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Dynasty Leagues

Revised running back rankings

Nick Chubb powers up the draft board

I’ve been hitting dynasty rankings on the weekends, and Nick Chubb is the biggest mover up this week. With Carlos Hyde out of the way, Chubb looks like he’s going to be very special. That should start in earnest tomorrow, playing against a Tampa Bay defense missing two defensive line starters.

As a disclaimer, I was not a fan of Cleveland’s decision to select Chubb early in the second round. I thought he looked plodding and slow. He averaged over a yard and half carry less than the two other big-time backs on his team (Sony Michel and D’Andre Swift). To me, I was thinking Chubb might be pretty similar to Samaje Perine, who hasn’t yet been able to get his career going with Washington.

But Chubb has done very well with his limited touches so far, averaging at least 7 yards per carry in all but one game. He had the two long touchdowns at Oakland, showing more speed than I thought he had. I’m excited to see what he can do, and that’s a team with some ability to run it. The Browns are averaging 138 rushing yards per game, 5th-most in the league.

So if I were walking into a dynasty draft today, this is how I would order the running backs. This is standard scoring, and assuming you get to keep guys for their entire careers. So I tend to slant things in favor of the younger guys. 26-year-old David Johnson is the oldest player in my top 14.

Rookies tagged with black dots.

Last week: quarterbacks.

Next week: tight ends.

DYNASTY RUNNING BACKS
RkTeamPlayerAge
1.LARTodd Gurley24
2.NYG• Saquon Barkley21
3.DALEzekiel Elliott23
4.KCKareem Hunt23
5.LACMelvin Gordon25
6.NOAlvin Kamara23
7.CINJoe Mixon22
8.ARIDavid Johnson26
9.CARChristian McCaffrey22
10.MINDalvin Cook23
11.NE• Sony Michel23
12.PITJames Conner23
13.CLE• Nick Chubb22
14.JACLeonard Fournette23
15.NOMark Ingram28
16.PITLeVeon Bell26
17.SFMatt Breida23
18.CHIJordan Howard23
19.DET• Kerryon Johnson21
20.BALAlex Collins24
21.ATLTevin Coleman25
22.DEN• Phillip Lindsay24
23.NEJames White26
24.INDMarlon Mack22
25.CHITarik Cohen23
26.SEAChris Carson24
27.LACAustin Ekeler23
28.NYJIsaiah Crowell25
29.GBAaron Jones23
30.TENDerrick Henry24
31.TBPeyton Barber24
32.MIAKenyan Drake24
33.SEA• Rashaad Penny22
34.IND• Jordan Wilkins24
35.TENDion Lewis28
36.WAS• Derrius Guice21
37.ATLDevonta Freeman26
38.DEN• Royce Freeman22
39.WASChris Thompson28
40.BUFLeSean McCoy30
41.PHIWendell Smallwood24
42.WASAdrian Peterson33
43.HOULamar Miller27
44.BALJavorius Allen27
45.CLEDuke Johnson25
46.MINLatavius Murray28
47.HOUD'Onta Foreman22
48.PHICorey Clement23
49.IND• Nyheim Hines21
50.NYJBilal Powell29
51.SFRaheem Mostert26
52.GBJamaal Williams23
53.CINGiovani Bernard26
54.TB• Ronald Jones21
55.OAKMarshawn Lynch32
56.MIAFrank Gore35
57.DETTheo Riddick27
58.LARMalcolm Brown25
59.GBTy Montgomery25
60.ATL• Ito Smith23
61.JACT.J. Yeldon25
62.NYGWayne Gallman24
63.CARC.J. Anderson27
64.KCSpencer Ware26
65.PHIJay Ajayi25
66.OAKDoug Martin29
67.JACCarlos Hyde27
68.SEAMike Davis25
69.OAKJalen Richard24
70.DETLeGarrette Blount31
71.ARI• Chase Edmonds22
72.SFJerick McKinnon26
73.BUFChris Ivory30
74.DENDevontae Booker26
75.DALRod Smith26
76.OAK• Chris Warren22
77.BUFMarcus Murphy27
78.HOUAlfred Blue27
79.NYJElijah McGuire24
80.CIN• Mark Walton20
81.NERex Burkhead28
82.MIA• Kalen Ballage22
83.LAR• John Kelly22
84.CARCameron Artis-Payne28
85.SFKyle Juszczyk27
86.PHIDarren Sproles35
87.WASSamaje Perine23
88.PIT• Jaylen Samuels22
89.KCDamien Williams26
90.CHIBenny Cunningham28
91.NEJeremy Hill26
92.INDRobert Turbin28
93.MIN• Mike Boone23
94.TBJacquizz Rodgers28
95.DETAmeer Abdullah25
96.JACCorey Grant26
97.MIN• Roc Thomas23
98.SFAlfred Morris29
99.OAKDeAndre Washington25
100.PITStevan Ridley29

—Ian Allan

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