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Your top 3 fantasy RB next year? (1 Viewer)
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Elevencents
Footballguy
1st round next year is gonna be easy. Just grab the next best RB on the board. I would be happy with Gurley, Zeke, Barkley, Kamara, CMC or Gordon as my #1. Prob in that order.
ponchsox
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boilerdave
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bostonfred
Footballguy
Conner is going to be in that conversation.
ponchsox
Footballguy
The fact that we think we have it all figured out is what's going to make it such a landmine. Next year we'll probably see a bunch of elite WRs emerge into first-round talents.
Tau837
Footballguy
Angry spiders
Footballguy
Nah....second half of season he tailed off....wouldnt doubt pitt drafts a rb early either
ponchsox
Footballguy
Depends on the offensive lines and the offenses as a whole heading into next year.
Zeke’s game log has been first pick worthy since they acquired Cooper.
DJ has been a lesson to pay more attention to OCs/schemes. As such, too early to name my top 3 for next year.
Rhythmdoctor
Footballguy
My top 5 for next year based on how I feel RIGHT NOW:
- Barkley
- Gurley
- Zeke
- CMC
- Kamara
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Nailed it.
Bell is a wildcard depending on if he decides to play football.
Chubb and Gordon are in the top 10. DJ may make it to the 10 spot but his situation is rough.
Birdie048
Footballguy
Bell is truly a wildcard on his landing spot for playing ...
If he lands in Philly or Balt, he is a Top 5 consideration.
Some locations could be more RBBC and less wear & tear on his body.... which is a point of his holdout.
Elevencents
Footballguy
That’s very true. But I’ll stand by it and take the burn when it comes, haha. Can’t overthink it even though you’re right and one or two will undoubtedly not end up as 1st round point producers.
Lionsfan011
Footballguy
Tier 1 - super studs: Gurley, Barkley, Elliott
- Gurley seems the safest, Barkley has a great surrounding talent sans Manning and catches a ton of balls, Elliott gets volume.
- Kamara possibly returns to early season stat lines if Ingram is gone, McCaffrey almost on par with Kamara but in a lesser offense, Conner slightly below Kamara and McCaffrey, Gordon is great but carries injury concerns, Bell is a wild card.
- Mixon would be FF RB8-RB10 right now if he didn't miss 2 games, is surrounded by good skill players, has good receiving skills himself but has an average at best o-line and QB. It'll be interesting if Cincy improves the o-line or QB situation in the off-season. Chubb is in a similar position as Mixon but has a better QB and doesn't have quite the receiving skills. Both have potential to reach Tier 2. Mixon over Chubb based on receiving skills.
- All have their warts. All could hit Tier 2 under more optimal conditions. Can DJ get a better supporting cast around him and more importantly, a better play caller that works to his strengths? He's just outside the top 10 FF RB's right now despite all this. Rosen and Kirk should take a step forward. Can Fitz hang on for another year? Fournette is a bell cow but carries a significant injury risk with him and isn't much of a receiving threat. Can Lindsay keep it up if Denver doesn't upgrade their offensive supporting cast or does he suffer a sophomore slump? Keenum is well below average and Sanders is likely done. Sutton is the only skills player of note outside of Lindsay.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Top 3 is really not much of a discussion.
Barkley
Gurley
Elliott
How you order them is up to you.
Barkley
Gurley
Elliott
How you order them is up to you.
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
Just out of spite I really he hope he winds up somewhere with a garbage O-Line. Arizona, Buffalo and Cincinatti come to mind (not that any of those three would go after him).
yeah, a team who has a RB ranked 6th in rushing yards per game, top 10 in RB receptions and second in TDs getting paid less than a $1m/yr is going to draft another RB early. That has to be the dumbest theory ever.Elevencents
Footballguy
Man I hope you’re right. I drafted him in the 11th in order to keep him in the 11th next year. Could provide a nice return.beerbuff said:
fightingillini
Footballguy
Absolutely.ponchsox said:
Since Week 9 (1st game Cooper played with DAL), Zeke points in one of my PPR leagues
15, 36, 32, 26, 25, 31
That's pretty good. He scored 31 last week without even scoring a TD. I could consider Zeke with the 1st pick.
Elevencents
Footballguy
Baltimore yes, but not Philly unless They change the way they use their RB. Which could very well happen because he’ll be the best RB they’ve had in a long time.Birdie048 said:
needanap
Footballguy
Right now, I would take Barkley, CMC, and Zeke. Gordon and Gurley would be next. Our league has some non-typical scoring (nothing overly crazy) and this is the current points rank of the running backs. Gordon actually has the highest weekly average but has missed three weeks so he is 4th in total points.
I'd be happy with any of them though.
I'd be happy with any of them though.
Elevencents
Footballguy
bostonfred
Footballguy
He's also at 333 touches and just went on the injury report with a neck injury.
He's on pace for over 410 touches including over 330 carries, and is likely to make the post season where he could add to that significantly. He just had a 40 touch game this week. He could be looking at close to - or even over - 500 touches if they continue to lean on him and they win a playoff game.
No chance i'd take him 1.1 after that.
