0:00The only thing that's left to do is to
0:02get your starting lineup correct.
0:04Hopefully I can help you with that here.
0:06Starting off with S tier, we have a
0:08running back dropping off. Jonathan
0:10Taylor is sadly not even in the top two
0:12tiers of this video. It is solely going
0:14to be Christian McCaffrey as well as Jir
0:17Gibbs. McAffrey is playing the Tennessee
0:19Titans. Love that matchup at home where
0:21they are massive favorites and they are
0:23expected to be one of the highest
0:25scoring offenses in the league. and
0:27McCaffrey at the same time is the
0:29current number one running back in
0:30fantasy with 25.3 fantasy points per
0:33game. Now on the flip side of this, Jir
0:35Gibbs is the hottest running back in
0:38fantasy where over the past four games
0:40he's had 31 targets. He's come through
0:43in over the past six games that he's
0:46played. He has had three games with over
0:4837 fantasy points. Gibbs has been
0:51incredible. This matchup against the Los
0:53Angeles Rams projects to be the highest
0:56scoring game of the week. And I don't
0:57know if we've ever had an overunder this
1:00high in 2025. Now, moving over to the A
1:04tier running backs, we are going to have
1:05Devon Aan leading us off. He gets to
1:08play at Pittsburgh, so the spread in
1:10this game isn't going to be massive.
1:12Typically, you do have the Miami
1:13Dolphins as dogs most of these weeks,
1:16but the spread in this one's only two
1:18points. The expectations of course with
1:21these rankings will be that Devon Aan is
1:24a-okay, 100% good to go. I will update
1:28y'all with the live stream later tonight
1:30and obviously I'll keep these rankings
1:32up to date on flockfantasy.com
1:34throughout the week if we get any news
1:36with the Devon Han injury. Bejian
1:39Robinson is playing at Tampa on
1:42Thursday. Going and looking at what he
1:44did in week 14, he had only 9.4 four
1:48fantasy points, the second worst game of
1:51his season so far. And this led to Cory
1:55getting booted from the Flock League
1:57playoffs. I am sorry, Corey, but I had
1:58to at least say that once in this video.
2:01I'll be saying it once video until the
2:03end of the season. But nonetheless, with
2:06Bejon at Tampa here, the Atlanta Falcons
2:08project to score 20 points. He's a
2:10three-own bellcow. You play him. Now,
2:12moving over to our B tier, um, a game
2:16that is expected to have a ton of points
2:19scored is going to be the New England
2:22and Buffalo. I am going to be taking
2:25James Cook in this one as our running
2:27back five. I think it's a very easy spot
2:30to start as many players in this game as
2:32possible with an overunder of 50 and a
2:35half points. We can say the same thing
2:37with Derrick Henry going up against the
2:39worst rush defense in the entire league.
2:43And you have an overunder of this game
2:45at 52 1/2 points. Currently, you have
2:48the Baltimore Ravens projected to score
2:5027 and a half in this contest. And they
2:53are favored by about two and a half
2:54points. Going over to Bucky Irving.
2:57Rashad White got on the field this past
2:59week and there's a shot that Rashad
3:01White's out there yet again, but it
3:03frankly didn't matter. Bucky had a
3:06decent amount of volume and the Bucks
3:08project to be a better offense this week
3:11playing against the Atlanta Falcons at
3:13home where obviously they are favored.
3:15So, there's a good shot that they can
3:16run the ball. I really want the left
3:18tackle to play here. I'm going over to
3:20Josh Jacobs. He's the running back one
3:22of my fantasy team. He has a really
3:25tough matchup against the Denver
3:26Broncos. So, I'm very fortunate that I
3:28have a by-week, but Jacobs, still hoping
3:31you do great things. you've still been
3:32great all season. And yeah, coming off
3:35of two weeks where he has seen a total
3:38of like 40 opportunities.
3:40Then with Kairen Williams, this game
3:43again has an overunder of 55 and a half
3:46points. Kairen Williams so far this
3:49season is the running back 12 in points
3:52per game, but of course Blake Cororm has
3:55been expanding his role and that is the
3:57number one concern that you have with
3:59Kairen. I still would say Kiran is the
4:03lead running back here. I would still
4:05say that Kairen Williams is a muststart
4:07running back. I really hope that he
4:09expands his role as a receiver, but
4:11again, the Rams project to score over 30
4:13points in this one. I think Kairen is a
4:15relatively easy start. Now, moving over
4:18to our next tier, I honestly am going to
4:20put Saquon Barkley up here. Saquon
4:23Barkley is the running back two on my
4:25own fantasy team. I wish I could start
4:26him against the Raiders this week if I
4:28wasn't on by. Absolutely love this
4:31matchup. Love this spot where clearly
4:34the Philadelphia Eagles are in a
4:35get-right situation here. The spread in
4:38this game is 11 and a half points and
4:40they should be able to run the ball over
4:42and over again. Then our next running
4:45back's going to be Chase Brown. With
4:46Chase Brown, I'm not that concerned that
4:48the Cincinnati Bengals are dogs in this
4:51game. The Bengals very rarely are going
4:52to be favored in football games. They're
4:54not a good football team. Um, but what I
4:56am a little bit concerned with is the
4:59scale back in the usage of Chase Brown
5:02ever since Perine came back into this
5:04offense. Now, of course, it didn't
5:06matter this past week where Chase Brown
5:08still had multiple touchdowns and it's
5:09still a very good offense with Joe
5:11Burrow under center, don't get me wrong.
