0:00We have so much late breaking news this week. I hope we are able to get to it all as we rank running backs. I've made
0:05some big changes to my rankings. We're going to get to all that stuff.
0:08Obviously tier one, Dejian Robinson, Ken Walker. No debating that stuff there. In the A tier, I've got Christian McCaffrey against Commanders. Derrick Henry, who
0:16is now going to have Jacobe Lane in first late breaking news, we got a full practice for Jacobe Lane on Friday while
0:21Lamar Jackson was ruled out. So, hey, quick reminder there, coach. Check and see if Jacobe Lane got dropped in your league. And maybe you can place him on
0:28the IR spot, but sounds like Jacobe Lane is going to be returning soon. Jonathan Taylor at five and James Cook at six.
0:34That's our top running backs. Really no ifs, andsands, or buts about that. In the B tier, I've got Kairen Williams sitting here for the Los Angeles Rams.
0:43Kairen Williams right now has one of the best target shares in the NFL. I thought this was very interesting. Right now,
0:49Kairen Williams, just Rams running backs at large are second in the NFL in target share amongst running backs. However, every other year of Shawn McVeyy's
0:57career since Todd Brley retired, Rams have been 31st or 32nd in the NFL and target share. Part of that is that
1:03Terrence Ferguson out is out, but part of that is also that Kiran Williams is playing very well with this crazy team
1:09total. I expect Kairen to score very well. DeAndre Swift with Caleb Williams listed as questionable. Caleb got three straight full practices in. I'm
1:17expecting Caleb Williams to start this weekend. And I'm expecting DeAndre Swift, who was also not listed on the injury report on Friday, to play in
1:24full. Kyle Manungai was ruled out, so his backup is again going to be Roshan Johnson. I mean, I suppose if you're in
1:31a very deep league, you could do worse than picking up Roshan Johnson, hoping to get a touchdown. We really only saw
1:36Roshan playing in garbage time and then in clear long down and distance situations last week. Swift was on his way to what would have been a very good
1:44fantasy game last week, but Tyson Bea and Case Keenum just could not resuscitate the Bears offense. Javvante Williams at nine against three backers.
1:51Chuba Hover against the Philadelphia Eagles. Now, I thought this was rather interesting, but Dvont Smith said that he actually feels great and it's up to
2:00the doctors on if he is going to play.
2:02So if Dvont Smith is active, I do think this just makes this game a little bit more interesting because Dvont Smith I
2:08mean I to me he would be a player who'd be worth about a point maybe a point and a half compared to his backups you know
2:14uh Dantavian Wixs and and Darius Cooper for the Belf Eagles. So I I actually that actually makes me like Hubard even
2:20more. I want him in a game that the Panthers win but that is competitive because I don't want AJ Dylan sitting
2:26there in garbage time. Hovered, one of my absolute favorite starts of the week, and he's actually a guy that I like just
2:31long term this year. I'm kind of buying on the Panthers offense. My opinion of Bryce Young at the start of the year,
2:38he's just clearly very wrong. I think he is is playing very well. And the the Panthers are in this awesome spot where
2:44they are coming off a by-week, so they are rested. The Eagles are in this massive downswing where they're coming off of an international game, lost their
2:52starting quarterback, maybe don't have their starting quarterback with this blood clot. I mean, I'm assuming that he is going to have to go on the IR. So,
2:58we're going to see what Tanner McKe can do in this game. Bashalt Tudin I have at running back 11 against the Houston
3:03Texans this week. We've talked about Tudin a ton on this channel. I love him rest of season. I love him in this
3:09matchup. I think that we have basically seen him take over this backfield. We just have not seen the fantasy points flow down from there. I mean, 12.7
3:17points per game is certainly not nothing from Ba Thuten. He's only had the two touchdowns. He had the 44 yarder and the
3:23three- yard called back. should have scored a touchdown last week with Chris Rodriguez Jr. absolutely sabotaged him.
