2011 PPR Fantasy Football Week 14: Running Backs Rankings and Projections

Ryan Mathews vs. Bills

After a hot start to the season, Ryan Mathews fell victim to injury and poor performance that plagued his rookie season. Despite solid play from Mike Tolbert and what seems like a million injuries on the offensive line, Mathews has had two of the better games of his career in the past two weeks.

This week, Mathews has another fantastic matchup against a Bills defense that was gashed by Chris Johnson in Buffalo. While I’m sure many fantasy owners who selected Mathews this year will pass on him in future years, he’s a must start going forward and can help you win a championship, as the Chargers are still fighting for the playoffs.

Willis McGahee vs. Bears

Say what you want about Willis McGahee, but the veteran has had a great season. Passing on DeAngelo Williams in favor of McGahee has been a great decision, as Denver not only saved money on the deal, but have a hard-running veteran who should help this team for a few more years.

Quarterback Tim Tebow threw the football more against the Vikings, but look for Denver to remain a run heavy offense weekly, and that makes McGahee a must start RB-2 as we go through the playoffs.

With Chicago struggling to sustain drives, McGahee should be good for at least 25 touches this week. My only concern for McGahee is that he may get banged up and out of the game, but you’ve got to ride a hot hand at this point in the season.

More Week 14 PPR Rankings: QB | WR | K/D | Flex | Waivers | Start / Sit |

1	Ray Rice	Colts
2	Marshawn Lynch	Rams
3	Arian Foster	at Bengals
4	Chris Johnson	Saints
5	Maurice Jones-Drew	Buccaneers
6	LeSean McCoy (I)	at Dolphins
7	Reggie Bush	Eagles
8	Adrian Peterson (I)	at Lions
9	Ryan Mathews	Bills
10	Willis McGahee (I)	Bears
11	C.J. Spiller	at Chargers
12	Roy Helu	Patriots
13	Shonn Greene	Chiefs
14	Frank Gore	at Cardinals
15	Rashard Mendenhall	Browns
16	Michael Turner (I)	at Panthers
17	Michael Bush	at Packers
18	DeMarco Murray	Giants
19	LeGarrette Blount	at Jaguars
20	BenJarvus Green-Ellis (I)	at Redskins
21	Marion Barber	at Broncos
22	Mark Ingram	at Titans
23	Beanie Wells (I)	49ers
24	Jonathan Stewart	Falcons
25	DeAngelo Williams	Falcons
26	Steven Jackson	at Seahawks
27	Darren Sproles	at Titans
28	Peyton Hillis (I)	at Steelers
29	Mike Tolbert	Bills
30	Maurice Morris	Vikings
31	Ahmad Bradshaw (I)	at Cowboys
32	Cedric Benson	Texans
33	Brandon Jacobs	at Cowboys
34	Toby Gerhart	at Lions
35	Ryan Grant	Raiders
36	Dexter McCluster	at Jets
37	Isaac Redman	Browns
38	Felix Jones (I)	Giants
39	Pierre Thomas	at Titans
40	Donald Brown	at Ravens
41	Joe McKnight	Chiefs
42	Ben Tate	at Bengals
43	Kendall Hunter	at Cardinals