0:00The Wednesday practice reports really made me update these rankings. Starting with the S tier, obviously Bejian Robinson's going to be here in a tier by
0:07himself when you have no Jir Gibbs. But frankly, it doesn't matter if I put say Kenneth Walker up in the same tier as
0:14Bejon. You know you start him. You know you starting Christian McCaffrey. I'll say McAffrey in a little bit of a better
0:20spot with no Debo Samuel here. I'd expect that they have to lean on him a little bit more as a receiver. And then
0:25Jonathan Taylor as a seven-point favorite against the Tennessee Titans.
0:28fingers crossed that he can um crack 20 fantasy points because oh dear god, I need it for my own team. Now, going over
0:36to the B tier, you're probably starting these guys in 99.999% of your leagues. If there's one of y'all out here that have one of these players
0:44on your bench, you must have an Avengers level god squad. Looking at Kairen Williams, I am terrified that I have to
0:54play against this dude this week. Kairen Williams is averaging 22 fantasy points per game this season and this matchup is incredible. He is going up against the
1:03Arizona Cardinals where the Rams are 12 and a half point favorites. So they should be able to run the ball in the
1:08second half. And currently we actually have the Los Angeles Rams not only with the largest spread of any team in the
1:16NFL this week, but also projected out to score the most points of any team in the NFL with 32 and a half. So, the Rams are
1:24going to go nuclear. It's the best matchup ever for Kairen. So, Kairen is a top five running back. Puka is going to
1:31be our wide receiver one this week.
1:32Javvante's in a pretty good spot here.
1:35Dallas Cowboys project to one win this game against the Green Bay Packers. Two, score a ton of points. And if we look at
1:41the underlying volume that you have for Javvante Williams, he had 85% of the snaps this past week. Every single game, he's played at least 70% of the snaps
1:50for Dallas so far this season. and he's averaging almost 20 fantasy points per game. Derrick Henry here, honestly, you can put Derk Henry up in the same tier
1:59as Walker, McAffrey, Taylor. I'll be honest, for these weekly rankings, these borderline top five players, I'm not spending that much time thinking about
2:07because if you have Derrick Henry, you know you're starting Derrick Henry regardless of what I say in a YouTube video. Raandre Stevenson does belong in
2:14this conversation. Now, what is very interesting is that we actually have reports that Trevian Henderson is dealing with the high ankle sprain, but
2:26on top of that, Trevian Henderson practiced on Wednesday. So there is a small possibility that maybe the report
2:37of Trevian with the high ankle sprain ends up being an incorrect injury report and maybe just maybe Trevian Henderson ends up playing this week. That seems
2:47like it would be absolutely crazy. So for these rankings right now, I am definitely going to be ranking Raadre as a top 10 running back under the
2:56assumption that you have no Trevon Henderson and the New England Patriots are absolute massive favorite gets against the Jets. So with that in mind,
3:04you have to start this week assuming Trevon misses. James Cook also is set up to absolutely smash. Obviously, James Cook did his best to fumble the game
3:14away against the Los Angeles Rams this past week. But still, this is a running back that's getting 20 plus opportunities a game. And while I know
3:21this coaching staff said it that he continues to fumble, they're going to have to scale back his touches. I definitely don't expect that to happen
3:28this week. And then our last running back in this tier is going to be DeAndre Swift. Again, you could put DeAndre
3:34Swift as high as running back five in a game environment in which the Chicago Bears project to score 26 points and you
3:42have no Kyle Manungi. You should have a massive bounceback spot for the Chicago offense with Caleb Williams coming back in. DeAndre Swift is going to be
3:50dominant against Atlanta here again with the best matchup possible. Now, let's move over to the C tier here. Leading us off, we are going to have Chuba Hubard.
4:01Now, typically Hubard will be higher in these rankings. Typically, he'll be ahead of these guys like Remadre Stevenson, DeAndre Swift, as he does
4:11just have every single touch in his backfield. He had had back-to-back weeks with 84% of the snaps played and 22 23
4:19opportunities. And this is a good Carolina Panthers offense. The problem is going to be this week specifically.
