The FF Dynasty - The Best Running Backs to Draft in Fantasy Football -2026 RB Rankings
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Aug 27, 2026
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Thu, August 27, 2026
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Javonte WilliamsJosh JacobsAmon-Ra St. BrownAshton JeantyBreece HallBucky IrvingCam AkersChase BrownChristian McCaffreyDerrick HenryJahmyr GibbsJames CookJeremiyah LoveJonathan Taylor
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Amon-Ra St. Brown
PositiveProjection33:20
Gatorade Electrolytes believes Amon-Ra St. Brown has a legitimate chance to finish as the overall WR1, citing a favorable setup for the Lions' offense.
Insight pageAshton Jeanty
PositiveUsage29:45
Gatorade Electrolytes is bullish on Ashton Janty, highlighting his high reception count (55), route participation, and evaded tackle metrics from last season as evidence of his ceiling.
Insight pageBreece Hall
NegativeInjury22:35
Gatorade Electrolytes notes that Breece Hall is currently dealing with a groin injury, which adds risk to his status as a top-five candidate at the position.
Insight pageBucky Irving
NegativeRole9:54
Jeremiah notes that while he is ahead of consensus on Bucky Irving, there is bearish opportunity due to Baker Mayfield's public praise of Kenneth Gainwell, which could threaten Irving's role.
Insight pageCam Akers
NegativeInjury12:19
Cam Akers (referred to as Cam Scatabo) is ranked RB18. There is concern regarding his recovery and trust in the Giants' turf, but the hosts believe he will outperform his ADP if he remains healthy.
Insight pageChase Brown
PositiveBreakout27:04
Gatorade Electrolytes highlights Chase Brown as a preferred pick in the RB10-7 range for PPR formats, citing his strong finish to the previous season where he performed as an RB1 from week eight through week 18.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeProjection31:00
Gatorade Electrolytes views Christian McCaffrey as a safe, high-volume floor play due to his lack of competition for red-zone and short-yardage work, despite ranking him behind Gibbs and Bijan Robinson.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveProjection24:55
Gatorade Electrolytes remains bullish on Derrick Henry as a top-five running back, noting his ability to perform at an elite level late in the season despite being 32.5 years old.
Insight pageJahmyr Gibbs
PositiveUsage32:00
Gatorade Electrolytes ranks Jahmyr Gibbs as the RB1, noting that he outpaced Christian McCaffrey in receptions after Dan Campbell took over play-calling duties.
Insight pageJames Cook
PositiveUsage29:15
Gatorade Electrolytes expects James Cook to have a career-high in receptions, noting his college profile as a pass-catcher and his role as a bell-cow back in an effective offense.
Insight pageJavonte Williams
NegativeValue1:58
Jeremiah fades Javonte Williams, ranking him RB22 (65th overall) compared to the consensus RB20, citing concerns that he cannot replicate his RB12 finish from last year and that his 'Cinderella' run may be over under Sean Payton.
Insight pageNegativeUsage3:35
Chef GPT argues there is no reason to fade Javonte Williams given the lack of backfield competition and the fact that he is significantly cheaper than other options like Kyron Williams or Chase Brown.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
PositiveBreakout32:23
Chef GPT ranks Jeremiah Love as RB14, comparing his potential to Saquon Barkley's rookie season and expecting him to hit home runs on explosive plays, despite a high ankle sprain and a tough team outlook.
Insight pageJonathan Taylor
PositiveProjection28:27
Gatorade Electrolytes identifies Jonathan Taylor as the clearest path to an RB1 finish, noting his high efficiency when the Colts are winning and the significant volume of vacated targets in the offense.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
NegativeBust18:34
Jeremiah is bearish on Josh Jacobs, ranking him RB21 due to concerns about wear and tear and the Packers' offense shifting toward Christian Watson, Tucker Kraft, and Jayden Reed.
Insight pagePositiveValue19:56
Chef GPT is 'all in' on Josh Jacobs at his current ADP, citing his 28 touchdowns over the last two seasons, though he acknowledges potential competition from a healthy Marshawn Lloyd.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveProjection24:55
Gatorade Electrolytes ranks Kenneth Walker above Breece Hall and Derrick Henry, comparing him to a pass-catching Nick Chubb. He is expected to lead the Chiefs' backfield, benefiting from the most vacated carries in the league.
