at Minnesota. And I
7:05think it's safe to say at this point that the Minnesota Vikings possibly have the best defense in the NFL. So hopefully I'm too low on Jonathan Taylor
7:13here. Hopefully I'm overreacting due to the matchup, but 6 and a half point spread. The Colts project only scores 17 and a half points in this game, which is
7:22the lowest offense that you have by a decent margin. The only other offense that's even close to this is the Kansas
7:30City Chiefs, who again also had that very tough matchup playing in Seattle.
7:34Now, Brillin Allen looks like he is probably going to get one more week as the Jets starting running back. Now, I'm
7:40going to be live every single day answering your fantasy football questions until Sunday. So, if we get an update here where it looks like you may
7:50end up having Bree Hall play, I'll let you know. It'll be pretty simple. You just take Brillan Allen out and you put
7:56Bree Hall in. But if Brillan plays, he's going to see almost every touch out of this backfield. While at the same time,
8:06this Jets offense projects out pretty well. They are four and a half point favorites here against the Miami Dolphins. Now, going over to Woody
8:15Marks, I went aggressive after the Houston Texans defense in my league this week. I thought the Texans defense shouldn't have been on the waiverwire in
8:25the first place. And this game has the largest spread of any game in the NFL.
8:31Now, I know a lot of people want to say, "Well, Mason, come on, man. Um, you actually had JJ McCarthy looking really
8:37good in the fourth quarter against the New Orleans Saints." It doesn't matter. We have a large sample of JJ McCarthy being
8:48a very disappointing quarterback in the NFL.
8:52The spread on this game is 10 and a half.
8:57Like the Texans are going to stomp on the Giants. The Giants aren't going to be able to move the ball down the fields
9:04and Woody Marks should be able to run the ball over and over again. You have no David McGomery for this game. Now, I
9:09will say this is going to be the last week where Woody Marx is a set and forget it, must start running back like
9:15this, but it is a very good spot. um until you have the Texans on by the week after and then the week after that you
9:24will be in a situation in which David McGomery probably comes back to split this back field. Now Bucky Irving missed practice on Wednesday. Baker Mayfield
9:34was back at practice on Wednesday. This game's going to be played at Carolina which obviously week one the Carolina Panthers rush defense I mean just
9:43allowed the Chicago Bears to run all over them. But it's not like this is the worst rush defense in the NFL. Um, the
9:50Bucky mispracticed with an illness.
9:53Shawn Tucker practiced in full. So, my expectations right now are probably going to be that Bucky plays, but Shawn Tucker plays as well, which will eat
10:03into the Bucky workload somewhat, especially the concern is at the goal line. And then the last running back in this tier is going to be Josh Jacobs. If
10:12you have Josh Jacobs, I think, frankly, you need to go through and you need to start him.
10:18I hate to say this, I am playing against Josh Jacobs in my fantasy football league this week. Um, I'm going up
10:25against the worst team in my league. I was really hoping that um they were not gonna have Jacobs, but it is an
10:33incredible matchup against the Detroit Lions where this should be probably the highest scoring game of the week. The
10:43Packers offensive lines really bad. And I've seen people in my YouTube live chat say like, "Oh, don't you think that they're going to have to um get Jacobs
10:53into playing shape?"
10:55Uh, no. I I don't think Josh Jacobs has been sitting on his couch eating potato chips over the past six months. He's
11:02probably been working out. He's probably been practicing. And the fact of the matter is Marshon Lloyd's zero competition at all. I mean, they have
11:11proven at this point, every running back in this backfield with Josh Jacobs, that they are horrible. And Jacobs is the only real guy here. Now, moving over to
11:20our D tier, we are going to have Olly Gordon. So, Olly Gordon, limited receiving roles so far in Miami. He does
11:28look to be a touchdown or bus running back, which um here it's not the worst matchup in the world going up against
11:34the New York Jets, but just in general, a touchdown or bus running back for the Miami Dolphins is something that doesn't
11:42excite me that much. Now, going to Tony Pard. Typically, we're going to be very low on Pard. um doesn't matter if he
11:50comes out here and he has 15 plus opportunities every single week because the Tennessee Titans offense, they are really bad. The Tennessee Titans in
11:58general are really bad. They're going to be very few moments where you can project out the Titans with the ability to win a game and with them to be able
12:07to run the ball in the second half. But this is one of those weeks you have the Tennessee Titans playing at home against
12:14the Cleveland Browns. The spread on this game is only a point and a half. So there is a very real possibility that
12:21you actually do have the Tennessee Titans able to run the ball. Now Raadre Stevenson will be RB20 here. Raadre actually had 60% of the snaps against
12:32the New York Jets, but you had Trevian Henderson coming off an ankle injury.
