PPR Running Back Tier List - 2024 Fantasy Football

Introduction [Music] greetings and salutations everyone my name is ang kof and welcome to my YouTube channel today I'm going to be talking about my top 50 running back rankings for a full PPR scoring format as we approach our 20124 Fantasy Football Draft because it was so highly requested I thought I might as well go ahead and make another rankings update at the running back position but this time in a full PPR scoring format which is the first time in this entire Channel's history in which I will be talking about a full PPR scoring format in a specific video so over the course of today's episode I'm going to be talking about these running backs sharing with you guys my thought process and opinions while of course presenting statistics in order to justify these overall rankings for those of you who are looking for my thoughts on a specific running back you can travel down to the description there I have time stamps for every single player additionally if you're down there do me a favor click the Subscribe button cuz we're making daily fantasy football content for the entire of the season of course if you guys are looking for my 2024 Fantasy Football Draft guide and rankings and all-encompassing rankings be sure to check out Underdog and of course the patreon thank you very much for all the support but with 50 running backs to cover let's talk about our number one Christian mcaffrey going into Christian McCaffrey the 2024 fantasy football season where he is on a path to potentially becoming the greatest fantasy football running back of all time if he is able to complete this season as the number one overall back as we anticipate mainly because never in fantasy football over the course of the last 20 years have we seen a full PPR running back finish as the number one on consecutive Seasons but Christian mcaffrey has been the number one overall back in two of the last five seasons 2019 in 2023 if he's able to accomplish it in 2024 he'd be the first running back to ever accomplish that he's coming off of you know an incredible last two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers in the last what 32 games that he has played with the organization including the playoffs averaging 24.3 fantasy points per game he has scored 40 touchdowns in those 32 games and an automatic selection at the 1.01 the second running back is of Breece Hall course Bree Hall who last season Once they let him loose and let him completely take over this offense in terms of overall opport unities getting 20 plus per game he was able to average 20.02 fantasy points per game in the final 13 games of the Season behind a bottom five offensive line and while having Zack Wilson as his starting quarterback Andor Trevor Simeon in some of those overall weeks the New York Jets offense gets a huge upgrade with Aaron Rogers now being healthy an incredible Improvement in terms of the offensive line bringing in Tyron Smith Morgan Moses John Simpson drafting an offensive lineman within the first round he is a three down capable back that is going to show everyone why he is in this top three conversation take over and potentially supplanting Christian mcaffrey as the number one back when the 2024 season concludes the final running back I wanted to mention in regards to the S tier is bejan Robinson we've heard all Bijan Robinson offseason from the offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons Zach Robinson and bejon himself that he is going to be utilized like the Christian mcaffrey of their offense and as long as they're going to continue to give him a lot of opportunity it's going to lead to success primarily because of how efficient he has been in his career and considering the huge upgrade he gets at quarterback last season of course they had Desmond Ritter and or Taylor hinek now Kurt Cousins in the fold going to continue to lead to more touchdowns for bejan Robinson behind a top five run blocking offensive line is a recipe for Success now before we continue on I want 2024 Draft 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years ago but obviously he's been dealing with a lot of injuries over the course of the last couple years in a full healthy season he is certainly capable of being a top three back and he's one of only two running backs since 2018 who's accumulated 20 touchdowns in 2,000 total yards within a given season Jonathan Taylor has all the talent in the world he's behind an incredible offensive line and as this offense continues to Surge in the right direction she'll be a fantastic fantasy player this season number five we have Jamir Gibbs again Jahmyr Gibbs I'm beginning to be less and less concerned about his injury again there's a lot of time between when he initially got injured in that Sunday Night Football game to begin week one against the Los Angeles Rams besides the fact that jir Gibbs is going to have that time to be healthy he obviously dealt with this kind of an injury last season only missed two weeks so if in fact they give him the proper rest and they have approached the situation with caution I'm anticipating jir Gibbs to be at 100% begin week one he's behind a top five offensive line in terms of dvoa run blocking grades yards before contact across the entirety of the 2023 season and that offensive line only got better going into 2024 my anticipation is that of course jir Gibbs will continue to improve along with this offensive line last season from weeks 10 through 21 after the bye-week he saw himself far more opportunity within this offense playing more snaps and of course scoring more fantasy points 16.38 fantasy points per game in a full PPR scoring format I anticipate to see a year two Alvin kamares jump for jir Gibbs similar to the way of course Alvin Kamar was utilized years back in which yes he was splitting with Mark Ingram in year 1 but took a huge step in year two I expect of course jir Gibbs to be the Alvin chra here and of course David Montgomery to be the Mark Ingram going into 2024 number six we have saquon Barkley saquon Saquon Barkley Barkley again is an extremely talented back and despite all of the lack of