Week 6 Fantasy Football RB Ranks and Tiers: Rhamondre Stevenson RB1 szn is BACK
STACKED extracted the fantasy-relevant player signal from this video and kept the full transcript here for context.
50 min
Duration
Estimated from transcript
Oct 14, 2026
Published
Wed, October 14, 2026
27
Player insights
26
Players mentioned
Topics
Woody MarksBlake CorumBrian RobinsonBucky IrvingCam AkersChris RodriguezChristian McCaffreyChuba HubbardD'Andre SwiftDerrick HenryDevin SingletaryEmanuel WilsonJ.K. DobbinsJames Cook
Player analysis
Player insights
Blake Corum
PositiveMatchup10:54
Blake Corum has a good matchup at the line of scrimmage against the Raiders this week. The Rams benefit from an elite run-blocking opportunity. As a committee back with Kyren Williams, Corum's touch distribution can shift when the Rams build a big lead—as seen in Week 2 when they blew out the Giants and touches and production looked closer between the two backs.
Insight pageBrian Robinson
PositiveMatchup35:45
Ranked RB26 against Bears. Ian Hartitz recommends Robinson, citing belief that Michael Pennock is playing through a rib injury and the Bears' run defense as their biggest weakness (not secondary). Robinson saw 10 carries in week three and 14 in week four. Hartitz expects 40+ combined carries for both Robinsons against a Bears defense that struggles in the run game.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveProjection21:09
Ian Hartitz ranks Bucky Irving RB16 against the Steelers, crediting him with strong play this season (175 yards and 2 touchdowns while looking great even against a bad defense). However, Hartitz tempers optimism due to the Buccaneers' weak offense and Jaylen Daniels at quarterback. Irving ranks ahead of other mid-tier backs but remains mid-tier RB2 due to offensive limitations; in the two weeks before facing the Cowboys, Irving scored 61 and 58 yards, and his role is not the most fantasy-friendly despite his talent. Irving has been really good at rushing but not so good at receiving.
Insight pageCam Akers
NegativeBust32:42
Ranked RB22 by Ian Hartitz. Hartitz is worried about the potential for an overtime fumble to come back to bite Akers in future usage, despite the fumble not having impacted Naji Harris long-term after his earlier fumble this season. Snap share context: Saquon Barkley's snaps have declined from 77% in week three to 64-63% the last two games, and the Giants have been moving Tyron Tracy and Devin Singleary into the backfield rotation, creating uncertainty around the entire backfield.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
NegativeDepth Chart20:47
Chris Rodriguez's repeated goal-line mistakes are costing him playing time; he played a season-low 9 snaps last week, signaling a depth chart decline. Ian Hartitz suggests this is no coincidence and expects better days ahead for Bashaw Tutin as a result.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
PositiveProjection5:45
Ian Hartitz ranks Christian McCaffrey as RB6 for Week 6 against the Commanders on Monday Night Football. McCaffrey is at 18.3 PPR, good for RB10 status on the season. The 49ers offense looks great and may lean on McCaffrey more with Deebo Samuel missing time with a hamstring injury. Though the Commanders rank seventh in EPA allowed per rush (improved from 25th), Hartitz is not deterred by the matchup given McCaffrey's receiving versatility and weekly multi-touchdown scoring upside.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
PositiveProjection8:48
Ian Hartitz ranks Chuba Hubbard RB9 against the Eagles. In two games without Jonathan Brooks, Hubbard has posted 23 and 21 touches on an elite 84% snap rate. He ranks third in rushing yards over expected (only Kenneth Walker and Jaylen Warren ahead), and ninth in receiving PPR points per game at 7.6—more than Chase Brown and Christian McCaffrey. Hubbard stays in the top 10 despite the tough Eagles matchup because the Panthers offense is scoring and he's left on field for nearly every snap. He also ranks number two in Hartitz's 'cool stuff' rate metric through five weeks, measuring explosive plays and playmaking efficiency (runs of 12+ yards, receptions of 16+ yards, plus touchdowns, plus tackles avoided divided by total carries and targets).
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveProjection15:53
Ian Hartitz ranks DeAndre Swift RB13 against the Atlanta Falcons. Swift has been the RB13 this season in PPR points per game. Last week he played 76% of offensive snaps in the first three quarters with 13 touches, 73 total yards, and a touchdown; Roshan Johnson's usage was limited to mop-up duty in the fourth quarter (18-5 snap advantage for Johnson only in garbage time). The Falcons' front seven looked dominant early in the season but gave up 200+ yards to both Derrick Henry and Justice Hill on Sunday Night Football, suggesting vulnerability. Hartitz expects Caleb Williams' return to healthy status will open up the Bears run game.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveMatchup3:32
Ian Hartitz ranks Derrick Henry as RB4 for Week 6 against the Browns. The Browns defense is weakened by the absence of Miles Garrett, Mason Graham, and Mike Hall, and linebacker Carson Swedinger is dealing with an ankle sprain. Hartitz notes Henry is on pace for 27 touchdowns and 1,829 total yards this season. Last week Henry was stopped at the one-yard line twice without scoring, so Hartitz expects 100+ yards and more than one touchdown against the Browns.
Insight pageDevin Singletary
NegativeDepth Chart32:28
Has been moved into the backfield rotation alongside Tyron Tracy, indicating the Giants are diversifying their running back usage and potentially reducing Saquon Barkley's snap share.
Insight pageEmanuel Wilson
PositiveProjection24:15
Ian Hartitz ranks Emanuel Wilson RB18 and designates him as the Seahawks RB1 for Week 6. Wilson has shown strong production: 120 yards and 2 touchdowns in Week 4; 72 yards and 1 touchdown in Week 5 (despite a fumble). Zack Sharon is likely out on the short week against the Broncos, solidifying Wilson's role. Hartitz projects 20+ touches on an offense capable of scoring 30 points against most teams, providing top-20 treatment despite the Broncos' defense.
Insight pageJ.K. Dobbins
NegativeProjection30:07
Ranked RB27 for Week 6 against Seahawks on Thursday Night Football. Despite scoring last week, Dobbins averages under four yards per carry and faces a Broncos offense that looks 'absolutely broke.' Ian Hartitz notes the Seahawks rank second-best in EPA allowed per play and EPA allowed per rush, creating risk that Denver falls behind and reduces Dobbins' workload in favor of RJ Harvey or Tyler Bedet. Dobbins is also one of only two running backs with at least 50 touches averaging under four yards per target and yards per carry, alongside Jeremiah Love, indicating dual inefficiency in both rushing and receiving production.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeBust5:00
Ian Hartitz ranks James Cook as RB7 but expresses significant fumble concerns. Cook has 10 fumbles since the beginning of last season, more than any other RB (next closest is 6). Joe Brady acknowledged the issue post-game, emphasizing ball security is job security. Despite averaging 106 rushing yards per game and the Bills' elite rushing offense, the fumble trend is a legitimate concern for consistency. However, Cook is set up for success against the Raiders this week; the Bills have an elite run-blocking matchup with the best rushing yards before contact per carry in the league, creating ideal conditions for Cook to produce. Cook has been really good at rushing but not so good at receiving, appearing in the lower-right quadrant of Hartitz's efficiency graph.
Insight pageJavonte Williams
NegativeProjection12:38
Ian Hartitz ranks Javante Williams RB11 ahead of the Cowboys-Packers Sunday Night Football shootout. Williams has 20 touchdowns in 21 games with Dallas, but efficiency is a concern at 3.7 yards per carry this year (down from 4.8 last year). On the positive side, he's developed a newfound receiving floor of 6.5 PPR points per game, ranking him inside the top 13 at the position behind only Breece Hall and Christian McCaffrey. He's the touch leader in the league's seventh-highest scoring offense, and Hartitz projects the Cowboys could finish top 3 in scoring, making Williams a low-end RB1 at worst despite offensive line health concerns.