5:14Then looking at Javvante Williams, um,
5:17in theory, it's a really tough matchup
5:19playing against the Minnesota Vikings
5:20defense. It's a very strong defense, but
5:23the Cowboys are favored by five and a
5:24half points. Javvante so far this
5:26season's averaging 16 and a half
5:28carries, three and a half targets. So,
5:30he's averaging exactly 20 opportunities
5:32in a game in which they are favored by a
5:34considerable amount. And then going over
5:37to Jonathan Taylor. Yes, it is sad to
5:41put Jonathan Taylor this low in the
5:43list. And we have to at least address
5:46the elephant in the room, and that is
5:48they are going to be running the ball
5:50over and over and over and over again.
5:53This entire team's game plan is going to
5:56be around Jonathan Taylor. And if you're
5:58a Jonathan Taylor owner, you better hope
6:01that's enough for him in fantasy. The
6:03hesitation that I have with JT is they
6:06currently project to be the second worst
6:09offense in the league this week.
6:1114 and a half points is their implied
6:14team total. If you look at the spread of
6:17this game, they are two touchdown dogs.
6:21It is very difficult to rank a running
6:24back that is a two touchdown dog against
6:27a very tough defense.
6:29As a top 12 player, Jonathan Taylor is
6:32right there just because he's arguably
6:35the best running back in the league, but
6:36he's not a massive receiving threat out
6:39of the backfield.
6:4045year-old Philip Rivers may actually be
6:43the starting quarterback of this
6:44offense. So you have to lower your
6:47expectations with Jonathan Taylor down
6:49dramatically.
6:51Then going over and looking at Travis
6:52ETN um with ETN really like the matchup
6:56against the New York Jets. You currently
6:57had the Jacksonville Jaguars a favored
6:59by about 12 and a half points. And then
7:02obviously it did look like he expanded
7:03his role quite dramatically this past
7:06week with the Bshell Tutin fumble. ETN
7:09yet again had 20 plus opportunities as
7:11he has seen a ton this season. Now
7:15moving down to our Dtier. I have Bree
7:17Hall on my own fantasy team and it looks
7:19like it just may be time to throw in the
7:21towels with the New York Jets offense.
7:23Like it is a very ugly spot. It's not
7:26like Jacksonville is an incredible
7:28football team yet they're still favored
7:30by almost 13 points. You actually do
7:32have the New York Jets tied with the
7:36Indianapolis Colts as the second worst
7:38offense with projections this week.
7:40Going over and looking at Quinn Sean
7:42Judkins. Um not going to be a massive
7:45receiving threat. And as always, the
7:48Cleveland Browns project to score very
7:50very few points and they are pretty
7:52heavy dog here. I believe the Bears are
7:55favored by seven and a half over them.
7:57Going over to Trevon Henderson. I would
8:00have loved to keep Trevian Herson as a
8:03top 12 running back in our rankings. Go
8:06back to week 10, he scored 28 points.
8:08Week 11, he scores 32. And then what
8:11happens? Oh, Raadre Stevenson comes back
8:14in and Trevian Hitter against the Giants
8:17played 48% of the snaps. Now, this is
8:20going to be a very high-scoring game
8:21against the Buffalo Bills over under
8:23this game's 50 and a half points. So, I
8:25like the upside that you get in a
8:28shootout, but the Ramadre usage is just
8:30super frustrating. Going over to Amari
8:33and Hampton, obviously Kamani Vidal did
8:36get a considerable amount of work
8:37against the Philadelphia Eagles. Um, I
8:40would assume that Amarian Hampton
8:41continues to expand his role every week
8:44that goes by. The only holdup that I'm
8:46gonna have here ranking him as a
8:49muststart running back is it's a very
8:51tough matchup that you're gonna have
8:53against the Kansas City Chiefs
8:56and also the Los Angeles Chargers
8:58offensive line is very much decimated.
