0:00Don't be mad when you see a couple of these running backs like DeAndre Swift and Cam Scataboo be very low in the
0:06rankings this week because their offenses project to be horrendous without their quarterbacks. But the offenses that project to be great, the
0:13Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. Obviously, these are your S tier running backs this week. Now, it pains me to say this with Kenneth Walker
0:21because I went through and I traded him away for Justin Jefferson before the season got here and then I proceeded to
0:28brag about it publicly, which hindsight being 2020, laughable, horrendous, garbage trade. I regret every second of it. Kenneth Walker, 29 fantasy points
0:40per game at the moment. The Kansas City Chiefs are 11 and a half points playing in Miami. This dude may drop 40. Now,
0:46moving over to the A tier. While yes, Bejian Robinson is one of my favorite players in the NFL, the Atlanta Falcons
0:53offense has proven to be literal hot garbage. Now, yes, we have some hope with Michael Penn coming in. But if we
1:00look at the updated markets with Michael Penn being the starter here for Atlanta, you have the Falcons going from a 26%
1:08chance of winning this game up to a 30% chance. Right now, if we look at Poly Market US, um, Bejian Robinson has a 56%
1:16chance of not scoring 21 total points.
1:20And at the same time, we can see that the spread in this game's still about 4 and a half. So, I want to have tempered
1:27expectations for this Atlanta Falcons offense, regardless of if it's Michael Penn at this point or if it's going to be Cooper Rush. It will definitely be
1:36better with Penn, but still not great.
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1:59Now, going over to our other A tier running back with Christian McCaffrey, the Niners project to stomp on the Arizona Cardinals this week. And with
2:06CMC, historically, he would be the number one player in fantasy football in these type of matchups where the ners are favored by eight and a half points.
2:16Now, maybe a little bit of a tougher setup with this one, just given the fact that CMC hasn't shown the same level
2:24usage this year is what we have seen in years past. But obviously, we're expecting that to maybe be a little bit
2:29different when we get closer games. Now going over to the Baltimore Ravens.
2:35Derrick Henry is going to smash the Dallas Cowboys. This game currently has an overunder of like 53 points. You want to start all your Ravens. You want to
2:45start all your Cowboys. This game's getting played in Dallas. And Derrick Henry has been truly elite this season.
2:52Um again, I mean, this is somebody that I wish I had on way more fantasy teams.
2:56Jonathan Taylor I have on my own fantasy team. And don't get me wrong, I love me some JT. I truly do. He's been averaging
3:0327 fantasy points per game. That's only behind Jamir Gibbs and Kenneth Walker so far this year. The holdup I'm going to
3:10have with JT right this second is it is a really tough matchup going up against the Houston Texans. So, um, since he has
3:17to play against Houston, I maybe want to be a little bit more hesitant to rank him as an S tier or an A tier running
3:22back, which is where he typically will be. James Cook and the Buffalo Bills are sevenpoint favorites against the Los Angeles Chargers. Right now, the Buffalo
3:30Bills project to be the second highest scoring offense in the league.
3:33Typically, you absolutely love that for your running backs, but obviously the problem is Josh Allen's going to vulture a lot of those rushing touchdowns
3:40himself, but James Cook still looks to be a top 10 running back in a great matchup where the Bills are heavily
3:45favored against the Chargers. And then Ashton Genty here is in an interesting spot against the Saints. The Saints and the Raiders have been overperforming
3:54teams so far this season. The Saints are about three-point favorites. This game's getting played in New Orleans, but Genty has seen legitimately every single touch
4:05out of his backfield since he's been healthy. Even the tiny percentage of snaps that Mike Washington got last week was just so Ashen Genty could get
4:13checked out on the sideline to make sure that his ankle's good to go. And it is.
4:17So, Genty, fire him up. He's going to get every single touch. His offense won't be nearly as good though as what
4:22you have with the Ravens and the Bills.
4:25Now, moving over to our C-tier running backs, these are still the guys that you are incredibly excited to start. Chase Brown, I think, is a very interesting bo
4:33candidate. This matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers may not necessarily be my favorite matchup in the world.
4:39This is a division game on the road.