Insight pageJaylen Warren
PositiveProjection11:24
Ian Hartitz ranks Jaylen Warren RB10 despite Rico Dowdle's return. In a three-game sample without Dowdle, Warren has posted recent PPR scores of 20.6, 15.6, and 36.8 points with elite efficiency: RB2 yards per carry at 5.9 and RB3 yards per target at 8.8. Mike McCarthy stated 'Jaylen is our feature player right now' when asked about the RB split moving forward, suggesting committee concerns are overblown. Hartitz notes Warren has delivered on the hype, comparing him to Jalen Austin Eckler, and calls him an RB1 in fantasy managers' hearts.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
PositiveProjection26:42
RB20 ranking despite third overall draft capital. Love has struggled significantly: 78 touches without a 20+ yard gain (tied fourth-most in league); ranks bottom 10 in tackles avoided, yards after contact per carry, and percentage of carries gaining 3+ yards after contact. Cardinals offensive line is bottom 10 in key metrics; lost left tackle Paris Johnson for season and Tyler Aier has been ineffective. Both ankles hurt; usage up and down. Offense relies on volume via Jacoby Brissett (lowest yards per attempt in league), but Love hasn't earned full trust as receiver and lacks explosive plays to offset volume limitations. One of only two running backs with at least 50 touches averaging under four yards per target and yards per carry (alongside JK Dobbins). Ian Hartitz sees no near-term improvement path for Love's fantasy scoring.
Insight pageJonathan Taylor
PositiveMatchup1:54
Ian Hartitz ranks Jonathan Taylor as RB3 for Week 6 against the Titans. Despite averaging south of four yards per carry for the first time in his career and the Colts offense struggling, Hartitz projects strong Week 6 performance because the Titans defense has allowed three touchdowns to Taylor in three straight games, translating to 39.8, 32.8, and 37.4 PPR points respectively. Hartitz expects Taylor to have a strong Sunday despite season-long inconsistency.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveProjection0:51
Ian Hartitz ranks Kenneth Walker as RB2 for Week 6. Walker is one of only 13 running backs to rack up 110+ PPR points in the first four weeks of the season in the 21st century, suggesting his performance has been even better than perceived. Hartitz also notes Walker ranks number one by a huge margin in his 'cool stuff' rate metric through five weeks, measuring explosive plays (runs of 12+ yards, receptions of 16+ yards, plus touchdowns, plus tackles avoided) divided by total carries and targets, demonstrating elite efficiency and playmaking ability. However, Walker has been really good at rushing but not so good at receiving, appearing in the lower-right quadrant of Hartitz's efficiency graph measuring yards per carry (high) versus yards per target (low) among players with at least 50 touches.
Insight pageKyren Williams
NegativeProjection4:12
Ian Hartitz ranks Kyren Williams as RB5 for Week 6. Williams had a down Week 5 performance on Monday Night Football but still scored 19.6 PPR points. Blake Corum got his first red zone carry of the season and punched in a touchdown, creating some handcuff concern. However, Hartitz notes the Rams are implied to score a week-high 33 points, with the Bills second at 29.25, and expects Williams to be a big-time beneficiary of the Rams' projected league-best offense.
Insight pagePierre Strong Jr.
NegativeUsage31:40
Had five rushes for seven yards in recent game, indicating minimal usage and inefficiency. Despite comparable volume to Marshon Lloyd's early work, Strong has lost the lead role to Lloyd in the Packers backfield.
Insight pageRay Davis
PositiveSleeper6:00
Ian Hartitz ranks Ray Davis as RB4 in pre-season RB2 projections (behind Tank Begsby at RB3), yet Davis has been undervalued in the market. Hartitz notes Davis is one injury to James Cook or a couple more fumbles away from becoming a league-winner waiver wire pickup. The Bills offense is significantly better than the Eagles, making Davis's handcuff value premium despite current ADP. Davis is set up for success against the Raiders this week; the Bills have an elite run-blocking matchup with the best rushing yards before contact per carry in the league, creating ideal conditions for Davis to produce.
Insight pageRhamondre Stevenson
NegativeProjection6:47
Ian Hartitz ranks Rhamondre Stevenson as RB8 and welcomes him back to the RB1 club following Trevion Henderson's high ankle sprain. Stevenson has elite efficiency metrics: 11th in rushing yards over expected per carry (NextGen Stats) and 15 catches for 111 receiving yards. In Week 1 with a workhorse role, he showed 18 carries and 6 targets on an elite 85% snap rate. Hartitz projects 20+ touch upside for a three-down back trusted in his role as a 7.5-point home favorite against the Jets, the kind of volume and role versatility that fuels top-10 RB fantasy upside. Patriots schedule improves significantly after this matchup; no real concern matchups until December 10th vs. Vikings.
Insight pageRJ Harvey
NegativeRole38:24
Ranked RB29 with a concerning usage trend under new play-caller Shawn Peyton. Harvey posted a season-low four combined carries and targets in his first game with Peyton calling plays, despite the Broncos being in a competitive game against the Chargers. Harvey had 17 targets in weeks three and four but only one in week five, suggesting Peyton did not bring back play-calling to feature Harvey. Ian Hartitz views him as much more of an RB3 than a starter.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
NegativeProjection13:43
Ian Hartitz ranks Saquon Barkley RB12 if healthy against the Panthers, a favorable matchup on paper. However, Hartitz feels 'queasy' about the ranking due to hamstring injury concerns. In a limited sample, Barkley has shown efficiency improvement at 5.1 yards per carry (up from 4.1 last year), but his receiving floor is minimal with only 4 catches for 8 yards. Eagles offensive line injuries create run-blocking concerns that offset the matchup advantage. Hartitz notes goal-line opportunity potential given Will Shipley receiving fourth-and-one carries and Jaylen Hertz calf issues. Additionally, Barkley's snap share has declined from 77% in Week 3 to 64% and 63% in the last two games following an overtime fumble, which could impact usage going forward.
Insight pageTyrone Tracy
NegativeDepth Chart32:28
Has been moved into the backfield rotation alongside Devin Singleary, indicating the Giants are diversifying their running back usage and potentially reducing Saquon Barkley's snap share.
Insight pageWoody Marks
NegativeProjection22:45
Hartitz ranks Woody Mars RB17 against the Jaguars with Dave Montgomery out (week to week, groin injury). After Montgomery left, Mars handled all 19 backfield touches for 85 scoreless yards and a 24-yard touchdown run that was nullified by a holding penalty on Brevin Jordan. Hartitz notes the Texans' offensive line ranks in the bottom 10, the matchup against Jacksonville is tough, and Houston has shown little interest in throwing to Mars. Despite being better than Montgomery, Mars remains a volume-based RB2 in a bad situation, similar to his role last year when Montgomery and Joe Mixon were out.
Insight pagePositiveRole22:45
Ian Hartitz projects Woody Marks as a volume-based RB2 for Week 6 and beyond with Dave Montgomery out (week to week, groin injury). The Houston offense has shown limited historical interest in passing to Marks, positioning him as the volume-based back in a Texans offense that will rely on the ground game. However, Marks faces a tough matchup against the Jaguars and continues to deal with poor offensive line play (bottom 10). Marks handled all 19 backfield touches after Montgomery left, posting 85 scoreless yards and a 24-yard touchdown run nullified by a holding penalty.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00is a great day to break down my week six fantasy football running back rankings and tiers. Going to be going through the
0:04top 48 running backs alongside a bigger picture question at the end of every tier. Things like who is the best and
0:10worst matchups in the trenches. Who has done the most cool [ __ ] this season?
0:14That's right, I invented a stat called cool [ __ ] best handcuffs to be stashing on your bench, all that and much much
0:18more. So, appreciate you guys tuning in.
0:20And with that, let's get after it with the RB1 here in week six, Bejon Robinson because we have Jir Gibbs on by. So,
0:27bean the RB3 on the season. to shout out to spoiler my RB2 Kenneth Walker here.
0:32But I do think whether it's going to be a hobble Michael Pennix under center with the rib injury or tuoa, god forbid,
0:38we're going to see the Falcons lean on the B Robinsons more than ever here in this spot. So again, didn't need any
0:43reason to be playing Bejon anyway. But you look at the Bears, third worst defense in the NFL and RB rush yards
0:49before contact allow per carry.
0:51Expecting fireworks down in Atlanta. RB2 mentioned it. Keith Walker, guys, one of only 13 running backs to rack up 110 plus PPR points in the first four weeks
1:02of the season in the 21st century. So, as great as you think Walker has been to start this season, he's probably even
1:08been even better. So, also could see the Chiefs running the ball a lot this week as big- time home favorites against the
1:14Chargers with Taekquin Thornton at least on the sideline. Potentially, Rasheed Rice joining him as well. My RB3, it's going to be Jonathan Taylor against the
1:21Titans, guys. hasn't been all that great for JT this year. He's had plenty of multi-touchdown games. I don't think Jonathan Taylor fantasy managers are too
1:28sad with the returns to so so far, but averaging south of four yards per carry for the first time of his career. And
1:35when you do look at it now, guys, is in a position where maybe it's not going to be all of a sudden, you know, another
1:40home run season. We do have Daniel Jones and the offense struggling as a whole.