3:28I think we see an explosion spot for Totin this week. And then I have Jaylen Warren with Rico Dow back at 12. I
3:34almost moved him from the B tier to the Ctier. But I'm going to give Mike McCarthy, Brian Angelino, and Aaron Rogers one week to prove to me that they
3:42know ball. Jaylen Warren coming off of his best career game. And actually the three highest snapshare games of Jaylen Warren's entire career have been the
3:50most recent three games. We've never seen Jaylen Warren without Naji Harris, without Rico Da or without Daniel in the back field. We finally saw it and he
3:58looked like one of the best running backs in the NFL. Explosive but also a high success rate kept the change moving
4:03was very efficient in the passing game.
4:05I think it would be insane for Rico D to come back and do a 50-50 time share with Jaylen Warren here. But if he does,
4:11well, I guess we're going to have to make some decisions about Jaylen Warren moving forward. But the Buccaneers typically are a pass funnel defense.
4:17They have a very good run defense and I think that tilts towards Jaylen Warren who is one of the best passcatching
4:23running backs in the NFL. The C tier.
4:25I've got Roandre Stevenson. But it is worth noting that we might have Trevian Henderson playing this week. And if Trevian Henderson does play, despite
4:34reporting that he does have a high ankle sprain, but according to Trevon Henderson himself, he said he was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain and
4:42was quote surprised that he could practice this week. So I maybe Trevon Henderson is indeed the world's quickest healer. Maybe this guy really is, you
4:50know, Wolverine out here made out of anamanium adamantium rather. So Raandre is a clear start right now. One of the best starts in fantasy football.
4:59However, were Treyon Henderson to play in this game, I would still rank Ramandre Stevenson ahead of him for two reasons. The first being it's more of a
5:07Raandre Stevenson game script than a Henderson game script. They're giant favorites at eight and a half points against the New York Jets at home. And
5:14secondly, Trevon, if he does play, I don't think is going to get a full complement of work. I would imagine that
5:19Trevian Henderson is probably more in like the 8 to 10 overall touch range as opposed to like the 12 to 14 touch
5:26range. The way that the Patriots have been using Raandre and Trevon Anderson has been Raandre is the lead back getting a lot of the passing downs but
5:33actually Trevon Henderson getting more of the focused groundwork and then Stevenson playing in all the goal to go situations. Stevenson will retain all
5:42the goal to go situations. We know that Henderson is the more explosive player in general. However, how explosive are you going to be if you were just
5:48diagnosed with a high ankle sprain? I'm keeping Raandre at 13 in my rankings right now because after being quote diagnosed with a high ankle sprain, I
5:57think it would be rather surprising for Henderson to be activated this week. I I think it makes more sense as a big
6:03favorite to rest Trevon Henderson. But if he does play, you might have some difficult decisions to make on your roster. I of course will answer, you
6:11know, as many questions as I can in the comments here. If you want to get up totheminute rankings, you can head on
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6:23Bucky Irving against the Steelers. I have at 14. I'm kind of making him prove it to me a little bit. I think a lot of
6:28people probably would have him a little bit higher than this. Looks like I am I am the low man on blockfantasy.com. No
6:35surprises here. My guy Zach has him a little bit higher. I do think that it's okay to be a little bit hesitant on
6:43Bucky. Just a little bit. Now, Shawn Tucker is likely not going to play this week. So, that's very good for Bucky,
6:49but I I kind of need this coaching staff to prove it to me that they're going to use Bucky for being consistently in the
6:55red zone. And then also Jaylen Daniels, we were all very enthused by what he did against the Dallas Cowboys and we were
7:02very enthused by what Buck he did against the Cowboys. The Cowboys are 32 out of 32 in defensive EPA per play.
7:08They're very, very bad defense. I do not think the Pittsburgh Steelers are that bad. I don't think the Steelers are this
7:13big, great defense. But if Bucky replicates his workload from last week, you know, if we see Bucky get 18 rushes and four receptions in this game, he for
7:23sure is going to be at least a Btier running back for me. Part of the issue for me is guys like Bucky who get there
7:31on efficiency but are also not super fast are just kind of hard for me to to reconcile. You know Bucky Irving is a
7:383.82 relative athletic score running back. Obviously he's great. I mean he is so so talented. But I was saying this after that big long run against Cowboys.