talent that has surrounded him in New York he is still been a top 12 running back on multiple occasions now you go ahead and plant him right behind a top five offensive line in terms of dvoa yards before contact run blocking raids yes they lose Kelsey but they are still very talented and going into the given season he's pretty much filling into a backfield that gives their running back 16 to 17 touches per game over the course of the last two years my sanders has averaged 1642 touches per game in 2022 DeAndre Swift last season 17.73% three fantasy points per game in a full PPR I'm anticipating immediate success for him within this offense I'm Travis Etienne going to continue to extend the E tier primarily because we have 50 players to talk about and there isn't as much room on screen as I'd like there to be but let's talk about Travis etn as our number seven remaining within this a tier last season he was given 325 total touches of opportunity that is a ridiculous number especially for the running back that he is and going into 20123 we did not anticipate him to be able to handle 75% of the running back rushing attempts and 80% of the targets within this back field yet he was able to and average 16.61% fantasy points per game obviously after the bye this team went downhill lost a vast majority of their overall games the Jaguars offense also experienced many injuries whether it was offensive line Trevor Lawrence Christian Kirk a lot of players that were missing that certainly did not help the potential upside of Travis C at the back end of the year I'm expecting him to get back to his Peak form and get back into this e tier conversation the final player I wanted to mention within the E tier is Devon hm because he truly does De'Von Achane have the potential to be in this conversation last season amongst all running backs number one in terms of yards per carry 7.7 s average number one amongst all running backs in terms of yards after contact per attempt 5.07 I mean again he was breaking records last season he had a game of 51 fantasy points in a full PPR scoring format in games in which he had 11 or more touches last year averaging 22.9 fantasy points per game and even if you exclude the Denver Broncos game in which he scored 51 fantasy points he was still averaging 18.84 fantasy points per game I'm expecting a bigger role within this offense considering he's no longer a rookie Mike McDaniel feels far more confident in giving him a greater workload and even with Raheem moer there Raheem moer is not going to score 20 plus touchdowns once again Devon aan should find himself a lot of success in 2024 let's begin with the B tier as I've moved Josh Jacobs back into the fold Josh Jacobs primarily because of the situation of this backfield over the course of the last couple years we have seen laflor the current head coach of the Green Bay Packers and their primary play caller really utilize this backfield in a split with Aaron Jones and AJ Dylan yet Aaron Jones over the course of the last five years has ranked as the number two 5 12 n and 37 overall back unfortunately this last season being the number 37 overall rank primarily because of the hamstring injuries with his age getting up there but nonetheless this offense has been able to support an rb1 on a consistent basis Josh Jacobs throughout his career when healthy has been an rb1 on a consistent basis so the expectation is that there's a seamless transition from Aaron Jones now to Josh Jacobs who is a capable three- down back with AJ Dylan having a season ending injury and Marshon Lloyd the rookie running back still trying to build a report within this offense still is also dealing with an injury throughout training camp the expectation is that Josh Jacob should start pretty hot and continue that momentum for the entirety of the season number 10 we have Derrick Henry speaking of being a rb1 win healthy that's Derrick Henry exactly what Derrick Henry has been over the course of the last five seasons he has been a top 10 running back in fantasy football full PPR every single year even in the year in which he broke his foot in 2021 prior to the injury he was literally the number one overall back in fantasy and had like a 100 plus point lead over Jonathan Taylor who ended up being the number one back by the of that season but this upcoming year should be another consecutive season in which derck Henry finishes as a top 10 ranked running back and regardless of scoring for at half PPR full PPR the fact of the matter is that the Baltimore Ravens and their running backs find a lot of success last season amongst all teams in the National Football League the Baltimore Ravens ranked top seven in terms of fantasy points to their running backs Gus Edwards of course had the second most Red Zone rushing touchdowns amongst all running backs last year inside the 5 yd line he scored 12 of them so if all those are going to go in the direction of Derrik hen Henry which that is the anticipation he should have himself another great year in a run first attack with a mobile quarterback in a top five schedule success is on the horizon number 11 we have Isaiah Pacho you know Isiah Pacheco it's crazy the last couple days there have been a lot of changes at the running back position a lot of players joining other teams a lot of information that is you know kind of switching up the rankings and Isaiah Pacho has suffered from this mainly because of course the signing of samj perine and that is a little bit scary to me I do believe that the Sam perine signing is primarily because they don't trust Clyde Eder enough but is that going to potentially impact the value of Isaiah Pacho within the receiving game I think so and it's not going to be enough to knock him out of the top 12 conversation but it is going to keep him as a lower end rb1 we thought that the absence of Jerick McKinnon would certainly Elevate Isaiah Peko because again last season without McKinnon he was averaging over 18 fantasy points per game in a full PPR but if in fact samaj per is going to be a threat for these receptions again the expectation was that Isaiah P would be able to handle 80 or 70 plus% of the overall running back rushing attempts and targets if that's going to be impacted that could hurt but I still expect him to be able to fend off majority of the work and dominate within this back field number 12 the thumbnail of today's episode it is Kiren Williams many of you were wondering where exactly Kyren Williams I would have him ranked listen he's coming off of an incredible year amongst all running Maxs last season was number two in terms of fantasy points per game on average putting up over 20 fantasy points per game and he was incredible but have you ever heard of a starting running back of a team returning punts I've never never heard of it at least not recently I've watched a lot of football over the years the last time that I can remember a starting back I mean really not even a starting back the last time I remember a running back returning kickoffs or punts who was really integrated within an offense was Alvin kamaro's rookie season in which he returned kickoffs but Mark Ingram was the starter that year but a starting running back of Kiren Williams overall capabilities you would think that Shawn McVey would try to reduce the volume of hits that he takes and especially the brutal collisions that happen during special teams there's a reason why you know kickoff and of course punts they're trying to potentially take those out of the game but nonetheless there is an expectation that because of this kind of indication that he is going to be returning punts there's going to be far more utilization out of Blake corm I believe that there's a possibility that is going to take place even though many point toward the idea that hey Blake corm did not you know participate in the pre-season that means he's a starter because that's how Shawn McVey functions well you know Ronnie Rivers didn't play in the preseason either and he's not a starter so I do expect KY Williams to still be the clear in away number one running back of this team but Blake horn will probably get himself far more utilization than we initially anticipated I mean again just think about last season Shawn McVey is smoking mirrors we thought K makr was going to be the guy but then it was KY Williams this season we think it's going to be kyen Williams it could end up being Blake corm we're going to have to wait and see but still ranked within my top 12 number 13 we have Rashad white I really wanted to rank Rashad white Rachaad White higher primarily because again he is such a threat within the receiving game last season in terms of unrepeated volume of opportunity was able to handle 70 plus per of the running back attempts and targets within this backfield 336 total touches this off season they did end up drafting Bucky Irving but again he is a capable three down back but he's not going to be impeding on the potential upside of Rashad white he's a running back that last season Once they went you know full out with him and continue to give him a lot of utilization out of the back field was averaging 17.91% Alvin Kamara season number 14 is Alvin Kamar yes within the same tier Alvin Kamar has proven that he absolutely in a full PPR scoring format should be given respect and even though I have him at number 14 because he is an older running back he has a higher potential for injury he really has produced very well over the course of the last couple Seasons when healthy from weeks 4 through 16 last year averaging 18.84 full PPR fantasy points per game he is a discount version of Rashad white and that's pretty much why I have him right next to one another they're going to see a very similar level of overall opportunities going in their Direction and even though these two offenses don't have the greatest offensive lines Alvin Kamar Rashad white both guys that are going to have themselves a lot of upside based on the fact that they're catching the ball potentially 60 to 70 times this year James Cook number 15 we have James Cook from weeks 11 through 20 of last year once Joe Brady took over the offensive coordinator position James Cook was averaging 15.11 fantasy points per game and even with Diggs and Davis in the lineup it was a run first attack with James Cook and Josh Allen leading the way and scoring all of the touchdowns in the conversation so that's going to be the question are we going to continue to see Josh Allen score a vast majority of those touchdowns considering he's coming off of a year in which he scored 15 rushing touchdowns within this offense a vast majority of them coming within the Red Zone if in fact the design runs and the scrambles are going to continue to go towards Josh Allen then I don't feel as confident ranking James Cook higher even though he is anticipated to see potentially 19 to 20 plus touches per game which again makes me very comfortable having him as my rb1 on my team despite being the number 15 ranked running back I still do believe his overall upside is capped based on the quarterback contributions of Josh Allen within the Red Zone again Josh Allen has scored over 50% of the rushing touchdowns within this offense over the course of the last four seasons so as long as he's there and he's going to be a threat scoring what seven plus per season over the course of the last four years it's definitely going to impact the potential ceiling of James Cook number 16 we have Joe Mixon who's coming off of three consecutive years of being Joe Mixon a top 12 fantasy running back last season averaging 15.7 fantasy points per game as a starting running back of the Cincinnati Bengals whether or not Joe burrow was in the lineup finding himself a lot of success what Joe Mixon provides is a lot of PPR upside over the course of the last three seasons averaging over four receptions per game and if they expect to utilize him in that capacity fantastic now that you have a healthy offensive line within the Houston Texans offense they should be able to run the ball early and often unlike they were able to do early last season for you know the first six weeks of the Season whether it was Damen appear or Deon single ter no one was Finding success so with a healthy offense Bobby SLO as the offensive coordinator and so many weapons with