Week 7 Running Back Rankings & Tiers – 2025 Fantasy Football

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19:39 D’Andre Swift
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24:35 Rhamondre Stevenson
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[Music] Greetings and salutations everyone. My name is Andrew Pureov and welcome to my YouTube channel. Today I’m going to be talking about my week seven running back rankings for the 2025 fantasy football season going over my top 36 running backs. So if you’re looking for my thoughts on a specific player, please be sure to travel down to the description of the video. We have timestamps available there. While you’re down in the description, be sure to subscribe to the channel as we’re making daily fantasy football content in order to help you capture a 2025 fantasy football championship. Thank you very much. Okay, let’s begin by talking about matchups before I get into talking about my top 36 because I want to identify the most advantageous matchups going into the given week based on rushing statistics allowed through weeks one through six based on every individual defense. We find that the Titans, Bills, Ravens, Bengals, Bears, etc. are the most advantageous matchups going into the given week. And even though we won’t have an opportunity of taking advantage of the Bills or Ravens matchups as these two teams are on buy, again, I wanted to present these statistics because I will be referencing back to them as to the reason as to why I might want to play a guy like Raandre Stevenson going into the given week because he has the number one matchup at the running back position. You know, Jaylen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell, both taking on the Cincinnati Bengals on a short week Thursday Night Football. The Chicago Bears of course will have their hands full with someone like Alvin Kamar hopefully who is going to find himself far more fantasy success within the upcoming week. Either way, just wanted to represent some of the more advantageous while also representing some of the more disadvantageous matchups. Of course, you know, Nick Chub, Woody Marks will have their hands full with the Seattle Seahawks. Tony Paul is going to have a tough week against the New England Patriots. The Rams and the Jaguars take each other on. ETN and Kyrie Williams will both be put to the test within the London game this upcoming Sunday morning. Now, speaking of Sunday mornings, for those of you guys who want my Sunday morning rankings sent for my email directly to yours every single week for the remainder of the season, be sure to travel down to the description of the video and check out Better. I’ll be partnering with him for the entirety of the season, not only to provide plays and put my predictions to the test, but also provide Sunday morning rankings to help you capture a 2025 fantasy football championship. In order to access those rankings by position, buy your half PPR and full PPR at every single position, including flex. All you have to do is sign up today using code Andrew. 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I mean, he is the primary leading weapon of the second best offense in the National Football League as their team has scored the second most offensive touchdowns. Now, he has an opportunity of taking on the Chargers who cannot stop assult in the running game. They’ve tried to make trades as of late in order to bring in defenders to try to stop the run and they haven’t been able to stop anybody, allowing 4.97 yards per carry on average. Most recently, Achan ran for 128 and two touchdowns, JCM 111 and two touchdowns, and JK Dobbins 83 and a touchdown. I’m expecting Jonathan Taylor to have a huge week here against this Los Angeles Chargers defense. Number two, we have Bejan Robinson, who very similar to Jonathan Taylor. When we compare his statistics to last season, I mean, weeks one through five of the 2024 season, he was averaging 11 fantasy points per game. But once we got to week six, there was a rocket ship from that point on, averaging 21 fantasy points per game. And in this most recent week matchup, Bejian Robinson goes for 200 plus total yards, a touchdown, and 32.8 8 fantasy points. Maybe this is the point in which the rocket strip is strapped to the back of Bejian Robinson for our fantasy teams. And he launches towards averaging upwards of 25 fantasy points per game for the remainder of the year. And now he has an opportunity of taking on the 49ers run stop defense that just lost Fred Warner, their best linebacker for the remainder of the year. This defense that just allowed 90 rushing yards and two touchdowns to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 138 and a rushing touchdown to the Jacksonville Jaguars running backs. Bea Robinson is a perfect position to succeed for another consecutive week here. Number three, we have Christian McAffrey. Now, if we compare his statistics thus far this season, you know, in comparison to the all-time greatest running back receiving season of all time, we’re talking about Austin Eckler 2022, the most receptions by a running back in a single season history. When we compare weeks 1 through six of both of their seasons, I mean, Christian McCaffrey, he’s ahead by five total receptions. 