Week 8 Rankings: Running Backs

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Rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D

The following list comprises the top 40 running back rankings for Week 8 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 40 composite ranking of the four experts, with the remaining running backs that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.

Week 8 Running Back Rankings 
    
Brandon
Funston
 
Andy
Behrens
 
Brad
Evans
 
Scott
Pianowski

Composite
Ranking
Adrian Peterson 3 1 2 1 1
Maurice Jones-Drew(notes) 4 2 5 2 2
Ronnie Brown(notes) 1 3 4 5 2
Steven Jackson 2 6 3 3 4
Steve Slaton(notes) 5 4 1 6 5
Chris Johnson 6 5 6 8 6
Ray Rice(notes) 10 8 10 4 7
Matt Forte(notes) 8 9 7 9 8
Michael Turner(notes) 9 7 14 7 9
Kevin Smith(notes) 11 11 8 15 10
Joseph Addai(notes) 12 10 15 13 11
DeAngelo Williams(notes) 14 16 11 11 12
Brandon Jacobs(notes) 7 18 16 14 13
LaDainian Tomlinson(notes) 16 17 12 12 14
Thomas Jones(notes) 13 12 23 10 15
Frank Gore(notes) 15 15 20 16 16
Marion Barber(notes) 18 14 21 17 17
Ricky Williams(notes) 20 26 9 18 18
Marshawn Lynch(notes) 17 13 25 19 19
Pierre Thomas(notes) 21 22 13 22 20
Ryan Grant(notes) 19 25 24 20 21
Darren Sproles(notes) 22 21 17 30 22
Mike Bell(notes) 23 28 19 21 23
LeSean McCoy(notes) 29 24 22 23 24
Knowshon Moreno(notes) 30 19 26 24 25
Beanie Wells(notes) 25 20 29 26 26
Tim Hightower(notes) 34 31 18 25 27
Ahmad Bradshaw(notes) 26 23 33 31 28
Shonn Greene(notes) 27 35 32 27 29
Reggie Bush(notes) 31 29 31 32 30
Justin Fargas(notes) 35 27 28 35 31
Felix Jones(notes) 28 33 30 34 31
Jamal Lewis(notes) 32 30 38 29 33
Jonathan Stewart(notes) 36 32 36 28 34
Julius Jones(notes) 39 37 35 33 35
Fred Jackson(notes) 33 36 39 39 36
Correll Buckhalter(notes) 24 34 34 37
Tashard Choice(notes) 38 39 27 38
Willis McGahee(notes) 38 36 39
Chad Simpson(notes) 37 37 39
Michael Bush(notes) 40 40
Mike Hart(notes) 37
LenDale White(notes) 38
Brian Westbrook(notes) 40
Justin Forsett(notes) 40

Scoring system: Pass TD = 4; 25 Pass Yards = 1; Rush/Receive TD = 6; 10 Rush/Receive Yards = 1

Updated Oct 30, 11:34 am EDT
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    Chuck B Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:31 am PST Report Abuse
    hey poster number sixteen...your boy Stephen Jackson is the guy to bench since it is a bye week for him...guess you only follow what brad evans writes...
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    Chuck B Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:29 am PST Report Abuse
    what is Brad Evans on...his kicking ratings are horrendous and he rates Steve Slaton as his number one RB...Slaton may not even be the starter on his team...is he trying to be funny...well he isn't and I think a lot of us are just not thinking of him as an expert. I hope he isn't a candidate for substance abuser of the year...just think of skinny him receiving the award from big Rush Limbaugh...yuchhhhhhhh
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    Goku-San Sun Nov 01, 2009 09:41 am PST Report Abuse
    Roy Williams......OR.........Eddie Royal
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    E B Sun Nov 01, 2009 09:28 am PST Report Abuse
    Scott P., on the Sunday show you said you perferred T. Jones to Rice. What's up?
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    r Sun Nov 01, 2009 05:38 am PST Report Abuse
    #21----- I have a feeling Ryan Grant is going to have a heavy workload agianst the Vikings simply because the Packers will want to keep moving the chains as much as possible. McCarthey does not want to lose to Brett that is a given. Look for the run game to be established earlier and often. If the pass game gets rolling look out but i have a feeling the Pack will run all day IF it helps the pass. #12----- McCoy. But this is a real downer. And for myself im going to stick with what i have and not drop/pickup anyone. So my options in one league are,Ricky,MoJo Drew,Pierre Thomas. Im going With Ricky AGAIN and obviously MoJo DRew.In my other league im screwed, i have Tomlinson,sproles,Rierre Thomas. Im chosing to go with L.T and Pierre. I have bye week starting r.b.'s in both leagues. What my gut tells me is to trade L.T. and Pierre but i couldnt ask for pennies for either.Sucks.BUT what i really want to do is drop L.T. and Pierre because they are taking up extra valuable space on my roster. All i know is thank the almighty beer gods i picked up Cedric Benson and Ricky Williams. Those two Longhorn pot smoking rejects are keeping me afloat with 4-3 and 5-2 records.
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    Genious Sat Oct 31, 2009 05:20 pm PDT Report Abuse
    I agree with #27 I kept him Forte in my keeper league! I kept him and Turner and went from losing the championship game last by 1 point to struggling to make the playoffs this year! I did get someone to trade me Ocho Cicno for Forte 3 weeks ago and have done good snce! I got Ray Rice last round of the draft and I will be keeping him this year! Him and V. Jax propbably!
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    Genious Sat Oct 31, 2009 05:20 pm PDT Report Abuse
    I agree with #27 I kept him Forte in my keeper league! I kept him and Turner and went from losing the championship game last by 1 point to struggling to make the playoffs this year! I did get someone to trade me Ocho Cicno for Forte 3 weeks ago and have done good snce! I got Ray Rice last round of the draft and I will be keeping him this year! Him and V. Jax propbably!
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    Genious Sat Oct 31, 2009 05:16 pm PDT Report Abuse
    Who would you rathe have going forward Shonne Greene or Beanie Wells! I just keep looking at Wells FF Playoff schedule! Has to be the easiest of any RB and if he has taken over by then which he should lookout! I could also add both and drop PT Bruiser even though I invested a third round draft pick on him! HELP! Any opinions would be nice!!!
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    Ryan Sat Oct 31, 2009 03:18 pm PDT Report Abuse
    I own MoJo Drew, R. Brown, R. Williams, P. Thomas, K. Moreno, and for this week L. McCoy. I'm obviously playing Jones-Drew and R. Brown., but who else? I'm a little surprised McCoy isn't ranked a little higher. I want to play Ricky, but if the Jets figure out how to stop the run, then two of my players are affected. I'm very hesitant on playing Thomas with the emergence of Mike Bell.
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    Freeze Sat Oct 31, 2009 03:17 pm PDT Report Abuse
    how is forte still in the top 10, are you kidding me? these guys show no respect to backs like Darren Sproles and Hightower. These backs will give you 10 points a week at minimum against teams with poor defense and may even surprise you against teams like Baltimore. All I know is that its week 8 and I'm trading Forte if I have him. Also give Thomas Jones some credit, he had a good year last year and he's having another one. Too bad you experts predicted Jones to share less carries and have an under achievable year. I never listen to these Joe Shmo's. Go with your gut and pay attention to who your guys are playing fantasy footballers.

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