Diggs Dell Collins and schults there should be some light boxes for Joe Mixon this upcoming season number 17 we have Kenneth Walker Kenneth Kenneth Walker III Walker during his 14 healthy games last year was able to handle 77% of the running back rushing attempts and 52% of the running back targets late in the year after he of course returned from his injury we did see far more utilization of Zack shanet but that was with a different coaching staff a different offensive orator now going into 2024 there is an expectation that the new OC Ryan grub is going to turn Kenneth Walker into a three- down back and if he's capable of doing so Kenneth Walker can absolutely deliver last season for weeks 1 through 10 as pretty much a three down back in the healthy games he played averaging 15.0 fantasy points per game in a full PPR scoring format the expectation is that as a full three down back of this offense an offense that should Elevate in comparison to where they were last year made some improvements on the offensive line are getting healthy Kenneth Walker honestly a solid potential option as a high-end rb2 or if you're in a desperate situation could end up being your rb1 and I wouldn't even be mad about it number 18 we have David Montgomery now David Montgomery David Montgomery very similar to jir Gibbs is benefiting from the fact that he's a part of an incredible offense that is scoring a lot of touchdowns behind an offensive line that is top five last season in terms of dvoa run blocking rides yards before contact they improved bringing in zeitler as one of their offensive guards in last season even with splitting majority of the overall touches with jir Gibbs between weeks 10 through 21 we still saw David Montgomery averaging about 15 touches per game and 13.58 fantasy points per game in a full PPR scoring from m in the final 12 games of his season only scored less than 10 fantasy points once he is a consistent 10 plus fantasy points per game and he is the most valuable handcuff in fantasy football especially considering of course the injury scare that Jamir Gibbs had just a couple weeks back number 19 we have Aaron Jones who Aaron Jones jumps within the conversation of the overall ranks primarily because he is such a talented receiving back and over the course of the last couple seasons has proven that he can be a top 12 fantasy back I mean 2019 2020 21 and 22 was a top 12 back in every single one of those years so despite the fact that he is changing homes and is now with a division rival with the Minnesota Vikings the expectation is that there's still juice left in the tank again Aaron Jones the final five games of his Green Bay Packers career was averaging 19.26% a far more common expectation within this offense and potentially even running the ball in order to protect Sam Donald could be a way that they approach the early season considering how many injuries this offense has already gone ahead and impacted themselves with during the preseason number 20 another one of these receiving backs it is DeAndre Swift in a full PPR over the D'Andre Swift course of the last three seasons has not ranked below rb22 so if he's always been a top 24 running back then why not once again within a honestly pretty good offense I mean in terms of the fact that he's the defacto number number one there's not really a conversation just like there was last year last year you know we didn't know is it going to be gainwell is it going to be penny is it going to be him going into this year regardless of what happens it is going to be him as the number one back with a new offensive coordinator in Shane Waldren who has supported Kenneth Walker as a top 20 back in each of the last two seasons on top of the fact that this is a great offensive line in terms of run blocking you have all these weapons with a new quarterback the Chicago Bears offense should be in line for the most success they have seen in many of years and DeAndre Swift should be benefiting from that whether it's on the ground or through the air moving on to number 21 we have James Connor I have a lot of trust in James Conor when he is healthy he dominates I James Conner mean it is just a simple fact last season in the 12 healthy games he played he was averaging 16.4 one fantasy points per game despite the fact that of course he missed four games will still a top 20 back in terms of overall total points scored in a full PPR scoring from that so the question is can James Connor stay healthy he's never been able to do it throughout his entire career but if in fact you're able to get James Conor you could also in In Trey Benson just to go ahead and have his handcuff but I do believe even if James Conor was to miss two to four games this year he's going to return and reclaim the starting position because there is guys like Trey Benson and Amari Dem marado that are going to be fighting each other for T overall touches in the absence of James Conor so it will give James Conor the opportunity that as soon as he comes back he's immediately the rb1 once again and should continue to find success and imagine a year in which he doesn't get injured with the improvements that this offense has made honestly top 20 isn't out of the realm of possibility if not better number 22 we have Naji Harris again Naji Harris needs to be given a lot more credit uh than people do give Najee Harris him and I'm here to just go ahead and Champion Naji Harris primarily based on the overall contributions that he has had over the last couple years and quite frankly if you end up getting him as your rb2 expect a slow start because again this is a new offensive coordinator it's a new quarterback the offensive line is being reshuffled but eventually he's going to find himself you know potential success so if you want you can avoid a Harris now and trade for him after the first four weeks to the season because typically after that he finds himself a lot of success in 2022 from weeks 6 through 18 14. 