Insight pageKyren Williams
NegativeBust26:52
Jeremiah is fading Kyren Williams at RB15, citing declining points per game (21 to 17 to 15) and the risk of Blake Corum eating into his workload, which could cap his ceiling.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeProjection33:27
Gatorade Electrolytes expresses concern regarding Puka Nacua due to off-field issues, leading to a preference for Jackson Smith-Njigba in rankings.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
PositiveBreakout22:27
Jeremiah ranks Quinshon Judkins as RB15, citing a full offseason, Todd Monken's praise, and the potential for him to be a bell cow in the Cleveland offense as reasons for his bullish outlook.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveValue26:06
Gatorade Electrolytes argues Saquon Barkley is undervalued as a second-round pick, suggesting he should be valued closer to Jonathan Taylor. With A.J. Brown's departure, Barkley could see a significant increase in target volume.
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0:39Louis, Missouri. Welcome back to the Redraft Show brought to you by the FF Dynasty.
0:44This is the FFD Fantasy. I am Chef GPT and this is my illustrious co-host this season.
0:50The one they call coach. The one known as no other than Jeremiah.
0:54Jeremiah. It's a pretty cool nickname if you're in the fantasy streets right now, but we're going to get into running back rankings today.
1:02But before we do that, Jeremiah, how are you doing?
1:05And I'm pumped. I'm psyched. Be right so you don't have to get right.
1:10And we know, Chef, better to be wrong and then right and then never right at all.
1:15But our first running back, we're counting back, right?
1:1820 running backs and the consensus ranks 20th running back is Javonte Williams.
1:23For me, Chef, he is my RB22 just ahead of Josh Jacobs, just behind, just ahead of David Montgomery.
1:29So I have a little bit of a fade on Javante Williams this year.
1:33I don't know if he can run as pure as he did last year, finishing as RB12 overall.
1:39And in Dynasty streets, I see him falling, but this is Redraft.
1:43So I do have him there. He's 57th overall and I have him 65th ranked.
1:48You have him 49th ranked. So somewhere in the middle is his market price.
1:53That's where I am at on Javante Williams. If he runs pure on touchdowns, he's going to run it back this year, but I don't see that happening.
2:02How about for you? I'm in between a rock and a cement aisle for Quenchon or not Quinchon Jotkins.
2:09Goodness gracious. You say cement aisle and I start getting a little and I'm the one that said cement aisle.
2:15So anyway, but Javante Williams is a weird thing for me because there's no backfield competition.
2:20There's no reason to there's no reason for him to be RB20.
2:24Other than the fact that we just feel like he might midnight.
2:28Yes, Cinderella midnight might have struck. He could turn back into a pumpkin that he was under Sean Payton for those two years.
2:36I doubt that that happens. We've seen enough now in that system.
2:40Clayton Adams, the offensive line slowly taking strides forward.
2:43Dak Prescott being healthy. It's just it was bad for so long post ACL tear that we just it puts you in
2:50a little bit of a weird spot when we're talking about when we're talking about projecting Javante because again, there's no reason
2:57literally quite literally no reason to fade him. If you're going to be in on Kyron Williams, if you're going to be
3:05in on you're going to be in on Chase Brown.
3:08There's no reason to fade Javante Williams yet. He is significantly cheaper than all those other options.
3:14So do you have anything else you wanted to go on about Javante Williams?
3:18You ready to move right to roll? And it's funny enough, as we're talking about the empirical evidence, Shev, as you mentioned, it's all there for Javante Williams.
3:27But the player 19 just ahead is Travion Henderson in our ranks.
3:31And we don't really have enough empirical evidence to, per se, rank him above Javante Williams.
3:37We're going off of hype. And I have Travion Henderson, RB16.
3:40I'm looking for the upside. We're thinking if he hits, he's going to be up in that Jameer Gibbs territory.
3:47You're getting a steep discount for Travion Henderson. You just heard word, Shev.
3:5150-50 split with Ramondre Stevenson and Travion Henderson. I'm bullish.
3:55I think that's bullish news because we're at least at a flat line, a baseline of production and play for Henderson.
4:02Because we know he struggles in the pass blocking game.
4:05So I kind of take that as bullish news versus some people who might be bearish.
4:10Where do you make a Travion Henderson? I don't know if I've said this when I was talking to you.
4:17I'm sure we've texted about it before. But I feel like this is the single most important player in all of fantasy for this season.
4:25Because in redraft, this is the guy that you're clicking the button on in the fourth round, the fifth round, like the end of the fourth round.
4:34And with that, you are making the bet that either it's not a timeshare dominated by Ramondre.
4:40And if something happens to Ramondre, Travion Henderson was 24 points a game last year.