46 compared to 41. There’s a possibility where he could very easily break that record. And if we take an even further step and look at what Christian McCaffrey has accomplished thus far this season in comparison to his 2023 RB1 season, he’s only scored 11 and a half less fantasy points than that given year. With all the injuries that the 49ers offense and defense has accumulated over the course of this season and going forward, it’s only just going to continue to lead to receptions and for Christian McCaffrey to be fantasy relevant. And like I mentioned last week, the touchdowns on the rushing category are going to continue to rack up. but once they do, he’s going to continue to maintain as a 20point player every week. Number four, we have Josh Jacobs. Speaking of being a 20point player every week, he’s coming off of back-to-back games of 29 and a half plus fantasy points and a half PPR, 150 total yards minimum, and two touchdowns minimum in each of those games. And over the course of the last couple weeks here, from weeks three through six, the overall receiving usage that he has seen has been incredible. Six targets per game, 4.7 receptions per game, and 57.3 receiving yards per game throughout that span of time. and now has an opportunity of taking on the Arizona Cardinals defense. They may be without Kyler Murray for another consecutive game. Whichever way this goes, expect for Josh Jacobs to continue to be the primary threat of this Green Bay Packers offense. As we have seen most recently, the Indianapolis Colts running backs 130 in a touchdown. Tennessee 84 in a touchdown. Seattle 120 in a touchdown against this Arizona Cardinals run stop defense that has not fared well against great running backs. The final player I wanted to include within the S tier has to be Rico Dattle. under the assumption that Chuba Hubard does not return for another consecutive week. You have to start Rico Dattle in this capacity because over the course of the last five seasons, there have only been four running backs that have had 30 plus fantasy points in back-to-back games in a half PPR scoring format. That’s 2021 Derrick Henry, 2022 Austin Eckler, 2024 Saquon Barkley. And all three of those running backs were the number one at the position that given year. Now Henry in 2021 prior to his injury was the number one overall back and would have finished number one overall if he hadn’t broken his foot. But otherwise Eckler was RB1. Saquon was RB1 and then the only other player in this category is Rico Dattle in 2025. He broke Christian McCaffry’s franchise record for most scrimmage yards in a single game for the Carolina Panthers. The amount of success he has found even if Chuba Hubard returns again he will be a lesser option within my rankings. But considering he has the opportunity of taking on the Jets, the 12th best matchup at the running back position, expect for a lot of yardage going into this upcoming week. All right, at number six, we have Kyron Williams, who yes, has a very difficult matchup going into this upcoming Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. We mentioned it earlier. They’re only allowing 8.7 fantasy points per game and 3.65 yards per carry on average two opposing running backs. This is going to be a London early morning game, 6:30 a.m. PST. I’ll be live streaming on the channel 30 minutes before and for 4 hours consecutive. for those of you who have any questions. So, I’ll I’ll see you then. But in regards to the potential of Kyro Williams in an offense where we may not have Puka Nakua, well, they struggled to move the change in this most recent week without Puka Nua in the lineup. But from what we saw last season, from weeks three through seven in the absence of Puka, Kairen Williams really carried the team on his back, averaging 20.9 fantasy points per game and having scored seven touchdowns in those four games without Puka. There’s a possibility in which that could occur this week in the absence of Puka Nukua. But whichever way it goes, Kairen Williams as we all know is an auto start. Number seven, we have Quinchan Judkins who as the full-time starter of this organization from weeks three through six has been incredible. But this most recent week had the lowest volume of opportunities as over the course of the first three games of his career as a starting running back of this organization had 20 opportunities minimum every game. This most recent week 13 total. And that’s primarily because Dylan Gabriel threw the ball 52 times. Now, I’m not sure exactly why they decided to do that. Again, obviously, they were down many of points and they needed to go ahead and get back in the game, but Dylan Grey throwing the ball 52 times is not how you win games in the National Football League. Nonetheless, going into this week, they have a far more advantageous matchup taking on the Miami Dolphins. The seventh best matchup at the position, allowing over 15 fantasy points per game on the ground, 5.6 yards per carry. They have most recently allowed 138 on the ground to the Los Angeles Chargers, 228 in a touchdown Carolina, 116 to the New York Jets, 121 to the Buffalo Bills. Again, every single backfield find success. Expect for over 100 yards in a tutty for someone like Quinn Sean Judkins this week. Number eight, we have Jir Gibbs, who’s coming off of his worst fantasy performance since his rookie year in 2023. So, we would all anticipate a potential bounceback here, especially considering they’re taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But the Buccaneers run stop defense has been incredible. 