Another week, and another brutal piece of news -- suspected -- for the Baltimore Ravens. Several different NFL reporters are saying that Gus Edwards suffered a significant injury in practice today. The belief is it's a torn ACL, same as what knocked out J.K. Dobbins a week ago.

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The Edwards status isn't official, but I can't think of any instances where teams have "feared a torn ACL" only to later find out it's just an MCL sprain or something. Don't cut Edwards right away, but be prepared to do so -- and make sure his backups are rostered.

Assuming the report is correct, Baltimore's starter in Week 1 should be undrafted TySon Williams. He was set to be the No. 2, maybe picking up 30 percent of the carries; now he should be the No. 1. Possibly a top-20 running back in Week 1, facing a soft Las Vegas Raiders defense on Monday night. (We originally had Edwards 12th in Standard and 18th in PPR.)

Baltimore signed LeVeon Bell to its practice squad on Tuesday. Most likely, he'll be elevated to the active roster, and slot in as the No. 2 initially. The only other backs on the roster are fullback Patrick Ricard, and Trenton Cannon (just recently signed himself). It's possible Cannon is the No. 2 Monday night, but Bell seems more likely (and Cannon weighs 185 pounds; doesn't seem likely to have a heavy-duty role regardless).

If Williams does have a strong showing Monday night, he can make his case to hold Bell off for the starting job. Starting running back for the Ravens is a pretty significant player in fantasy leagues. Over the last three years, there have been 25 running backs with at least 125 carries who averaged at least 5.0 yards per attempt. Baltimore has had 20 percent of those backs.

RUNNING BACK YARDS PER ATTEMPT, 2018-2020 (125+ CARRIES)
YearPlayerAttYdsAvgTD
2020J.K. Dobbins, Balt.1348056.09
2019Raheem Mostert, S.F.1377725.68
2020Nick Chubb, Cle.19010675.612
2020Aaron Jones, G.B.20111045.59
2018Aaron Jones, G.B.1337285.58
2018Phillip Lindsay, Den.19210375.49
2020Derrick Henry, Ten.37820275.417
2019Gus Edwards, Balt.1337115.42
2018Matt Breida, S.F.1538145.33
2020Miles Sanders, Phil.1648675.36
2018Gus Edwards, Balt.1377185.22
2018Nick Chubb, Cle.1929965.28
2019Devin Singletary, Buff.1517755.12
2020Ronald Jones, T.B.1929785.17
2019Derrick Henry, Ten.30315405.116
2018Melvin Gordon, LAC1758855.110
2020Jonathan Taylor, Ind.23211695.011
2019Mark Ingram, Balt.20210185.010
2020Damien Harris, N.E.1376915.02
2020Gus Edwards, Balt.1447235.06
2019Nick Chubb, Cle.29814945.08
2018Saquon Barkley, NYG26113075.011
2018Christian McCaffrey, Car.21910985.07
2020Dalvin Cook, Min.31215575.016
2020Alvin Kamara, N.O.1879325.016

--Andy Richardson