4:44So he has the league winning upside. He's the first running back to record two games of 50 or more touchdown yard runs.
4:5250 yards or more touchdown runs in a single season.
4:55There was Saquon Barkley. It took him 100 games to do so.
4:59And there was Chris Johnson. Prayers up for our guy, CJ2K.
5:03And Travion Henderson did it in 14 games. So the home run upside is evident.
5:08And this is a runway runner that if you let him get just a crack, he could take it to the house like CJ2K.
5:16So I think we're tempering our expectations because you can't predict injury.
5:20But if Ramondre Stevenson is to miss time or like the case you laid out for Blake Corum taking a step forward,
5:27if Ramondre starts putting the ball, putting the church's money on the ground, then we're back into a situation where Travion can back his way into more touches.
5:36If that happens, he is for sure a league winner.
5:40So I'm curious to know, would you take him above, let's say, a guy like Bucky Irving this year?
5:46I do have Travion Henderson ranked 16th above Bucky Irving, who I have 20th.
5:51I think there's more of that upside in play.
5:54But the price point on Bucky Irving, Shev, has been borderline back-end RB2 to early RB3.
5:59But I think we're starting to see that correct some.
6:02But we hear Baker Mayfield talk about how much he loves Kenneth Gainwell, and there's some bearish opportunity.
6:08I just think we can miss the boat on somebody like Bucky Irving.
6:12So while I'm ahead on consensus on Bucky Irving, I am bullish on Travion Henderson because if you miss, this is one of those lotto tickets.
6:21It's kind of like the Jameson Williams of running backs where you have to ride the ride and get a ticket.
6:28And part of that is paying up in price on Travion Henderson.
6:32So what would you do if you're on the clock, you're shooting upside, Travion Henderson or Bucky Irving, or do you go
6:39safety based on what your build is? If that's going to be my RB3 at that point, I'm going to swing on
6:46Travion Henderson and just live with the results. If I'm on the clock and I'm choosing between those two, it's probably going
6:54to be Travion just because I know that that is nuclear upside.
6:58Basically, when Ramondre came back after that beautiful stretch where we saw the potential, I sinked it.
7:03I sinked it. We then you saw him get 13 carries a game to just 7.8 for Ramondre Stevenson.
7:09So that's kind of the flippening started to happen.
7:12And so if they're going to make it, they're just going to go ahead and say they projected it's a 50-50 timeshare.
7:20That is bullish signal. Bucky was the first running back since Alvin Kamara to go 1,500 yards from scrimmage on less than 50% of the snaps.
7:28So that's the outlook that I kind of see for Travion.
7:32But we've spent enough time there. Let's talk about a player that's become a little bit more polarizing because of signing of
7:39an old busted in CTE scat pack, Cam Scatabo, New York Giants, comes in at running back 18.
7:45What is your outlook? Because you know that I've said some really aggressive things about him, and I have some aggressive visions
7:52dancing around in this old noggin of mine. Well, it's a good topic of conversation I had with Podcast Pete on another show that we did last night.
8:02I was asking him this question, and this is kind of what's been going through my mind.
8:07And you mentioned Najee Harris getting signed off the streets, you know, free agent signing.
8:12Cam Scatabo I have as RB17. So with our consensus ranks, he's RB18 on our list.
8:18When we saw that little film of doing a little rep on the Giants field, part of me thought, okay, people say,
8:25hey, you're favoring that bottom half of your body and you're not quite recovered.
8:29But I kind of wonder if Cam Scatabo doesn't trust the Giants turf yet, but if he's on other turf like the practice field, Cam Scatabo feels better.
8:39So we have two things that happen. The stimulus of Cam Scatabo kind of looked hesitant on that one little rep in
8:46pregame warmups for the Vikings game in preseason. And then we also have Tyrone Tracy absolutely getting Jackson Dart blown up.
8:53I think it's a combination of the two. I imagine the Giants had Najee Harris on their radar.
8:59He's probably been circling Najee Harris about three, four teams.
9:02And then the Giants sat there and said, yeah, our star quarterback got blown up in pass protection.
9:08And there's possibility that Cam Scatabo is just going to need a little bit more rotation.
9:13So I think long-term you want Cam Scatabo. I don't think he's screwed the rest of his career, but there might be
9:21a little bit more time where it's more bullish on Malik neighbor's recovery.
9:25So funny enough, they've traded positions three months ago.
9:28Everything was going to be fine. Back flips for Cam Scatabo Malik neighbors at the softball game.