3.56 yards per carry allowed to opposing running backs. But it doesn’t mean that running backs have completely been nullified thus far this season. San Francisco running backs 54 and a touchdown on the ground. Seattle 122 and a touchdown. Philadelphia 60 and a touchdown. I understand that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense has played incredibly well. But with the offensive shortcomings that they will find this week, considering all the injuries that they have gathered over the course of the year playing in Detroit, I expect a huge bounceback performance here for Jir Gibbs on the ground through the year. Doesn’t matter. He should find himself scoring a touchdown. Number nine, we have Rashad White. Speaking of this upcoming matchup between the Detroit Lions taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the expectation is that Bucky Irving is going to miss once again as Todd BS, the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said that Bucky Irving wasn’t in play for this upcoming Monday night matchup against the Detroit Lions. Therefore, we would assume that Rashad White, who has had 18 and 20 touches total over the course of the last two weeks, will be able to take advantage of the entire absence of Bucky Irving once again, but also Evans, Godwin, Ibuka, and McMillan. Now, when we travel back to 2024, in weeks eight and n without Evans, Godwin, and McMillan in the lineup, we saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running backs averaging 20.5 fantasy points per game on 110 yards per game, nine receptions per game, and a touchdown per game minimum. I would assume majority of that opportunity share and volume going in the direction of Rashad White, who should once again for another consecutive week be fantasy relevant at a high capacity. The final running back of this tier is Javvante Williams, who’s coming off of a underwhelming performance of 13 carries for 29 yards against the Carolina Panthers defense that as of late has played incredibly well in terms of stopping the run. But this upcoming week, we have an opportunity for Javvante Williams to bounce back and for this Dallas Cowboys team to continue to do what they do best, and that’s score. The implication as for this upcoming game is the highest that I have seen for this entire season, a total of 54.5 points. This is going to be a shootout between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders. And if that’s going to be the case, expect for a lot more fantasy points than 5.9 in this most recent week from Javvante Williams. The Washington Commanders against running backs as of late have allowed 126 and two touchdowns to the Atlanta Falcons. And most recently last night, DeAndre Swift, Kyle Manungai, combined for 133 total rushing yards. Therefore, we should anticipate Javvante Williams, who has had 18 plus touches in five of the last six games with Lamb returning potentially for this offense to be elevated for him to get more red zone opportunities and effectively be a better fantasy contributor. Number 11, we have the thumbnail of today’s episode. It is Saquon Barkley. If I had the opportunity to fit him in the A tier, if I had enough space, I would because the fact of the matter is I think Saquon Barkley is going to have a bounceback week here purely because of the matchup. I mean, again, taking on the Minnesota Vikings is as easy as it potentially gets. But before we even get into that subject, I wanted to go ahead and just address the unfortunate kind of reality of what Saquon has produced thus far this season. When you compare his 2025 first six games, he’s totaled 325 total rushing yards. In comparison to his 2023 campaign, in the first six games with the New York Giants that season, he had 502 total rushing yards. He has been a shell of himself, and they just have to get back to running the ball a bunch for Saquon Barkley. I understand their offensive line has been beat up, but now you have an opportunity of taking on the Vikings that are the 10th best matchup, allowing over 14.5 fantasy points per game on the ground, 4.36 yards per carry on average. And we have seen the most recent offenses that have taken on the Minnesota Vikings all go for over 120 rushing yards exclusively each team. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta minimum. The expectation is something of that extent for Saquon Barkley within a very advantageous matchup this week. just got to run the ball and get back to, of course, feeding him the rock on a consistent basis. Number 12, we have Devon Achan, who’s coming off of the most rushing yards he has had in a single game since his rookie season. I mean, thus far this season amongst all running backs, number six in terms of yards per carry on average, number five in terms of missed tackles forced, number four in terms of rushes of 15 or more yards amongst running backs that have had 30 rushing attempts minimum. Again, continues to dominate within the capacity of the rushing category. But often times this offensive line doesn’t really give him the opportunity to run the ball very much. This week may be in fact that case as they take on the Browns allowing 9.5 fantasy points per game on the ground. 3.2 yards per carry on average two opposing running backs. Yes, we have seen Detroit run for 114 and a touchdown against them. Minnesota 60 and a touchdown. Pittsburgh 89 on the ground. But I don’t really trust the Miami Dolphins offensive line. Perhaps we’ll see a lot more receiving utilization. But hopefully HJ can break out a huge run against the Cleveland Browns defense. Number 13, we have JK Dobbins, who has been able to put up a top 15 running back performance in four of the last six games. And I understand this most recent performance against the New York Jets was quite underwhelming. 14 carries for 40 yards, even with the offense sputtering. They didn’t lean towards Harvey. It was still the JK Dobbins show. And that is going to be the case this week as they take on the New York Giants. the ninth best matchup at the position, nearly allowing 14.9 fantasy points per game on the ground alone, 5.5 yards per carry on average to opposing running backs. Again, one of the primary reasons why many of teams find success against the New York Giants on the ground, is because once they take a huge lead, and it’s a positive game script, they’re able to run the ball consistently against that defense, which has found themselves struggling over the course of the last five consecutive years. So, JK Dobbins should be expected to have himself a huge week here. Number 14, we have Jordan Mason coming off of the bye-week. Now, I don’t know if you guys noticed it, but every team that was on by in week five came into week six and found themselves victorious. Could happen this week. I don’t know if it’s going to be JJ McCarthy. I don’t know if it’s going to be Carson Wentz. But what I know is that Aaron Jones is not going to be available. He is still on the injured reserve and this team is coming off of a buy with Jordan Mason over the course of the last couple games without Aaron Jones, averaging 15 rushing attempts per game and 5.0 yards per carry on average. And yes, this has been with Carson Wentz. But regardless of which way it goes, I am anticipating the Eagles who have struggled offensively to get the ball ran on them for majority of this upcoming week as they are the sixth best matchup at the position allowing 15.9 fantasy points per game, 4.34 yards per carry on average. We have seen the New York Giants, of course, Scat run all over this defense. Denver run all over this defense. Tampa Bay, Los Angeles Rams, it doesn’t matter. The last four consecutive games, they have been victimized on the ground. So expect that to be the case once again this week with a healthy Vikings offensive line and Jordan Mason ready to attack. Number 15 we have Ashen Genty since his breakout performance has seen 23 21 and 27 opportunities which is incredible. But this week they have an opportunity of taking on the Chiefs in Kansas City and they’re 11 12 point underdogs on the road which again I think is a little bit too many points because of the fact that it’s a interdivisional rivalry matchup and they very much so are familiar with one another. But the fact of the matter is this is probably going to be a negative game script because of all the interceptions that Gino Smith throws and that’s going to have to lean upon Genti being very much so reliant on his receiving workload. Luckily, as of late, he has been relevant within that category, specifically in the last three games, getting himself 4.3 targets per game and 3.0 receptions per game. I hope that those numbers only continue to increase because he is going to certainly need all the fantasy points he can get within that category. Number 16, we have Cam Scataboo, who continues to ball out and whether it’s on the ground or through the air, he is incredibly relevant and he’s going to have to be in both scenarios this upcoming week as they take on the Denver Broncos. I understand that this team has played up to the competition of, you know, beating both the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Chargers, teams that have competed against the Denver Broncos as of late. And maybe this Giants team is a lot better than we currently perceive. But the way that I see it, I would anticipate for the overall game script to have to benefit Scatteraboo as that has really been the case as of two of the last three games. Whenever they have been ahead, they’re able to run the ball and they were able to run over defenders. But in the event in which the Broncos take an early lead against the battering Ram, he may have to continue to rely upon receiving statistics, which thus far this season he’s been incredible at. Weeks three and five in a negative game script. Eight targets, six catches, 61. Seven targets, six catches, 45. Whichever way this goes, Scataboo is going to be relevant for fantasy purposes. 