1:44And again, we just happen to get the big plays. That said, should be having good times ahead because we get a Titans
1:50defense that man, three straight games they have allowed three touchdowns to Jonathan Taylor in and PPR points.
1:56That's translated 39.8, 32.8, and 37.4 PPR points for Jonathan Taylor. So, again, I can't tell you if the rest of the season is going to be, you know,
2:06back to balling like it's the first half of 2025 or not, but at least for one beautiful Sunday of week six, I think we
2:12get there for JT. For RB4, we got Derrick Henry, guys going up against the Browns and the Browns defense that honestly without Miles Garrett, not a
2:20group we were overly fairing anyway, but you take away Mason Graham and Mike Hall, and we saw what happened last week
2:25with Brown Allen finding a way to run over them. We could also see their stud linebacker Carson Swedinger actually sideline as well. He's dealing with an
2:32ankle sprain. So, yeah, bad news when he got the big dog coming to town. Derrick Henry this year on pace for 27
2:37touchdowns, 1829 total yards. And even last week's lineman could have been that much bigger. got stopped at the one yard line not once but twice and did not
2:45score on the same drive expecting 100 plus yards and probably even more than one touchdown here this Sunday against the Brownies RB5 I got Kron Williams
2:53guys it was like a down week five performance for him on Monday Night Football particularly with so many you know big time point totals going on in
3:01that game but still got 19.6 six PPR points. So, it was just a situation where we actually saw Blake Cororm get
3:07his first red zone carry of the season.
3:09Not even goal line, red zone. He happened to punch it in for a touchdown.
3:12So, Kairen still playing some great football on the season. When we look at the Bills, they are implied to be I'm
3:17sorry, the Rams uh they're being implied to actually score a week high 33 points, guys. That's right. The Rams are implied
3:23to score 33 points this week when looking at their Vegas implied team total, which is again just kind of taking the difference between our
3:30spreads and overunders to see what Vegas is expecting. and implying every team to be scoring. The Bills are in second place at 29.25. So, there is a gulf
3:37between the Bills and the projected league best offense in the Rams this week. And we're expecting Kyro Williams to, as usual, be a big-time beneficiary
3:45of that.
3:47RB6, we got Christian McCaffrey, guys.
3:48Monday Night Football going up against the Commanders. Now, it hasn't been the usual CMC dominance this year, okay?
3:54He's not averaging north of 20 fantasy points per game, but he's still at 18.3, and that's good for RB10 status on the
4:01season. So the 49ers offense looks great and now they might actually not have too much of a choice but to lean on CMC a
4:07little bit more with dbo Samuel missing time with the hamstring injury. So the commanders actually have been better against the run. They're seventh in the
4:14EPA allow per rush compared to the past where they ranked 25th. But just with everything CMC can do as a receiver, I'm
4:20not letting that matchup get me too hot and bothered here. So CMC again looking great in this matchup against a commander defense that even with some of
4:28those numbers cuz I'll say this guys if you do look at the best you know run defenses in the league. I should say if
4:33you look at defenses that are much better against the run in the pass more times than not they're usually a pretty
4:38bad overall defense because it's 2026 for crying out loud. You want to be better against the pass than you do the
4:43run. So keep that in mind when looking at some of these again perceived rough on paper matchups particularly for someone like CMC who can do so much as
4:50receiver and obviously has a weekly multi-touchdown scoring upside. RB7 I got James Cook guys. I don't love the fumble stuff going on. You would like to
5:00think he's going to be able to figure it out. Ball security is job security as we know but man 10 fumbles since the
5:05beginning of last season. Nobody else has more than six at least among RBs.
5:10Although that RB was six is Bejian Robinson. So again, I do think there's something to just the general idea that hey, guys who touch the ball a ton are
5:19naturally going to be winding up near the top of the leaderboard and fumbles as well. A similar thing goes on with
5:24wide receivers who get a ton of targets also generally dropping more balls. But obviously, you know, a drop is much different than an actual turnover, which
5:31we have seen more from Cook. So Joe Brady seemed to share a similar sentiment after the game basically saying like, "Hey, we love James. He's a
5:38great rusher, but at some point we need to correct these things and we need to be better about it. So, not too too
5:45concerned. We are still looking at a guy averaging 106 rushing yards per game. I mean, the Bills offense really as a
5:50whole, particularly running the football, playing almost a different game than the rest of the NFL out here.
5:55So, it's not ideal. And hey, spoiler because of that. I'm not, you know, at the very end of this video, we'll get to
6:00the best handcuff stashes that you can be having on your bench right now. But Ray Davis, guys, I I just still don't
6:06get why he's been shafted like he has been. I mean, Tank Begsby is awesome, don't get me wrong, but before this
6:11season started, when I was kind of going through like, all right, if every single RB1 decided to take a season long
6:16vacation, where would we be ranking the RB2s? And I had Tech Bsby RB3 and Ray Davis RB4. And guess what? That was
6:22freaking wrong because look how much better the Bills offense is than the Eagles. So Tai Johnson would be involved on passing downs, but just saying like
6:30look, Bills had many, many millions of reasons to figure things out with James Cook. He's still a damn good football player despite all these fumbles
6:37happening recently. But yeah, Ray Davis, one injury or god forbid another couple fumbles away from being on the cover of every single Waverwire article in the
6:45industry.
6:47RB8, welcome back to the RB1 club.
6:49Arandre Stevenson, guys, now it took an injury to get here. We do have Trevion Henderson expecting to miss likely multiple weeks with a high ankle sprain,
6:57but put some respect on Mandre's name.
6:59All right, we saw him last season work as one of the most efficient rushers and receivers in all of football. And even
7:04this year, man, despite playing through some pain by his own self, we have still seen this dude continue to rank really
7:10towards the top of the league in more advanced metrics than not. Looking at NextGen stats, rushing yards over expected per carry, he's 11th and he's
7:17got 15 catches for 111 receiving yards to his name as well. And guess what? We saw in week one when the Patriots, you
7:24know, lost to the Seattle Seahawks where it was just Stephvenson out there and what happened? He got a complete workhorse roll. Everybody, I am talking
7:3218 carries, six targets on an elite 85% snap rate. Now, that was again with a struggling Drake May against the defending Super Bowl champions in week
7:40one. That did not go well. Now, we get a Jets team, all right, that has been playing pretty good defense on paper.
7:46I'm not trying to take that away from them, but let's face it, if we get Drake May playing like he has been playing
7:51over the course of the past two weeks, I don't think there's many, if any, groups that are going to be able to totally
7:55slow him down. So, I know I know we got the schedule thing going on, but I'm just not quite ready to put the Jets in
8:02that actual group of defenses where we need to be actively worried about them.
8:06And when you kind of get past that point, I don't think we're need to be having the schedule conversation for Drake May and the rest of the Patriots
8:12for that matter for quite some time.
8:14They get the Jets this week, followed by the Bears, Dolphins, Packers, Lions.
8:18Then it's a week 11 buy. Then they're facing the Chargers and Bills. So you could argue guys, it's not going to be
8:23until December 10th against the Vikings until we have a real matchup that we actively need to be worried about again.
8:28So just something to keep in mind there.
8:30So long story short, 20 plus touch upside for a player who we know is capable of working across all three downs and has been trusted to have that
8:38role as a seven and a half point home favorite. That's the sort of stuff that top 10 running back fantasy dreams are
8:44made of.
8:46Last guy in this tier, I got RB9, Chuba Hubard going up against the Eagles. And hey, lest me forget guys, before the
8:51Panthers week five buy, Chuba is absolutely balling out here as the running back y'all with Jonathan Brooks unfortunately IR with that core muscle
8:58injury. 23 and 21 touches on an elite 84% snap rate during these two games without Brooks in the picture. and Chuba
9:06just like Ronda Stevenson even to a better extent has been looking good with the opportunities in that same rushing yards overexpected precarious stat only
9:13Kenneth Walker Jaylen Warren and Bejon Robinson have Trouba beat out this season we've also gotten plenty of receiving upside and that's what makes
9:20me feel better here despite the tough matchup at the line of scrimmage at least against Jaylen Carter and company we're looking at a group that again is
9:2711th in RB rush yards allowed before contact per carry we saw them give the Jaguars some trouble at the line of
9:32scrimmage last week but true this year as ninth in receiving PPR points per game at 7.6. That's more than Chase Brown. And it blows my mind somehow
9:41still even more than Christian McCaffrey himself. So Trouba, he's in a good situation where the Panthers offense is scoring. They're leaving him on the
9:48field for almost every single snap. And even if they fall behind, I'm not worried about him getting game scripted out of the situation because they're
9:55fine throwing him the football. Chuba Hubard staying in the top 10 and continuing to look like one of the best picks in all fantasy football.
