Updated Fantasy Football Rankings: RBs 1-10

by Skeller on Aug 18, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Football

Two second year backs in my top four. Is that messed up or not?

Rank	Player	Team	Change	Comments
1	Peterson, Adrian	MIN	0	Still the man
2	Turner, Michael	ATL	+1	I thought the Falcons would throw more this year, but now...maybe not so much.
3	Forte, Matt	CHI	+1	The Bears will probably TRY to throw more, which won't help.
4	Slaton, Steve	HOU	+2	Odds are Schaub will get hurt at some point.
5	Jones-Drew, Maurice	JAX	-3	Holt will help, but these are still the Jags.
6	Brown, Ronnie	MIA	+1	Ready for his first 1000 yard season
7	Barber, Marion	DAL	-2	Will anchor the Dallas offense
8	Smith, Kevin	DET	0	Ready for his first 1100 yard season
9	Johnson, Chris	TEN	+2	The Titans look like they'll still be one-dimensional
10	Portis, Clinton	WAS	-1	The Redskins SHOULD be throwing more this year. Should.

Tweet Comment 6 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

?

How does Schaub getting hurt HELP Slaton?

by ILLZ on Aug 18, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

I agree

This is a pass happy offense. Without a healthy Schaub, teams will key on stopping Slaton and make the backup QB beat them (who is Houston’s backup QB anyway?).

I really do like Slaton this year though. Having said that, I wouldn’t rank him 4th over a guy like MJD. That guy will be a beast and will post 1800 all purpose yds with 50 receptions. Count on it.

"I’ll give him a badge and he can be my deputy." -Sheriff Melvin appoints Deputy Braun

by spell on Aug 18, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Ronnie Brown and Kevin Smith are WAY too high for my liking. I would drop them at least 5 spots each, maybe more. Other guys like DeAngelo (especially with currently injured Jonathan Stewart), Steven Jackson and LaDainian Tomlinson. Actually I think I would rather have Westbrook or Jacobs over those two guys as well.

And Barber, IMO, is too high as well. All the names I listed above I would be more comfortable with. With a healthy Felix, Barber is not a top 10 RB.

"I’ll give him a badge and he can be my deputy." -Sheriff Melvin appoints Deputy Braun

by spell on Aug 18, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

Picking 6th

Do you take Brown?

Fake Teams - a proud member of the SB Nation

by faketeams on Aug 18, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

No way

It’d be a cold day in hell. Ronnie Brown is literally 10 spots too high.

by ILLZ on Aug 18, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Schaub

That was more of a warning than an advertisement. Houston’s backup is Dan Orlovsky who isn’t a complete waste.

Wow, I don’t see how you can count on Westbrook or Jacobs over a solid RB1 like Brown. But that’s one of the big stories of this season, how the RB rankings are so unsettled. There isn’t the “given” Top 5 or 10 guys like most years.

by Skeller on Aug 18, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions