2012 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Week 9

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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.

New England, New York Jets, St. Louis and San Francisco are all on bye.

2012 NFL Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings — Running Backs


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Arian Foster	HOU	vs. BUF	Rested Foster gets worst rushing defense.
2	Ray Rice	BAL	at CLE	Rice held to just 43 yards in Week 4 vs. Browns.
3	LeSean McCoy	PHI	at NO (Mon.)	Saints allowing most fantasy pts. to RBs.
4	Matt Forte	CHI	at TEN	Titans are No. 28 against run.
5	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	vs. MIN	Posted second straight 100-yard game last week.
6	Adrian Peterson	MIN	at SEA	No. 1 rusher vs. No. 5 rush defense.
7	Alfred Morris	WAS	vs. CAR	Held to just 59 yds. vs. Steelers.
8	Trent Richardson	CLE	vs. BAL	Coming off of season-high 122 yds. vs. Chargers.
9	Willis McGahee	DEN	at CIN	Posted season-high 122 yards vs. Saints.
10	Ryan Mathews	SD	vs. KC (Thurs.)	Had 61 yards on the ground vs. Chiefs in Week 4.
11	Darren McFadden	OAK	vs. TB	Bucs are No. 6 in rush defense.
12	Jamaal Charles	KC	at SD (Thurs.)	Pretty sure he'll get more than 5 carries this week.
13	Doug Martin	TB	at OAK	Rookie exploded for 214 total yds., 2 TDs last week.
14	Reggie Bush	MIA	at IND	Has only one game with 70+ rushing yards.
15	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	vs. PIT	Steelers are ninth in rush defense.
16	Rashad Jennings	JAC	vs. DET	Lions have allowed only two rushing TDs.
17	Darren Sproles	NO	vs. PHI (Mon.)	Has three TD catches in last four games.
18	C.J. Spiller	BUF	at HOU	Averaging 7.3 yards per rush attempt.
19	Chris Johnson	TEN	vs. CHI	Bears bring No. 1 rushing defense to Music City.
20	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	at WAS	Second game as Panthers' lead back.
21	Michael Turner	ATL	vs. DAL	Season-high 24 att., but only 58 yds. last week.
22	Mikel Leshoure	DET	at JAC	Left last week's game with leg injury, monitor status.
23	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	at NYG	Dealing with injured quad, monitor status.
24	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	vs. DEN	Had 24 att. Last two games after just 9 in Week 5.
25	Fred Jackson	BUF	at HOU	Texans No. 4 against run.
26	Donald Brown	IND	vs. MIA	Had 80 yards in return from knee surgery.
27	Alex Green	GB	vs. ARI	Averaging 2.4 ypc over last three games.
28	LaRod Stephens-Howling	ARI	at GB	Followed up 104-yd game with just 4 yds. vs. 49ers.
29	Felix Jones	DAL	at ATL	TD salvaged otherwise poor game vs. Giants.
30	Pierre Thomas	NO	vs. PHI (Mon.)
31	Michael Bush	CHI	at TEN
32	Daniel Thomas	MIA	at IND
33	Vick Ballard	IND	vs. MIA	Probably get less work with Donald Brown back.
34	Andre Brown	NYG	vs. PIT	Ready to step in if Bradshaw struggles or gets hurt.
35	Joique Bell	DET	at JAC	Could see more work if Leshoure is limited/out.
36	Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	vs. DAL	Had team- and season-high 60 yards (7.5 ypc) last week.
37	Peyton Hillis	KC	at SD (Thurs.)	Returned from ankle injury last week.
38	Ronnie Hillman	DEN	at CIN	Rookie rushed for 86 yds. last week vs. Saints.
39	Justin Forsett	HOU	vs. BUF	Ben Tate out with hamstring injury.
40	Ronnie Brown	SD	vs. KC (Thurs.)	Led Chargers in receiving last week.
41	Dexter McCluster	KC	at SD (Thurs.)
42	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	at WAS	Could be in danger of dropping to No. 3 in depth chart.
43	Phillip Tanner	DAL	at ATL	If Jones struggles, Tanner will get more carries.
44	Montario Hardesty	CLE	vs. BAL
45	Robert Turbin	SEA	vs. MIN
46	Mark Ingram	NO	vs. PHI (Mon.)	Has almost reached irrelevant status in Saints' offense.
47	Isaac Redman	PIT	at NYG	Could be back on field this week (ankle).
48	DeMarco Murray	DAL	at ATL	Not likely he returns this week, but monitor status.