Deamon
Footballguy
I'd be good with any of those 10. There's also 10 WR's I'd be good with in the 1st. This seems like one of those years where it's so deep at the top that it's good to pick late in the draft to get two of them. However, it's almost SO deep, that you want to be near the top again and could still get 2 top players by drafting 4th, and having a better 3rd round pick.
fightingillini
Footballguy
Good post. I would only make one change to your tiers.......I would put CMC in a super stud tier in PPR leagues.Lionsfan011 said:
Steeler
Footballguy
I never understood this argument from Bell's camp (if he is even making it). He wants to set the RB market but doesn't want to get "run into the ground" - it's just so illogical to me. Why would he get paid top dollar and then not used be used as much as possible?
-OZ-
Footballguy
Deamon
Footballguy
socrates
Footballguy
My early 2019 RB (PPR) Rankings
TIER ONE: Barkley, Gurley and Elliott, in any order.
TIER TWO: CMC, Kamara, Mixon and Gordon are the next tier for me. I would put CMC at the top of this tier, more like Tier 1.5 for him.
TIER THREE: Fournette, Cook, Chubb and Conner. Fournette's injury history concerns me. Conner faded late, but situation is key here.
TIER FOUR: DJ, Freeman, Jones, Lindsay, Cohen. Perhaps I have dropped DJ too far.
TIER FIVE: Guice, Kerryon, Henry, Drake Sony and Miller. A lot of question marks here. You could probably lump several more here. If Seattle's situation becomes more clear, or if Breida retains hold of the lead in SF, they move up, but until we have more clarity, it is difficult to rank those situations.
The two most interesting situations I am watching this offseason (1) where does Bell land; and (2) who will be the primary ball carrier in KC. I have excluded Bell from my rankings pending him finding a home. Mark Ingram's situation will be another one to watch with interest this offseason. Also, what happens in Philly and Baltimore?
TIER ONE: Barkley, Gurley and Elliott, in any order.
TIER TWO: CMC, Kamara, Mixon and Gordon are the next tier for me. I would put CMC at the top of this tier, more like Tier 1.5 for him.
TIER THREE: Fournette, Cook, Chubb and Conner. Fournette's injury history concerns me. Conner faded late, but situation is key here.
TIER FOUR: DJ, Freeman, Jones, Lindsay, Cohen. Perhaps I have dropped DJ too far.
TIER FIVE: Guice, Kerryon, Henry, Drake Sony and Miller. A lot of question marks here. You could probably lump several more here. If Seattle's situation becomes more clear, or if Breida retains hold of the lead in SF, they move up, but until we have more clarity, it is difficult to rank those situations.
The two most interesting situations I am watching this offseason (1) where does Bell land; and (2) who will be the primary ball carrier in KC. I have excluded Bell from my rankings pending him finding a home. Mark Ingram's situation will be another one to watch with interest this offseason. Also, what happens in Philly and Baltimore?
Tanner9919
Footballguy
I just don't see how Lindsay is not in tier 1.5 or so. He's better than anyone in your tier 3, better than Mixon and probably equal to or betteer than Gordon ( Gordon is once again hurt, that has to start factoring in at some point. he tens to get nicked up). Remember, Lindsay is a p/t player, with about 12-15 carries/gm. if he EVER gets 15-20 consistently he'll be in the top tier in no time.
Tier 5 should not include Guice he hasn't done a thing yet. I'd move Kerryon up to tier 3, replacing Fournette - with Fournette even play for the Jags next season? he's making off the field issues a bit sticking point with himself now..
I think it would be wise to have a look at what Penny is doing in Seattle, especially the past 5 games or so..a couple of down games for sure, but I'm seeing a lot of 8-44, high ypc avg games. he's a 2nd rounder. his team is running the *@#$ out of the ball.Mike Davis is gone in 2019.Carson is OK but he's not going to hold Penny back.
There might be a record number of new head coaches around the league in 2019. going to interesting how all of that pans out. GB has A. Jones, I'll bet the farm he pole vaults himself into your top 2 tiers.
Plus, the rookie RBs will make a splash. If I had to guess, Fournette, Cook, Mixon, Miller, Drake , Henry ,Guice won't be anywhere near the top 10 RBs next season.
you can put these guys in any order but I'd have it like:
Kamara, Barkley, Elliot, Gurley, Lindsay, CMC, Kamara, Jones, Michel, Chubb. Don't like the long term potential of Cohen , if I'm taking a smaller guy I'm banking on Breida. Conner has been good, but I can't believe that Pitt would go to 2019 with him as a starter and not add talented depth.
Cohen is doing well only because Howard is doing so poorly. that'll change next season they'll bring in a better back via draft or free agency.
The question I find more interesting is which RB will make the leap into the Top 5? My money is on MIxon. He's had kind of a weird season with injuries (to himself as well as Dalton, Green, etc.) but has still managed to produce (RB13 in 0.5 PPR). Particularly if they shake up the coaching staff and/or get a new QB, he has the talent to become elite.
TripleThreat
Footballguy
foxco
Footballguy
Don't agree with this. I have Guice rated very high despite not playing a down in the regular season - if people are dropping him on their boards he's a terrific buy opp IMO. He's a beast. If you were on board with him before the season then no reason to drop him in your rankings at this point.
fightingillini
Footballguy
`What does Conner have to do in your mind to secure the starting job? He's only had 1300 or so all purpose yards and 13 TDs.