4:27It's not that strong of an offense going up against the Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia. The Panthers project to score fewer than 20 total points, which
4:36is fewer than any other offense we've talked about so far in this video. Now, Ashton Genty obviously is a risk with
4:46the planter fascia, with the ankle, whatever the hell is bothering him. We just saw this past week, Genty only have 10 carries and only have 53% of snaps.
4:56But what we were told is that he's for sure playing. We heard this on Wednesday. And the receiving role is still incredible.
5:07Plus, this Raiders team projects to score a ton of points. They have an implied team total of 24. This game has
5:13a crazy high overunder. So, like if it weren't for the injury stuff, Genty would be up there potentially as an A
5:21tier running back, but obviously the injury stuff does make it tougher. Then Jaylen Warren at 13. Jaylen Warren's been a top 10 running back for us in our
5:30weekly rankings um over the past three or so weeks, but that's because you've had no Rico Dattles. So, Jaylen Warren's been seeing 90 plus% of the
5:38opportunities in Pittsburgh. Now, obviously, you can tell by these rankings, my expectations are going to be that Jaylen Warren is the starting
5:47running back with the majority of the work here against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where the Steelers are favored by two and a half points. But
5:57with that in mind, I don't know if he sees 90% of the backfield. I think that does get scaled back a little bit closer
6:03to 70%. And then the last running back we'll have in this tier is in that same game environment. We have Bucky Irving.
6:10Now, Shawn Tucker did not practice on Wednesday. If Shawn Tucker does not play, that does give Bucky Irving a lock on the goal line role here in Tampa
6:20where you'd be more excited about Bucky.
6:22But as it stands, he is still a super super talented running back. Obviously, we need to say that. but in a committee
6:31getting squeezed by both Tucker as well as Gainwell in what projects to be one of the worst offenses in the NFL this
6:38week. Like right now, the Buccaneers project to be the worst offense that we have talked about so far in this video
6:44by a decent margin as well. Not the best matchup, not the best offense. Now, realistically, you're starting all the running backs inside the top 14 of the
6:53rankings. This is where things begin to get a little more important. I am going to rank Braille and Allen here at 15.
7:00This is not a good matchup playing against the New England Patriots. The New York Jets are sevenpoint dogs. So I think we had Brillin Allen as a
7:08borderline top 12 running back in our rankings last week, but that was in the context that they were getting to play
7:14against the Cleveland Browns where obviously they were favored and we could assume that they were running the ball in the second half. Now, the
7:20expectations as of today are that Bree Hall is still going to be missing this week. And if you look at the underlying
7:26volume that Brilen Allen has had in back-to-back weeks here, he has averaged about 90% of the snaps played by the New
7:34York Jets. So, I don't love the matchup, but frankly, from a volume perspective, this is one of the best workloads you can get in fantasy
7:46football right now, which does give him a relatively nice floor, even if this Jets offense is bad and this matchup is
7:52bad as well. Now, Bashel Tutin is also in a little bit of a tough spot here.
7:58Now, typically Bashel Tuton and the Jacksonville Jaguars will project out to score 25 26 total points on the week as one of the better offenses in the NFL.
8:06But while this Texans defense did struggle early in the season, markets are giving the Texans still a ton of credit to be a solid defense here where
8:15the Jags are only favored by two and a half points at home in this game and the Jacksonville Jaguars project only score
8:2222 and a half total. So, I want to be a little hesitant on Tudin. Obviously, we are seeing some Chris Rodriguez goal
8:29line involvement and the Quint Allen receiving work. Now, Emanuel Wilson, this ranking is with the assumption that we are not going to have Zack Charbanet
8:41back in week six. Reports are Zack Charbanet is probably going to be back in week seven. If we look at what the
8:46markets are saying for the Seattle Seahawks Denver Broncos game, this game is being played in Denver right now. We actually have the Seattle Seahawks with
8:54a 57% chance of winning this game right now. The spreads two and a half points, the overs 40 and a half. If we go over
9:01to the player props, you have a 45% chance of Emanuel Wilson scoring one touchdown, a 12% chance of him scoring two or more. And then if we look at the
9:11fantasy points PPR, he has a 62% chance of cracking 12. So very safe workload.