32 fantasy points per game and in 2023 from week 7 through 18 13.5 one fantasy points per game in a full PPR so maybe we want to go ahead and wait but there is upgrades to the quarterback upgrades to the OC this is going to be a run first attack and a Harris should be getting the vast majority of those touches number 23 we have rre Stevenson Rhamondre Stevenson this is the issue with rre Stevenson he is still going to be a part of a dysfunctional offense but last season a part of one of the most dysfunctional offenses in the National Football League from weeks 1 through 12 when healthy was the number 24 overall back in terms of full PPR scoring and was averaging 12.98 fantasy points per game so he still puts up great numbers despite the fact that the quarterback play the offensive line play isn't great but they do have a new offensive coordinator in Alex vanel he's going to be running the offense entirely and they're going to make this team a run first attack in order to protect Drake May who is expected to potentially be the starting quarterback if in fact we do not see jacobe Brett suiting up because of the injury that he sustained in the preseason we know that he has been a former rb1 back in 2022 he has three down back efficiency whether it's on the ground or through the air he is a decent investment for someone who's being drafted far later in drafts because people don't like the idea of having the clear three down back of a team that yes may not be able to score as many touchdowns but in a full PPR the receiving work that he gets is going to lead him to the promised land number 24 speaking of receiving work leading you Tony Pollard to the promised land we have Tony Pard who should be the lead back of a Brian Callahan Le offense Brian Callahan a former offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals for the last couple seasons has helped the Joe Mixon be a top 12 running back in each of those three years and even though last season he didn't give Joe Mixon a whole lot of opportunities he still ended up finishing as the number eight overall running back so if in fact we have Tony paard as the clear current rb1 of this team yes people are saying there's a 1A and 1B but the 1A is clearly Tony Pard in their last preseason game with the first team offense on the first drive Tony Pard never came out of the game Taj Spears did not play in that first drive so if in fact we're going to see Tony Pard who is proven that he could be a top 15 back in 2022 and in 2023 have himself a lot more opportunity than we anticipate should clearly be a top 24 back number 25 we have Raheem moer yes Raheem Mostert last season the primary Catalyst to his success was the fact that he was highly efficient 4.84 yards per carry number n amongst all running backs and 3.4 yards after contact per attempt number 10 amongst all running backs with a minimum of 50 rushing attempts with all that efficiency great but then he was also able to score himself 21 touchdowns and going into this upcoming year I don't anticipate that to be the case yes the Miami Dolphins gave their running backs the fifth most opportunities amongst all teams in the National Football League last year as long as your backfield is giving your running backs top 10 opportunities from 2018 to 2023 there is a 100% success rate of being able to produce two top 24 running backs that is why I have rahee oer just outside of the top 24 because I do anticipate a huge Surge from Devon Anan this year but Raheem moard again even despite his age highly efficient in a great offense and should be able to find himself a lot of success in fantasy football number 26 we have zamir white who is the clear andwe Zamir White rb1 in the three downb in my expectation of this offense sure we're going to see a couple stints of Alexander Madison but this offense is going to give zamir white a lot of opportunities I mean Josh Jacobs over the course of the last five seasons as the lead back of this offense has continued to be an rb11 healthy he's been able to be a top 18 back in terms of fantasy points per game on average over the course of The Last 5 Years so why not zamir white I mean last season in the stint in which he was the clear and Away number one from weeks 15 through 18 in the absence of Josh Jacobs in a full PPR averaging 15.8 fantasy points per game very similar to the numbers that we witnessed guys like James Cook Joe Mixon and Kenneth Walker produced last year yet we are getting zir white out of discount primarily because we're not 100% certain as to what his receiving utilization is going to look like but if in fact this offensive line is fully healthy there is a very good chance that zamir white can be a breakout candidate this year a player that doesn't have very many touches throughout his entire career because again he has played behind Josh Jacobs we know that the head coach of this team Antonio Pierce last season was very adamant about giving his rb1 20 plus touches per game and zamir white is certainly a bigger back that is going to be able to handle that kind of a workload and obviously lead us to Fantasy success this upcoming season number 27 we have javante Williams I've slowly moved javante Williams up in the of Sam Pine like I mentioned just a Javonte Williams couple videos ago in terms of potential League winners javante Williams all offseason there's been a fear based on his lack of you know potential production last year and the fact that this was a running back by committee situation that once again it is going to take place but since somaj peran is out considering he plays behind a top 10 run blocking offensive line and this backfield utilizes their running backs within the receiving game so highly in fact Shawn pyton Joe Lombardi their offenses typically give their running backs 130 to 15 targets per season last season the Denver Broncos were number one amongst all teams in terms of total targets and of course receptions at the running back position if in fact we're going to give Javon Williams a full reign of this backfield yes a little bit of utilization for JAL mlin but if the vast majority is going toward javante Williams he certainly has the capabilities of being a breakout candidate and potential League winner another season removed from his ACL injury number 28 we have Jerome Ford another one of these players that I Jerome Ford really