10:02All right, main question for this tier, guys. I want to look at the best and worst matchups at the line of scrimmage
10:06this week. Okay, so one of the recurring segments we do here on our running back rangers and tears breakdown. I mentioned
10:12stat before, but RB rush yards before contact per carry tends to be my go-to for trying to quantify run blocking.
10:18Okay, it's not perfect, but we are just again trying to look at how much how many yards on average running backs are
10:23getting before they get contact. Usually the offensive line has a little something to do with that. So in our hand dandy chart here, red constitutes a
10:30bad matchup, blue constitutes a good matchup. Usually we see a lot more blue, but we have such a big outlier in the
10:35Buffalo Bills that they are pretty much hogging it all to themselves. So yes, James Cook, Ray Davis, maybe even Tai Johnson set up for all kinds of success
10:44against the Raiders this week. And again, this is running [clears throat] backs only, so I'm not even giving a boost to the Josh Allen and mobile
10:50quarterback situations that could make this look even more severe. So again, looking great here for the Bills. Also a really good match up for Kyron Williams
10:57and Blake Corm, something we'll get to later. I know it's mostly been the Kairen show this season, but as we saw
11:02in week two when they were able to blow out the New York Football Giants, that was a situation where they built a big
11:08lead and all of a sudden the touches and according to production looked a bit closer between Kairen and Blake Cororum.
11:13Meanwhile, bad matchups of the week, Seahawks, Texans, Jaguars, Chargers, Raiders, and Cowboys stand out as the running backs probably the least likely
11:21to have all sorts of big lanes to run through.
11:24Tier two guys, I got top 20 options with at least one concern. But let's face it, we're still starting these guys in far
11:30more fancy lineups than not. Starting off with RB10, Jaylen Warren. Even with Rico Dow coming back, how can I move Jaylen Warren out of the top 10, guys?
11:4020.6, 15.6, most recently 36.8 PPR points as the running back, y'all, in Pittsburgh. And just looking fantastic doing it, guys. Like, we're talking
11:49about the RB2 and yards per carry at 5.9 and the RB3 and yards per target at 8.8.
11:54eight. All these advanced analytics nerds, all these fantasy virgins over the years have been screaming that Jaylen Warren is him. And hey, at least
12:01in the three-game sample without Rico Dattle, that's exactly what he has been.
12:05Mike McCarthy two weeks ago was saying that he was more so woowing or at least thinking or at least telling us that he
12:11was going to move back towards more of a committee system if and when Rico is back. Seemed to change his tune. He
12:16actually said quote, "Jayallen is our feature player right now." When asked about the RB split moving forward. So against VA and company, it's not the
12:23best matchup in the world. But when we got someone like Jaylen who can rip off big plays and factor in the receiving
12:28game, I'm not overthinking one of the best running backs operating right now.
12:32Jaylen Warren aka Jenz Austin Eckler.
12:34Anyone? RB10 RB1 in your hearts.
12:38RB11 Javvante Williams guys ahead of this potential if not likely shootout here Cowboys Packers on Sunday Night Football. Get your popcorn ready for
12:46that one. So Javvante guys, 20 touchdowns in 21 games with the Cowboys.
12:50The efficiency hasn't been fantastic this year. He averaged 4.8 yards per carry last year, just 3.7 this year. But on the other side, we actually have
12:58gotten a newfound receiving floor. 6.5 PPR points per game as a receiver. He's just behind Bree Hall and Christian McCaffrey, firmly inside of positions
13:07top 13. So, that's been good to see. And just at the end of the day, as much as again the efficiency hasn't been great,
13:12what makes him not a dead zone running back is the fact that he continues to be the touch leader inside the league's
13:17seventh highest scoring offense. And let's face it, top seven is still something where it feels more like the, you know, middle or the floor part of
13:25things. If the Cowboys finish top three in scoring by the end of the season, I don't think any of us should be
13:29surprised. So Javvante Williams again would be cool to see this Cowboys offensive line get healthier and just start opening up some bigger holes.
13:36We'll be talking about some of the again big-time struggle busting offenses in that category here in a bit. But Javvante still very much a low-end RB1
13:43at worst. RB12, if he's back, I got Saquon Barkley going against the Panthers, guys. Now, it is a very reasonable matchup here and everything.
13:52I'm just hoping that a healthy hamstring not hurt version of Saquon Barkley can be out there for us. So, he's been good
14:02in the limited sample. Okay. 5.1 yards for carry. Last year he was at 4.1. It's just nothing as a receiver. Four catches
14:10for eight yards and there's been so many injuries on this Eagles offensive line.
14:14This is the part where it's just tough with some of these good on paper matchups. No, I'm not scared of the
14:19Carolina Panthers rush defense, but I'm also not scared of the Philadelphia Eagles run blocking. All right, so again, it's kind of like that movable
14:26object meeting a stoppable force sort of situation that we got going on here. So, it feels weird to be so queasy like
14:33ranking Saquon Barkley as a top 12 running back and even like this low.
14:37But, you know what? Again, it is a top five matchup on paper and I do think a hopefully healthy version of Saquon is
14:43good enough to take advantage of it.
14:45Also, we might be able to get some goal line carries. Okay, talked about this in my quarterback rankings and tears breakdown, but the fourth and one carry
14:52to Will Shipley last week, I think was very telling. We have seen since 2023, Jaylen Herz on the field for 28 plays in
15:00which the Eagles ran the ball on fourth and one. Jaylen Herz had the rush attempt on 25 of those plays, guys. The
15:08only three that weren't, we had a random Kenneth Gainwell run up the middle. We had a Saquon Barkley fake tush push
15:13play. And then we had last week's handoff to Will Shipley. So it's Will Shipley. It's their third string pass down back. I understand the last time we
15:22saw Saquon, Andy Dalton was under center and he couldn't push it across the goal line. That was not a great look. But
15:27man, if they're willing to give Will Shipley fourth and one carries, I would like to think that means they're going to be giving it to Saquon, particularly
15:36with the issues that they seemly have either with Jaylen Herz and his calf doing the tush push or more likely their
15:41offensive line issues. So, Squan, very rare that I feel again this iffy about him on the RB1 borderline, but as we get
15:48into the upcoming names, I think you guys will kind of see why that he still is in my top 12.
15:53RB13, I got DeAndre Swift going up against the Atlanta Falcons, a front seven that looked freaking dominant throughout most of the first month of
16:00the season and then, you know, gave up over 200 plus yards to Derrick Henry and even Justice Hill out there. So, didn't
16:06exactly look good on Sunday Night Football. I don't think they're a bad defense, but also don't think we should necessarily be afraid of them when we
16:12have a team like the Chicago Bears where pretty similarly, guys, has played more good than bad football this year. I am
16:17thinking we'll get Caleb Williams back and if it's going to be a healthy version, that really could help open up the rest of the run game with everything
16:23he can do as a threat on the ground. So, with DeAndre Swift, I will say he only had 13 touches last week. Now, he
16:29managed pretty well with them. 73 total yards and a touchdown. Don't be fooled off though by the Roshan Johnson usage.
16:35A lot of that just came and mop-up duty down multiple scores in the fourth quarter. In fact, Swift played 76% of
16:41the offensive snaps there in the first three quarters. We actually saw 18 to five snaps in favor of Roshan in the
16:47fourth. So DeAndre Swift, he's been the RB13 this season in PPR points per game.
16:52That's where I have him ranked here ahead of Sunday. RB14, I got Braille Allen, guys. It was good to go back the
16:59well and get a hell of a performance last week. And yeah, he has played 94% 86% of the snaps in these two games
17:05without Bree Hall in action. Looking good with it, man. Look, I'm not trying to hate on Bree Hall, but every rushing
17:13number and efficiency stat and whatever.
17:16It's going to tell you that the 22y old bulldozer has been better this season.
17:21Maybe Bree was dealing with other injuries before he suffered the quad injury that's knocked him out here.
