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Running Back Rankings Week 7

Running Back Rankings Week 7

UPDATED 10/20
By: Pete Davidson : October 18, 2012 10:08am

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Welcome to the RB rankings for Week 7.  The byes are fully upon us and are listed below.  I’ll have all the preliminary rankings posted by the time we kick off tomorrow for Thursday Night Football and we will update the rankings before Sunday’s games to better reflect late week injury news and practice reports.

The byes have really hit the backs hard this week and on top of that, you have Demarco Murray and Donald Brown out with injuries. Once you get into the early 20s, you see a serious drop in point potential.
 

      Byes

  • Jamaal Charles
  • Ryan Mathews
  • LeSean McCoy
  • Willis McGahee
  • Reggie Bush
  • Jacquizz Rodgers
  • Peyton Hillis
  • Michael Turner
  • Shaun Draughn
  • Jackie Battle
  • Ronnie Hillman
  • Lance Ball
  • Bryce Brown
  • Daniel Thomas
  • Lamar Miller

Rank PLAYER TEAM Opponent THE SKINNY
1 Arian Foster HOU BAL No Ray Lewis.
2 Ray Rice BAL @HOU No Brian Cushing.
3 Maurice Jones-Drew JAC @OAK
4 Stevan Ridley NE NYJ Bolden is out, so his share will be higher than normal. Get him active!
5 Darren McFadden OAK JAC Shoulder is not a big deal. He should play well in a plus matchup.
6 Ahmad Bradshaw NYG WAS He is a game time decision and his workload will be an issue even if he does go. As we’ve been saying since July, you need to have his backups rostered. We like David Wilson (especially long term) best, but in big leagues, we’d try to get Andre Brown too as he may get the most action early on if Bradsahw goes down. The Giants are too good on offense to not lock things up if you can.
7 Adrian Peterson MIN ARI
8 Matt Forte CHI DET
9 C.J. Spiller BUF TEN Healthy now. He looked very good last week.
10 Alfred Morris WAS @NYG
11 Trent Richardson CLE @IND Looks like he will go, but possibly with a limited workload.
12 Chris Johnson TEN @BUF
13 Fred Jackson BUF TEN Looking healthy.
14 Doug Martin TB NO
15 Darren Sproles NO @TB
16 Felix Jones DAL @CAR Murray (foot) is a near lock to sit this week.
17 Alex Green GB @STL He was limited in practice but he’s listed as probable, so he’s a solid play.
18 Steven Jackson STL GB
19 Mikel Leshoure DET @CHI
20 Shonn Greene NYJ @NE Has a shot to do something with both Powell and McKnight out, but it’s a bad matchup.
21 Jonathan Dwyer PIT @CIN We are fans of Dwyer and this is going to be his best chance so far to show what he can do. He should start tomorrow night’s game and we’d be rostering him in bigger leagues for sure with all the issues surrounding Mendenhall. A big game from Dwyer could make him a part of this backfield going forward.
22 Michael Bush CHI DET
23 BenJarvus Green-Ellis CIN PIT
24 William Powell ARI @MIN
25 Jonathan Stewart CAR DAL
26 DeAngelo Williams CAR DAL
27 Daryl Richardson STL GB
28 Vick Ballard IND CLE Will start for Donald Brown, who should be out one more week after this one.
29 Pierre Thomas NO @TB
30 Danny Woodhead NE NYJ
31 Ben Tate HOU BAL He’s healthy now and should get more touches this week.
32 Mike Goodson OAK JAC
33 Montario Hardesty CLE @IND He’ll get some touches and has a litle upside due to Richardson’s rib issue.
34 David Wilson NYG WAS He could be a factor, especially if Bradshaw is out.
35 Andre Brown NYG WAS He’ll play and he could have value, especially if Bradshaw sits out.
36 LeGarrette Blount TB NO He got garbage time stats last week, so don’t get too excited here. Of course, the way the Saints are playing, he could get some this week too.
37 Joique Bell DET @CHI
38 Toby Gerhart MIN ARI
39 Mark Ingram NO @TB
40 Phillip Tanner DAL @CAR
41 Cedric Peerman CIN PIT With all their injuries, he could be a factor this week.
42 LaRod Stephens-Howling ARI @MIN
43 Chris Rainey PIT @CIN
44 Chris Ogbonnaya CLE @IND
45 Baron Batch PIT @CIN
46 James Starks GB @STL Could be useful if Green’s shoulder ends up being worse than expected, but only saw garbage time action last week.
47 Rashad Jennings JAC @OAK
48 Delone Carter IND CLE
49 Evan Royster WAS @NYG
50 John Kuhn GB @STL
51 Bernard Pierce BAL @HOU
52 Jamie Harper TEN @BUF
53 Mike Tolbert CAR DAL
54 Jonathan Grimes NYJ @NE Will suit up, but we’d avoid him.
55 Ryan Grant WAS @NYG
56 Tashard Choice BUF TEN
57 Brian Leonard CIN PIT Banged up. Avoid him.
58 Brandon Bolden NE NYJ RULED OUT
59 Rashard Mendenhall PIT @CIN RULED OUT
60 Isaac Redman PIT @CIN RULED OUT
61 Marshawn Lynch SEA @SF Already played.
62 Robert Turbin SEA @SF Already played.
63 Leon Washington SEA @SF Already played.
64 Frank Gore SF SEA Already played.
65 Kendall Hunter SF SEA Already played.
66 Brandon Jacobs SF SEA Already played.