Your Top 35 Running Backs (1 Viewer)

[Clayton Gray]

Rankings will be accepted until Midnight Eastern on July 31st.

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Overall QBs WRs TEs PKs Defense/STs

Note: Since these rankings will be posted to the site after August 1st, a composite listing of these rankings will be posted on the message board for people that do not subscribe to the site.

Assume these rankings are for a 12 team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 PK, and 1 Defense/ST

Scoring System

4 pts = TD pass

6 pts = TD run/catch

1 pt = 20 YD pass

1 pt = 10 YD run/catch

-1 pt = INT

3 pts = FG

1 pt = PAT

Defense

1 pt = Sack

2 pts = INT

2 pts = Fumble Rec

2 pts = Safety

Points allowed

0 = 6 pts

2-6 = 4 pts

7-12 = 2 pts

13-18 = 1 pt

19-24 = 0 pts

25-30 = (-1) pt

31-36 = (-2) pts

37-42 = (-4) pts

43+ = (-6) pts

Yards allowed

1-149 = 6 pts

150-199 = 4 pts

200-249 = 2 pts

250-299 = 1 pts

300-349 = 0 pts

350-399 = (-1) pts

400-449 = (-2) pts

450-499 = (-4) pts

500+ = (-6) pts

 

[shadyridr]

1 LaDanian Tomlinson2 Ricky Williams3 Priest Holmes4 Clinton Portis5 Marshall Faulk6 Shaun Alexander7 Deuce McCallister8 Travis Henry9 Ahman Green10 Jamal Lewis11 Edgerrin James12 Fred Taylor13 Tiki Barber14 Stephen Davis15 Charlie Garner16 Corey Dillon17 William Green18 Curtis Martin19 Eddie George20 Anthony Thomas21 Kevan Barlow22 Warrick Dunn23 Amos Zereuoe24 Onterrio Smith25 Garrison Hearst26 James Stewart27 Trung Canidate28 Duce Staley29 Stacey Mack30 Troy Hambrick31 Antowain Smith32 Correll Buckhalter33 Marcell Shipp34 TJ Duckett35 Ladell Betts

 

[Miggity]

1 LaDanian Tomlinson2 Ricky Williams3 Clinton Portis4 Marshall Faulk5 Priest Holmes6 Deuce McCallister7 Travis Henry8 Shaun Alexander9 Edgerrin James10 Fred Taylor11 Tiki Barber12 Jamal Lewis13 Ahman Green14 Corey Dillon15 Stephen Davis16 Curtis Martin17 William Green18 Charlie Garner19 Eddie George20 Anthony Thomas21 James Stewart22 Kevan Barlow23 Warrick Dunn24 Garrison Hearst25 Trung Canidate26 Onterrio Smith27 Troy Hambrick28 Duce Staley29 Stacey Mack30 Antowain Smith31 Jerome Bettis32 Amos Zereuoe33 Emmitt Smith33 Correll Buckhalter34 Moe Williams35 TJ Duckett

 

[EastBayFunk]

1 Deuce McAllister2 Clinton Portis3 LaDainian Tomlinson4 Ricky Williams5 Marshall Faulk6 Fred Taylor7 Priest Holmes8 Shaun Alexander9 Travis Henry10 Jamal Lewis11 Edgerrin James12 Tiki Barber13 Stephen Davis14 Ahman Green15 Corey Dillon16 William Green17 Curtis Martin18 Onterrio Smith19 Eddie George20 Troy Hambrick21 Trung Canidate22 Antowain Smith23 Stacey Mack24 James Stewart25 Kevan Barlow26 Marcel Shipp27 Correll Buckhalter28 Duce Staley29 Warrick Dun30 Anthony Thomas31 Garrison Hearst32 TJ Duckett33 Thomas Jones34 Mike Alstott35 Moe Williams

 

[Spartans Rule]

1. Priest Holmes2. Clinton Portis3. LaDainian Tomlinson4. Ricky Williams5. Marshall Faulk6. Deuce McAllister7. Shaun Alexander8. Travis Henry9. Fred Taylor10. Edgerrin James11. Tiki Barber12. Ahman Green13. Jamal Lewis14. Curtis Martin15. Corey Dillon16. William Green17. Stephen Davis18. Charlie Garner19. James Stewart20. Eddie George21. Duce Staley22. Warrick Dunn23. Anthony Thomas24. Trung Canidate25. Amos Zereoue26. Stacey Mack27. Troy Hambrick28. Antowain Smith29. Kevan Barlow30. Onterrio Smith31. Mike Alstott32. Garrison Hearst33. Emmitt Smith34. Marcel Shipp35. Jerome Bettis

