2012 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Week 6

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Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Carolina, Chicago, Jacksonville and New Orleans are on bye.

2012 NFL Week 6 Fantasy Football Rankings — Running Backs


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Arian Foster	HOU	vs. GB	No. 2 rusher coming off of 152-yard effort at Jets on MNF.
2	Ray Rice	BAL	vs. DAL	Dallas No. 4 defense overall, but No. 15 against rush.
3	Jamaal Charles	KC	at TB	League's leading rusher faces off against No. 4 rush defense.
4	LeSean McCoy	PHI	vs. DET	No. 6 in yards from scrimmage, only 2 total TDs so far.
5	Adrian Peterson	MIN	at WAS	Said he tweaked ankle on first carry last week, still had 84 yds.
6	Trent Richardson	CLE	vs. CIN	Rookie had best game (109 yds) vs. Bengals in Week 2.
7	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	vs. NE	Will need to carry load against Patriots.
8	Ryan Mathews	SD	vs. DEN (Mon.)	Last week (139 total yds, TD) sign of things to come?
9	Darren McFadden	OAK	at ATL	Coming off of bye gets No. 27-ranked rush defense.
10	Frank Gore	SF	vs. NYG	Averaging 5.4 yards per carry.
11	Reggie Bush	MIA	vs. STL	Averaging less than 60 ypg since 172-yard effort in Week 2.
12	Alfred Morris	WAS	vs. MIN	Rookie currently No. 4 rusher in league.
13	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	at TEN (Thurs.)	Looked good in season debut last week.
14	DeMarco Murray	DAL	at BAL	Did Cowboys fix run game issues during bye week?
15	Michael Turner	ATL	vs. OAK	Averaging 14.6 rush attempts per game.
16	Willis McGahee	DEN	at SD (Mon.)	Chargers No. 5 against run (74 ypg).
17	Doug Martin	TB	vs. KC	Breakout game coming vs. Chiefs?
18	Stevan Ridley	NE	at SEA	Leads all RBs with 37 first downs.
19	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	at SF	Don't expect another 200 yards vs. 49ers.
20	Mikel Leshoure	DET	at PHI
21	Steven Jackson	STL	at MIA	Dolphins No. 1 against rush (61.4 ypg).
22	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	at CLE	Had 26 carries in Week 4, only 9 last week.
23	Chris Johnson	TEN	vs. PIT (Thurs.)	Past time for Titans' highest-paid player to provide spark.
24	C.J. Spiller	BUF	at ARI	Only 24 yards last week, should get more touches this week.
25	Fred Jackson	BUF	at ARI	Timeshare, Spiller's versatility impact FJax' touches/impact.
26	Shonn Greene	NYJ	vs. IND	Still getting bulk of carries, but for how long?
27	LaRod Stephens-Howling	ARI	vs. BUF	Missed last two games b/c of hip, expected to play Sunday.
28	Alex Green	GB	at HOU	Starks expected to play, but Green will get chances too.
29	Vick Ballard	IND	at NYJ	Colts' starter with D. Brown out 2-3 weeks (knee surgery).
30	Jackie Battle	SD	vs. DEN (Mon.)	Took backseat (4 att.) to Mathews last week vs. Saints.
31	Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	vs. OAK
32	William Powell	ARI	vs. BUF	Will share load with Stephens-Howling in new Cards' backfield.
33	Kendall Hunter	SF	vs. NYG
34	James Starks	GB	at HOU	Expected to make season debut after missing first 5 games.
35	Isaac Redman	PIT	at TEN (Thurs.)	Mendenhall's the starter, but he should get some carries too.
36	Brandon Bolden	NE	at SEA	His role will depend on Ridley's production/ball security.
37	Ben Tate	HOU	vs. GB	Missed MNF b/c of toe, should be back this week.
38	David Wilson	NYG	at SF	Scored on 40-yard burst last week = more carries this week?
39	Shaun Draughn	KC	at TB
40	Danny Woodhead	NE	at SEA	Pats preferred back when they go no-huddle.
41	Daniel Thomas	MIA	vs. STL	Suffered possible 2nd concussion last week, monitor status.
42	Daryl Richardson	STL	at MIA	His role depends solely on SJax' health.
43	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. IND	Has gotten some chances, yet to capitalize on them.
44	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	at SD (Mon.)
45	Toby Gerhart	MIN	at WAS
46	LeGarrette Blount	TB	vs. KC	Got goal line-work in Week 4.
47	Robert Turbin	SEA	vs. NE
48	Delone Carter	IND	at NYJ	Expected to spell Ballard in Colts' backfield.