Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings: 3 Running Backs To Avoid at All Costs

Raise your hand if you had Chris Johnson in Week 1.

It’s an extremely hard pill to swallow when your top back puts forth such a bad performance.

Don’t get stuck making another mistake that could derail your fantasy week yet again. Here are three of the better backs in the game that are horrible plays in Week 2:

Felix Jones @ San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers quietly have one of the best defenses in the league and were very stingy against the run last week.

The Cowboys O-line looked awfully weak against the Jets, and that led to a paltry 2.6 yards per carry for Jones.

It’s hard to imagine the extremely disciplined, and younger 49ers defense would allow Jones to break out a huge run.

Unless you don’t have any other options, bench Jones.

Marshawn Lynch @ Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers are going to come out in a ball of rage, and will punish every member of the Seahawks.

Lynch was only able to rush for 33 yards on 13 carries last week as the O-line of Seattle opened up few holes. He also lost his fullback, Michael Robinson, to injury.

If you can’t get any room to run, fantasy points will be hard to come by for even the best back.

A pissed off Steelers D combined with a horrible Seattle O-line and tough travel situation for the Seahawks (cross-country flight, 10 AM PT start) and you realize that Lynch is not going into “Beast mode” this week.

Brandon Jacobs vs St. Louis Rams

Jacobs had a grand total of six touches in the Giants' first game, and looked a step slow whenever he did have the ball.

Ahmad Bradshaw hogged the majority of the carries and was even given the ball down by the goal line. It looks like the 29-year-old has hit the wall that all running backs seem to hit at this juncture in their career.