 

[Ragg]

1 LaDanian Tomlinson2 Priest Holmes3 Shaun Alexander4 Ricky Williams5 Deuce McAllister6 Edgerrin James7 Ahman Green8 Fred Taylor9 Marshall Faulk10 Clinton Portis11 Jamal Lewis12 Corey Dillon13 Tiki Barber14 Travis Henry15 Stephen Davis16 William Green17 Charlie Garner18 Curtis Martin19 Eddie George20 Troy Hambrick21 Kevan Barlow22 Warrick Dunn23 Anthony Thomas24 James Stewart25 Stacey Mack26 Amos Zeroeue27 Duce Staley28 Moe Williams29 Onterrio Smith30 Marcel Shipp31 Trung Canidate32 Garrison Hearst33 Antowin Smith34 T.J. Duckett35 Kevin Faulk

 

[Arc]

01. L Tomlinson

02. P Holmes

03. C Portis

04. R Williams

05. M Faulk

06. T Henry

07. D McAllister

08. S Alexander

09. F Taylor

10. E James

11. W Green

12. S Davis

13. T Barber

14. C Dillon

15. J Lewis

16. E George

17. C Martin

18. C Garner

19. J Stewart

20. A Thomas

21. A Green

22. T Canidate

23. O Smith

24. T Hambrick

25. S Mack

26. K Barlow

27. W Dunn

28. A Zereoue

29. A Stecker

30. D Staley

31. E Smith

32. A Smith

33. L Johnson

34. M Shipp

35. G Hearst

 

[Clark Griswold]

1. Ricky Williams2. LaDainian Tomlinson3. Deuce McAllister4. Marshall Faulk5. Clinton Portis6. Priest Holmes7. Shaun Alexander8. Edgerrin James9. Fred Taylor10. Travis Henry 11. Jamal Lewis12. Ahman Green13. Corey Dillon14. Tiki Barber15. Charlie Garner16. Stephen Davis17. Curtis Martin18. William Green19. Eddie George20. James Stewart21. Anthony Thomas22. Amos Zereoue23. Troy Hambrick24. Kevan Barlow25. Warrick Dunn26. Stacey Mack27. Garrison Hearst28. Trung Candidate29. Duce Staley30. Emmitt Smith31. Antowain Smith32. Jerome Bettis33. Mike Alstott34. Onterrio Smith35. Correll Buckhalter

 

[Hash Mark]

1. LaDainian Tomlinson2. Priest Holmes3. Ricky Williams4. Clinton Portis5. Deuce McAllister6. Marshall Faulk7. Shaun Alexander8. Corey Dillon9. Travis Henry10. Edgerrin James 11. Charlie Garner12. Tiki Barber13. Ahman Green14. Fred Taylor15. Jamal Lewis16. Curtis Martin17. Stephen Davis18. William Green19. James Stewart20. Eddie George21. Troy Hambrick22. Warrick Dunn23. Trung Canidate24. Duce Staley25. Stacey Mack26. Amos Zereoue27. Antowain Smith28. Kevan Barlow29. Anthony Thomas30. Onterrio Smith31. Mike Alstott32. Emmitt Smith33. Marcel Shipp34. Garrison HearstJerome Bettis

 

[Frenchy Fuqua]

1- Marshall Faulk2- Clinton Portis3- Ricky Williams4- LaDainian Tomlinson5- Priest Holmes6- Deuce McAllister7- Edgerrin James8- Shaun Alexander9- Travis Henry10-Fred Taylor11-Ahman Green12-Jamal Lewis13-Corey Dillon14-Tiki Barber15-Stephen Davis16-William Green17-Curtis Martin18-Charlie Garner19-Eddie George20-Troy Hambrick21-Antowain Smith22-James Stewart23-Stacey Mack24-Kevan Barlow25-Anthony Thomas26-Correll Buckhalter27-Trung Canidate28-Thomas Jones29-Onterrio Smith30-Doug Chapman31-Ladell Betts32-Duce Staley33-Amos Zereoue34-Jerome Bettis35-Warrick Dunn

 

[Clayton Gray]

 

[whelpley]

The dude that put Duece as the number one pick is nuts. The Saints choke every year. Why would you risk losing in the first round of the fantasy playoffs because the Saints decided to pack it up again? Also, most people have Edge way too low.1. R. Williams2. L. Tomlinson3. P. Holmes4. M. Faulk5. E. James6. C. Portis7. T. Henry8. D. McAllister9. F. Taylor10. S. Alexander11. J. Lewis12. A. Green13. T. Barber14. S. Davis15. W. Green16. C. Dillon17. C. Martin18. C. Garner19. S. Mack20. E. George21. K. Barlow22. C. Buckhalter23. W. Dunn24. J. Stewart25. A. Zereoue26. Trung Canidate27. A. Smith28. G. Hearst29. TJ Duckett30. Lamont Jordan31. Lamar Gordon32. J. Bettis33. Onterio Smith34. Moe Williams35. Anthony Thomas