7:47I was like how many guys can have a 72 yard run that don't result in a score? I mean obviously it does happen but it is
7:54kind of funny to know that of course Bucky has the 72 yard run that does not result in the score. Ashton Genty told
8:00writers told told the beat writers that quote this is the best I've ever felt. I mean I think he is obviously lying about
8:06that. I was able to get Genty up to 15 in my rankings. I personally in all the leagues that I have Ashton Genty and
8:12there were a lot of him because I really liked him coming into the season. I do not have Ashen Genty on the bench in any
8:18of my leagues. He is still a big part of the passing game. even last week really not looking good. Six targets and on the
8:24season six targets, seven targets, three targets, eight targets, six targets.
8:28Like he really is a big part of their offense in the red zone. Uh as well, in fact, I I think there's a very
8:35compelling argument to be made that Genty is actually running quite bad in fantasy football. No rushing touchdowns yet on the season. His only touchdowns
8:42of the year came on receiving plays. I have long been higher on Ashen Gent's kind of potential, his overall skill level. I've heard a lot of people, you
8:52know, do the Trent Richardson comparison and maybe in the end I will not be vindicated. You know, maybe the Tre Richardson people will be vindicated.
8:59The Buffalo Bills are a quite bad rushing defense. Actually, they have historically really struggled uh against explosive runs. In fact, the last two
9:08seasons, their explosive run rate allowed is bottom five in the NFL. Now, you're gonna have to go to someone who makes more money than I do to diagnose
9:15exactly why that is true. But I I cannot ban Josh and Genty this week. You know, maybe you can bet Josh and Genty. Maybe
9:21you have, you know, maybe you drafted Derrick Henry and Chuba Hubard and Vichel Duden and Jaylen Warren and you can put Genty on the bench this week,
9:29but it would be too difficult for me to do. Brillin Allen I've really struggled with because I don't think the New York
9:36Jets are going to be that successful offensively this week against the New England Patriots, but I got him up to 16
9:41overall. He's playing gargantuan snap shares with no bree 94% and 86% of the snaps. He got 24 rushes last week, four
9:49targets in the passing game. He gave up only 10 total snaps to Isaiah Davis. And not all of them were even in obvious
9:56long down and distance circumstances. It appears that whatever happened or transpired between 2025 and 2026 raised the Jets cois at raised the Jets coach's
10:07estimations of Braille and Allen and lowered it on Isaiah Davis because when Bree got injured last year, we basically saw Braille Allen and Isaiah Davis in
10:15kind of a 50/50. There's been no indication of a 50/50. Since Bree all got injured, only Brilen Allen has gotten the ball out of the back field.
10:23We have not seen any Isaiah Davis. So, got him up to 16. If you have him, I I think in all likelihood you are probably
10:29trying to start him. The thing that I had a difficult time dealing with was what do you do with him versus Woody
10:35Marks because there's a chance that you have both of them. The Jaguars have the absolute best run defense in fantasy football. No one no one is actually
10:43really even close to them. The thing that Markx obviously offers is that he is going to, you know, be a big part of
10:49the passing game. That is the skill set that Woody Marks brought in from USC.
10:53There's a chance that we see 50 plus CJ Stout dropbacks in this game against the Jags where the Texans are road
10:59underdogs. If that is the case, I would expect Marks to have one of his better receiving games of the season. Maybe his
11:05best receiving game of the season. He had five for 27 in that game against the Bengals. Look at I mean, it's so funny.