9:34It's over, right? It's not looking good at all.
9:37And they've kind of flipped. So I'll be interested to see early season availability on Cam Scatabo.
9:42What do you think? I think, I think he's going to be fine.
9:46I think that it's just his type of physicality isn't, isn't something that you can really translate until you're giving him an
9:54opportunity to do it to an opposite color Jersey.
9:57So if he's not moving around the same, once I see him out there on the field, then I'll adjust my priors.
10:04I feel like we've kind of baked that into his price based on where he was at prior to the injury, basically
10:1114, 14 to 16 points a game, depending on your scoring settings through those first eight weeks of the season.
10:18RB 18 right here. But I think that that is, he's going to outperform that if he's just available for all of the games, right?
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11:06Yeah. If he's healthy, if he's even, he's leaving from this ADP.
11:10Camp Scadaboa is going to pay off. So I like that price.
11:14I'd be curious to see Josh Jacobs is our RB 17.
11:18For me, Shev, he's the RB 21. And I just take a look at bearishness on the fact that not even just the legal trouble.
11:26I just don't see, I just see the wear and tear on Josh Jacobs hitting this year and the offense running a
11:33little bit more through Christian Watson, Tucker craft, maybe even a little bit more of an expanded role for somebody like Jane Reed, Jordan love really taking off.
11:43And we have right now a healthy Marshawn Lloyd.
11:46I'm just bearish on somebody like Josh Jacobs. Do you think he's a screaming value or do you think is it, this
11:53is a year that he's going to fall off?
11:56Oh, I feel like a Viagra pill with the face with his current, with his current ADP.
12:02I'm, I'm all, I'm all in now. 28 touchdowns over the course of his first two seasons in green Bay.
12:08We do have the history of, we do have the history of Matt LaFleur kind of platooning his backs a bit more,
12:15but it's just been the Josh Jacobs show. The, the, the cause for pause, the trepidation that I tend to have here ever.
12:23So slightly is the fact that if Marshawn Lloyd is healthy, he is extremely dynamic.
12:28And so much in the way that people are yourself included are kind of pushing Josh Jacobs or pushing Chuba Hubbard to the side.
12:36I can see where the stranglehold that the stronghold that Josh Jacobs has had on the back for the, since his arrival
12:43in green Bay, maybe that loosens up a little bit.
12:46Maybe we get a little bit of utility out of Marshawn Lloyd just because he's so explosive.
12:52And for me, for me, I think that it's just a touch.
12:56I think it's just a touch of overreaction. We're seeing some of the, now I will say once is an accident, twice is a trend.
13:04If Josh Jacobs doesn't finish the season again, then I'll have to be forced to be out in all formats, but I'm
13:12willing to die with the lie here. My running back.
13:15Where do I have Josh Jacobs? Do I have him?
13:18Do I have him way down here? Yeah, I've got him at RB 21.
13:23So I've baked in the price. We're the same.
13:26Yeah. I baked in the price just a little bit that I could be wrong.
13:31I'm accounting for being wrong, but I'm probably going to have to adjust this.
13:35If we're being totally honest. So on the fly, you might shift him up.
13:40Josh Jacobs. Sounds like you're pre baking the oven for 25, getting it hot and ready for somebody like Josh Jacobs.
13:47Let's go to RB 16. Shev Quinchon Jotkins, a big fan of him.
13:51I have him as my RB 15. So it's really tracking last year.
13:56Shev week two and three versus the Packers and the lions RB 11 and back-to-back weeks.
14:01And then we had the three touchdown performance in week seven against the dolphins.
14:05He was fourth overall. And it kind of went downhill the rest of the season, but interesting enough with Quinchon Jotkins, it was the longest season.
14:14The longest off season, the longest calendar year is always for rookie players.
14:18When you throw in everything you have to do at the combine senior bowl, the whole draft process.
14:24And then there was the off field incident. That was a distraction.
14:28The contract was an issue that took a long time for Quinchon Jotkins.
14:33So just getting settled, we finally had for him a breath of fresh air, a full off season.
14:38And we're hearing Todd Monkton sing the praises of somebody like Quinchon Jotkins, that he can be an absolute bell cow.
14:45I love the idea. We love the Browns offense, Shev, but I love the idea of, we get to November, December football
14:53in Cleveland, where the wind just going sideways, 40 miles per hour.
14:57That sounds like a Quinchon Jotkins game to me and a little bit of a jump offs to Dylan Samson.
15:03So I am just loving the price here. RB 16 on Quinchon Jotkins.