like going into the season because what he was able to accomplish in the absence of you know Nick chub last season from weeks 2 through 17 Again averaging 13.63 fantasy points per game in a full PPR all while throughout that span of time from weeks 3 through 17 you know a guy like Kareem hunt came into the offense off the couch and was getting the ball 10 times per game on average so with Nick chub going to the pup the physically unable to perform missing the first four games of the Season at very least if in fact we may be in a situation in which Nick chub considering the severity of his injury is going to miss potentially the first six games of the season and they're going to need a four we ramp up for more than half the season Jerome Ford is going to be the guy and even with Jerome Ford being the guy last season and Kareem hunt getting 10 touches per game in his back pocket cre hunt was able to finish as RB 41 in 15 games played so there is a lot of value to being the starting running back or at least being a contributor of the backfield of the Cleveland Browns they also recently cut Deontay Foreman which makes the value of Jerome Ford continue to grow especially considering he is the primary lead receiving back of this offense number 29 speaking of receiving backs We Begin the Austin Ekeler tear of third down backs that continue to find a lot of success we have Austin ekler one of the most decorated receiving backs of all time formerly in 2021 and 2022 a top two fantasy back in a full PPR he has Cliff kingsburry as his new offensive coordinator as he joins the Washington commanders in Cliff Kingsbury's career he always has like to utilize a receiving back when he has an opportunity of doing so in 2020 with the Arizona Cardinals he turned Chase Edmonds into the number 25 overall back in a full PPR in 2021 Chase Edmonds the number 34 overall back we meet in the middle to find ourselves with Austin Eckler as our potential number 29 this season number 30 we have Jaylen Warren Jaylen Warren who we're hearing a lot of great things about going into this year you know at training camp but then he unfortunately had a hamstring injury but the expectation is that he is exped to play in week one and that he is on the right track last season averaging 11.55 fantasy points per game is a perfect Flex option for those of you who are in need of a running back that is going to get themselves a lot of receiving utilization last season in 14 of his 17 games getting three or more receptions so he certainly going to find himself a lot of value there this offense gets a huge upgraded quarterback offensive coordinator and hopefully if Jaylen waren is healthy he can certainly continue to be you know an rb3 with upside within this offense speaking of Tyjae Spears third down backs we continue with Tai Spears who have a role very similar to what Austin Eckler and of course Jaylen Warren is going to experience this season last year Tai Spears finished as RB 34 overall with 100 rushing attempts and 52 receptions and the expectation is that he's going to get more touches but he's still going to be the rb2 of this offense and he's going to come in spare ly he'll steal a couple touchdowns he'll get himself a couple big plays he is an explosive playmaker it's just a matter of he is still going to be the rb2 and therefore because of that lesser valued in comparison to Tony perul but still a very valuable back for those of you who are playing in a multilex league can utilize him every single week number 32 Brian Robinson Jr. we have Brian Robinson Jr who again has himself a lot of potential upside last season in the healthy games between weeks 1 through 12 prior to his injury 14.22 full PPR fantasy points per game Cliff King kingsberry being his offensive coordinator and the fact that they have a rookie quarterback leads me to believe that they're going to be running the ball a pretty good volume of times I mean again Cliff kingsberry back in 2020 was able to support Kenyan Drake as a top 16 running back James Connor was a top six running back in 2021 within a cliff kingsberry offense so the clear rb1 of this team finds themselves a lot of success while of course guys like Austin Eckler also find success so if this offense for the Washington commanders is significantly better than what we anticipate Brian Robinson Jr should be able to destroy the number 3 number otherwise a solid overall aubre 3 going into the year number 33 to close Devin Singletary out the F we have Deon single ter who should be seeing himself the vast majority of overall touches in the absence of of course saquon Barkley there has been a lot of chatter in regards to Tyron Tracy taking over some of the receiving utilization of this offense considering he's coming out of college as a former receiver and is being utilized as a running back something very similar to what Antonio Gibson presented in season's past but dein single ter knows Brian debal he was obviously playing underneath Brian debal for the Buffalo Bills from 2019 to 2021 throughout those Seasons Deon single ter finishes RB 32 31 and 18 so my expectation is that considering he is playing in an offense that is honestly not going to find themselves a lot of success within the running game considering their offensive line and the fact that they're the New York Giants Devin Singletary will have his hands full of opportunities but the efficiency may not be there number 34 and number 35 Chase Brown & Zack Moss we have Chase Brown and Zack Moss look the expectations that chase Brown in a full PPR should be a more valuable back the thing thing is we don't know who is going to be the clear-cut number one come week one and if in fact they want to go ahead and make this a 1A 1B conversation and both of them are going to suffer they're still going to have enough value to be top 36 valued players but at this current moment in time I cannot 100% designate hey Chase Brown is going to beat Zach Moss or vice versa so we're going to leave them in this conversation and just hope that we draft the right one going into 2024 number 36 Gus Edwards we have Gus Edward who is the clear and Away number one running back