11:10Eight carries for eight yards. That is the Woody Marks statline. Honestly, I might have Cam Scataboo too high here having him in the C tier. He might be a
11:20little bit more of a Dtier player. He has fumbled a ton this year. Sounds like his ankle is bothering him. Just overall
11:26a very bad season thus far for Cam Scatteroo. I don't necessarily think it's going to get that much better. It's just he is playing about 70% of the
11:34snaps. You know, 77% 64% 63% 2018 and 13 rushes. He's not even getting monopoly of the goal line work. You know, it's a
11:44good matchup. It's a good spot against the New Orleans Saints, but I don't necessarily know what you can do with that spot. I had Emanuel Wilson 19 from
11:51last night. The guy that we all came here to talk about, Tyler Algier, Jeremiah Love has been ruled out of this
11:56game. The the coaches, Michael said that Jeremiah Love is not a candidate for the IR. So, the really interesting thing about Algier that is very different from
12:05his job when he was in Atlanta is that he actually is playing third downs and two minute drills. That was not ever
12:12really a role that we saw him embrace when he was in Atlanta. I mean, it's very funny that he did have a thousand
12:18rushing yards his very first season, but only top 16 receptions. But I think this is quite interesting. His receiving totals per season. So, total receptions
12:28for a whole season. Every year he was in Atlanta, 16, 18, 13, 14. He already has 12 receptions this season. He already is
12:36playing much more on passing downs this season for the Arizona Cardinals than he ever did for the Atlanta Falcons, which I think shows that one that it's not
12:46actually that hard to be a pass catching running back. Like the the difficult part is the blitz protections. The difficult part is adding efficiency on
12:53top of that. But the Arizona Cardinals don't care about efficiency. They know what they're about. They know they're going to be like a two three- win team.
12:59Like the Arizona Cardinals are absolutely terrible with no Jeremiah Love. I think that Tyler Algier probably gets close to an 80% snap share in this
13:07game. I don't imagine that Bam Knight is going to replace Algier on long distances. One thing that could happen that could trim Tyler Algier's floor in
13:15this spot would be they activate Jerome Ford from the practice squad if they do bring Jerome Ford up from the practice
13:22squad. I do think that lowers Algier's floor in this game a little bit. The other running back they have on the
13:27roster is Evan Hull, who is a longtime Indianapolis Colts, graduated from Northwestern University. He's much more of an early down grinding style running
13:35back. I'm tempted to actually move Alier on my rankings a little bit more just because I do think he'll get any
13:41opportunity at a goal line of course and I do think he obviously has a little bit of ability to PPR scam. The reason why I
13:48don't have him much higher is Mayor Giant underdogs. They are road underdog with a 19 12 point team total. So you do
13:56need a touchdown or you do need him to find a way to catch like six passes.
14:00Now, I mean, if they get to the two yard line, they're going to give him the ball. But the four here for Tyler Algier
14:06is something like I mean, really, it's what Jeremiah Love did last week. I think Jeremiah Love had 12 rushes for 20
14:11yards, one reception in the passing game. That could pretty easily be Tyler Algier in this game, but I have been ranked as a start. Obviously, you should
14:19pick him up off the waiverwire if he is somehow available for you there. And I'm, you know, I'm not super panicking
14:24about this injury for Jeremiah Love.
14:26Really, this is what I wish they would do with Ash and Genty is I wish Ashen Genty would get one week off. Doesn't
14:32appear that Mr. Genty will be getting that. I have Rashad White at 21, but again, we have more weirdness going on
14:38here after practicing Wednesday and Thursday. Rashad White was seen at practice with a no contact jersey. Jaori Kroski Merritt did not practice at all
14:46this week. So, so Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, no practice for Jakori Krosky Merritt. And Austin Neckler only practiced in a limited fashion with a no
14:54contact jersey. What is going on here?
14:56Are these guys doing fight club? Like what what is hap? Are are these guys just like whopping? Like are they just
15:01mollywopping each other in in the locker room? I have no idea what's going on.
15:04How do all these guys get injured despite all of them finishing uh the most recent game? It's it's very bizarre situation. If all three of them play, I
15:13would still have Rashad White ranked the highest, but not by much in this game against the 49ers. If Rashad White plays
15:20and Jakori Kroski Merritt doesn't play and Austin Eckler does play, I would have Rashad White still here. If JCM is out and Austin Eckler is out, I would
15:31probably move Rashad White up ahead of Algier and move him into the C tier just because he is going to have like an
15:39insane PPR scam for it. Like I he could catch like eight passes. We also were still waiting to see exactly what's
15:44going on with Stfan Diggs. If Diggs is ruled out, that makes me like Rashad White even better uh in the in the exact
15:50same situation. So very very potentially very good spot. My guess is is this what happens. My guess is Rashad White plays,
15:58JCM does not play and Austin Eckler does play in which case this is right about the appropriate ranking for Rashad White
16:04and I would have him graded out as a pretty good flex play this week. Amari Hampton at 22. Lad Mcconkey and Quinton
16:11Johnston are going to play. Harbaugh declined to say if those guys were going to be on a snap count. Obviously, I
16:17think if you drafted Lad Maki, you probably just about have to play him.