15:08What say you? Ooh, we now I had to, I had to mute myself for a second because I thought that everybody
15:15else would be able to hear the power tools that were going off in the background.
15:20I like this. I like this a lot. The, the question is the touchdown ceiling of the entire, the entirety of the
15:27offense red zone trips, the just what's the offensive ceiling because he scored seven touchdowns last year.
15:33And I'm pretty sure they only scored about 24 as a team.
15:37So that puts us in a, that puts us in a scary situation, but I'll ride with my guy, Quinchon Jotkins here.
15:44I like the youth. I like the upside. I like what I like, what they did to upgrade the offensive line.
15:51They took Spencer Fano. They've got actual viable weapons.
15:54That don't have Megan Fox thumbs like Jerry Judy.
15:57And so now we can, now we can start to create a path for it to not be the worst offensive environment.
16:04So I like what you're, I like what you're putting down here.
16:08Now, this is my guy here at RB 15 consensus are 15.
16:12And I feel like he's perennially the most disrespected asset.
16:16Maybe, maybe him and chase Brown are standing 2000 miles away from each other doing the Spider-Man meme, but Kyron Williams comes in at RB 15.
16:24And I, I just don't get it. I mean, he's the clearly dog.
16:28Now, the point that you've made before is that there is an opening for Blake Corum.
16:34If Kyron continues with the ball security issues, but this is one of the most secure roles.
16:39It's 2024. They ran the ball inside the five, the most in the NFL 2025.
16:44They were still, they were still middle of the pack and attempts, but still had a very high conversion rate.
16:51Blake Corum handled 38% of the inside the five touches.
16:54Then Kyron Williams still handled over 50% of those 269 carries, double digit touchdowns, declining points per game year over year over year.
17:02But that's because one year, I mean, he's been absolutely gangbusters for the last three years with one of those being a
17:0921 and another one being a 17 in terms of points per game.
17:13So he dips down to 15 in one of the best environments in football.
17:18So are you in or out on Kyron Williams at RB 15 right now today?
17:23I'm going to be out on him just because I'm going to be in on the other running backs or other skill position players.
17:31Cause in a vacuum right now, we're doing running back rankings and countdown, but in a full draft, you're amongst those receivers
17:38that are in the tier of the same. You're amongst those elite tight ends.
17:43Who are the same, be it Colson Loveland or Tyler Warren.
17:46Let's hope Tyler Warren is okay. But you were making part of my point where it's 21 down to 17 down 15 fancy points per game.
17:55And then I'm worried about 316 rush attempts two years ago to 259 and any more of Blake Corum eating into Kyron Williams load.
18:03There's just a ceiling that can get cut and capped.
18:06And it's not so much as me wish casting or want casting, thinking that Corum's just going to take the job and deem Kyron Williams just irrelevant.
18:15I just think there's too much where he's going to eat into Kyron Williams to where it could be detrimental and enough
18:22to fade because we want ceiling plays out of our running backs.
18:26And I just don't feel like you're going to get ceiling.
18:30Now, could this absolutely push against me? And then he just runs pure on touchdowns and it doesn't matter.
18:36Yes. And past evidence. I know I cited fancy points per game.
18:40That's a good indicator of past performance for promotes and shows future performance.
18:45But what is a cause for his favor is Sean McVay.
18:48Trust him. Whether he has dirt or propaganda or anything on Sean McVay, I don't know.
18:54Kyron Williams, he can put the ball on the football field as much as he wants.
18:59And Sean McVay seems willing to see how many times somebody like Kyron Williams can do.
19:04So maybe until it really costs the Rams a pivotal game, we won't see that.
19:09You know, it's not like he's Amon Green to throw that out there, but it does have cause for concern.
19:16But until it happens, he is locked in as a fortified running back.
19:20So right now I'm not wrong until it's right.
19:23So right now I'm going to preeminently early, preemptively be out on Kyron Williams, expecting to be right.
19:29Understanding I could be wrong because of just the love he has from Sean McVay.
19:34Now looking at, now we're starting to get to some of the juicier running backs, the guys who don't have near as many dents in the can.
19:43And Jeremiah Love though, RB 14, Shev. I have him 31 overall in our ranks.
19:48You have him 24. I have him 14th overall as RB ranks.
19:52And we have this high ankle sprain or low ankle sprain that's not going good for Jeremiah Love.
19:58I see him fall into the round three of best ball drafts.