9:01Um I honestly think you could make an
9:03argument to put RJ Harvey ahead of Amari
9:06Hampton. You know what? I'm going to do
9:07it because with RJ Harvey now at this
9:09point the role is unquestioned. He's not
9:12going to have to split with a player
9:14like Kamani Vidal. I mean, he comes
9:16through and he sees 23 total
9:18opportunities, 100 total yards against
9:20the Raiders this past week. If you look
9:22at the underlying snap data, RJ Harvey
9:25was very clearly the starting back. The
9:27only holdup that I would have with
9:28Harvey is it's a tough match up against
9:30the Packers, but again, Amari Hampton
9:32has a tough match up against the Chiefs.
9:34And then Ashton Genty, the running back
9:36that you took in round one of your
9:39fantasy draft, has a very tough matchup
9:41against the Philadelphia Eagles this
9:43week where the Raiders currently project
9:45to score the fewest amount of points in
9:47the league. Yes, they project to score
9:48fewer points than the Indianapolis Colts
9:51with 45year-old Philip Rivers. The
9:53Philip Rivers thing is so insane. If you
9:56remember the last time we saw Philip
9:58Rivers and how he looked playing the
10:00game of football, I had to do this
10:03myself. I had to look up when was that?
10:06That was 2020.
10:09That was the COVID season. Think about
10:11how long ago that we and the man was a
10:14dinosaur then. But besides the point,
10:17the Raiders project to be even worse
10:18than that. They have a horrible matchup
10:21in Philadelphia where they are just
10:23going to get absolutely stomped on. But
10:26all those running backs have guaranteed
10:28volume, right? So, running backs 20 and
10:30above, if they're on your team, you
10:32probably just have to go ahead and start
10:34them. The guys below this is where it
10:36gets a little bit shaky where I can't
10:39tell you that they're guaranteed starts.
10:42Woody Marks finally has a good game, 15
10:45fantasy points. I mean, this is the
10:48first double- digit performance that
10:49he's had since week 10. But with Woody
10:52Marks, he continues to see the volume.
10:54He's had at least doubledigit carries
10:56every single week since week six. And
10:59this match up against the Arizona
11:00Cardinals is really strong where very
11:04rarely are the Houston Texans going to
11:06project to score a ton of points, but
11:07they do in this game. They have an
11:09implied team total of 26. Now going over
11:12to the running backs with questionable
11:13workloads. Rico Dowel is a tough player
11:18to get behind right now just because the
11:21Chuba Hubard utilization where it does
11:23seem like at least before the buy this
11:26team was going in the direction of Chuba
11:28Hubard. I'm going to give Dout the
11:30benefit of the doubt just because he's
11:32averaging 14.1 fantasy points per game.
11:35He has been incredible in those spots
11:38where he's been given the opportunities.
11:40The issue is just the opportunities
11:42don't look consistent. Now, going over
11:44to Tyrone Tracy, the matchup is really
11:47strong against Washington where the
11:48Giants project to score 25 points. I'm
11:51going to be making this ranking under
11:52the assumption that Tyron Trac is going
11:54to play this week with zero limitations.
11:57But even if that is going to be the
11:58case, obviously Devin Singleary will be
12:01involved to some extent. Um, Kenneth
12:03Walker is in a very good spot against
12:05the Indianapolis Colts where the Seattle
12:08Seahawks are two touchdown favorites.
12:11They're most likely just going to be
12:13able to run the ball over and over and
12:14over again in the second half and Indie
12:17isn't going to be able to move the ball
12:18down the field on their defense. But
12:21even with that in mind, clearly this is
12:23going to be a split backfield with Zack
12:25Sharbonet.
12:26Going over to Jaylen Warren, honestly, I
12:28probably need to move Warren up these
12:30rankings because at least actually I
12:32don't even need to say that. No,
12:33Warren's also splitting his backfield
12:3650/50. Gainwell played just as many
12:38snaps this past week. Jaylen Warren
12:41hasn't ever given you a ceiling. I mean,
12:43his 15.2 fantasy points per game is one
12:47of the best performances he's had so far
12:49this season. He has yet to score 20
12:51fantasy points, and he just had a season
12:54low eight carries and a season low 11
12:58opportunities, but it's a really good
12:59matchup against Miami. Aaron Jones has a
13:02very good matchup against the Dallas
13:04Cowboys. He's coming off a game where he
13:06scored seven and a half points when the
13:08Minnesota Vikings won 31 to zero though,
13:11so it's going to be tough for me to
13:12trust him. DeAndre Swift as well as Kyle
13:15Manungai are now split in this backfield
13:17in Chicago effectively 50/50 as well.