4:41Typically, that's going to be a little bit of a tougher spot, but we still have decent projections here for this Cincinnati Bengals offense. And keep in
4:48mind at the same time that Chase Brown himself is getting the usage as a receiver that you love to see through
4:53the first two weeks. Saquon Barkley I am ranking under the assumption that he is a-okay 100% healthy and 100% good to go
5:01which seems like it is the case as of right now. Obviously this may be something that we need to update later
5:08in the week if we get something on Thursday we get something on Friday. but I think he should be playing and the
5:14Philadelphia Eagles are five-point favorites on the road playing in Chicago. This game does project to be pretty lowc scoring without Caleb
5:22Williams. Now, Devon Achan, one of my favorite players in the NFL, and he's actually had really good receiving usage so far this year. Like, he's actually
5:30averaged over 80% of the snaps here for the Miami Dolphins this season. And he's had at least five targets in back-to-back games, but has yet to score
5:37a touchdown because this Miami Dolphins offense is so bad. They are 11 and a half point dogs here playing at home
5:44against Kansas City. And dear God, it must be painful to be a Dolphins fan at the moment. And then Javvante Williams,
5:50I think you have to say he's a top 12 running back because he's getting legitimately every single snap in his backfield. He played 80% of the snaps
5:58this past week. He had 16 opportunities, 17 opportunities the week prior. This matchup against the Baltimore Ravens currently is one that has an overunder
6:07of about 53 points. So there should be a ton of points scored. What you would naturally hope is you would hope that I
6:13mean this team can lean a little bit more on the run than what we saw last week. Now moving over to our Dtier.
6:19These are still muststart running backs.
6:22Bree going up against the Detroit Lions.
6:25His game is on the road and at the same time the New York Jets are pretty um big underdogs here. Six and a half points.
6:33But the benefit that you get with Breece, of course, is going to be the fact that he has a phenomenal role as a
6:38receiving back. So, because the receiving usage is there, even if the New York Jets are trailing by a decent amount, um he is still going to get
6:46there in full PBR formats. Amarian Hampton is a running back that um I thought was going to drop 20 plus points
6:53last week against the Raiders. He had himself a fine performance with 25 total opportunities and 17 and a half fantasy points. But I am worried what does it
7:03look like if the receiving usage isn't what we thought it was and at the same time this team gets blown out by the
7:10Buffalo Bills which currently the spread on this game seven points being played in Buffalo. So definitely have lowered expectations for Amari and Hampton in
7:18comparison to where I previously was at with them. Bucky Irving is on the rise.
7:23Bucky Irving phenomenal workload. Like this is exactly what you would have wanted to see when you drafted Bucky Irving. Like realistically, if I knew
7:32this was going to be the type of work that he was going to get, I may have taken him in round three of the Flock
7:37League. Um, but the problem is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense is just so much worse than we thought it was going to
7:44be. This team just lost to the Cleveland Browns. They project to only score 20 and a half points this week, which is
7:51identical to what we have with the New York Jets. But Bucky's getting the receiving work. So, even in a tough matchup, you got to jam him. And going
7:58over to Kairen Williams, I understand that we did get a decent amount of Blake Cororm if you're looking at the underlying snap usage. Kairen only
8:05played 55% of the snaps this past week against the New York Giants, but a lot of that Blake Cororm work came at the
8:12very end of the game when you had already had the Los Angeles Rams completely blow the doors off the New York Giants. Um, here this matchup
8:20against the Denver Broncos should be a lot closer. The spread in this game is only two and a half points. So I think
8:25you do have a much better role for Karen Williams going into the future. Now moving over to the E tier, we are going
8:32to be led off with Chuba Hubard. So we are not going to have Jonathan Brooks anytime soon. And this Carolina Panthers offense with Bryce
8:43Young has looked surprisingly good so far this season. Like realistically, if I am looking at Hubard here, um this is a three-down feature running back that's
8:54in a respectable offense that is favored, that's exactly what you need in your starting lineup. So like if you're considering Chuba Hubard, who maybe you
9:02drafted in like the eighth, ninth round versus a wide receiver such as like Jameson Williams, Terry McLaren, um or even like Mike Evans that went in round
9:12five of your draft. I would way rather have the running back in that flex at this point with Hubard with his
9:17guaranteed work. Now going over to David McGomery, the Houston Texans are two and a half point favorites playing in Indianapolis. What I would hope for is I
9:28would hope that Nico Collins is going to be good to go because without Nico Collins, this is just such an abysmal
9:34Houston Texans offense that's going to have a very difficult time moving the ball down the field. And realistically with this as well, like Woody Marks is
9:43getting a considerable amount of work here as well. That is lowering the floor of a McGomery week if he doesn't score a
9:49touchdown. But I would say McGomery definitely a running back you have to get in your starting lineup given the role and given the fact the Texans are
9:56favored. And then Bay Shel Tutin, you got to start as well. This game is being played in Jacksonville against the New
10:01England Patriots. The Jacksonville Jaguars are three-point favorites.