20:02In redraft though, I'm concerned just for the fact that the Cardinals have a low per game point entitled point projected bottom five in the NFL.
20:10And if we have Trey McBride, Shev and Jeremiah Love, I don't know how both can pay off.
20:16Something's not right. Ain't nothing wrong, but something ain't right with two Cardinals that high.
20:21So tell me where you're at in redraft here on Jeremiah Love.
20:25This situation reminds me a lot of the rookie year New York Giants with Saquon Barkley, where it was, it was him.
20:32It was Odell Beckham. It was the ghost of Eli Manning.
20:36And basically they found a way every single week for Saquon to be an RB one, whether it was dump offs, whether it was him busting explosive runs.
20:45I believe he had nine runs of 50 plus yards.
20:49And that's exactly where I kind of fall with Jeremiah Love.
20:52And I, I have some really aggressive visions just that he could get home either in garbage time or on the back of explosive plays.
21:00Much like, much like a Devon H and I think that he's going to be able to hit the home run.
21:07He's got the incredible contact balance. We know that he's great.
21:11He's great as a pass catcher. And while we talk about Trey McBride being sort of some sort of a hindrance, I
21:18think that that actually serves, that actually serves to his benefit in the passing game because of the fact that there's going
21:26to be bracket coverage or a linebacker dedicated to covering Trey McBride.
21:29You have Michael Wilson who went over a thousand yards.
21:33You have Marvin Harrison who was in per game.
21:36His metrics were still really, really good in terms of red zone targets and yards per route run.
21:42And so it's if, if, if man, if man, yeah, that's me.
21:46If it's just not as bad as we think it is because all of those players are really talented players that we
21:53like, then we're in a good spot here. We're in a pretty good spot with Jeremiah Love.
21:59So that's why I hadn't moved him down. The high ankle sprain does give me a little bit of pause, but I'll
22:06buy that dip in redraft with the knowledge that once we get to October or November and it's winning time, I'm going to have the full board.
22:15Jeremiah Love melting people's faces for fantasy. They get week 17 against the Raiders.
22:19That is circling. Imagine it's going to be Janty Love, Bowers McBride.
22:23That's going to be just epic theater. Now, as it gets a little chalkier, I'm going to go in some chunks.
22:30I'm going to list off the next three and we can talk about them.
22:35I love this range here because they all are, if healthy, which Brees Hall has a groin right now.
22:41These boys just aren't doing enough horizontal thrusting in the offseason, if you get what quote unquote bad and he's hurt right now.
22:49So before this, I'd be like, yeah, all these guys are candidates to finish top five of the position.
22:55I still feel that way about Derek Henry and Kenneth Walker.
22:59So I'll cede the floor to you. You let me know how, what you're thinking, how you're thinking.
23:05Do you disagree with the sentiment that they could be top five or are you a little bit more bullish based on the rankings?
23:13It looks like, it looks like, I don't know.
23:16I'm not going to spoil the, I'm not going to spoil the, spoil the baby here.
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24:05Anheuser-Busch. Michelob Ultra Light Beer. St. Louis, Missouri. As you were talking about live moving up Kyron Williams, or maybe it was
24:12Josh Jacobs you were thinking of moving up. I'm sitting here thinking I got to move up Kenneth Walker a little bit because I have it.
24:21Brees, Henry, and Walker are two of our ranks.
24:24Kenneth Walker is just Nick Chubb who can catch passes.
24:27Two years ago, he caught 46 passes. The Chiefs have the most vacated carries out there.
24:32We love him and Johnson, Shev, but we know this offense will run through somebody like a Kenneth Walker.
24:39He's going to get the first, second, and third crack at it because we heard Kenneth Walker would call his father up during the season.
24:47Van didn't like what the Seattle Seahawks were doing with a mix between he and Zach Charbonnet.
24:53You know in negotiations, when you end up with the Chiefs, that conversation is being had between the agent.
24:59When you have free agency, you have opportunity to go.
25:02That's what Kenneth Walker was able to do with the Chiefs.
25:06So I expect that to happen. On the Derek Henry front, just right until he dies, you know, metaphorically on the football field.
25:13D. Hember, it's named a month for him for a reason.
25:17If he can hang 45 points like he did last year against the Green Bay Packers, who's to say he can't do it again?
25:25Especially as wild. The older he is, Derek Henry, 32 and a half right now, that he gets better at the end
25:32of the season at such an advanced age. Epic.
25:35And to your point, Brees Hall, with this groin thing, it's like he, Tyler Warren, a couple different players that were getting this word.