13:20And the matchup against the Cleveland
13:22Browns has been easier as of late for
13:26some of these running backs, but it is
13:28still by no means a spot in which you
13:31want to be attacking the Cleveland
13:33Browns rush defense. Now going over to
13:36Devin Neil, I probably need to move him
13:38up a bit because it's not like the New
13:40Orleans Saints project to get blown out
13:42here by the Carolina Panthers spreading
13:44this game's two and a half points in New
13:46Orleans. Expectations are that you have
13:48no Alvin Kamar. If Kamara plays, we'll
13:50update these rankings. But Devin Neil is
13:53just going to get you that consistent
13:54guaranteed volume. I don't think he's a
13:56super special player. I don't think it's
13:57a super special offense, but I mean,
14:00you're going to get usage as a receiver
14:02at least. And then going over to David
14:04McGomery, we know that he is the second
14:06fiddle to Jir Gibbs. David McGomery has
14:09had four straight games with fewer than
14:1110 carries. Let me go through and see
14:14the last time that this has happened to
14:16David McGomery because honestly I don't
14:19know if it's ever happened to him. Like
14:21I am just scrolling through his game
14:22logs right now on flockfantasy.com
14:25and yeah, he was drafted in 2019. So
14:28this is the first time in David
14:30McGomery's NFL career that he's had four
14:33games with fewer than 10 carries. So he
14:35is 100% getting phased out of this
14:39offense.
14:40Now, moving over to our next tier of
14:45players, we are going to have Chuba
14:47Hubard leading us off because there's a
14:49very real world scenario in which Chuba
14:52Hubard is the starting running back for
14:54the Carolina Panthers. I'd really hope
14:56that you don't need to roll those dice.
15:01Um I if you're in the playoffs, I'd
15:03imagine if you're in the playoffs, you
15:04don't really need to start any of these
15:06backs. Like going over and looking at
15:08Kareem Hunt. Yeah, there's a shot that
15:10he scores a touchdown, but if the
15:12touchdown's not there, like the fantasy
15:14points for damn sure aren't going to be,
15:17but you're pretty likely to get 10 plus
15:20carries in a mediocre offense. Kenneth
15:23Gainwell, good matchup against Miami.
15:25Um, and at the same time, he is getting
15:29a ton of receiving utilization. Like
15:33over the past four games that he's
15:34played, he's had six targets in at least
15:37three of them. Zack Charbanet going to
15:39split the back field with Kenneth Walker
15:41in a game in which the Seattle Seahawks
15:43are going to run the ball a ton, but
15:44Charbanet is not really getting used as
15:45a receiver. Trust me, I understand that
15:48Tony Pard scored a ton of fantasy points
15:50this past week. He was on my bench and
15:52he's going to stay there. Uh mainly
15:55because it's the Tennessee Titans
15:57offense. Very rarely are the Titans
15:59going to be able to win a football game.
16:01Maybe they can beat the Cleveland
16:02Browns, but they're not beating the NerS
16:04where the NerS are almost two touchdown
16:06favorites. I'm going over and looking at
16:09Bam Knight. Technically, he is the
16:10starting running back for the Arizona
16:12Cardinals. Very similar to how
16:14technically Tony Pard is the starting
16:16running back for the Tennessee Titans,
16:18but at the same time, I really don't
16:20have much interest knowing that you're
16:22having to play at Houston and you
16:24project being one of the worst offenses
16:26in the league this week. Randre
16:28Stevenson has a role that's large enough
16:31to cap the ceiling of Trevian. Like
16:33Trevian played what 48% of the snaps the
16:36last time we saw him out there and
16:38Raadre played 59% which is just insane.
16:41Tyler Algier you could throw out there
16:43and pray that he gets you a touchdown.
16:45Kamani Vidal I know a lot of people are
16:47going to be on because he had this 60ard
16:49reception this past week. I think you
16:52will have Amari Hampton expanding his
16:54own role. And then Blake Cororm of
16:57course just dropped 26 fantasy points.
16:59But with that in mind, um he did so just
17:02with uh big rushing like you're not
17:04going to expect him to have 120 rushing
17:06yards and two rushing touchdowns off of
17:0812 carries every week. No role as a
17:10receiver whatsoever. I do think they're
17:11going to be a lot of points scored in
17:12the offense. And Corm's obviously worth
17:14a roster spot because if Kirron goes
17:16down, he wins you your league. But I
17:19think that's all I got for you. I really
17:20appreciate you. Obviously, I'm going to
17:22keep you updated every single day with
17:24all the injury news that we get. I will
17:26need to make sure that we are updating
17:28these rankings. But much love, ladies
17:29and gentlemen. I appreciate you and I'll
17:31be good to see you out in the live
17:32stream later
