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(Message started by: StegRock on Aug 8^th, 2009, 12:42am)

Title: Top Fantasy Running Backs...
Post by StegRock on Aug 8^th, 2009, 12:42am

No rules... Doesn't have to be Top "10" or "20"... I personally am just going to give rankings until I feel the "guessing" [smiley=howtoput.gif] is outweighing the "work" [smiley=builder.gif] in my guesswork! Feel free to post yours... as well as questions and comments...

Here are mine (by the way, I don't do ADP; no spreadsheets; just 21 years of experience AND PURE GUT); I am using your generic, run-of-the-mill combinational system as a guide:

Top Tier
1. Adrian Peterson - Vikings [smiley=viking.gif]
2. Matt Forte - Bears [smiley=bear.gif]
3. Maurice Jones-Drew - Jaguars [smiley=wildcat.gif]
Second Tier
4. Frank Gore - 49ers [smiley=beatnik.gif]
5. Michael Turner - Falcons [smiley=turkey.gif]
6. Ryan Grant - Packers [smiley=cheesehead.gif]
7. Steve Slaton - Texans [smiley=texan.gif]
8. DeAngelo Williams - Panthers [smiley=pinkpanther.gif]
Third Tier
9. Ronnie Brown - Dolphins [smiley=fish.gif]
10. Clinton Portis - Redskins [smiley=redskin.gif]
11. Steven Jackson - Rams [smiley=ram.gif]
12. Brian Westbrook - Eagles [smiley=eagle.gif]
13. Thomas Jones - Jets [smiley=batman.gif]
14. Chris Johnson - Titans [smiley=titan.gif]
15. Pierre Thomas - Saints [smiley=priest.gif]
Fourth Tier
16. Larry Johnson - Chiefs [smiley=chief.gif]
17. Kevin Smith - Lions [smiley=lion.gif]
18. Willie Parker - Steelers [smiley=towelwave.gif]
19. LaDainian Tomlinson - Chargers [smiley=lightningbolt.gif]
21. Brandon Jacobs - Giants [smiley=swollenhead.gif]
22. Cedric Benson - Bengals [smiley=pussycat.gif]
23. Joseph Addai - Colts [smiley=horseshoe.gif]
24. Julius Jones - Seahawks [smiley=seahawk.gif]
25. Marion Barber - Cowboys [smiley=cowboy.gif]
Fifth Tier
26. Darren McFadden - Raiders [smiley=raider.gif]
27. LenDale White - Titans [smiley=titan.gif]
28. Marshawn Lynch - Bills [smiley=proudAmerican.gif]
29. Derrick Ward - Buccaneers [smiley=buc.gif]
30. Jonathan Stewart - Panthers [smiley=pinkpanther.gif]
31. Reggie Bush - Saints [smiley=priest.gif]
32. Jamal Lewis - Browns [smiley=dog.gif]
33. Fred Jackson - Bills [smiley=proudAmerican.gif]
34. Willis McGahee - Ravens [smiley=ssbigbird.gif]
Sixth Tier
35. Knowshon Moreno - Broncos [smiley=broncofan.gif]
36. Felix Jones - Cowboys [smiley=cowboy.gif]
37. Fred Taylor - Patriots [smiley=patriot.gif]
38. Sammy Morris - Patriots [smiley=patriot.gif]
39. Ray Rice - Ravens [smiley=ssbigbird.gif]
40. Earnest Graham - Buccaneers [smiley=buc.gif]
41. Chris Wells - Cardinals [smiley=chicken.gif]
[I just can't makes heads or tails of the rest. With all the RBBC's nowadays, the list gets extended, BUT I kind of feel like I pushed this guesswork out a bit farther than where my work clearly outweighed my guessing. Players like, say, LeSean McCoy or Jamaal Charles, I really don't have a good bead on where to rank 'em. They'd probably be at the start of the next tier, but that is sheerly, respectively because of Westbrook's present injury status and the regime change in KC. Take Darren Sproles... Who really knows? [smiley=shrug.gif]

So, whatchyas think? And, how about yours?

Also, here is a link to the previously posted "Top Fantasy Quarterbacks" thread: http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?board=55;action=display;num=1249605728.

Receiver rankings, with tight-ends included, to come... [smiley=hmmmm.gif]