Fantasy Football RB Season Rankings at Week 8: McFadden Up, D. Williams Down

Not much movement at the top of the running back rankings again this week as the studs through the first seven weeks continue to look like good options for the remainder of the year.

The potential loss of Brett Favre to Adrian Peterson has many fantasy owners scratching their heads, but Peterson has been extremely productive without Favre as well as with him, so there’s no reason to panic either way. Adrian will get his touches, no problem.

The Kansas City duo of Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones just continues to impress. With both players putting up double digit fantasy points nearly every week, both of them move up the rankings to 13th (Charles) and 18th (Jones). With Buffalo, Oakland, and Denver on their schedule coming up—all of whom have been terrible against running backs this season—this duo could be in for quite a run.

One of the biggest risers this week is Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden. With Michael Bush running pretty well while he was out with an injury, many experts though that the two backs would be falling back into a timeshare.

While the touches were very close in number, McFadden’s production was just ridiculous. He scored four total touchdowns while accumulating nearly 200 total yards—by far the most productive fantasy day of his young career.

DeAngelo Williams’ injury hurts his already mediocre fantasy value. After being drafted in the first two rounds in just about every league, Williams has been a monumental disappointment this season, scoring seven or fewer fantasy points in five of his first six games this season.

Though his foot injury is a minor one that should keep him out a couple weeks at the most, it’s hard to be too excited about a guy that’s splitting carries on a team that can’t seem to move the ball. With Williams potentially being out, Jonathan Stewart’s value is on the rise as he should get almost all of the carries if Williams does not play.

The running back situation in Tampa Bay seems to be heating up as it appears that LaGarrette Blount may be making a push to become the team’s new top back. Though it doesn’t particularly mean a lot given the Buccaneers’ mediocre offensive firepower to begin with, Blount took 11 carries to Cadillac Williams’ four in Week 7. It seems like it may only be a matter of time before the Buccaneers replace the ever-stalling Cadillac.

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PREVIOUS RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Adrian Peterson	MIN	1	0
2	Chris Johnson	TEN	2	0
3	Frank Gore	SF	3	0
4	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	4	0
5	Arian Foster	HOU	6	1
6	Ray Rice	BAL	5	-1
7	Michael Turner	ATL	7	0
8	Matt Forte	CHI	8	0
9	LaDainian Tomlinson	NYJ	10	1
10	Steven Jackson	STL	9	-1
11	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	13	2
12	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	12	0
13	Jamaal Charles	KC	16	3
14	LeSean McCoy	PHI	14	0
15	Peyton Hillis	CLE	21	6
16	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	11	-5
17	Cedric Benson	CIN	15	-2
18	Thomas Jones	KC	22	4
19	Ryan Mathews	SD	17	-2
20	Darren McFadden	OAK	31	11
21	Beanie Wells	ARI	18	-3
22	Pierre Thomas	NO	19	-3
23	Jahvid Best	DET	20	-3
24	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	23	-1
25	Ryan Torain	WAS	25	0
26	Felix Jones	DAL	28	2
27	Ronnie Brown	MIA	24	-3
28	Shonn Greene	NYJ	26	-2
29	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	NE	29	0
30	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	30	0
31	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	34	3
32	Joseph Addai	IND	27	-5
33	Michael Bush	OAK	32	-1
34	Mike Tolbert	SD	33	-1
35	Ricky Williams	MIA	35	0
36	Brandon Jacobs	NYG	36	0
37	Fred Jackson	BUF	37	0
38	Jason Snelling	ATL	39	1
39	Donald Brown	IND	57	18
40	CJ Spiller	BUF	40	0
41	Brandon Jackson	GB	41	0
42	Willis McGahee	BAL	43	1
43	Clinton Portis	WAS	42	-1
44	Justin Forsett	SEA	44	0
45	Marion Barber	DAL	45	0
46	Danny Woodhead	NE	48	2
47	Chris Ivory	NO	47	0
48	Cadillac Williams	TB	38	-10
49	Mike Hart	IND	51	2
50	Tim Hightower	ARI	46	-4
51	LaGarrette Blount	TB	NR	-
52	Rashad Jennings	JAC	53	1
53	Laurence Maroney	NE	49	-4
54	Bernard Scott	CIN	50	-4
55	Darren Sproles	SD	59	4
56	Javon Ringer	TEN	70	14
57	Reggie Bush	NO	52	-5
58	Jerome Harrison	PHI	54	-4
59	Derrick Ward	HOU	55	-4
60	Ladell Betts	NO	56	-4
61	John Kuhn	GB	64	3
62	Tashard Choice	DAL	58	-4
63	Mike Bell	PHI	60	-3
64	Chester Taylor	CHI	61	-3
65	Fred Taylor	NE	62	-3
66	Leon Washington	SEA	63	-3
67	Correll Buckhalter	DEN	65	-2
68	Steve Slaton	HOU	66	-2
69	Toby Gerhart	MIN	68	-1
70	Kevin Smith	DET	69	-1