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Fantasy Football: Week eight position by position rankings

By A.J. Fagerlin

SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 20: Quarterback Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks passes against the Baltimore Ravens at CenturyLink Field on October 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 20: Quarterback Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks passes against the Baltimore Ravens at CenturyLink Field on October 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 20: Todd Gurley #30 of the Los Angeles Rams rushes during a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) /

Running Backs

Running back is another position that I predicted about half of the top 12. Two of my favorite plays last week, Leonard Fournette and Josh Jacobs, rounded out the top 12, underperforming a bit. Dalvin Cook was a solid top-three back like he seems to have been all season.

Saquon Barkley didn’t quite set the world on fire in his return to action but was a top ten play nonetheless. Ezekiel Elliott and Derrick Henry both ended up within two spots of their ranking, and I had an Arizona Cardinals running back in the top four, but his name wasn’t Chase Edmonds.

Latavius Murray made it back-to-back weeks that a running back has thrived against the vaunted Bears defense, so that matchup shouldn’t scare people off like it once did. Austin Ekeler outperformed Melvin Gordon once again in fantasy football, and Sony Michel actually got to score a couple of the Pats TDs this week.

  1. Christian McCaffrey CAR vs SF
  2. Saquon Barkley NYG vs DET
  3. Todd Gurley LAR vs CIN
  4. James Conner PIT vs MIA
  5. Alvin Kamara NO vs AZ
  6. Aaron Jones GB vs KC
  7. LeVeon Bell NYJ vs JAC
  8. Chris Carson SEA vs ATL
  9. Derrick Henry TEN vs TB
  10. Leonard Fournette JAC vs NYJ
  11. Melvin Gordon LAC vs CHI
  12. Nick Chubb CLE vs NE
  13. Marlon Mack IND vs DEN
  14. Sony Michel NE vs CLE
  15. Austin Ekeler LAC vs CHI
  16. Tevin Coleman SF vs CAR
  17. Josh Jacobs OAK vs HOU
  18. Carlos Hyde HOU vs OAK
  19. Devonta Freeman ATL vs SEA
  20. Ty Johnson DET vs NYG
  21. Joe Mixon CIN vs LAR
  22. James White NE vs CAR
  23. LeSean McCoy KC vs GB
  24. Royce Freeman DEN vs IND
  25. Jamaal Williams GB vs KC
  26. Jordan Howard PHI vs BUF
  27. Damien Williams KC vs GB
  28. Phillip Lindsay DEN vs IND
  29. Matt Breida SF vs CAR
  30. David Montgomery CHI vs LAC
  31. Devin Singletary BUF vs PHI
  32. Duke Johnson Jr. HOU vs OAK
  33. Mark Walton MIA vs PIT
  34. Miles Sanders PHI vs BUF
  35. Ronald Jones TB vs TEN
  36. Latavius Murray NO vs AZ
  37. Frank Gore BUF vs PHI
  38. J.D. McKissic DET vs NYG
  39. Darrell Henderson LAR vs CIN
  40. Kenyan Drake MIA vs PIT
  41. Benny Snell PIT vs MIA
  42. Rex Burkhead NE vs CLE
  43. Darrell Williams KC vs GB
  44. Peyton Barber TB vs TEN
  45. Rashaad Penny SEA vs ATL

It’ll be strength versus strength when Christian McCaffrey goes up against the stout Niners defense this week. I think CMC is just too versatile and too talented to not have an elite fantasy football day no matter who he is facing at this point.

I think Saquon will be back to being full Saquon this week and show why he was taken by most as the number one pick (at least I hope so, as someone who did just that). He should also be matchup-proof once he gets his legs back under him and he is facing a Detroit defense that allowed Dalvin Cook to be RB3 last week.

Todd Gurley and James Conner should be able to run all over the two teams heading the “Tank for Tua” movement, and Alvin Kamara has a great matchup against the Cards if he is able to go on Sunday. I like both Leonard Fournette and LeVeon Bell in that JAC vs NYJ game, and I think Melvin Gordon finally gets in going this week against those struggling Bears.

I love Nick Chubb as a runner and as a fantasy football contributor, but I think the Patriots hone in on stopping him and make Baker beat them with his arm and shaky decision making. Still a good play no matter what, but I’d temper expectations this week and avoid him in DFS cash games.

Chase Edmonds should see the bulk of the workload again this week but has a very tough task to put up numbers against a very goo Saints defense. Joe Mixon is pretty much dead to me for fantasy football but his talent still gives him the potential to break out any given week, so he is still fringe top 25. I also expect the Eagles running backs to struggle, and the Chiefs and Broncos backs may spread the love a little too thin to make any one guy all that fantasy relevant.

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