16:21Lad Makunky being active does make things marginally better for Hampton just because it makes it more possible that they actually have a drive that
16:27ends with a touchdown. However, Hampton is legitimately the most recent two weeks playing the third most snaps at running back for Los Angeles Chargers.
16:34The only reason why I'm even ranking him here is I do think he would get first crack at a touchdown from inside the 5yd
16:41line. though both Videll and Mitchell have scored touchdowns inside the 10 in the most recent two weeks. So maybe that's actually cap as well. Uh total
16:49total loss season for the Chargers and for Amari and Hampton. Alvin Kamar 23 seems like he is good to go. Look, he
16:55and a lav are listed as questionable. AB with illness and Alvin Kamar with a back injury. If Kamar does not play, I would
17:03pretty significantly rise Kendra Miller in my rankings. I don't think they really have anyone else there who can can kind of help out on the early downs.
17:11The big issue has been CJ Donaldson is playing all be long down a distance because I mean CJ Donaldson is basically
17:17a whole back. He is in there for one job and that is to keep powershock from getting folded in half. Uh RJ Harvey I
17:23had at 24. He scored a touchdown.
17:25Marshon Lloyd I have at 25. He really did not do anything last week. 3.1 yards per carry, one catch for six yards in
17:32the passing game. However, he was the lead back in a 50-50 time share with Pierre Strong. Pier Strong was more of
17:38the long down a distance back and then Caleb Johnson got a little bit of work in garbage time. Lloyd will get the
17:43first bracket in any of the goal line stuff, not Pierre Strong. Though, I wouldn't absolutely put it past this offense. Like, if they're on a good
17:50drive and Pier Strong is on the field, I don't necessarily know if they would wait to sub out strong to get Lloyd on
17:55the field. Lloyd with the two touchdowns last week, fairly good play, gets this awesome match up against the Cowboys. I think he's probably a pretty low-end
18:02flag starter. You're very happy if you get a touchdown. I JK Dobbins at 27.
18:06Although, very funny. I felt bad about this ranking to begin with, but how many guys have 17 rushes and a touchdown and
18:12can't crack 15 fantasy points? I I will note one big thing with Shawn Peyton taking over the play calling has been a
18:18bigger uh emergence of JK Dobbins, a bigger emphasis on JK Dobbins in the passing game and then Damen Pierce with Devont Smith active. I I did just kind
18:27of want to think through this like having Smith back is definitely better for the offense at a whole. I don't think having Tanner McKe in there over
18:35Jaylen Herz is going to make them more efficient. And the Vegas odds makers do agree with me. However, you know, I I've
18:42seen Tanner McKe play okay in NFL games.
18:45Like I've seen him kind of, you know, go out there and spin it. difference conversation that teams were going to offer a draft pick to trade Tanner McKe
18:52away from the Philadelphia Eagles over the offseason before they signed Andy Dalton. Then they cut Andy Dalton. You know, Damen Pierce played the running
18:59back position about as bad as you could last week. 77% snap share against Jacksonville. 11 rushes. Did get five targets in the passing game for negative
19:08-2 yards. Carson Steel did not sub in and play on offense at all. And I don't think Carson Steel is going to sub in
19:14and play on offense at all here. I think what's gonna happen is they are going to elevate one Mr. Jaden Blue from the
19:19practice squad. If they don't elevate Jaden Blue, then it's going to turn out that he's basically the worst dude in football history and that his coaches
19:26just absolutely hate him. Having Blue active is not great for Pierce because I expect him to be a much better runner.
