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December 19, 2020

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Rashaad Penny could pay big dividends in 2021

I see in today’s edition of The Seattle Times, they’re saying Rashaad Penny might be activated for the game tomorrow at Washington. It’s a reminder that Penny makes a lot of sense with a stash roster spot in dynasty leagues.

Penny won’t make much of an impact this year. Maybe they give him a few carries in their final games and in the postseason. But he definitely factors into their 2021 plans.

Seattle selected Penny at the end of the first round in 2018. He hasn’t done much thus far as a pro, in part because of injuries, but there have been a few splash games. He suffered a torn ACL last year.

But Penny will be 100 percent heading into the offseason, and they’ll be counting on him to be one of their two main backs next year. Penny hasn’t done enough for the Seahawks to be able to pick up the fifth-year option on his contract, so he’ll be heading into the 2021 season in a contract year. Also on this front, note that Chris Carson’s contract is expiring at the end of this season. I expect they’ll re-sign him, but if Penny pops a couple of impressive runs here at the tail end of the season, it might make them be more willing to walk away from Carson if some other team wants to sign him to a big deal.

For dynasty purposes, I think Penny right now looks like an above-average backup. If we were walking into a dynasty draft today, I would think he should be one of the first 40 running backs I would select.

Below see my current top 100 running backs for dynasty leagues. This is assuming PPR scoring, with teams holding the rights to players indefinitely (so I’m looking not only at 2020 and 2021, but seasons beyond). Rookies are tagged with black dots. The final column shows where the players ranked when I last looked at this position four weeks ago.

For dynasty leagues, I look at a different position each Saturday, rotating between QB, RB, WR and TE. To see the most recent installments at other positions, use the “past issues” navigation tools on the page.

Next week: tight ends.

DYNASTY RANKINGS, RUNNING BACKS
Rk	Tm	Player	Age	Prev
1.	MIN	Dalvin Cook	25	1
2.	CAR	Christian McCaffrey	24	2
3.	NO	Alvin Kamara	25	3
4.	NYG	Saquon Barkley	23	5
5.	LV	Josh Jacobs	22	4
6.	TEN	Derrick Henry	26	6
7.	LAR	• Cam Akers	21	27
8.	CLE	Nick Chubb	24	8
9.	DAL	Ezekiel Elliott	25	7
10.	LAC	Austin Ekeler	25	12
11.	CIN	Joe Mixon	24	9
12.	GB	Aaron Jones	26	10
13.	DET	• D'Andre Swift	21	11
14.	IND	• Jonathan Taylor	21	15
15.	BAL	• J.K. Dobbins	22	16
16.	PHI	Miles Sanders	23	14
17.	KC	• Clyde Edwards-Helaire	21	13
18.	JAC	• James Robinson	22	17
19.	WAS	• Antonio Gibson	22	20
20.	SEA	Chris Carson	26	18
21.	CLE	Kareem Hunt	25	21
22.	CHI	David Montgomery	23	22
23.	TB	Ronald Jones	23	23
24.	BUF	• Zack Moss	23	25
25.	ARI	Kenyan Drake	26	26
26.	SF	Raheem Mostert	28	19
27.	PIT	James Conner	25	24
28.	DEN	Melvin Gordon	27	28
29.	DEN	Phillip Lindsay	26	31
30.	MIA	Myles Gaskin	23	34
31.	ARI	Chase Edmonds	24	32
32.	NE	Damien Harris	23	35
33.	IND	Nyheim Hines	24	39
34.	MIN	Alexander Mattison	22	37
35.	BAL	Gus Edwards	25	41
36.	LAR	Darrell Henderson	23	29
37.	DAL	Tony Pollard	23	48
38.	SEA	Rashaad Penny	24	52
39.	GB	• AJ Dillon	22	36
40.	BUF	Devin Singletary	23	47
41.	NYG	Wayne Gallman	26	45
42.	CAR	Mike Davis	27	46
43.	TB	Leonard Fournette	25	38
44.	NE	James White	28	53
45.	MIA	• Salvon Ahmed	21	40
46.	NO	Latavius Murray	30	42
47.	GB	Jamaal Williams	25	58
48.	KC	LeVeon Bell	28	43
49.	ATL	Todd Gurley	26	30
50.	HOU	David Johnson	29	49
51.	WAS	J.D. McKissic	27	61
52.	LAC	Kalen Ballage	25	44
53.	IND	Marlon Mack	24	62
54.	LV	Devontae Booker	28	54
55.	NE	Sony Michel	25	59
56.	PIT	Benny Snell	22	33
57.	CHI	Tarik Cohen	25	63
58.	DET	Kerryon Johnson	23	72
59.	KC	Damien Williams	28	64
60.	PHI	Boston Scott	25	51
61.	SF	• JaMycal Hasty	24	66
62.	HOU	Duke Johnson	27	55
63.	NYJ	• LaMical Perine	22	57
64.	NYG	Devonta Freeman	28	77
65.	SEA	Carlos Hyde	29	60
66.	BAL	Mark Ingram	31	50
67.	LAC	• Joshua Kelley	23	73
68.	TB	• KeShawn Vaughn	23	68
69.	PIT	• Anthony McFarland	21	80
70.	SEA	• DeeJay Dallas	22	74
71.	NE	Rex Burkhead	30	65
72.	CIN	Traveon Williams	23	--
73.	IND	Jordan Wilkins	26	76
74.	SF	Tevin Coleman	27	75
75.	LAC	Justin Jackson	24	69
76.	ATL	Ito Smith	25	--
77.	MIA	Matt Breida	25	81
78.	TEN	Jeremy McNichols	25	78
79.	NYJ	Ty Johnson	23	79
80.	BAL	Justice Hill	23	95
81.	SF	Jeff Wilson	25	--
82.	NO	Ty Montgomery	27	97
83.	PIT	Jaylen Samuels	24	--
84.	TEN	• Darrynton Evans	22	84
85.	CIN	Samaje Perine	25	82
86.	ATL	Brian Hill	25	71
87.	MIN	Ameer Abdullah	27	--
88.	SF	Jerick McKinnon	28	70
89.	DEN	Royce Freeman	24	94
90.	PHI	• Jason Huntley	22	85
91.	ARI	• Eno Benjamin	21	92
92.	MIA	DeAndre Washington	27	--
93.	SEA	Travis Homer	22	90
94.	LAR	Malcolm Brown	27	67
95.	CIN	Giovani Bernard	29	56
96.	LV	Jalen Richard	27	87
97.	GB	Tyler Ervin	27	88
98.	JAC	Chris Thompson	30	98
99.	DET	Adrian Peterson	35	86
100.	TEN	D'Onta Foreman	24	--

—Ian Allan

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