Fantasy Football Rankings at Week 9: Top 70 RBs for the Rest of 2010

Who would have thought that the two players who might be most affected by the Randy Moss situation would be the top two running backs on this list for the ninth straight week, Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson?

While both players are excellent and were in the top two without Moss, it certainly helps Chris Johnson that the Titans added a receiver who can draw double-teams from the defense.

These two backs are ranked extremely close and Johnson might have actually gotten the nod, but with the Vikings’ bye week already passed and the Titans’ coming up this week, Adrian Peterson will actually has an extra game left which puts him just above Johnson.

Jamaal Charles continues to move up the rankings, up four spots to ninth among running backs. Even though he failed to get into the end zone last week, his 234 total yards were just fine for his fantasy owners.

The Chiefs continue to use a largely 50/50 split between Charles and Thomas Jones, but both players are effective enough to be in fantasy lineups, particularly against cupcake defenses.

Darren McFadden is back to full health, it seems, and he shoots up another six spots to 14th among running backs. He missed two games due to injury, but McFadden has had over 120 total yards in every game he has played in this season.

With Michael Bush coming back, he did concede a good number of carries last week but he remains the clear player to own out of this backfield.

The biggest move-up this week was rookie Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LaGarrette Blount, who assaulted the Arizona Cardinals defense for 120 yards and two touchdowns last week.

He seems to have finally supplanted Cadillac Williams as the Bucs’ top rushing option which makes him a very viable fantasy option for the remainder of the season.

He moves up 22 spots this week and will go up further than that if he gets the majority of the carries again this week.

Carolina Panthers running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart were once considered the league’s best fantasy backfield duo—but those days now seem far in the past.

Williams missed the team’s Week 8 matchup against the Rams, which looked like it was going to lead the way for Jonathan Stewart to once again become a fantasy force.

Stewart proceeded to disappoint his fantasy owners by rushing for just 30 yards and failing to get into the end zone. This backfield is a disaster and it’s even worse when they’re splitting carries.

This duo is very talented so there’s always the chance of resurgence, but both players are a no-go in fantasy lineups right now.

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