17:25Okay, we never quite know with these players, but man, the most damning one I can find is the one that matches the eye
17:31test for me. Bree Hall super dynamic in the open field. He's a great receiver. I I don't see him getting much push a lot
17:39of times, man. First defender bring them down a lot, particularly when he's running between the tackles. Not so much with Brayon Allen. I don't love yards
17:46after contact as a stat because it gets skewed by long runs. They break an arm tackle at line of scrimmage and they
17:51rush for 60 yards. That's why you see guys like Devon Achan and Trayvon Henderson in past years ranking so highly on yards after contact. Even
17:57though when you watch them you're like wait I don't exactly see them picking up that many yards after contact. I like to
18:02look at the percentage of carries at a running back gets at least three yards after contact. And hey on the season
18:08Allen he's 10th at 47% and dead last among 53 qualified running backs is Bree Hall at 21%. So unfortunately assuming Bruce Hall is out
18:20this is not going to be a great game script for Braille and Allen in all likelihood. Roads 7.5 point underdogs again that's not ideal. Even though we
18:27have seen him out there a lot we also haven't seen a bunch of receiving production at the same time. And if we
18:32do see them again trailing a ton early maybe Isaiah Davis does get more involved. So I still think 15 to 20
18:38touches for a good running back with the upside for more. God forbid the Jets can surprise people this Sunday. Brillon Allen, top 15 running back for me.
18:46Certainly felt better about him last week when again we had the idea that all right, we're facing the Browns who's banged up and we had the weather. More
18:53things were going Brailen's way then.
18:55But the guy's playing good football and I will say if Brilen is all of a sudden reduced back to RB2 and Bruce Hall is
19:01there, I kind of worry if Bree is gonna have the same near every down workload.
19:06So if Brilin is going to be back to RB2, Bree Hall returns this week. I would probably just rank Bree Hall right
19:14around here. Maybe a spot lower, but RB14, RB15 until we can be for sure that Brilland didn't just earn himself a lot
19:21more opportunity here moving forward.
19:24RB15, I got Bashaw Tutin, guys. Once again, home in London taking on the Houston Texans. Mentioned that three plus yards after contact stat. Tuton's
19:32first in that. And also, hell, he's fourth in tackles avoided per carry this year. He is also seventh in explosive rush rate which is 12 plus you know
19:39yards per 12 plus yard carries out there. He played a season high 68% snaps last week received a careerhigh 25 combined carries and targets and he's
19:49just the RB19 in PPR points per game.
19:51That's the thing. It's like that old tweet where it was like every single week I see show Otani and Mike Trout on
19:58the Angels doing something that hasn't been done since Babe Ruth and then all of a sudden it's like and the Angels
20:03lost nine to four. That's how I feel like it is with Bashaw Tutin. He had 75 yards after contact, only 65 actual
20:10rushing yards, racked up 10 missed tackles for us on the week, and he scored 9.8 fantasy points. So, I'm sticking with the by lowish call. It
20:20would be a lot cooler if this Jaguars offensive line didn't rank uh dead last in RB rush yards before contact for
20:27carries. So, it's not a perfect situation. This week could be tough against the Houston Texans. I'm actually anticipating both offenses trying to
20:34more so air the ball out. Again, looked earlier at some of the toughest matchups of the week. Both sides of the football,
20:40the running games could have some troubles here on Sunday. But man, Tuton's talent looks good. We do believe in the Liam Cohen Trevor Lawrence
20:47partnership and accordingly the scoring upside this offense. Chris Rodriguez, those repeated mistakes on the goal line really going to be rough. I don't think
20:54it's a coincidence. He only played a care, you know, a season low, nine snaps, I should say, last week. Better days ahead for Bashaw Tutin. I don't
21:00know if this is going to be one of those days directly, but still someone I certainly want to try to get on my
21:05fantasy team if at all possible for the stretch run.
21:09RB16, I got Bucky Irving going up against the Steelers. Hand up. Should have been higher on Bucky Irving last week. Just overestimated the Cowboys. I
21:17think I even talked I forget, you know, I record all these different position ones. On one of those shows last week,
21:22it might have been this one. I was just talking about like, hey, Cowboys g they're gonna get together. They're young. They're still learning the
21:29scheme. They got some injuries. You know, De Marvin overshowing some other guys who were banged up. They're going to, you know, snap out of it. I I don't
21:36I don't know if any of that's going to be true. Probably the Homerism in me leading me to believe better days are
21:41going to be ahead. Either way, man, shout out Bucky Irving. He's looked great this season. And again, racking up 175 yards and not one, but two
21:49touchdowns while looking so good even against a bad defense. All due credit to Mr. Bucky Irving. And that's honestly why I'm giving him this benefit of the
21:56doubt because I do not trust this Buccaneers offense though, guys. As long as Jaylen Daniels is under center and honestly neither is Vegas. All right,
22:04the Bucks are implied to score just 19 points this week. That's barely ahead of the Browns and the Tennessee Titans. So,
22:09do I think Bucky is better than Quinnon Junkens and Tony Pard? Yes, I have them ranked ahead of those guys accordingly,
22:15but it's still a bit of a gap before we can actually get up into the top 12 even in a week with four teams on buy. So
22:22again, Bucky, he's been great with all his opportunities this year. Guess what?
22:26The two weeks before he got to play the Cowboys, we had 61 and 58 scoreless yards. And even in that Cowboys game,
22:32two catches, and we saw Shawn Tucker get stuffed on the goal line later in that game, it's still not the most fantasy
22:39friendly role in the world. Great player, bad offense. Accordingly, mid-tier RB2.
22:45RB 17. I got Woody Mars going up against the Jaguars, guys. We are expecting Dave Montgomery to be out this week. he is
22:50considered week to week with a groin injury. So after Monty left the picture, Woody Marks handled all 19 of the backfield's touches. Only had 85
22:58scoreless yards, but he did have a pretty nice 24 yard touchdown run.
23:01Unfortunately nullified by uh in what my opinion uh was a pretty tickytack holding penalty on Brevin Jordan. So problem is it's a tough matchup and it's
23:09just a situation I don't think has done either Deont or Woody Marx any favors. I keep seeing this sentiment online where
23:16it's like Woody Marx is so much better than Dave Montgomery. And okay, fine, that's true. It's not translating to hardly anything, man. He does have
23:24better numbers than Deont. Guess what?
23:26They're still in the bottom 10 among actual other running backs. Like, we're just stuck comparing Woody Marks against another running back who's been really
23:34bad. So yes, Woody compared compared to David Montgomery has been better, has been putting up better numbers, but relative and compared in the rest of the
23:42league, it's still been brutal because good god, this Texans offensive line has been bad. Now we get a tough matchup against the Jaguars. We got a Houston
23:51offense that really hasn't shown too much interest in throwing the football to Woody Marks over the years. I know he's got that club in his bag, man. We
23:58saw it all the time in college and everything, but just to me, we saw this last year. Woody Marks was a volume-based RB2 when Nick Tub was
24:06out of the picture and without Joe Mixon in the picture as well. And now without Dave Montgomery, I think Woody Marx is,
24:12wait for it, a volume based RB2.
24:15RB18, I'm going with Emanuel Wilson, guys. Seahawks RB1, I think, for another week. I will be pretty surprised if Zack Sharon makes it back here on the short
24:22week to go ahead and take on the Broncos. Look, we've seen Wilson play well. 120 yards and two touchdowns in week four. Didn't have 72 yards and a
24:29touchdown in week five. lost a fumble, but it was it was an honorable fumble to lose. You know, Fred Warner coming in
24:35absolutely uh peanut punching that thing out. Meanwhile, George Alani is just straight up dropping the ball in the open field and then later giving up a
24:42touchdown on ball security that was ready to make Tom Brady uh, you know, freaking say some mean things up there in the commentator booth. So, look, I
24:49don't know that Wilson is a super talented, you know, real life running back or anything like that, but I know the Broncos have been a very rough
24:57football team. I wouldn't be surprised if Seahawks are able to build a lead in this one. 20 plus touches on an offense
25:02that you know we can reasonably believe to be able to push for 30 points against more teams than not. Good enough for top
25:0720 treatment for me. RB19. I'm going Ashen Genty guys against the Buffalo Bills. It is a great matchup, but man, whether you want to blame it on Genty
25:18being a bad football player, the fact he's actively injured, like Clint Kubak literally said, quote, "Yes, Ashton is beat up. It's a testament to how tough
25:26he is that he's out there playing today for his teammates." Or you want to blame an offensive line that almost similar to
25:32the Cowboys defense. It's like, oh, how could they be any worse than last year and they're they're getting pretty close. It's all these bad factors
25:42and I just really struggle to see any of those turning around for Sunday.
25:48To see Genty look as limited as he did last week and accordingly only have 16 combined carries and targets, only playing 59% of the snaps in the first
25:56three quarters of the game before we even got to the blowout stuff in the fourth quarter. It's problematic, man.
26:02So, he still managed, I think, 50 yards receiving, got loose a little bit against some soft defense and everything. We saw what the dude was
26:08capable in week one, but unfortunate August injuries seems to be carrying on to this year. Now when he's picking up other stuff midweek in practice, really
26:16is tough to be feeling good about this.
26:17So it is the highest game total match up of the week at 53 and a half points. I will consider moving Genty up the ranks
26:23if we see him actually having full practices and we're getting words from Clint Kubak saying that yeah, he's healthier than he was before. But man,
26:31really tough to get behind Ashen Genty.
26:32It's been a really rough start to his career and this season that I don't think is all his fault, but at the same
26:38time, it's not just about is it this guy's fault or not. We need to say, are they going to be scoring fantasy points
26:42this weekend and I just don't see him getting many. Similar sentiment, guys, for RB20. Jeremiah Love, he got picked number three overall for a reason.
26:52Jumped over a couple guys. It was like a pile thing last week. It was a cool run.
26:58Still hasn't been good.
27:01Can we get a 20 plus yard run, man? Or a catch. 78 touches without a 20 plus yard gain this year. That is tied for the
27:10fourth most in the league.
27:12Got Chase Brown in that group. Marian Hampton, Christian McCaffrey. So, look, you can have a bunch. Jir Gibbs doesn't have a 25 plus yard touch this year. I
27:23don't think Jir Gibbs fantasy managers are too upset about that. It's a little bit of an arbitrary number, but Love also ranks among the bottom 10 RBs in
27:31tackles avoided and yards after contact per carry. Same thing with the percentage of carries three plus yards after contact. I don't think the
27:39Cardinals offensive lines helped. Their bottom 10 the metrics we tal about and they lost their left tackle Paris Johnson for the season and Tyler Aier's
27:46been annoying. These are all fair things for Jeremiah Love Truthers, for Notre Dame fans, for Cardinals fans to hang their hats on. I'm not here to hang my
27:57hat on anything other than trying to figure out who's going to be scoring the most fantasy points in week six. I don't
28:02see Jeremiah Love getting there. And to be honest with you, I'm struggling to see a near time where it's going to
28:09change. The thing this offense is living on right now is volume. As much as Jacobe Brassette has the lowest average of yards per attempt in the league, he
28:19can keep the offense moving enough to still get guys like Trey McBride and usually Michael Wilson their numbers.
28:26When we also need love to get there and we haven't seen them fully trust him as a receiver and we're not getting big
28:32plays to help offset some of the lack of volume, it's just problematic, guys. Both ankles are hurt. I think he's out there. Usage
28:42is up and down. Just a really bad combination of things going on for Jeremiah Love right now. As much as I
28:48would love to say he's going to figure it out and he'll have better days ahead and he probably will have better days
28:52ahead. Good luck trying to guess him right now. And if we do see Jacobe continuing to struggle, man, I don't know. Gardner Menchu, Carson Beck, it
29:01could get worse in Arizona. [snorts] That's all I'm saying. So right now Jeremiah Love RB20 would love to see a big play against the Los Angeles Rams
29:09though. I know the Bills ran on them, but that's the Bills not as optimistic here in these Cardinals. Key question though for this tier is going to be
29:17asking the question, who are the league's most efficient rushers and receivers right now? I went ahead and got this handy dandy graph made on True
29:23Media. X-axis is yards per carry, Yaxis is yards per target. So did minimum of 50 touches here to try to get players
29:31with a decent sample size. You know what I'm saying? With all due respect in the guys balling out in 26 or so touches,
29:36but the most elite running back. Yes, that's right. The guy who's at the top of this tier, Mr. Jaylen Mo. We also see
29:42our usual suspects up there, Jir Gibbs, Bejan Robinson, Bashaw Tutin. But additional shouts to Kyle Manungai, and Chubo Huard really, really, really have
29:49been making the most out of their opportunities this season. Players who have been really good at rushing, not so good at receiving, Kenneth Walker, Bucky
29:55Irving, Olly Gordon, and James Cook.
29:58Meanwhile, good at receiving and bad at rushing, Bree Hall. in a smaller sample.
30:01Dave Montgomery and the guys who have been struggling to get pretty much anything going as a rusher or receiver.
30:07Yep, it's Jeremiah Love, man. Jeremiah Love and JK Dobbins, the only two running backs with at least 50 touches, averaging under four yards per target
30:15and yards per carry. Also see Woody Marks, Chase Brown, Marshon Lloyd, Quinn Shawn Judkins, Javvante Williams, even Jonathan Taylor, uh Tony Pard and Bron
30:24Allen down there as well. So Brillin Pard been a little bit better as rushers. Same thing with JT. But man, still not good company for what we
30:32believe to be some of the league's more talented Arby's to be in. And that again goes back to the kind of consensus
30:37opinion that we love to have, but sometimes we got kind of get lost in the sauce with running backs tend to be the
30:43most dependent position on the rest of their offense on their O line quarterback play caller. And this is what can happen when we see really
30:50really bad combinations of that being thrusted onto a running back. Tier three guys, beggars can't be choosers. And accordingly, welcome to the top 24.
30:59Marshon Lloyd going up against the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. Look, it hasn't been an efficient season. I just showed you guys the graph where
31:06Lloyd is very much in the bad group of players. We started to see some flashes though. Hit the fun hurdle in week four.
31:12Truck stick in week five. The bar was low, but we saw him displace Caleb Johnson as the running back. Caleb did
31:20not get on the field until the fourth quarter. The stats were still fairly close with Pierre Strong, which I know is a little bit damning in and of
31:28itself, but Pier Strong, man, had five rushes for seven yards. Lloyd has now, I think, actually won over this coaching staff a little bit and he gets rewarded
31:38with the best matchup we could ask for.
31:40Okay, the Cowboys front seven is a little bit better than the secondary, but that's not saying too much. All right, but I'm just, you know, Quinnon
31:47Williams and some of those guys maneuvering around the line. It's not a layup here, particularly for a Packers offensive line. Doesn't deserve the
31:53benefit of the doubt, but man, 15-ish opportunities for someone in this matchup in a potential Sunday night shootout. Marshon Lloyd, RB21. Again, as
32:02we get into next four or five names, I think you guys will see why it's not that crazy of a take. RB22, I got Cam
32:08Scataboo, guys. I'm just worried about the potential for that overtime fumble to come back to bite him. All right, Naji Harris lost a fumble earlier this
32:15year and basically got doghouse for the rest of that game. didn't impact him in the future, but you know, Scataboo probably hasn't been playing well enough
32:23to completely not have to worry about this. Naji, some numbers say he's been better success rate, the yards after contact, they're averaging the same
32:33amount of yards per carry. Scatteroo's snaps gone from 77% in week three to 64 and 63% these last two games. I'd much
32:41rather have Scat out there. I don't think he's going to be like doghouse doghouse, but we've already seen them moving Tyron Tracy and Devin Singleary
32:48up and down. Naji's, you know, not exactly going away. It's a winnable matchup, man. League war Saints defense and PPR points per game allowed to
32:57opposing RBs, but you know, they have faced the Lions and the Ravens and the Falcons. I feel like we do a good job of
33:04looking at maybe some fraudulent defenses and it's like, well, look at the quarterbacks they played. That's why their numbers are good. It goes both
33:10ways. You know what I'm saying? you're facing Jir Gibbs, Bejan Robinson, and Dererick Henry. Guess what? You give up a lot of points. So, I know Brian
33:16Robinson had three touchdown game in there as well. My point is the usage and the touches are suddenly looking at least a little bit questionable for
33:25Scataboo. It's not an offense that we're expecting that many fireworks out of. I do worry about this run game if things
33:33are going to be even more split up. So, Scataboo, RB22. I would be willing to move him up a handful of spots if we do
33:38get some level of confirmation that we're not looking at reduced playing time. RB23, I got Quinnon Judkins against the Ravens. We got to keep an
33:46eye on this ankle injury, but it's not going to help. And we could also see the return of Dylan Samson coming back from
33:51IR with his own knee injury. So, honestly, it's been a bit of a saving grace for Judkins getting more receiving work these last few games. Uh but man,
33:59you do actually now look at Samson coming back and we just have someone who for the life of them cannot average over
34:04four yards per carry. I think he's gotten to that mark one time in his last 15 games now. So only the Titans, Jets,
34:10and Chargers are implied to score fewer points to the Browns this week. Yeah.
