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1. Peterson, Adrian - Minnesota Vikings
2. Turner, Michael - Atlanta Falcons
3. Johnson, Chris - Tennessee Titans
4. Williams, DeAngelo - Carolina Panthers
5. Slaton, Steve - Houston Texans
6. Forte, Matt - Chicago Bears
7. Portis, Clinton - Washington Redskins
8. Jones-Drew, Maurice - Jacksonville Jaguars
7. Jacobs, Brandon - New York Giants
8. Grant, Ryan - Green Bay Packers
9. Tomlinson, LaDanian -
San Diego Chargers
10. Brown, Ronnie - Miami Dolphins
11. Jackson, Steven - St. Louis Rams
12. Jones, Thomas - New York Jets
13. Gore, Frank - San Francisco 49ers
14. Westbrook, Bryan - Philadelphia Eagles
15. Barber, Marion - Dallas Cowboys
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 The
Running Back position is the cornerstone of any great fantasy
football franchise. Most fantasy football leagues require that you
start two running backs, but only one quarterback is usually
required to round out a fantasy football lineup. Outside of the
quarterback, running backs touch the ball the most out of any offensive
position on the field. More touches directly relates to more
fantasy football points and by advancing the ball on the ground,
through the air, or in goal line situations, running backs have the
most potential to score fantasy football points of any
position on the
field. The offensive philosophy of most NFL franchises
requires teams to establish the run if they want to win games.
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the ground game is ineffective, running backs will be fed
the ball to try to kick start the rest of the offense.
There are 32 NFL
franchises in the league and of these 32 at least half employ a
running back by committee situation where multiple running backs
might share the load in the ground game. So in fantasy football,
it becomes a numbers game. Because there are so few single set
running backs in the National Football League that are on the field
for
every down, this makes the stud, three-down, work horse at the
running back position the most important position on your fantasy
football team. If you can lock up a couple of these workhorse
backs, depending on the size of your fantasy football league, you
can dominate your competition. Pair two stud running backs with a
solid quarterback and hit on a couple of late round wide receivers,
and you, my friends, have the makings of a championship squad.
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