12:37There are reasons to believe that Trevian's actually going to be a little bit better now this week with one more week to recover. And on top of this,
12:47even Corey Ker got usage here. This was a threeman running back by committee for the New England Patriots. So, I would
12:55not be that excited to start Raadre. I mean, you can tell with these rankings, RB 17 and above, if they're in your
13:03lineup, you should feel good. Anybody below that, I'm questioning it. Like, I myself am starting somebody pretty damn low. We'll talk about him in a second.
13:12Damian Pierce. We're going to rank here at 21. Um, I actually probably need to move Damen Pierce higher than this if
13:19I'm going to be honest. But I just don't want you to rely upon him until we get the official word with Saquon Barkley. I
13:26have no idea if Saquon Barkley is going to be playing. And the problem is I believe this is the Monday night game.
13:34So, if this is going to be the Monday Night Football game, um it's tough to go through and bank on Damen Pierce even in
13:41a really good matchup if Barkley ends up surprising and he plays.
13:46Now, Quinn Sean Judkins I do not want you to rely upon. Well, yes, Judkins is finally in a game environment in
13:54which the Cleveland Browns will be favored. It's only by a point and a half while at the same time um he's coming off an ankle injury and
14:06Dylan Samson's probably going to be back for this Jets offense. Now, I do not expect Dylan Samson to be the starting
14:13running back. You can very clearly tell that with how I'm ranking them, but I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if Dylan Samson comes through and Dylan
14:22Samson actually does steal a few targets out of the backfield. Now looking at JK Dobbins, the Denver Broncos have activated Jonah
14:33Coleman for his 21day practice window. I do not know if Jonah Coleman's going to be playing. Um, we can talk about RJ
14:41Harvey here as well, but if Jonah Coleman does not play, JK Dobbins will be the first and second down running back in a good matchup against the
14:50Arizona Cardinals where the Denver Broncos are four and a half point favorites. If Jonah Coleman does not play, RJ Harvey obviously is going to
14:58get everything as a receiver out of this backfield as well, and it will only be a twoman running back by committee. Now,
15:05the Minnesota guys, we had Jordan Mason practice on Wednesday. My expectations at the moment will be that Jordan Mason is probably going to be good to go in
15:16this game. And if that will be the case, while it's a really good matchup against the Indianapolis Colts, I think I would
15:22rather wait see what the backfield split looks like before we trust either guy because you may end up starting Aaron Jones and it could just be the
15:32full-blown Jordan Mason show. And vice versa, maybe you start Jordan Mason, assuming that he's the starting running back coming back, but maybe we see that
15:42he's just simply not ready to fully ramp up. Then our last running back in this year is going to be Tyler Algier. Now I
15:51actually played against Tyler Algier last week and I was very concerned. I thought Alier was going to see 75% of the opportunities. I thought he was
16:00going to be used as a true starting running back here for the Arizona Cardinals, but he only played 56% of the
16:06snaps. Like his usage really didn't change at all. And they continue to run this as a running back by committee. The
16:15only difference is instead of Jeremiah Love being his running partner, they threw out Bam Knight. So, I wish I
16:25could be higher on Algier, but he looks like he's in a running back by committee with Bam Knight in what is a pretty
16:34tough matchup going up against the Denver Broncos defense. Now, our F tier is going to be led off with Emanuel Wilson. Now for Emanuel Wilson, the
16:45reason I am ranking him this low is Zack Charbanet got in a full practice on Wednesday. There is a very real argument
16:53that you could make that Zack Charbanet should be the starting running back to this backfield. I am just going to rank
17:00it very similar to what we are doing with the Minnesota Vikings where if you could avoid starting any Seattle Seahawk running back until we actually get
17:08confirmation of who it's going to be, I think that would be ideal. Now, moving over to Blake Cororm. Um Blake Cororm
17:16has been used a bit more in terms of he's scoring touchdowns the past two weeks, but if you look at the underlying
17:23snap data, he played 27% of the snaps against Buffalo and 28% of the snaps this past week. And I'm concerned based
17:31on the comments that were made by Kairen Williams that this team actually leans a little bit heavier on Kairen than they
17:40do Cororum.