of the Los Angeles Chargers offense you know in the last couple years we have seen very old running backs somehow some way come out of nowhere and finish within the top of the conversation specifically Rim moer last year a couple years back we had Cordo Patterson finish as an rb1 and gett was going into his year 29 season coming off of multiple injuries but now rejoins his former offensive coordinator from Baltimore Greg Roman is going to be the clear number one running back of a run first offense in Los Angeles I mean over the course of his career anytime he's been given 10 or more touches he's averaging over 11 fantasy points per game on average in a a full PPR scoring fromat on top of the fact that JK dobins again is coming off of an Achilles injury should lead to Gus Edwards getting a lot of touches within this offense number 37 speaking of injuries Jonathon Brooks Jonathan Brooks is coming off of an injury himself of course Tor his ACO last season uh in College of course he's a rookie running back but it is expected that once he in fact returns from injury off of the pup list by week four there is going to be a slow ramp up and by the time we get to potentially week seven week eight Jonathan Brooks should end up being the number one overall running back of this offense and what we have seen from Dave Canales the current play caller and head coach of the Carolina Panthers formerly an OC of the Tamp Bay Buccaneers last year and a quarterback's coach of the Seattle Seahawks in 2022 is that his offense has typically revolve around getting his wide receivers a lot of opportunity and leading to his running back success I mean guys like Kenneth Walker in 2022 top 16 back last season Rashad white a top eight fantasy running back so why not Jonathan Brooks who they felt so confident in drafting they made him the first running back off of the board in the 2024 NFL draft number 38 speaking of running backs coming off of the board in terms of Blake Corum rookies we have Blake corm I've moved up Blake corm a lot I moved them from 45 to 38 uh and quite frankly I just want to put it out there there's going to be a lot more opportunities for Blake km than we probably anticipated and that's why I've moved Kyrie Williams from Seven down to 12 but in this circumstance he is still going to be a player that has the potential of being an rb3 Flex option but is going to need himself receiving utilization and or touchdown upside the thing is the Los Angeles running backs don't really dump off the ball to their running backs so that in itself already hurts Blake km but if in fact the Los Angeles Rams offensive line and Shawn McVey are fully in on running the ball more than they ever have over the course of the last couple of Seasons considering the talent that they have a running back and considering how much of course Talent they have at Matthew Stafford pukaa and of course Cooper cup there may be a system in which maybe just putting it out there what if kyone Williams and Blake km end up being this year's jir Gibbs and David Montgomery it's always a potential opportunity there it's a nonzero chance considering the track record of Shawn McVey what happened last season with Cam Acres all the smok and mirrors we can't 100% say how this is going to break down but we know there's going to be a lot more Blake Corum within this lineup than we originally anticipated as the offseason began number 39 we have iseki Elliott the reason why I've moved down Zeke is because of course they signed dvin cook Ezekiel Elliott and even though dvin cook was washed last year Zeke is still going to have more competition for touches within this back field Zeke last season was good from week's 13 through 18 averaging 15.9 full PPR fantasy points per game incredible numbers and if Zeke still has it and he's able to stay healthy again he's played 49 of the last 51 games of his career he's going to get himself the vast majority of the Red Zone work and if this offense can maintain a top 10 you know standing in terms of points scored on a weekly basis there is an expectation that Zeke should still be of value but will be you know splitting a lot of touches with dvin in Dao number 40 we have Nick chub again he's coming Nick Chubb off of a brutal injury he is on the pup list and the reason why I have him far lower than a guy like Jonathan Brooks is because he is an older running back he has dealt with severe injuries like this in the past and considering how much mileage his body has and his legs so going into this upcoming season if he's able to return from the injury ramp up accordingly and get himself within the mix of this backfield him and Jerome Ford will split and even last season with Kareem hunt getting himself 10 touches per game between weeks three through 17 was able to be the number 40 41 overall back in a full PPR Nick chub could be in that conversation if he's not able to return to being 100% Nick chop which again is not the expectation the expectation is that maybe he gets to being 75 80% of the normal Nick chub which 10 points per game could be good after he misses potentially four to six weeks 41 we have chuba hubard chuba Chuba Hubbard hubard again last season from weeks 6 through 18 as the clear number one back of this team averaging 12.45 fantasy points per game for those of you who draft a guy like Jonathan Brooks it may be smart to go ahead and pick up chuba hubard because in the absence of Jonathan Brooks chuba Hub is going to get himself the vast majority of the three down workload and when he's able to do so in an offense that is led by Dave Canales there is going to be a lot of value there so again he's going to have himself a lot of touches early he is also still going to be in the mix as the season progresses even when Jonathan Brooks comes back so therefore he will have value number 42 we have Jalil mlin last season in games in which he was Jaleel McLaughlin given 10 or more touches averaging 14.3 fantasy points per game in the absence of samaj perine it leaves up potentially 50 plus receptions vacated now we you know that this offense loves to Target their running backs 130 to 150 times they were number one