17, we have JCM Jakori Crosky Merritt aka Bill, who is implicated with one of the highest scoring total games of the season, 54.5 total points. Again, an implicated shootout against the Dallas Cowboys, who were the eighth best matchup at the running back position, nearly allowing 15 fantasy points per game on the ground, 4.73 yards per carry on average. We just saw the Carolina Panthers running backs ran for 200 on them. The New York Jets 118, Green Bay 130 and2. Expect for everyone against this defense to want to run the ball. And I understand that JCM fumbling the ball each of the last two weeks is definitely a struggle, but based on the fact that Chris Rodriguez was active last night and only got himself one total snap played, expect for JCM to continue to maintain as the RB1 of this backfield and be fantasy relevant within the upcoming highscoring matchup. Number 18, we have Kamani Vidal. The fact of the matter is, you can’t get that kind of volume of opportunity. 22 total opportunities, 21 touches. You can’t get that kind of volume and not be incredibly relevant for fantasy purposes, especially considering he outnapped Haskins 43 to 20. And even though Haskins was considered by the depth chart or the organization on Sunday as the starter, I mean, it just led to Kamani Vidal continuing to take over because of his high level of efficiency. And now he has an opportunity of taking on a very competitive Indianapolis Colts team. Whether this is a positive or negative game script, I am anticipating for of course the running game and the receiving workload of Vidal to be consistent just like it was last week for the running backs of the Arizona Cardinals who combined for 69 rushing yards in a rushing touchdown. Las Vegas had 99 on the ground. The LA Rams 98 on the ground. Tennessee 71 in a touchdown. Denver 87 in a touchdown. It’s not difficult to run the ball on the Indianapolis Colts. You just have to be in a close game script, which I do anticipate to see the Los Angeles Chargers in against them this week. Number 19, we have Bree Hall. If Garrett Wilson’s going to miss this week, they will literally have Josh Reynolds as the number one wide receiver of the offense and Mason Taylor probably getting all of the receptions. But when you take on the Carolina Panthers, I think it would be incredibly easy to be able to kind of hamstring the running game of this offense, especially considering they held Miami to 14 rushing yards and Dallas to 29 rushing yards from their running backs over the course of the last two games. So, if Garrett Wilson’s not out there to stretch the defense, it could lead to even more upside for that defense continuing to bottle up Bruce Hall. I understand that Bruce Hall coming off of a week in which he had zero targets when Mason Taylor and Garrett Wilson combined for four receptions is malpractice, but I think going into this week, if they don’t stack the box with eight, nine defenders, expect for a runheavy script from the Jets offense. All right, let’s move on to our number 20, DeAndre Swift, who thus far this season from weeks one through four only had five rushes of 10 or more yards. In this most recent game last night, he had five rushes of 10 or more yards just in one singular game. That’s the kind of level of production that he found primarily because in the post buy evaluation of the offense, they found that running the ball to the outside was where they were going to continue to find success. Even though thus far this season, that’s where he’s found his most fantasy points scored from the rushing category. That’s via outside zone in terms of off of the right or left tackle from weeks one through four was only averaging 3.1 yards per carry on average in those overall attempts. While last night was averaging 11.4 yards per carry on the outside of the offensive tackles. Therefore, if they’re going to continue to run this outside zone at a high level, expect for a lot of fantasy upside even against a difficult or middle of the pack matchup like the New Orleans Saints. We’re hoping for more consistency. We’re hoping for more receiving utilization. And as long as that continues to hit, again, we know that he has the breakout ability to take one singular rush to the house. Moving on to number 21, we have Jaylen Warren. Look, Warren is still the clear starter despite the injury and the by-week, but he returned and he got himself the vast majority of touches in this backfield and a very much so one-sided affair. Now he has an opportunity of having himself a huge fantasy week against the Bengals, who again are a far easier matchup than taking on a defense like the Cleveland Browns. The Bengals are allowing nearly 18 fantasy points per game on the ground. The fourth best matchup 4.6 yards per carry on average two opposing