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Top 25 Running Backs for 2009 Fantasy Football

Stephen Kersey — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:59:41 +0000

If you can land a solid group of running backs for your 2009 fantasy football team, your fantasy season is likely to be a success. While there aren’t tons of bust-proof options, the RB rankings this year is relatively deep.

Here’s a look at our top 25 running backs in 2009 for fantasy football purposes:

1. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
2. Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons
3. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars
4. Matt Forte, Chicago Bears
5. DeAngelo Williams, Carolina Panthers
6. LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
7. Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans
8. Steven Jackson, St. Louis Rams
9. Brandon Jacobs, New York Giants
10. Frank Gore, San Francisco 49ers
11. Steve Slaton, Houston Texans
12. Clinton Portis, Washington Redskins
13. Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia Eagles
14. Marion Barber III, Dallas Cowboys
15. Pierre Thomas, New Orleans Saints
16. Thomas Jones, New York Jets
17. Joseph Addai, Indianapolis Colts
18. Kevin Smith, Detroit Lions
19. Ronnie Brown, Miami Dolphins
20. Ryan Grant, Green Bay Packers
21. Willie Parker, Pittsburgh Steelers
22. Larry Johnson, Kansas City Chiefs
23. Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo Bills
24. Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders
25. LenDale White, Tennessee Titans

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Hottest Fantasy Football Running Backs 2008

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:40:27 +0000

1. DeAngelo Williams, Carolina Panthers
It’d be difficult to get much hotter than DeAngelo Williams is right now. He has 11 touchdowns in his last six games. In five of those six games, he rushed for more than 100 yards. In the other one, he had four touchdowns.

2. Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia Eagles
Although Briant Westbrook went through a slump, he’s come up huge the last two weeks. He has six total touchdowns during the span — three rushing and three receiving. He also has more than 330 total yards in the last two weeks.

3. Pierre Thomas, New Orleans Saints
In the last four weeks, Pierre Thomas has six touchdowns. Even with Reggie Bush back in the lineup, Thomas is getting a lot of action. Although he doesn’t get as many touches as featured backs, the fact that he’s in a high-powered offense makes up for it.

4. Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons
Michael Turner has eight touchdowns in the last five weeks. In the one game he didn’t score a touchdown over that span, he had 120 rushing yards. On the season, Turner already has 12 touchdowns and 1269 rushing yards.

5. Thomas Jones, New York Jets
In the last nine weeks, Thomas Jones has 13 touchdowns to his name. He has at least one touchdown in eight of those nine games. In the one game he didn’t have a touchdown, he had a season-high 159 yards rushing.

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Updated Running Back Rankings – Week 8

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:34:46 +0000

Clinton Portis of the Redskins is running up the rankings.

After Week 7 of the 2008 fantasy football season, it’s getting obvious who the top dogs are when it comes to fantasy running backs. Here’s our list of the 2008 running back rankings going forward for the rest of the fantasy football season:

1) Adrian Peterson
2) Clinton Portis
3) Marion Barber
4) LaDainian Tomlinson
5) Michael Turner
6) Brandon Jacobs
7) Brian Westbrook
8) Marshawn Lynch
9) Frank Gore
10) Steven Jackson
11) Matt Forte
12) Steve Slaton
13) Ronnie Brown
14) Chris Johnson
15) Maurice Jones-Drew
16) Jamal Lewis
17) Earnest Graham
18) Ryan Grant
19) Larry Johnson
20) Reggie Bush
21) Joseph Addai
22) Willie Parker
23) Thomas Jones
24) Edgerrin James
25) Jonathan Stewart

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Running Back Rankings – Rest of the Season

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:56:01 +0000

With Week 4 in the books, the 2008 fantasy football season is well underway. Now that we’ve been able to use a sizable amount of information, let’s take a look at the fantasy football running back rankings for the rest of the 2008 season.

1. Adrian Peterson
2. LaDainian Tomlinson
3. Marion Barber
4. Marshawn Lynch
5. Brian Westbrook
6. Frank Gore
7. Steven Jackson
8. Clinton Portis
9. Michael Turner
10. Matt Forte
11. Joseph Addai
12. Reggie Bush
13. Brandon Jacobs
14. Larry Johnson
15. Earnest Graham
16. Steve Slaton
17. Maurice Jones-Drew
18. Chris Johnson
19. Willie Parker
20. Jamal Lewis
21. Ronnie Brown
22. Jonathan Stewart
23. Darren McFadden
24. Ryan Grant

Marshawn Lynch has a chance to move up even higher in upcoming weeks.