 

[FFFanatic71]

1. L Tomlinson2. R Williams3. P Holmes4. C Portis5. D McAllister6. T Henry7. Edge8. M Faulk9. S Alexander10. T Henry11. J Lewis12. A Green13. C Dillon14. T Barber15. S Davis16. C Garner17. W Green18. C Martin19. K Barlow20. A Zereoue21. E George22. S Mack23. T Canidate24. A Peterson25. J Stewart26. T Hambrick27. C Buckhalter28. TJ Duckett29. Emmitt30. Ont. Smith31. W Dunn32. D Staley33. M Alstott34. Ant. Smith35. M Pittman

 

[H.K.]

1. LaDainian Tomlinson2. Priest Holmes3. Ricky Williams4. Deuce McAllister5. Marshall Faulk6. Clinton Portis7. Travis Henry8. Shaun Alexander9. Edgerrin James10. Ahman Green11. Tiki Barber12. Jamal Lewis13. Fred Taylor14. Cory Dillon15. Stephen Davis16. Curtis Martin17. William Green18. Charlie Garner19. Eddie George20. James Stewart21. Stacey Mack22. Warrick Dunn23. Anthony Thomas24. Antowain Smith25. Moe Williams26. Amos Zereoue27. Garrison Hearst28. Kevan Barlow29. Emmitt Smith30. Duce Staley31. Corell Buckhalter32. Mike Alstott33. Marcel Shipp34. Ladell Betts35. Jerome Bettis

 

[Giantseasonticketholder]

1) Ricky Williams2) LaDainian Tomlinson3) Priest Holmes4) Clinton Portis5) Marshall Faulk6) Deuce McAllister7) Shaun Alexander8) Edgerrin James9) Travis Henry10) Ahman Green11) Tiki Barber12) Fred Taylor13) Jamal Lewis14) Corey Dillon15) Curtis Martin16) Charlie Garner17) Stephen Davis18) William Green19) Eddie George20) James Stewart21) Troy Hambrick22) Warrick Dunn23) Stacey Mack24) Antowain Smith25) Trung Canidate26) Kevan Barlow27) Amos Zeroue28) Anthony Thomas29) Mike Alstott30) Onterrio Smith31) TJ Duckett32) Garrison Hearst33) Duce Staley34) Emmitt Smith35) Moe Williams

 

[bostonfred2]

Eastbay's new at this, I see...

 

[E_Smith]

1. LaDainian Tomlinson2. Ricky Williams3. Priest Holmes4. Clinton Portis5. Marshall Faulk6. Deuce McAllister7. Shaun Alexander8. Travis Henry9. Edgerrin James10. Ahman Green11. Jamal Lewis12. Fred Taylor13. Tiki Barber14. Cory Dillon15. Charlie Garner16. Stephen Davis17. Curtis Martin18. William Green19. Eddie George20. James Stewart21. Stacey Mack22. Warrick Dunn23. Anthony Thomas24. Onterrio Smith25. Antowain Smith26. Troy Hambrick27. Amos Zereoue28. Garrison Hearst29. Trung Canidate30. Kevan Barlow31. Emmitt Smith32. Duce Staley33. Mike Alstott34. Marcel Shipp35. Ladell Betts

 

[Newpoint]

1 LaDainian Tomlinson2 Priest Holmes3 Ricky Williams4 Marshall Faulk5 Clinton Portis6 Shaun Alexander7 Deuce McAllister8 Edgerrin James9 Travis Henry10 Fred Taylor11 Jamal Lewis12 Ahman Green13 Corey Dillon14 Stephen Davis15 Tiki Barber16 Curtis Martin17 William Green18 Eddie George19 Charlie Garner20 Amos Zereoue21 Stacey Mack22 James Stewart23 Kevan Barlow24 Mike Alstott25 Troy Hambrick26 Anthony Thomas27 Trung Canidate28 Duce Staley29 Warrick Dunn30 Emmitt Smith31 Antowain Smith32 Moe Williams33 Garrison Hearst34 Ladell Betts35 Jerome Bettis

 

[FFFanatic71]

Eastbay's new at this, I see...

...or maybe he just has an opinion that differs from the norm. So what?! Maybe his gut tells him something yours doesn't.