running backs and over the course of the last four consecutive games have allowed over 100 rushing yards to opposing running back. Green Bay 105 and two touchdowns. Detroit 119 and a touchdown, Denver 159 and Minnesota 165 and two ties. Expect for a lot of upside this week from Jaylen Warren and of course Kenneth Gainwell who we’ll talk about in just a moment. Number 22 we have Travis ETN. Look, the Jaguars didn’t enter the red zone a single time in this most recent game against the Seattle Seahawks, but now you have another consecutive week of a tough matchup, but I believe that the Los Angeles Rams runs unstop defense may in fact be a paper tough matchup. Sure, they tighten up near the red zone and haven’t allowed a single rushing touchdown to an opposing running back, but they’ve given still given up their fair share of yards to opposing running backs. Tennessee 92 on the ground, Indianapolis 76, San Francisco 68, Baltimore 138. Again, there’s still a lot of opportunity for Travis ETN if given ample receiving workload to be a top 24 producer, but technically still a tough matchup within the current iteration of this upcoming matchup in London. Moving on to our number 23, we have Alvin Kamara. Look, Taesm Hill being a red zone rushing threat is going to continue to bother us every single week as he’s going to continue to be utilized within that capacity as he has done in his entire career. And yes, that does limit the overall upside for fantasy points from Alvin Kamara. He has been surviving as of late with four plus receptions in each of the last three games or four plus receptions in four of the last five. Now he has an opportunity of taking on the Bears who are technically still the fifth best matchup at the running back position allowing over 16 fantasy points per game and 5.62 yards per carry. So it’s one of those matchups that we want to start our running backs. But in the case of Alvin Kamar, we’re still going to be a little bit hesitant on the matter because again there are so many other contributing factors within this backfield like Taesm Hill and Kendrey Miller. Number 24 we have Chase Brown. Speaking of contributing factors in a backfield, we have Chase Brown who unfortunately had Sam Perine play 46% of the offensive snaps, get six rushing attempts, three targets, and two receptions. He had more targets and nearly just as many rushing attempts as Chase Brown. Dam Perine should never see that kind of a workload in 2025. And again, even though I do think that Zack Taylor was just trying to keep, you know, Chase Brown fresh within the lineup because they knew they were upon a upcoming Thursday game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and they were really just aiming to warm up Joe Flacco in the offense in preparation for this upcoming game. I think they’ll be able to potentially unleash Chase Brown within the matchup here. Hopefully get more receiving utilization as two targets with Joe Flacco is far too little. Number 25, we have Kenneth Walker. In week six against the Jacksonville Jaguars, he had one rushing attempt inside the 15yd line. Outside of that, Charbanet contained the six other rushing attempts inside the 15. Again, the fact of the matter is Kenneth Walker is going to be a lesser option than many other running backs unless he is incredibly efficient. And even though he has shown efficiency thus far this season, and will be able to improve upon what he produced in this most recent week, as he takes on the Texans this week, the 14th best matchup at the position, he is still very much so dependent on a huge run leading to a touchdown. Otherwise, he is not falling into the end zone anytime soon. Therefore, he sits as a number 25, but quite frankly could be justified as a lower ranking. Number 26, David Montgomery. Speaking of needing to fall into the end zone, that’s David Montgomery. And he should have had a passing touchdown within this score line in this most recent week, but unfortunately that was not the case. Nonetheless, they take on Tampa Bay this week. They are favorites. They are at home. And I would hope that David Montgomery can fall into the end zone this week as he has scored 16 total rushing or receiving touchdowns in the last 18 games. So again, hopefully he’ll be able to continue his streak of success and fall into the end zone and be a solid 10-point producer. Number 27. Speaking of being a solid 10-point producer, we’re hoping that is going to be the case for Raandre Stevenson. And even though he is still claiming the majority of rushing attempts thus far this season, he just isn’t efficient. 