34:14Again, this is the point I would say in the rankings where if you have a close sit decision, give me the wide receiver
34:19a hell, maybe even the tight end at this point. That does include RB24, Tony Pard. Similar sentiment. Colts dead last and EPA allowed per rush. similar
34:27sentiment to Scataboo, I would say. But it's just what's the upside we're chasing at this point. Tony Pard has not reached 14 PPR points in a game this
34:36season. He has reached 15, which is not that crazy of a number. Full PPR, 15 points. He has reached 15 PPR points
34:43twice since the beginning of last season. That's the same amount as Audrey Estame. Same amount as Alvin Chimera, Sam Piran, and even his teammate Taj
34:51Spears. So 15 plus touches in a winnable enough matchup. I get it. There's a floor here. But if you're chasing a
34:59ceiling, Tony Per is not that guy, pal.
35:02RB25, I got Blake Cororm going against the Cardinals. All right. There are some starting running backs that I feel bad enough about that. You know what? Go
35:09ahead and give me 10 to 12 touches from Blake Cororm. Saw him get the red zone touch. And honestly, we've seen him make
35:14the most out of his touches all season long. He's actually tied with Ky Williams for the fifth most yards per touch this season if you play around
35:20with the, you know, minimum touch thresholds enough. So again, it's been a relative disappointing start for Cororm this I get it. But you know, in week
35:27two, the one game that we truly saw the Rams get to play with a lead, which you know is reasonable to think they can get
35:33here as 12 and a half point home favorites. In that week two game against the Giants, we saw Corm have season high
35:38marks and touches with 13 and yards with 92. I could see something close to that come to fruition here this Sunday. RB26,
35:45the other be Robinson. Give me Brian Robinson Jr. against the Bears guys.
35:49Again, this comes down to belief that Michael Pennock's playing through a rib injury or god forbid too is going to be
35:53under center. Why not just keep feeding the Robinsons out here? So, we did see that in week three with 10 carries in
35:59week four or 14. I'm not saying they're going to necessarily be able to build a lead against the Bears in the same way
36:04they were able to in those games. I just think it's a matter of their quarterbacks being hurt and the Bears defense, not that it's exactly look good
36:10in the secondary against the Packers. I get it. But it really is that run defense that at least in my opinion and
36:15what the analytics are trying to tell us is the biggest problem there. So, hey, 40 plus carries for Bejon and Brian.
36:21Let's see what happens. RB27. I got JK Dobbins going up against the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football. Good to see him
36:27find the end zone. Another game though, under four yards per carry. And this Broncos offense just man as a whole looks absolutely broke. So this is the
36:35league's second best defense and EP allowed per play and EPA allowed per rush. I could just see the Broncos falling behind and either not giving the
36:42ball to JK Dobbins or just having RJ Harvey/Tyler Bedet out there on the field more often. RB28, I got to Cory
36:49Crossing Merrick going up against the San Francisco 49ers. Another tough matchup guys. Fred Warner and the 49ers top five in EPA allow per rush this
36:56season. And we're talking about a Washington offensive line that ranks 27th in Rotoire's updated offensive line rankings. So Rashad White led the way in
37:04snaps last week 60% versus 35%.
37:07He didn't get any touches and it was Jakory that actually ripped off the 30 plus yard touchdown run. That was nice
37:12to see. But it was also against the Giants and man just more bad than good from this Washington run game that
37:18hasn't involved Jaden Daniels all season long. They're still keeping Austin Eckler involved. It's a three-headed committee and a game they're going to be
37:24trailing. I don't think that's going to equal more than eight to 10 touches for Jaka if I had to guess. Back to the
37:29Broncos. RB29. I got R.J. Harvey. Season low, four combined carries and targets in his first game with Shawn Peyton calling plays. Now, they were actually
37:37able to play with the lead or at least be in a competitive back and forth game for the most of that game there against
37:42the uh Chargers. So, you know, I could see in a game where they're trailing more so against the Seahawks. Yeah, we
37:48see R.J. Harvey having more than four combined targets and carries. I do think he'll have more than that, but pretty clearly guys, 17 targets in weeks three
37:56and four, one in week five.
38:00Just it doesn't seem like Shawn Peyton was rushing to get play calling back just so he can go ahead and start
38:04throwing the football to R.J. Harvey.
38:05That enough seems clear to me. And for that reason, again, much more of an RB3 than anyone I'm trying to get anywhere
38:10near my starting lineup. RB30, Amarian Hampton, guys. It's so sad. His range of outcomes here is 15 inefficient touches with arguably the worst offensive line
38:21in the league and an offense implied to score fewer points than any other offense in the league. That's right.
38:27Vegas believes and they have billions and billions of reasons to try to be right about this stuff. Vegas has the Chargers as the lowest implied offense
38:34this week. The Titans more, the Browns more, the Jets more, rock bottom here for Los Angeles Chargers. So maybe through hitting rock bottom, they'll
38:44somehow rise up from the ashes and all that garbage. But my god, man.
38:503.7 yards per carry. Kamani Vidal probably earned himself some more work with that awesome touchdown run last week. Katon Mitchell's taking most of
38:57the pass down stuff.
39:00Please sell me out of Marian Hampton, guys. I would love to hear it. Continue to look like one of the biggest busts in
39:06fantasy football. That was a depressing tear. I get it. Let's turn those frowns upside down, though. Okay, key question for this one. What running backs have
39:14done the most cool [ __ ] this season? All right, this is one of, if not my favorite kind of stat I've made up over
39:19the years. Cool [ __ ] for me, it's explosive plays, runs of 12 plus yards, receptions of 16 plus yards, plus
39:25touchdowns plus tackles avoided divided by total carries and targets. I do double count here. So, if you went wound up racking up a 50 plus yard explosive
39:34run for a touchdown, you broke three tackles along the way, that's five total counts of cool [ __ ] That'll be divided
39:40by again just one carry. So with all that said guys, went ahead and I tweeted out the full leaderboard if you're
39:46interested in that kind of thing. But our top 10 running backs in cool [ __ ] rate through five weeks. Number one by a
39:51huge margin is going to be Kenneth Walker. Number two, Chuba Hubard followed by Jir Gibbs, Bashaw Tuton, Kairen [clears throat] Williams, Olly
39:59Gordon. Always good when again what we're seeing with these analytics is matching the eye test at least in, you know, my flawed biased opinion
40:05sometimes. RB7 Caleb Johnson a little bit surprising to see there but you know what has racked up I think nine missed
40:11tackles for us has the three runs at 12 plus yards and it's a limited number of touches so that's helping him out as
40:16well Jayla Morren RJ Harvey and a similar sentiment to what we talked about with Caleb Taj Spears rounding out the top 10 and then dead last in case
40:23you're wondering if this is directionally correct Naji Harris so Kenneth Walker to Naji Harris makes some sense to me I will note though Jeremiah
40:31Love Ashton Jenty both in the bottom 10 as well so not great from those guys.
40:36But hey, speaking of the cool [ __ ] as we get into tier four, we are saying there's a small chance of success. I
40:42used a threshold of 25 combined carries and targets for that cool [ __ ] leaderboard. If I had gone down to 20,
40:49number one would have been Kenneth Walker's teammate and my RB31 this week.
40:53EMTT Johnson, guys, he has made the most out of all of his opportunities this year. And yes, there is a very scary
40:58floor in fantasy land, but we're expecting the Chiefs to play with the lead against the Chargers. Johnson's look fantastic. They're eight and a half
41:05point home favorites. Again, if we're going to have potentially Rasheed Rice out of the picture with a hamstring injury and definitely Taekquin Thornton
41:12out and the Chiefs don't really have to keep their foot on the gas, why not try to get EMTT Johnson double digit
41:16touches? Beggars can't be choosers with all these buys going on. Give me EMTT Johnson. Actually surprising this week and working as a top, you know, I
41:24haven't ranked RB31, but if he sneaks in the top 24, would not be surprised.
41:29RB32, I got Kendra Miller. He provided a spark last week and that's great. I'm not worried about the Giants always talented yet still somehow bad front
41:39seven.
41:41RB32's Kendrick Miller. RB33 is Alvin Chimera. Guys, 51 running backs have 30 plus touches this season. Chimera and Miller rank 50th and 51st in yards per
41:51touch. All right. Again, not saying it's all on them, but the Saints offensive line's been banged up. They've had some tough matchups. Tyler Shuck. Don't want
41:59to say he's completely turned back into a pumpkin, but it hasn't been pretty here recently. Not going my way to play
42:04really any Saint running back because guess what? CJ Donaldson is going to be involved as well. RB34, Katon Mitchell.
42:10Three catches in three of his last four games, which is good. But again, just a matter of all the same bad things I said
42:14about Marian Hampton also apply here.