amongst all teams in the National Football League last year in terms of running back targets and receptions so if in fact they decide to utilize gavon Williams as a Mark Ingram and of course J mcglaflin as a Darren sprouls Alvin Kamar something that Shawn pton has done in the past with other running backs could be even more valuable than number 42 in a full PPR number 43 we have JK doin again he J.K. Dobbins is in an offense that with a core starter being Gus Edwards is expected to still be the number two overall back but considering he's coming off of the Achilles couple Seasons back the ACL the expectation is that he's still on this team because there is still something left in his legs they wouldn't have him on roster if in fact they knew he wasn't going to be able to pull it Greg Roman is familiar with him he's coached them back in his days of course with the Baltimore Ravens the expectation is that JK Dobbin should see somewhere between 100 to 150 total touches this year and if he's able to do so should be of value especially if he's able to vulture some touchdowns number 44 we have Z shanet who late last season was able to take over the third down Zach Charbonnet roll and of course get himself a lot of two-minute drill utilization within this offense if in fact there is a possibility in which he also gets a couple touches in order to keep Kenneth Walker the third fresh he should continue to be a top potential 45 running back just like he was last season if in fact Kenneth Walker goes down a pretty high upside overall running back in terms of being a handcuff with value number 45 speaking of being a handcuff that's what Tai Ty Chandler Chandler should be unless this offense wants to utilize Tai Chandler the way in which the Green Bay Packers utilized AJ Dylan to be able to spell um someone like Aaron Jones once in fact he needs a breather so going into this year the expectation is that Tai chainer should get himself more utilization there's a reason why the organization feels so comfortable utilizing as that rb2 but vast majority of the touches are going in the direction of Aaron Jones and until Aaron Jones is going to miss time ta chaina really won't have much value outside of being a handcuff number 46 Tyler Allgeier speaking of being a handcuff one of the more valuable ones that that may not have immediate value in terms of being a starter every week but consider on your bench and could end up being a League winner if in fact an injury takes place is Tyler algir we know that he can be a dominant fantasy running back we've seen that a couple years back last season got himself a split between him and bejan Robinson but even though we have heard this offseason that they plan on utilizing him the fact of the matter is bejan Robinson is extremely talented and far more suited for the offense that they're going to put together in Atlanta therefore I expect far less Touches for Tyler aler this year but again a top three handcuff considering the running back he's associated with number 47 speaking of top three handcuffs we have someone like Jordan Mason Elijah Jordan Mason Mitchell is out for the entire season again Elijah Mitchell has never stayed healthy in his entire career therefore Jordan Mason is the Handcuff to the number one running back in fantasy football if you have Christian mcaffrey please draft Jordan Mason please have your handcuff on roster so that if anything happens you're prepared especially considering Christian mcaffry calf injury he's been dealing with this month moving on to number 48 speaking of hancuff we have Trey Benson rookie running back of the Arizona Cardinals Trey Benson considering the fact that James Conor has never had a full healthy season the expectation is that Trey Benson could end up taking over in the absence of James Connor if you're a James Connor manager the idea of getting Trey Benson depending on where that investment ends up you know taking place if it is worth it in the later rounds go for it outside of that if you're drafting James Conor you should be confident enough that regardless of the fact that he is out with injury Trey Benson will end up you know being replaced once he returns from injury but again definitely an insurance policy there at running back number 49 Ray Davis we have Ray Davis who is drafted and is going to be joining an offense that again is a run first attack last season from weeks you know 11 and on into the NFL playoffs the running backs of this offense were getting about 27 rushing attempts per game obviously we anticipate Ray Davis to be able to jump over guys like Tai Johnson and really be the rb2 right behind James Cook so as long as the opportunities are going to be there and this is going to be a run first attack Ray Davis is going to have himself a couple opportunities here and there but of course handcuff the final running back I wanted to mention to close out today's video is Marshon Lloyd MarShawn Lloyd very similar to you know all these other running backs we talked about he joins an offense that in the past has used AJ Dylan and Aaron Jones and if in fact Marshon lyd gets healthy maybe they want to utilize him far more and have him be the AJ Dyan of this offense considering AJ Dyan is out with a neck injury for the remainder of the season and have a little bit of a one-two split between Josh Jacobs and Lloyd if that takes place it's going to be further down in the year primarily because again has been dealing with an injury all of training camp and Josh Jacobs is clearing away the rb1 all right guys that's going to cover for my top 50 running backs going into 2024 in a full PPR scoring format if you enjoyed today's content click the like button down below good luck in your drafts this weekend tomorrow I'll be talking about my top 50 wide receivers at a full PPR capacity but until next time of course be sure to subscribe click the like button down below check out Underdog fantasy using Code Andrew or check out the patreon to get my 2024 Fantasy Football Draft guide the rankings and of course rankings for the remainder of the Season thank you everybody for watching and until next time I'll see you guys peace [Music]