13 carries for 18 yards. Even Mike Rael said, “I think my running backs on our team are really trying to protect the ball a little bit too much.” Now, again, the fact of the matter is Reandre Stevenson is a fumbling machine and the offensive line play here for the New England Patriots is not great within the rushing category. So yes, you do have the best matchup at the position taking on the Titans that are allowing over 20 fantasy points per game, 4.65 yards per carry on average. Have allowed many of fantasy points to every running back they have played. Genty, Michael Carter, Woody Marx, Jonathan Taylor, all producing incredible fantasy weeks against them, 15 plus fantasy points. Even with all this being the case, he is still a very untrustworthy fantasy prospect in the given matchup. Number 28, we have Zack Charbanet. another running back very much so reliant on rushing touchdowns. Like I mentioned moments ago with Kenneth Walker, Zack Charbanet had six rushing attempts inside the 15yd line. Kenneth Walker had one. And even though Zack Charbanet was given the opportunity to potentially score on multiple occasions inside the five, was stuffed or had a zero yard gain. Therefore, the opportunities were there. And this week against Houston, if given the opportunities again, he could fall into the end zone and very easily be himself, a 10-point producer like he typically is on a weekly basis. Number 29, we have Tony Pard who takes on the Patriots. Obviously, we have a coaching regime change there, but the Patriots this season haven’t allowed 50 plus rushing yards to a single running back thus far this season. And with Tai Spears getting more snaps than Tony Pard this game expected to be a negative game script, I would anticipate Tony Pard’s overall contributions to be lesser unless he was to fall into the end zone and get lucky within that category. Number 30, the final running back I wanted to mention within this year is Bam Knight. I understand that he’s wearing Detroit Lions uniform here, but they haven’t been able to update his picture for the Arizona Cardinals. As of right now, again, he is coming off of the practice squad. He is the starting running back of the organization based off usage alone because Carter technically did start within the first drive of the organization. And Carter is still going to be very much so relevant as a two-headed monster backfield. But Bam Knight, like I mentioned yesterday within the waiverwire episode, contained and was able to get all four goal line snaps for the organization. and therefore if he’s going to be the primary runner and be able to get those touchdowns available to him, he is technically far more fantasy relevant even in a tough match up against Green Bay. Number 31, we have Trayvon Henderson. Even without Antonio Gibson, still only got 10 touches. Again, just not enough. Even though you have an advantageous matchup taking on the Tennessee Titans, the lack of efficiency within the running game, and despite all of the statistics pointing towards the New England backfield being able to find fantasy success, it is still very much so a risk. And as it stands, I’m willing to start him in my lineup, but again, 31 I think is relatively safe considering his lack of efficiency and this running game just really not finding much success behind this offensive line. Number 32, we have Michael Carter, who like I mentioned moments ago, Bam Knight has contained the entire goal line role within this offense. So unless Michael Carter is going to see far more receiving utilization, I mean, he had five targets in this most recent game, nine rushing attempts. I mean, in terms of total opportunity, he had more opportunities than Baym Knight. So, he should still be relevant coming off of a game of 7.4 fantasy points in which he didn’t score a touchdown. So, in the event in which the game script gets away from them and he is utilized as the primary receiving back, expect for still fantasy relevant week ahead. Number 33, we have Isaiah Pacheco. When you’re 11 and a half point favorites at home, I would assume that someone’s going to fall into the end zone within the running back category. Over the course of the last four consecutive games, Pacheco has increased his overall efficiency as a runner, averaging over four yards per carry every single game. We’re just hoping for receiving utilization, touchdown upside, anything of that factor to be able to make him fantasy relevant. Moving on to the final tier of today’s episode, we have Kenneth Gainwell, who’s coming off of a week of 12 touches against a very difficult matchup. So once you now give him potentially 10 to 12 touches against the Cincinnati Bengals, could very easily be a top 30 option at the running back position. Just to put it into perspective, they’ve allowed 105 and two touchdowns to Green Bay, 119 and a touchdown to Detroit, 159 to Denver, and 165 and two touchdowns to the Minnesota Vikings. Expect for a lot of success here at a gain well. Number 35 and number 36. I wanted to talk about both exclusively because they have the toughest matchup at the running back position. Therefore, I would assume a lot more receiving utilization once the running game is shut down. Therefore, I am favoring Woody Marks within the upcoming matchup. and if in fact given enough receiving utilization should be even more valuable than number 35. But time will tell as to how this backfield is going to break out as we get past the by-week and go further beyond. All right, that’s going to cover it in regards to my top 36 running back rankings. Thank you everybody for watching. 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