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Running Back Rankings 2008 – Updated Week 3

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:02:23 +0000

After the first two weeks of the fantasy football season, the positional rankings are starting to clear up. Here is a look at NFL running back rankings heading into Week 3 of the 2008 fantasy football season.

1) Adrian Peterson
2) Brian Westbrook
3) LaDainian Tomlinson
4) Marion Barber
5) Clinton Portis
6) Steven Jackson
7) Frank Gore
8) Marshawn Lynch
9) Joseph Addai
10) Willie Parker
11) Matt Forte
12) Michael Turner
13) Brandon Jacobs
14) Reggie Bush
15) Earnest Graham
16) Larry Johnson
17) Jamal Lewis
18) Thomas Jones
19) Ryan Grant
20) Maurice Jones-Drew
21) Darren McFadden
22) Chris Johnson
23) Jonathan Stewart
24) Willis McGahee
25) Edgerrin James
26) Chris Perry
27) Julius Jones
28) Kevin Smith
29) Steve Slaton
30) Laurence Maroney

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Running Back Rankings – 2008 Fantasy Football Draft Projections

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:56:34 +0000

Heading into the 2008 fantasy football season, there will be great debate about which running back should be taken first. On one hand, you have LaDainian Tomlinson who has been a fantasy football stud for many years. On the other hand, you have Adrian Peterson who showed limitless potential in his rookie season in the NFL. Which one do we choose right now?

1. LaDainian Tomlison – He’s been too good for too long to pass up.
2. Adrian Peterson – He has as much upside as any player in 2008.
3. Steven Jackson – Struggled in 2007 but should bounce back.
4. Brian Westbrook – Only injury concerns keeps him from top three.
5. Joseph Addai – Role should get even bigger this year for Colts.
6. Marion Barber III – Touchdown should be plentiful in 2008.
7. Larry Johnson – Can he bounce back and become a force?
8. Clinton Portis – Portis is underrated and could shine again.
9. Frank Gore – Mike Martz makes Gore a riskier pick than usual.
10. Marshawn Lynch – If he stays out of trouble, he’ll produce.

Marshawn Lynch, Buffalo Bills

Coming Soon … Running Back Rankings – 1 thru 25

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Another One Bites the Dust

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:40:04 +0000

By Guest Blogger Chris Hester

Fantasy owners everywhere have been had a hard time keeping up with the multiple running backs they have been forced to use so far this season. Now, after what was an amazing start to his rookie season, Adrian Peterson finds him name on the already long list of injured “stud” running backs.

The lone bright spot for the disappointing Minnesota Vikings was almost a shoe-in for the Rookie of the Year award during the offseason and hopefully, for his sake, this setback does not end his chances.

According to the Star-Tribune Peterson felt like he could return to Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers if needed, but head coach Brad Childress decided to keep him on the sideline. There was really no reason to take a chance on sending the youngster back into a game the Vikings had little to no chance of making a comeback in.

The question now becomes, how hurt is he?

Reports on his injured knee are all over the map right now! So far we have heard that he could have played again Sunday if needed, the team says he is out “at least one week”, and Coach Childress says Peterson tore the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee.

Now I am no doctor and I do not know exactly what your lateral collateral ligament is, but that sounds like an injury that will keep a running back out for longer than just one week. Peterson now finds himself on the list of injured running backs that includes: Larry Johnson (foot), Shaun Alexander (knee), Ronnie Brown (knee), Travis Henry (knee), etc.

Fantasy owners everywhere are shaking their head at the fact they are now relying on the likes of Chester Taylor and Maurice Morris to get them through the next few weeks and hopefully into the playoffs. Adrian is probably receiving hundreds of “get well” wishes from Fantasy GMs worldwide in hopes that he will make it back in time to lead their team to a championship.

That may be encouraging for the rookie RB since his NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings, are on the outside looking in (to put it nicely) when it comes to the playoffs, so the Fantasy World may give him his only shot to taste the postseason.

You can read more from Chris Hester at RotoHog.com.

Adrian Peterson Highlight Mix …

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