17:42Now going to Rico D. With Dow again, he is splitting with Blake Core. I'm sorry.
17:52With Dow, he is splitting with Jaylen Warren, but Jaylen Warren is the guy that is getting the receiving usage here. So, if Jaylen Warren's getting the
18:01receiving usage, it is a very frustrating spot that Dow probably is only startable if you're in a situation in which
18:13Warren goes down and then Dow may turn into a league winner to be completely honest. Now, our next guy is going to be
18:20Alvin Kamara. With Kamara, he is in my own starting lineup. I have played him for the past three weeks as I've been
18:29dealing with the Travis ETN injury. And in week four, he dropped almost 23 fantasy points. Thank you, Alvin Kamara.
18:37In week six, he dropped about 15 fantasy points being a top 12 running back in both of those weeks. I absolutely love
18:44to see it. As somebody that was starting him, music to my ears, but back-toback weeks, he has now played 26 and 27% of
18:54the snaps. So, while I'm starting him here, you could honestly make the argument that Kendrey Miller, a running back that played 31% and 44% of the
19:04snaps the past two weeks, is maybe the actual running back that you should have in your starting lineup. Um, the reason
19:11I am going to rank Kamar ahead of him is because I do think that Miller is a running back that's going to be a little
19:17bit um capped as a receiver in comparison to Alvin Kamar. And we are making these rankings for a full PPE format.
19:26Now going over to the New York Giants names with Cam Scataboo as well as Tyron Tracy.
19:36It's impossible to know what the setup is here. Now, I would be more optimistic about starting one of these backs. Now,
19:44you can tell with my rankings, I am expecting that Cam Scataboo is most likely the guy that they are going to
19:50lean on. I would say that he's most likely over his punishment. He ends up seeing 60 65% of the backfield and
19:58Tyrone Tracy sees 35% to 40%. But I don't know if it is worth you taking any type of risk here whatsoever with the
20:09knowledge that the Giants project to score the fewest amount of points in the entire NFL. So, if they project to score
20:17the fewest amount of points in the entire NFL, why would you roll the dice on one of these harbies?
20:24Now, going over to the G tier, we are going to have Trevian Henderson. I like any of these running backs in the Gtier,
20:32for the love of God, put them on your bench. Trevion, Roshan, Gainwell, Spears, Samson, Perine, and Marshon Lloyd. Maybe they take a few touches
20:42away from the starters in their respective backfields, but they are only playable in the most desperate of circumstances. And again, I
20:53don't want you starting anybody in the F tier. I don't want you starting anybody in the E tier if you can avoid it. D
20:58tier is still even shaky. Ctier and above is like, these are the running backs I feel comfortable with this week.
21:05Now, I know a lot of y'all, including myself, we're stuck dumpster diving.
21:10Like, I'm going to be rolling with Kamara this week. I'm going to then finally get to put in Rashad White, a
21:16capable running back into RB2 next week.
21:20And then after that, hopefully we get Travis ETN back in and he'll be in a much better spot. But I think that's all
21:28I got for y'all. I really appreciate you and hope that I was able to help y'all out in some way with this. Again, I'm
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21:45to take a look at your fantasy team. But much love, ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate you and I hope I get to see
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