9:17The game environment again isn't supposed to be super highscoring, but the Seahawks should be able to run the ball in the second half as they are
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9:35$25 added to your account after you deposit your first 10. Available in every state outside of Nevada. Then, our last running back in this tier is going
9:45to be Woody Marks. David McGomery did not practice this week, so the expectations will be that Woody Marks is the lead back. Now, I'll be honest, I
9:54don't think Woody Marx is the most talented running back in the world.
9:57While at the same time, I don't think this is the best matchup in the world.
10:01Like, this is a very good Jacksonville Jaguars team. The Texans are dogs here as well. But if we go through and pull
10:09up what we have from Woody Marks last season when he had the backfield to himself, like this man had one game with
10:1820 or more fantasy points. Yeah. And again, David McGomery wasn't there last year. And maybe you say, "Oh, well, Mason, come on. It was a he was a
10:25rookie. The dude's about to turn 26 years old." He was the oldest rookie known to man. So, I don't think Woody
10:30Mars is a super special player by any means. But with no Montgomery, he's going to get enough volume where you are
10:36definitely able to consider starting him. Very similar to Brillin Allen. Now, moving to our E tier, this is the range of running backs that if you have better
10:47alternatives, I would like to bench them if you could. Now, my running back to Travis ETN's injured, so I'm hoed. I
10:54have to go down and dumpster dive. Cam Scataboo is definitely a hell of a lot better than what I'm starting at my
11:00running back two slot, but it is very concerning playing him, knowing the fumbling issues that he has had, knowing the workload problem where you actually
11:10do have other running backs that are getting involved here and the fact that Jamus has not checked the ball down at
11:16an incredibly high rate. So, you don't have a ton of targets going in the direction of Cam Scataboo. Now, moving to our next one, Marshon Lloyd. Marshon
11:26Lloyd actually was viable this past week, which is crazy. He scored two touchdowns. I want to be on the same page here with everybody. Of course,
11:35Marshon Lloyd is not a good running back. Like, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that. Marshon Lloyd, I would make the argument, is
11:44maybe one of the worst running backs in the entire NFL. But it may not matter when the Green Bay Packers project to
11:50score 27 points. And if we go through and compare that to other offenses, the only other offense that projects to score as many points as the Green Bay
12:01Packers that we have talked about so far in this video will be the Buffalo Bills as well as the Los Angeles Ramps. And
12:07their two running backs are up inside the B tier. This is just the best matchup you could possibly have. This Dallas Cowboys defense obviously just
12:15let Buck Irving drop 30 on them. So, Marshon Lloyd is okay if you needed to play him this week, but it's really only
12:23a this week type situation. Now, Jeremiah Love missed practice with the ankle injury on Wednesday. And this coaching staff came through and they
12:33said that Jeremiah Love needs to improve with his pass blocking. Sprinkle on the fact that the Arizona Cardinals are 12 and a half point favorites despite me
12:43still believing that Jeremiah Love does have a lot of upside for the second half of the season when these rookies typically break out. Like it's not
12:52looking super compelling to start him this week. Damen Pierce, I am making this ranking under the assumption that Saquon Barkley is going to be missing
13:00with a hamstring injury. However, there is a very real chance that Saquon Barkley is playing in this game. And obviously, if Saquon Barkley plays, then
13:10Damen Pierce is unusable. Um, it's hard to rank Pierce, this is clearly a very untalented running back. I know his rookie season at Houston, he showed some
13:21signs of life, averaging almost 17 carries per game and about 12 fantasy points per game, but he hasn't done anything in the NFL in a very, very long
13:32time. Like, this is going to be his first opportunity he really has since 2023, 2024. So, he'll probably have a decent amount of volume, probably some
13:42targets out of the backfield as well.
13:44But it's not like the Philadelphia Eagles are an elite offense and we know that Jaylen Herz will vulture rushing touchdowns as well. Like the easiest way
13:52to put this is if Saquon Barkley wasn't producing in this offense, what makes us think that Damen Pierce is going to be
13:58at a lock too?
14:00Then going to Quinn Sean Judkins. One, the Cleveland Browns are a bad offense.