25:43Hopefully we're far enough out to where week one, hey, it's not an issue.
25:48So I think cumulatively, I like those ranks, Paul, Henry, Walker, but I think I got to put Walker, the more I
25:55think about it, above Brees Hall and Derek Henry.
25:58But it's kind of tough. Going back to the next range, RB 10 through 7.
26:03Ready, Shev? Omari and Hampton, Devon Achan, Saquon Barkley, Chase Brown.
26:07If you got to pick one running back in that range, who are you taking?
26:12It's going to be really difficult to not pick Saquon Barkley here.
26:16For me, the issue that I have is this O-line.
26:19The O-line's back healthy again. It's kind of last dance time for Lane Johnson, as he's alluded to.
26:25And if all those guys are healthy and you have the departure of A.J.
26:29Brown, so now you've got to disseminate those targets between Dontavian Wicks, Makai Lemon, Dallas Goddard.
26:35Or do you think they should just dump it off 15 more times to Saquon Barkley and see what happens?
26:41Because something really cool could happen. So in this range, I mean, I feel like he should be closer to RB4, RB5
26:49or wherever Jonathan Taylor is than he is right now.
26:52And I feel like he's not being valued that way because it was a down year of sorts for the entire offense, not just him.
27:00What about you? You're looking at, you've said it great, discount Jonathan Taylor.
27:04And Jonathan Taylor will go at the end of round one.
27:08And Saquon Barkley, you're able to get in round two.
27:11I think there's just a little bit of fatigue where people think, oh, surely Saquon Barkley can't do what he did two years ago.
27:19Surely Saquon Barkley doesn't have another 2018 rookie season Saquon Barkley out there.
27:24But if I got to pick a running back here and it's a PPR format, I really do love some Chase Brown.
27:31No competition added. I know you and I have talked about Taj Brooks.
27:35Smosh P. Ryan gets some pass down utilization. But we're talking about finishes of we're talking about week eight, Chase Brown, RB5, 6, 12, 13.
27:43Week 13, he was finished 10th, 6th, 13th, 1st, 3rd in week 17, and 7th in week 18.
27:49So if you include the two week 13s, you're talking about from week eight to week 18, he was a top, he was an RB1.
27:58And he ends up finishing as the RB7 last year in fantasy football.
28:02So give me Chase Brown, give me all those dump offs, different utilization that you can get in this Brown's offense.
28:09So you like Chase, sorry, you like Saquon Barkley.
28:12I like Chase Brown in this range. Going, getting closer to the top, the next three running backs in a tier, we
28:19have Ashton Janty, RB6, Shev, James Cook, RB5, RB4, Jonathan Taylor.
28:23Who are you going to take if you got one of those three?
28:27Is anybody mispriced here? It's going to be Jonathan Taylor for me.
28:31Yeah. Easy, easy, simple, clean. This is the clearest pathway to, this is the clearest pathway to RB1.
28:37You have so many vacated targets on the Colts.
28:40You had Josh Downs just go down with another injury.
28:43They signed Keenan Allen, which should help the passing game somewhat.
28:47But now Tyler Warren is apparently suffered, has apparently suffered a groin injury.
28:51And there's, what else is there? This is, this is an offensive line that came together after losing Ryan Kelly and Will
28:58Fries last year, came together and played really well.
29:01Jonathan Taylor, first 10 weeks of the season, 25 points a game.
29:05So yeah, that's my pick here. I almost went with James Cook because I do think that he's going to catch a shit ton of passes this year.
29:15I know that's not a quantifiable metric for some of you guys, but I do think he's going to have a career high in receptions.
29:23That was his profile coming out. He's since proved to be a bell cow style running back in one of the most effective running offenses in the NFL.
29:32So, but I went Jonathan Taylor here. What's, who's your pick in this, in this tripod?
29:37God, I feel like Jim Carrey, where they're throwing you a spear and there's three spears and it sees three running backs
29:45because I love some Ash and Janty. Seventh in receptions last year.
29:49I keep going back to that. 55 passes caught.
29:52That was a little bit of a narrative out of college that he, you know, couldn't do so much in the receiving game.
29:59Fifth in routes run, sixth in target share was Janty.
30:03It was just a dick ass situation last year.
30:06Fourth in evaded tackles at 89. So we can do it at the next level at the NFL level.
30:12We're going to get better protection from the offensive line, better scheme.
30:16I really liked the ceiling play for somebody like an Ash and Janty.
