Jonathan Stewart: Running Back Rankings Week 15
For most leagues, Week 15 is fantasy football semifinals week, and hopefully, your team(s) made it. For those strange leagues that play into Week 17, this is week one of the fantasy football playoffs.
Either way, hopefully your march towards a fantasy football championship is well on its way, but you still need to make the right decisions. And while every position this time of the season is important, the right (or wrong) decisions at running back could end up being the difference between making a run at a title or coming up painfully short.
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So in Week 15 should you start an upstart like Kenyan Drake (above, right) or a savvy veteran like Carlos Hyde or DeMarco Murray or maybe Dion Lewis? At least you know what to do if you are fortunate enough to own Le’Veon Bell, LeSean McCoy, Todd Gurley or one of the Saints’ RBs (assuming Alvin Kamara clears the concussion protocol).
Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DST I K I Flex
Rank | Player | Team | Opp |
1 | Le'Veon Bell | PIT | vs. NE |
2 | LeSean McCoy | BUF | vs. MIA |
3 | Todd Gurley | LAR | at SEA |
4 | Alvin Kamara | NO | vs. NYJ |
5 | Mark Ingram | NO | vs. NYJ |
6 | Leonard Fournette | JAC | vs. HOU |
7 | Melvin Gordon | LAC | at KC (Sat.) |
8 | Jordan Howard | CHI | at DET (Sat.) |
9 | Devonta Freeman | ATL | at TB (Mon.) |
10 | Kareem Hunt | KC | vs. LAC (Sat.) |
11 | Kenyan Drake | MIA | at BUF |
12 | Carlos Hyde | SF | vs. TEN |
13 | Marshawn Lynch | OAK | vs. DAL |
14 | Alex Collins | BAL | at CLE |
15 | Jamaal Williams | GB | at CAR |
16 | Rex Burkhead | NE | at PIT |
17 | Christian McCaffrey | CAR | vs. GB |
18 | Jay Ajayi | PHI | at NYG |
19 | Lamar Miller | HOU | at JAC |
20 | Alfred Morris | DAL | at OAK |
21 | Latavius Murray | MIN | vs. CIN |
22 | Samaje Perine | WAS | vs. ARI |
23 | Dion Lewis | NE | at PIT |
24 | Isaiah Crowell | CLE | vs. BAL |
25 | Frank Gore | IND | vs. DEN (Thurs.) |
26 | DeMarco Murray | TEN | at SF |
27 | C.J. Anderson | DEN | at IND (Thurs.) |
28 | Mike Davis | SEA | vs. LAR |
29 | Theo Riddick | DET | vs. CHI (Sat.) |
30 | Joe Mixon | CIN | at MIN |
31 | Jerick McKinnon | MIN | vs. CIN |
32 | Kerwynn Williams | ARI | at WAS |
33 | Derrick Henry | TEN | at SF |
34 | Tevin Coleman | ATL | at TB (Mon.) |
35 | Jonathan Stewart | CAR | vs. GB |
36 | Peyton Barber | TB | vs. ATL (Mon.) |
37 | Duke Johnson | CLE | vs. BAL |
38 | Rod Smith | DAL | at OAK |
39 | Bilal Powell | NYJ | at NO |
40 | Matt Forte | NYJ | at NO |
41 | Giovani Bernard | CIN | at MIN |
42 | Orleans Darkwa | NYG | vs. PHI |
43 | Doug Martin | TB | vs. ATL (Mon.) |
44 | Austin Ekeler | LAC | at KC (Sat.) |
45 | Tarik Cohen | CHI | at DET (Sat.) |
46 | LeGarrette Blount | PHI | at NYG |
47 | Danny Woodhead | BAL | at CLE |
48 | Wayne Gallman | NYG | vs. PHI |
49 | Devontae Booker | DEN | at IND (Thurs.) |
50 | Ameer Abdullah | DET | vs. CHI (Sat.) |
— Rankings by Michael Horvath, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Horvath is a Canadian who also happens to be a fantasy football (not to be confused with CFL) and fitness nut. Follow him on Twitter @realmikehorvath.