14:04I need to get that on record. I know we talked about that in the sell high video with Quinn Sean Judkins last week. two
14:11with this. Dylan Samson is returning to practice this week. So, while Judkins and Samson both missed practice on Wednesday, there's a chance that either
14:22one of these running backs or potentially both of these running backs are going to be playing this week.
14:29And with that in mind, um, if Judkins has to split with Samson, Samson's receiving role is gonna work into this offense. And we will have to lower
14:40expectations here for Judkins, I bet.
14:43Now, going to Blake Cororm.
14:47Cororum looks like he's just a premium handcuffed running back that I really don't want you to get overly optimistic with, but
14:56the Rams project to score 32 points.
14:59They're 12 and a half point favorites.
15:04So maybe in the fourth quarter they just lean on Blake Corum. I mean, honestly, that's what I'm kind of hoping for
15:09because I have to play against the combination of Pukanakua and Ky Williams this week. The Rams offense is about to go freaking nuclear and your hope would
15:20potentially just be that Blake Cororm scores a random touchdown.
15:25Now, moving over to our F tier, these are the running backs that I pray to God are on your bench. We're going to lead
15:31off with the running back that's in my running back two slot. Again, I'm not proud of this. I've made mistakes in my
15:38life, big ones. Alvin Kamara.
15:42This man just played 30% of the snaps for the New Orleans Saints this past week. I'm going to try to make some
15:49excuses for him with it fully known that the fact of the matter is you should not be playing him.
15:58He was injured last week. They played against the Vikings. The Saints offense couldn't move the ball down the field.
16:04yada yada yada. Hopefully, he's removed from this back injury.
16:10Hopefully, this is a big time Saints bounceback, getting to play against the Giants, who still have a respectable defense, but not nearly as good as the
16:17Minnesota Vikings.
16:19Now, going to Tony Pard, the Tennessee Titans this week do not project to be the worst offense in the NFL. They are
16:29tied for the second worst offensive projection. So, um, a little bit of improvement there. Paul clearly is the starting running back for the Titans,
16:36but the ceiling is just severely capped.
16:40RJ Harvey has a horrific matchup having to play against the Seattle Seahawks.
16:45The Denver Broncos project to be one of the worst offenses in the league.
16:49They're right there with the Cleveland Browns in their projections. And Harvey has legitimately nothing as a rusher.
16:55Your only hope is he has five receptions for 40 receiving yards and then fingers crossed he falls into the end zone. Now,
17:04Jacori Kroski Merritt is a first and second down running back that is a seven and a half point dog against the San
17:12Francisco Ners in San Francisco this week. I have no interest assuming that Rashad White's good to go in this game.
17:19Amari Hampton is an eight-point dog. And I apologize. Actually, the Tennessee Titans um are tied for the third worst offensive projection this week because I
17:30completely forgot. The Los Angeles Chargers project to be the worst offense in the NFL this week with an implied team total of about 17 points. The
17:39spread on this game is eight points. So, as you look over to Mari and Hampton, while I understand you maybe took him in
17:45round one, you maybe took him in round two, he played 63% of the snaps in week two. That fell down to 42% of the snaps
17:53in week three. 35% of the snaps in week four, 30% of the snaps in week five. So, this man's in a threeman running back by
18:01committee where we don't even know if he's the lead back, and he's in what's supposed to be the worst offense in the
18:06NFL.
18:08Now, Tyler Algier will get a massive, massive bump here if Jeremiah Love misses practice on Thursday or Jeremiah Love potentially misses this game. But
18:19again, the Arizona Cardinals are 12 and a half point dogs, so don't really want to play too many Cardinals running backs. And then JK Dobbins, first and
18:27second down running back, that's going to have legitimately nothing as a receiver that looks like he runs in mud.
18:35So, not super interested in JK Dobbins either. And then going over to the G tier, Rashad White, I guess you could look at
18:45Katon Mitchell, you could. Kendra Miller, you could. Kenneth Gainwell, you could. Rico Dattle, you could. Taja Spears, you could. Dylan Samson. We'll
18:54see what the practice reports looks like. But for the love of God, I hope that you have Etier and above running
19:01backs in your lineup this week and you're not having to go down to the depths of hell with me and start
19:07somebody like Alvin Kamara. But I think that's all I got for you in this video.
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