30:20One thing Rich Rebar was talking about when the Colts are ahead and when they win are some of the highest correlated Jonathan Taylor finishes in fantasy.
30:29And then there's a drop off in some losses.
30:32So if the Colts are going to go down a path where they struggle as a team that may stagnate somebody like a Jonathan Taylor.
30:40So that's like a granular smaller things are bigger in this moment when you have a higher price running backs.
30:47Going back to James Cook, I can recall, you know, we've had some betting and prop shows we've done together.
30:53Shev so many times last year, James Cook is over under prop for a game would be one and a half.
31:00And you think, my God, he should be able to get to any hit the under.
31:06It's wild. If we can get that unlocked, like you said, he did this in college.
31:11Why aren't you doing it in the pros? It's like inverse.
31:15It's incredible. You're happy that James Cook can go between the tackles into all this, but damn it, let's put it together
31:22and get the full max ceiling for fancy purposes.
31:25And of course, it's going to help the bills in their championship run that they're trying to go for.
31:31Give me Ash and Janty. But you make great points on somebody like a James Cook.
31:36And then our final three, Christian McCaffrey, RB3, Bijan, RB2, Jameer Gibbs, RB1.
31:41Shev, tell us about your bullish on somebody like a Christian McCaffrey.
31:45I have him fourth. You have him ranked eighth.
31:48Dynasty, he's way down. But here we are, round one.
31:51You take him in round one versus a super flex or even a dynasty one quarterback.
31:56Back nowhere near on the map would somebody Christian McCaffrey be.
32:00So explain that to Icomity. This is, this isn't, this is an accounting error because I, I had him as the, as
32:07the RB1 overall, just because the volume and the uncertainty of availability for all the other pass catchers.
32:13He had 130 targets, 102 receptions last year and seven touchdowns, 1900 yards and 17 touchdowns is my case guys.
32:20Now, could Jameer Gibbs get to that point? Could B.
32:23John Robinson get to that point and give us, B.
32:26John Robinson gave us 2,200 yards from scrimmage, but I believe, I mean, it's, it's just safer with Christian McCaffrey because there
32:34is no, there is no one to interfere with his short yardage, red zone work, red zone utility.
32:39But the ceiling on B. John Robinson and Jameer Gibbs is just so, so, so tantalizing.
32:45With Jameer Gibbs, when Dan Campbell took over play calling, Jameer Gibbs led all running backs in receptions from that point forward.
32:5249 receptions for 418 yards and I believe four touchdowns, outpacing McCaffrey over that stretch.
32:57So I feel good about him as the, as the RB1 now.
33:01Now I'm curious what your, what your thoughts are on this last little, on this last little cohort as we get ready to get out of here.
33:10Well, I have it Gibbs, B. John and Christian McCaffrey.
33:13And now to kind of expand it, I know it's an RB show, but we've established one, two and three, right?
33:20To give you perspective though, Jamar Chase, I have 103.
33:23Four is Christian McCaffrey. And then I have Amon Ross St.
33:27Brown just ahead of Puka Nakua, just ahead of Jackson Smith and Jigba, which I think I'm going to put JSN ahead
33:34of Puka Nakua because I'm worried about some of the off-field stuff for Puka Nakua.
33:39And why invite yourself to some BS really? And my argument for McCaffrey, we've established what he can do.
33:46So many dump offs, even if he doesn't have his fastball in speed, he still gets so many dump offs.
33:52He's such a threat in the receiving game, but I see Amon Ross St.
33:57Brown easily having a wide receiver one overall season.
34:00I think he could get one. If you were to look back and say, Hey, Amon Ross St.
34:06Brown has a wide receiver overall one season in fantasy football.
34:09Would it shock you like one time in his career, if he did it.
34:14And it is a nut setup this year. So funny enough, two top five lions that I have where I'm not, I'm
34:21roaring with these lions and I'm reticent with these Cardinals with McBride and Jeremiah Love where something doesn't add up early on.
34:29But to answer your question, it's Gibbs, Bijan, McCaffrey.
34:31Anything else before we head on out, Jeff? No, I just, I want to, I want to, well, well, I'll find out,
34:39I'll find out who, who your guy is this year here shortly, but this has been the top 20 running backs.
34:46We're going to slowly start to release these episodes as we get closer to kickoff.
34:51If you haven't, please give us a like, leave us a comment.
34:55Let us know who's your, who your top 20 running backs are.
34:59Who's the biggest point of point of difference between our, our consensus rankings and where you have it.
35:05And as I always leave you guys, there's ball watchers and ball knowers.
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