 

[bostonfred2]

...or maybe he just has an opinion that differs from the norm. So what?! Maybe his gut tells him something yours doesn't.

Or maybe his gut tells me something mine tells me too, but I'm glad everyone else isn't saying the same thing.

 

[GibbyGarcia]

LaDainian TomlinsonSDRicky Williams MIAMarshall Faulk STLClinton Portis DENPriest Holmes KCDeuce McAllister NOEdgerrin James INDShaun Alexander SEATravis Henry BUFAhman Green GBJamal Lewis BALFred Taylor JAXTiki Barber NYGCorey Dillon CINCharlie Garner OAKCurtis Martin NYJStephen Davis CARWilliam Green CLEEddie George TENTrung Canidate WASAnthony Thomas CHIJames Stewart DETWarrick Dunn ATLStacey Mack HOUAntowain Smith NETroy Hambrick DALOnterrio Smith MinCorrell Buckhalter PHIAmos Zereoue PITKevan Barlow SFEmmitt Smith ARIMike Alstott TBGarrison Hearst SFJerome Bettis PITT.J. Duckett ATLDuce Staley PHIMoe Williams MINMarcel Shipp ARILamar Gordon STLLadell Betts WAS

 

[sdsjr3]

1 L. Tomlinson2 C. Portis3 P. Holmes4 M. Faulk5 R. Williams6 S. Alexander7 E. James8 D. McAllister9 T. Henry10 T. Barber11 J. Lewis12 F. Taylor13 A. Green14 C. Dillon15 C. Garner16 S. Davis17 E. George18 J. Stewart19 C. Martin20 W. Green21 A. Thomas22 T. Hambrick23 T. Canidate24 S. Mack25 M. Alstott26 K. Barlow27 E. Smith28 W. Dunn29 A. Smith30 A. Zereoue31 J. Bettis32 D. Staley33 G. Hearst34 T.J. Duckett35 M. Shipp

 

[Titans2003]

1. Tomlinson2. Portis3. Faulk4. Holmes5. Williams6. McCallister7. Henry8. Alexander9. A Green10. James11. Taylor12. Dillon13. Barber14. Lewis15. Garner16. Martin17. W Green18. Davis19. E George20. Barlow21. Hambrick22. Mack23. O Smith24. Duckett25. Stewart26. Zereoue27. Canidate28. Dunn29. Bettis30. Staley31. A Thomas32. M Williams33. L Johnson34. Alstott35. BuckhalterI wouldn't take pot shots at anyone's rankings until after the season.

 

[WadeGarrett22]

1 LaDanian Tomlinson2 Ricky Williams3 Shaun Alexander4 Priest Holmes5 Deuce McAllister6 Edgerrin James7 Clinton Portis8 Fred Taylor9 Marshall Faulk10 William Green11 Jamal Lewis12 Corey Dillon13 Tiki Barber14 Travis Henry15 Stephen Davis16 Ahman Green17 Charlie Garner18 Curtis Martin19 Eddie George20 Troy Hambrick21 Kevan Barlow22 Warrick Dunn23 Anthony Thomas24 James Stewart25 Stacey Mack26 Amos Zeroeue27 Duce Staley28 Moe Williams29 Onterrio Smith30 Marcel Shipp31 Trung Canidate32 Garrison Hearst33 Antowin Smith34 T.J. Duckett35 Kevin Faulk

 

[shadyridr]

I wouldn't take pot shots at anyone's rankings until after the season.

Agreed

 

[EastBayFunk]

I must be new to this because my rankings don't look like the final standings from last year? Every year things change quite a bit. Everyone knows this, but not everyone has the balls to try to predict what the changes will be. The top 10 never, ever, shakes out like people expect it to. Even my rankings are pretty conservative after the first seven or eight picks.

 

[BigTuna]

1. C. Portis2. R. Williams3. L. Tomlinson4. P. Holmes5. M. Faulk6. D. McCallister7. S. Alexander 8. A. Green9. T. Henry10. J. Lewis11. E. James 12. F. Taylor 13. C. Garner14. T. Barber15. C. Dillon16. W. Green 17. S. Davis18. O. Smith19. C. Martin20. E. George21. A. Thomas22. D. Staley23. T. Hambrick24. E.Smith25. S. Mack26. A. Smith27. J. Stewart28. T. Canidate29. W. Dunn30. K. Barlow31. J. Bettis32. A. Zereuoe33. C. Buckhalter34. TJ Duckett35. M. ALstot

 

[Bailiver]

Or maybe his gut tells me something mine tells me too, but I'm glad everyone else isn't saying the same thing.