10:05They're projecting out to score 24-ish points. Now, Bashel Tuton is very clearly the starting running back here for the Jags. Now, with that being said,
10:14does he have the full-blown role where he's getting every single touch out of the backfield? No, because you are seeing some go in the direction of like
10:23Laquent Allen on third down. So, the receiving volume hasn't exactly been there. But those concerns that you maybe had with Chris Rodriguez look like
10:31they're just non-existent at this point.
10:33like Bay Shel to 100% is the lead back in Jacksonville, but running backs 19 and above, you have to have them in your
10:42starting lineup. Okay? Obviously, as you go down the rankings, you're less excited about starting David McGomery in comparison to starting Bejian Robinson,
10:50but these are the names that you have to start. As we get to the F tier, these are the names that you can start, but at
10:57the same time, um, you don't necessarily need to. Looking at Cam Scataboo. Yes, Cam Scataboo was higher in our rankings
11:07this past week. But here's the problem.
11:10One, the New York Giants project to be a bad offense. Right now, the overunder of this game is about 39 and a half points.
11:20Scataboo is now in a lowscoring game environment where last week he played 59% of the snaps because this team for whatever reason thought they needed to
11:30get Naji Harris in the lineup. So, Scat, I actually think he's maybe a little bit better this week than he's going to be
11:37in some weeks into the future because this is a matchup against the Tennessee Titans in which you probably do expect the New York Giants to be able to run
11:44the ball in the second half as they are still favored in this game even without Jackson Dart. Now, going over to
11:51Jeremiah Love, the Arizona Cardinals are eight and a half point dogs playing at San Francisco.
11:58and Jeremiah Love back-to-back weeks has played 43 and 40% of the snaps. So, while I think that Jeremiah Love you have to have lower expectations for
12:08right now, obviously the expectation should be for the rookie running back that was just a top five NFL draft pick coming into the season with the high
12:16ankle sprain. He will increase his role as time goes on and I think he will be a very strong option in the second half of
12:23the season. It's just right now it's incredibly tough. Now, Jadarian Price, it's incredibly tough to rely upon him as well. I am making this ranking under
12:31the assumption that Jadarian Price is a-okay. He will be playing this week in full. Um, obviously last week very difficult to take anything away from a
12:40game in which he leaves early with the chest injury. The Seattle Seahawks are seven point favorites here playing this game in Washington and they should be
12:48able to run the ball in the second half because the Commanders aren't going to be able to score. Quinn Sean Judkins is
12:53averaging eight fantasy points per game.
12:56But I'm honestly surprised to see that as it stands right now, the projections for Quinn Sean Judkins and this Cleveland Browns offense has this being
13:07a close game against Carolina. The spread in this game right now is two and a half points. And Judkins is getting
13:14more as a receiver with Dylan Samson on the IR. So, even though Judkins has been garbage, I think he probably is a sneaky
13:21spot start in this game. Now, DeAndre Swift has been incredible. I did put DeAndre Swift as a sellh high candidate after week one after he dropped 32
13:31fantasy points for a couple different reasons. One, just overall offensive regression, not expecting the Chicago Bears to drop 59 points every week. And
13:41two, the Kyle Manungai usage. But at this point, DeAndre Swift and all Chicago Bears are incredibly difficult
13:50to rely upon. Now, I know there is a group of people that for whatever reason, they do not like Caleb Williams.
13:59They don't like Caleb Williams, the person. That bleeds over to what they think of with Caleb Williams, the player. But let's be real here. The
14:08market makers, they're taking emotions out of it. They are putting out the most accurate projections and the most accurate lines that we could possibly
14:16see. And currently markets have the Chicago Bears projected to score 18 points this week with no Caleb Williams.