42:16Taj Spears. Taj caught nine passes for 28 yards last week. I looked it up, guys. Fifth fewest receiving yards in NFL history in a game with nine catches.
42:26So, he had like a 30 plus yard call back in the hold. But yeah, yikes. Now, guess what? In the full PPR hellscape that
42:33many of us play in, nine catches for 28 yards. That's still 11.8 PPR points. My math is correct there. Better be. Spears
42:40caught one pass in weeks three and four combined. And against the Colts, it could actually be a game where the Titans hang around a little bit longer.
42:47So, horrific offense. Touches are uncertain. RB35. RB36 for Shaw White.
42:53Again, he led all Commanders running backs in snaps last week and he had eight freaking touches in a 70minute football game. I do not believe in this
43:00commander run strong game, particularly not in this matchup. RB37 is Kalin Black.
43:05I'm tempted to move him up a little bit.
43:08He just hasn't been doing much, man.
43:10Ever since week one, he's had seven four six and six touches. I can see the 49ers getting up on Washington, but unlike
43:16some of these other defenses and teams we've talked about here, we have seen Sunny Styles and that front seven for Washington be stronger. And we said with
43:23CMC, we got scoring upside. We got receiving capability. Obviously with CMC, he can overcome that. Kaylin Black, I'm a little bit less sure. RB38, Rico
43:32Dattle 10 and nine touches in the first two games. I will say guys, I don't think Rico is going to be giving us like
43:38flexworthy value alongside Jaylen or anything like that, but I think he would get the same sort of every down roll out
43:45Jaylen's getting right now. At worst, Rico is a great handcuff to have. All right, we'll see how he has come back
43:52from this toe injury. Not ideal. I don't think his absence is why the Steelers took off over these last three games
43:59relative to the first two. Certainly helped. Jaylen Warren's playing great football. Not trying to take anything away from him. At worst, Rico Dattle
44:06still a very good handcuff. Key question here, guys, what offense have provided the least fantasy friendly environments this season? The two variables I have on
44:13this graph are RB rush sharers before contact per carry and then also RB target shares. So again, there's only so much running backs can do sometimes. And
44:21while some of this is certainly part of their skill set, I'm still looking at offenses that have unfortunately not been throwing the football, the running
44:28backs, and have also not been giving them very big runways. So this would be the sort of stuff that we can go ahead
44:32and look at the running backs like Argentes and Jeremiah Love and Javvante Williams and say there look at this.
44:38Specifically though, the least fantasy friendly offensive environments for running backs so far this year. Texans, Jaguars, Giants, Cardinals, Commanders, Cowboys, Colts, Packers, and Eagles
44:50really standing out in that bottom lefthand corner. Also have a group of team including the Raiders and honestly even the Falcons where we're not getting
44:56the best blocking, but we are getting a bunch of targets. The most fancy friendly environments, not really too surprising, but good to always see it
45:03quantified. 49ers, Lions, Chiefs, and Rams. And also with the Bills, man, playing a different sport out here in terms of being able to create lanes on
45:10the ground, stretching out this chart like only they can. So guys, got a few more things I want to go over, but first
45:16I did want to say there are two months left until the fantasy football playoffs. Week 15 will be here before you know it. So why not make every day
45:23count with Rotoire Fantasy Pass? You can find the edge you need to dominate your league and win your championship for just $59. Here you can get the best
45:30fantasy football advice for Reddraft Dynasty and DFS. Plus, you get access to fantasy basketball in every other sport.
45:37You know, personally, I'm a fantasy football guy, but I know a ton of people out there that love to have their, you
45:42know, fingers in all these different sports. We cover all that at Rotoire.
45:45Love this team. Win more money, win more championships. Win with Roto Wire Fast Pass.
45:52All right, last handful of guys. RB39, Tai Johnson. Fun fact, RB positions leader in targets uh first downs for Target, I should say, dating back to
46:012024.
46:03did good things. He's done good things this year. 50-yard gain, 72 yard game in a full PPR format. Ty Johnson, I get it.
46:09Similar sentiment to RB 40. Justice Hill, guys. As long as former Pro Bowl quarterback Tyler Snoop Huntley is under center, I do think we'll see more of an
46:17effort to continue leaning on this run game. And Justice Hill is a big part of that. RB1 this year in yards per touch
46:23at 7.3. Justice Hill, shout out. RB41, Kamade Vidal, again, awesome touchdown run last week. probably earn himself some more touches. Enough for him to
46:31become a fantasy factor? I don't think so. Enough to really ruin anything we had going with Hampton or Keon Mitchell?
46:37Probably. RB42, Chris Rodriguez. Again, horrific goal line performance. Only had nine snaps. Probably not a coincidence.
46:44RB43, Naji Harris. Again, this is kind of a similar problem with the Vidal stuff like in New York. As much as I am
46:51worried about Scataboo losing some work because of that fumble, who's to say if Naji is going to get it or if Tyrone
46:57Tracy will get it or if they bring Devin Singleary and he gets it. So, just a bit of a committee mess there in New York,
47:02which honestly based on Greg Roman's history, maybe we all should have seen coming a little bit more clearly there in the preseason.
47:08Herby 44, Mike Washington. Just disappointing seeing how much Dylan Lobby we got last week. Obviously, they were trailing, but personally, I thought
47:15we were going to see Mike Washington get far more work in a game with Genty clearly banged up and the Raiders ahead
47:20of it. So, Washington still a very good handcuff, but I definitely think he's more in that Ray Davis take Bsby sort of
47:27handcuff situation where yeah, they would be the leader on early downs, but if the game goes south, they're playing from behind or if they're in a pass down
47:34situation, probably going to see more of a split than we were hoping for. RB45, Tyler Alier, RB46, Shawn Tucker, RB47, Damen Pierce, and RB48, Austin Eckler.
47:44The one thing I'll say, guys, with Damen Pierce, I think it's a trap play. If Saquon's out, I'm not going out of my
47:50way to play this dude. If Saquon Barkley is indeed sidelined, I would have Damen Pierce, I think, next
48:00to Dobbins and Bill RB28ish.
48:03I'm not going on my way to get him in the lineup. The Jaguars are a good defense. I get it. Damen Pierce
48:10converted 16 opportunities into 12 yards on Sunday morning. All right. I think Carson Steel will probably be a little bit more involved than he was in this
48:19one where they expected Will Shipley to be able to handle more of the work. I don't want to start Damen Pierce even in
48:24a better matchup. Last question, guys, though. Best way for wire handcuffs to be stashing on your bench. I went sub 10% on Yahoo and ESPN. So, if you see
48:32Kayn Black or Emtt Johnson out there, yeah, for sure pick them up. But I am trying to look at deeper leagues here.
48:38Six names for you. Ray Davis, Dylan Samson, Roshan Johnson, Sam Perine, Seth McGoen, and Tyler Goodson. So, pure handcuffs, Ray Davis. Number one here
48:48for me. Number two though would be Seth McGoan. Again, one injury of Jonathan Taylor away from being a very soughtafter commodity. And then to a
48:55slightly lesser extent, Tyler Goodson.
48:56More so guys where maybe you can slot him in your flex spot. Maybe you don't have as much, you know, injury
49:01contingent upside though. That would be Dylan Samson where hey with Judkins banged up right now could work out. That said we're still not guaranteed to see
49:08Samson this week and we got Rocket Sanders to worry about as well. Somiron is the interesting one because we did see him get pretty much even in touches
49:15with Chase Brown. Now was a bit of a you know not huge blowout. Miami came back a little bit there at the end but it was a
49:22fourth quarter situation where Pon was getting more of that work and I don't think he's necessarily going to be overtaking Chase Brown anytime soon. But
49:28it's the Bengals. And if we're getting eightish combined carries and targets per game with some by-weeks, you saw some of the names we're going through
49:34today. Then with Roshan Johnson, again talked about just the potential for, hey, him to be stealing some more work from DeAndre Swift and expected. But
49:41Manungai, I would think, is going to be back sooner rather than later. And like we said earlier, Swift still 75% snaps
49:47in those first three quarters. Not too much of a week- toeek ceiling for Roshan, even with Man out. But guys, that's going to do it for me today. If
49:53you like the video, please like the video and hit that subscribe button.
49:55Always helps as well. Go Guardians. Go your fantasy team. Go just whatever you're interested in in life, man. Don't be afraid to be weird. Don't be afraid
50:04to be great. Hell yeah. Anyway, I appreciate you guys tuning in. Until next time, take care everybody.
