Fantasy Football 2014: Washington Redskins RB Rundown

The Redskins rushing attack was tops in the league two years ago in Robert Griffin III’s rookie campaign, and they ranked fifth even last year with his sophomore struggles.  With such an effective rushing attack obviously in place, fantasy owners should be able to utilize the Redskins backs, but I personally am not in on any of the Washington RB’s as a top-ten back.

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Let me explain why: The last two years, the offense’s ground success has come under Coach Mike Shanahan who has been replaced by Jay Gruden.  Gruden is a good offensive scheme-master from all reporst, but most of his past success has come in the passing game which could leave the running game as a complementary piece instead of the focal point.

While I do think the Washington offense will bounce back and be better than last season, I don’t think the running game will get the benefit of the majority of that improvement.  Another factor to consider is how Gruden likes to mix and match running backs which could result in a backfield split between Alfred Morris and Roy Helu.

Here’s where I think the Washington running backs fit in my top 80 RB which came out last week and which will be updated later this week:

This post is part of a series detailing the backfield situation for each NFL team from a fantasy football perspective. Check out my top 80 rankings and click here for the full series.