*scratches head*

 

[bostonfred2]

I must be new to this because my rankings don't look like the final standings from last year? Every year things change quite a bit. Everyone knows this, but not everyone has the balls to try to predict what the changes will be. The top 10 never, ever, shakes out like people expect it to. Even my rankings are pretty conservative after the first seven or eight picks.

My apologies if it sounded like I was taking a pot shot at your projections. I was commenting on your honesty, not your rankings themselves.

 

[EastBayFunk]

Ah, I see. I know just what you're talking about. He's no sure thing, but I was surprised that no one else put him higher.

 

[statman]

1. R.Williams2. L.Tomlinson3. C.Portis4. P.Holmes5. D.McAllister6. M.Faulk7. S.Alexander8. T.Henry9. T.Barber10. E.James11. A.Green12. S.Davis13. F.Taylor14. C.Garner15. C.Dillon16. J.Lewis17. C.Martin18. W.Green19. E.George20. J.Stewart21. S.Mack22. A.Smith23. A.Thomas24. K.Barlow25. A.Zereoue26. W.Dunn27. D.Staley28. T.Hambrick29. O.Smith30. E.Smith31. G.Hearst32. J.Bettis33. T.Canidate34. M.Alstott35. TJ Duckett

 

[Defending Champs]

1 LaDanian Tomlinson2 Ricky Williams3 Clinton Portis 4 Priest Holmes5 Marshall Faulk6 Shaun Alexander7 Deuce McCallister8 Ahman Green 9 Travis Henry10 Jamal Lewis11 Edgerrin James12 Fred Taylor13 Stephen Davis14 Corey Dillon15 Curtis Martin16 Tiki Barber17 William Green18 Charlie Garner19 Eddie George20 Anthony Thomas21 Kevan Barlow22 Warrick Dunn23 Amos Zereuoe24 Onterrio Smith25 Garrison Hearst26 James Stewart27 Trung Canidate28 Duce Staley29 Stacey Mack30 Troy Hambrick31 Antowain Smith32 Correll Buckhalter33 Marcell Shipp34 TJ Duckett35 Ladell Betts

 

[Significant Shrinkage]

I must be new to this because my rankings don't look like the final standings from last year? Every year things change quite a bit. Everyone knows this, but not everyone has the balls to try to predict what the changes will be. The top 10 never, ever, shakes out like people expect it to. Even my rankings are pretty conservative after the first seven or eight picks.

Well stated. Most people (including myself) are too conservative when it comes to projections (not on individual player's numbers, but rather on the ranking of those players). We are too scared to rank Marshall Faulk out of the Top 5 or have anyone but Ricky/LaDanian as our #1. While my projections don't match east bay's, he definitely has the most creative projections as compared to everyone else's, and IMO, they are not far fetched.

 

[Fallerjw]

1. Edge2. Faulk3. RW4. LT5. Priest6. Deuce7. S Alexander8. Portis9. T Henry10 W Green11 J Lewis12 S Davis13 T Barber14 A Green15. F Taylor16 C Dillon17 C Garner18 A-Train19 E George20 Martin21 Candidate22 Zero23 Barlow24 Mack25 Hambrick26 Duckett27 Stewart28 A. Smith29 E. Smith30 Buckhalter31 Dunn32 Alstott33 O Smith34 Hearst35 Moe Williams

 

[Santa Fe Trail]

1 Holmes2 Tomlinson3 Portis4 Williams5 Faulk6 McAllister7 Taylor8 Barber9 Alexander10 Henry11 A. Green12 Garner13 Lewis14 James15 Dillon16 Martin17 W. Green18 Davis19 George20 Hambrick21 O. Smith22 Thomas23 Stewart24 Barlow25 Mack26 Candidate27 A. Smith28 Dunn29 Shipp30 Duckett31 E. Smith32 Zereoue33 Bettis34 Hearst35 Staley

 

[Ray]

I must be new to this because my rankings don't look like the final standings from last year? Every year things change quite a bit. Everyone knows this, but not everyone has the balls to try to predict what the changes will be. The top 10 never, ever, shakes out like people expect it to. Even my rankings are pretty conservative after the first seven or eight picks.

The reason it's dangerous to predict change is because most of the change occurs for unpredictable reasons.In the last 5 years, around 2/3 of the RBs that drop out of the top 10 are because of an injury of some sort, and at least some of the other 1/3 were because of an offensive decline caused by injuries to other players (QB, OL, etc).

So unless you have an injury crystal ball, it's dangerous to predict the same kind of turnover that we know is going to happen.

Specifically regarding your rankings, you aren't being _too_ terribly aggresive (as you said).