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Revised dynasty rankings

Elliott, Gurley, Bell look like top running backs

We’re a few weeks in. We’ve seen the guys play in both preseason and regular-season games. So let me take a stab at re-stacking the order for running backs in dynasty leagues.

Dynasty rankings are different. With weekly product, I project the stats for each game, and the order falls into place. With the year-long (redrafter) rankings, there is some balancing of how many games you might get out of a player – is he likely to get benched or injured? Those are also statistically driven.

Dynasty rankings are by far the most complex. You’re trying to balance what’s happening right now, versus what the players might do in future years, potentially in different offenses with different coaches. And some of the players aren’t even playing. You’ve got guys like Joe Williams and Spencer Ware, who won’t even step on a field this year, and trying to weigh them against Matt Forte and Frank Gore, who are nominal starters right now but might not be in the league in 2018.

With the weekly and season-long rankings, I project stats for players, putting them in an initial order. Then I skim over the list, making some adjustments. With these dynasty rankings, I’ve got the running backs in an order of 1 to 100. I go through the list about 6-8 times. If it seems like Branden Oliver should be ahead of Chris Ivory, Charcandrick West and Malcolm Brown, I make that change. I keep going over the list until it feels right.

It’s a gut feel approach. I assuming standard scoring, and I’m assuming this would be a 12-team league where you’re keeping everyone for as long as you want them.

DYNASTY -- TOP 100 BACKS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.DALEzekiel Elliott22
2.LARTodd Gurley23
3.PITLeVeon Bell25
4.KCKareem Hunt22
5.LACMelvin Gordon24
6.MINDalvin Cook22
7.ATLDevonta Freeman25
8.MIAJay Ajayi24
9.JACLeonard Fournette22
10.SFCarlos Hyde26
11.GBTy Montgomery24
12.ARIDavid Johnson25
13.CHIJordan Howard22
14.CARChristian McCaffrey21
15.TENDerrick Henry23
16.CINJoe Mixon21
17.BUFLeSean McCoy29
18.CLEIsaiah Crowell24
19.DENC.J. Anderson26
20.DETAmeer Abdullah24
21.NEMike Gillislee26
22.ATLTevin Coleman24
23.NOAlvin Kamara22
24.HOULamar Miller26
25.NOMark Ingram27
26.OAKMarshawn Lynch31
27.TBDoug Martin28
28.TENDeMarco Murray29
29.CARJonathan Stewart30
30.HOUD'Onta Foreman21
31.CHITarik Cohen22
32.CLEDuke Johnson Jr.24
33.WASRobert Kelley24
34.NEJames White25
35.WASChris Thompson26
36.SEAChris Carson23
37.NYGShane Vereen28
38.INDMarlon Mack21
39.BALJavorius Allen26
40.PHIWendell Smallwood23
41.NYGPaul Perkins22
42.NYJBilal Powell28
43.SEAThomas Rawls24
44.GBJamaal Williams22
45.NERex Burkhead27
46.WASSamaje Perine22
47.NYJMatt Forte31
48.INDFrank Gore34
49.DETTheo Riddick26
50.OAKJalen Richard23
51.BALTerrance West26
52.DENDevontae Booker25
53.CINJeremy Hill24
54.PHIDarren Sproles34
55.OAKDeAndre Washington24
56.PHILeGarrette Blount30
57.ARIChris Johnson32
58.SFMatt Breida22
59.NYGOrleans Darkwa25
60.NEDion Lewis26
61.CINGiovani Bernard25
62.PITJames Conner22
63.MIAKenyan Drake23
64.DALAlfred Morris28
65.TBJacquizz Rodgers27
66.DENDeAngelo Henderson24
67.BUFMike Tolbert31
68.LACBranden Oliver26
69.JACChris Ivory29
70.DENJamaal Charles30
71.MIADamien Williams25
72.NYJElijah McGuire23
73.NOAdrian Peterson32
74.MINJerick McKinnon25
75.KCCharcandrick West26
76.SFJoe Williams24
77.SEAC.J. Prosise23
78.DETDwayne Washington23
79.LARMalcolm Brown24
80.JACT.J. Yeldon23
81.HOUTyler Ervin23
82.INDRobert Turbin27
83.NYGWayne Gallman22
84.MINLatavius Murray27
85.DALDarren McFadden30
86.BALAlex Collins23
87.TBCharles Sims27
88.ARIKerwynn Williams26
89.KCSpencer Ware25
90.CLEMatt Dayes23
91.ATLTerron Ward25
92.BALDanny Woodhead32
93.ARIAndre Ellington28
94.HOUAlfred Blue26
95.DETZach Zenner26
96.SEAEddie Lacy27
97.SFKyle Juszczyk26
98.PHICorey Clement22
99.GBAaron Ripkowski24
100.KCAkeem Hunt24

—Ian Allan

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