19:32However, to be fair to Danny Pearson, I am gonna be fair to him. I mean, that was as difficult of a matchup as you
19:38could find, right? So, he didn't practice as a lead back all week. I'm sure you know will shiply practice as a
19:43lead back, but more importantly, Jetsville Jaguars run defense is absolutely ferocious. I mean, that is a defense that has teeth. They're the best
19:50run defense in the NFL. And the Panthers defense, I mean, they're fine, but they're not nearly as good as the Jacksonville Jaguars. So, I'm I'm
19:57leaving some out tier for Damen Pierce to like potentially be a decent start this week against the Panthers. Then our final tier, I've got my guy T Missile,
20:05who's playing a most would be third downs and working in the receiving game.
20:09Three targets, six targets, four targets. Obviously the most explosive runner on the team. Well, maybe not obvious because Kamani Val's touchdown
20:15last week was absolutely disgusting. If you've not seen that, you got to go watch it. Rico D at 29. You know, kind
20:22of giving the benefit of the doubt here for the Steelers that he really will just be a long distance guy. Kendrey
20:27Miller at 30 if tomorrow does play.
20:29Kenny Gainwell at 31, assuming he's just passing down guy. If you want to tell me I should rank Blake Quorum higher
20:35because they're such giant favorites, I would be totally cool with that. if you're kind of what the heck flexing like maybe you have multiple injuries,
20:41multiple byes. I mean, you know, a a Jir Gibbs team that has another injury at running back, like sure, you want to
20:47toss for him in there. Decent chance of him getting a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals. I'm cool with that.
20:52Tony Pard at 33. I just have I me personally, I just have no hope for the Tennessee Titans. Pard's probably like a
20:59little bit better than this. I'm probably lower on Pard on the site.
21:02Yeah, I'm the lowest on Pard on the entire website. Fine by me. You know what? That one is fine by me. I might
21:07move him up a little bit closer as we get to Sunday, but I just have very low expectations. I would say if Taj Spears
21:14does not play, he was limited in a practice this week. If Spears does not play, I would move Pard up just because
21:19he's probably much more likely to get some receiving work. You know, end up with like five or six receptions in this
21:25game. Audrey Estate, I wanted to specifically bring him up yet again because we got some more updates on the Cleveland Browns back field, which is
21:32that Dylan Samson is not going to be activated. So, he came off of the designated for return IR, but is not
21:39going to play in this game. Quinn Sean Judkins is listed as questionable. If Judkins is out and the backfield is Audrey Esté and McGlaclin, I talked
21:48about this a little bit in the flex video, but I would assume that we are actually going to have Esté, who's
21:53already been officially signed to the A roster, is the clear lead back in this game. not that dissimilar to what we saw
21:59before Will Shipley got injured last week where with the starting running back Rob Shipley played more than he would have at the baseline but he was
22:07not the clear early down back you know there was a clear split in between those two situations the running back that the
22:12Browns can bring off the practice squad is Jarrett Patterson who I would think is not going to play on offense at all
22:17so if you were in a deeper format I would scoop up Estimay there's any chance that this Judkins thing turns into a multi-week injury I would
22:24definitely want Dylan Samson Samson. I mean, when he does return, which I'm hoping would be week seven, you know, we can completely forget Audrey estimate,
22:32but if you're in a deeper format, if you're like really down bad and you want to get 12 rushes for 42 yards with a 42% chance
22:42of a touchdown, there you go. You can pick up Audrey Estay and try and get that. And then I've got JCM here at 35.
22:49This would be in the scenario that he and Rashad White both play with Austin Eckler out, but we get a report that JCM
22:56is still dealing with, you know, a quad contusion. We don't even know what he was injured with. If JCM obviously if
23:03this is such a weird scenario with commanders, if Rashad White is out and JCM is in, I mean, you can just go ahead
23:09and flip-flop him. You can move you can move JCM up to the Anon Pamara range and feel very comfortable there. And then
23:15the final tier of guys, we've got EMTT Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Kaylin Black, uh Brian Robinson Jr., Chris Rodriguez Jr., Taj Spears, George Alani, lol, and
23:25Raheem Sanders, who actually has already been ruled out. Obviously, I will be updating these rankings, you know, all the way till we get kicked off on
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