Since the QB discussion died down a bit and we are at the weekend here's the RB rankings.
It's easiest to just keep Kareem Hunt where I had him instead of moving him because so much is uncertain there, I definitely think he gets another chance because at least to me the biggest reason he was released was because he lied to them and less about the incident. And I just honestly wouldn't quite know where I would want him ranked after all of that. Same goes for Ware who might be my biggest omission right now. I know very little about him so I left him off completely for now.
The ranks are based on 1/2 ppr
Tier 1 - (1) Saquon Barkley, (2) Todd Gurley, (3) Ezekiel Elliott
Tier 2 - (4) Alvin Kamara, (5) Kareem Hunt, (6) Christian McCaffrey, (7) James Connor, (8) Joe Mixon, (9) Melvin Gordon, (10) Nick Chubb, (11) Derrius Guice
Tier 3 - (12) David Johnson, (13) Le'Veon Bell, (14) Leonard Fournette, (15) Kerryon Johnson, (16) Aaron Jones, (17) Sony Michel
Tier 4 - (18) Rashaad Penny, (19) Dalvin Cook, (20) Phillip Lindsey, (21) Marlon Mack, (22) Tevin Coleman, (23) Jerrick McKinnon
Tier 5 - (24) Royce Freeman, (25) Matt Breida, (26) Josh Adams, (27) Devonte Freeman, (28) Kenyan Drake, (29) Tarik Cohen, (30) Mark Ingram, (31) TJ Yeldon
Tier 6 - (32) Chris Carson, (33) D'Onte Foreman, (34) Jordan Howard, (35) Derrick Henry, (36) Jay Ajayi
Tier 7 - (37) Lamar Miller, (38) James White, (39) Dion Lewis, (40) Duke Johnson, (41) LeSean McCoy, (42) Austin Ekeler, (43) Nyheim Hines, (44) Giovanni Bernard
Tier 8 - (45) Isaiah Crowell, (46) Ronald Jones, (47) Chris Warren III, (48) Mike Boone, (49) Ito Smith, (50) Elijah McGuire, (51) Alex Collins, (52) Gus Edwards
Tier 9 - (53) Kalen Ballage, (54) Chase Edmunds, (55) John Kelly
The top3 RB's I feel are total locks. No uncertainty about what they'll do no matter the circumstances. Gurley has a great offense, Zeke gets fed, and Barkley is just that damn good. Then Tier 2 is the super solid, consolation prizes of stud RB's. Then we get into more and more questions obviously. I feel like RB is pretty deep right now with a lot of youth on the upswing. When I finalized this list, the ones that kind of stood out to me are Hines, Foreman, Devonte Freeman, Josh Adams, Yeldon, Breida, Lindsey, Mack, Fournette, Bell, DJ, McKinnon. Some have fallen from the elite tiers 1 and 2, and some are up and comers who need opportunity to show what they can do. All of who I feel like could either boom or bust next year. Someone will likely take them higher than they should and either feel smarter than the world or regret it the rest of the season. But That's everyone I see having some value going into 2019, some as handcuff pieces, some as fliers and some as depth.
And unlike the WR group I don't see the RB landscape changing a whole lot based on the draft. Maybe 2-3 of the 2019 class fit the bill but I don't think I could put them any higher than Tier 5. But I haven't done a whole lot of 2019 work yet for the rookies.