14:26This is about to be one of, if not the worst offenses in the league with no Caleb in a tough matchup against the
14:33Philadelphia Eagles. The Bears project to score fewer points than the Browns, fewer points than the Cardinals this week, fewer points than almost any other
14:42team that you can name other than the Miami Dolphins as well as the Washington Commanders, who we'll get to in one
14:48second. So, I 100% think that despite DeAndre Swift being a phenomenal league running back pick that you got in the middle rounds,
14:59you have to readjust expectations. He's in a committee with Kyle Manungai and now all of a sudden his offense is straight up booty cheeks. Like I'm
15:07having to readjust my expectations for Travis CTN here. Now with Travis CTN, I made the worst trade I've ever made in
15:14my entire life to get him in the flock league. It's embarrassing. It's something I think about every single day. If I had a time machine, I would go
15:21back to reverse it.
15:24I feel so bad about this guy. We did right after week one when we saw the usage in a game with no Alvin Kamara. He
15:31had only played 59% of the snaps. I tried selling him off my team. We put him on the sell high video after week
15:38one as well. Um I will say that even if it looks incredibly bleak, this is a game in which the New Orleans Saints are
15:47favored by three points. They project to have a pretty good offense here at home against the Las Vegas Raiders. And if
15:56ETN would have scored that touchdown that got called back last week, he would be averaging 14 fantasy points per game at the moment, which would be obviously
16:04significantly higher than any other running back in this tier, not named DeAndre Swift. So, I think I would like to bench ETN, but you can start him. And
16:13then Aaron Jones, no receiving work at all last week, but he had absolutely everything as a rusher. And the Vikings are favored in this game playing in
16:21Tampa. Now, with this in mind, um we are going to have to monitor the practice reports for Aaron Jones. He is dealing
16:28with an injury right now. We don't know for sure if he is going to be good to go this weekend, which again is why he's
16:34going to be a little bit lower in these ranks. But I want to reiterate, running backs 19 and above, these are the guys
16:40that you have to start. Running backs 20 through 26, it's going to be up to you and the rest of your team. I personally
16:48am starting Travis ETN. Obviously, I'd rather start like DeAndre Swift if I could. But going over to the G tier, this is where we get to the range of
16:57guys that I would like to bench if possible. Trevian Henderson, Raandre Stevenson will continue to split this backfield. Again, I have called Trevian
17:06Henderson a buy low candidate. Read Stevenson a sell high guy in the past just because if we are talking upside, I
17:13like the upside more of Trevian Henderson. I think he is a big explosive running back that is incredibly talented if he's given the opportunity. But I
17:22think a lot of that opportunity is going to continue to go to Raadre given the pass protection stuff. And then with
17:28Jaylen Warren, he currently is injured and Rico Dattle is injured as well. So I will update these rankings on flockfantasy.com. I will get y'all an
17:37updated video ranking list on most likely Friday for our top 100 flex plays. But this will be something we have to monitor because I believe both
17:44Jaylen Warren and Rico Dow did miss practice today on Wednesday. And then with Blake Cororm only averaging seven and a half fantasy points per game at
17:53the moment. Again, he's a desperation play if you need him, but the fact of the matter is he's more like a premium
17:57handcuff. And then your H tier running backs, Bench Marshon Lloyd. Maybe he is the lead running back in Green Bay, but
18:05frankly it doesn't matter. He's not any good. Um RJ Harvey, I don't know how to rank any of the Denver running backs.
18:10Harvey has a injured hamstring. Dobbins got banged up during the game. And apparently Jonah Coleman has an ankle sprain as well. So the Denver Broncos
18:18running backs will be just a ranking set that we need to update later on. Do not play Jaory Crossra. Do not play a single
18:25commander. Even if you just had Stefon Diggs go nuclear for your team. It is the best game you're going to get from
18:32Stefon Diggs all season. The Commanders project to score 16 and a half points this week, which is worse than the Miami
18:39Dolphins with no Jaden Daniels in a tough match up against Seattle. Rashad White, I understand he was useful this past week, but again, bench all your
18:48commanders. I think you've already learned at this point, you bench all your Tennessee Titans. JK Dobbins, we're gonna have to update when we get more
18:55injury information here. Rico Dattle, we're gonna have to update when we get more injury information. Algier, the less talented running back in a
19:02committee on the Cardinals. Um Kenneth Gainwell, straight up backup running back at this point. Jonah Coleman, Emit Johnson. Again, the Denver stuff we're
19:10just going to have to update later on.
19:11But um I will go through keep you up to date in the live stream every single day as we get the additional injury
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