MOON MAN’S FANTASY FOOTBALL CHRONICLES: TOP 100 RUNNING BACKS

Moon Man has thoughts on the Top Running Backs for this upcoming 2017 Fantasy Football Season. The Running Back position is improving for Fantasy Friends. Check out Moon Man’s

TOP 100 Fantasy Football Running Back Draft Rankings (standard scoring/ppr).

1. Ezekiel Elliot – Dallas Cowboys. Touches, potential touchdowns, behind the best offensive oline in the NFC and Dak Prescott’s game management. Elliot is the perfect number #1 selection for Fantasy Friends. If he doesn’t finish the 2017 season 1st or 2nd in points. He will most certainly finish third.
2. David Johnson – Arizona Cardinals. With questions surrounding ol head Carson Palmer’s determination to win in real life football. It probably won’t matter considering the potential touches/targets for D.J. but moon man prefers a sure bet in Zeke. D.J. has higher probability of injury since he goes over the middle for passes. Performing like L.T. last season was awesome for D.J. fans but in the NFL every fantasy season is new! With that said, D.J. isn’t Thomas Rawls so draft him 1,2 or 3.
3. Le’Veon Bell – Pittsburgh Steelers. Yup, D.J. and Le’Veon are Fantasy Gold.
4. Melvin Gordon – San Diego Chargers. The focul point of an offense lands Gordon in 20+ touches a game land. Still a non believer moon man will place Gordon at #5. With 41 receptions last season, touchdowns and the Chargers stacked fantasy players. Whether Phillip is up or down. He will be facilitating the rock and continue to be a fantasy friend to all of us.
5. Adrian Peterson – New Orleans Saints. Here is where questions arise. Adrian is not likely to get suspended, injured or play like his football age. So will he get 20+ touches per game or be used out of the backfield? Will Mark Ingram get traded? Will A.P. be All Day or will lightning remain uncatchable in this case? If the top 3 wide receivers in Julio Jones, OBJ and Antonio Brown are gone. Tom Brady and the top 3 running backs are off the board and your sitting at pick 8. Do you take A.P? Moon Man may. Most likely scenario is scooping A.P. in the second through fifth rounds.
6.  DeMarco Murray – Tennessee Titans. This offense is looking fantasy friendly on paper. Derrick Henry factor means moon man will most likely pass on Murray in round 1 and maybe round 2 as of May.
7. Jordan Howard – Chicago Bears.
8. Devonta Freeman – Atlanta Falcons. Tevin Coleman factor.
9. Lesean Mccoy – Buffalo Bills. May miss a couple games.
10. Leonard Fournette – Jacksonville Jaguars.
11. Todd Gurley – Los Angeles Rams.
12. Jay Ajayi – Miami Dolphins.
13. Marshawn Lynch – Oakland Raiders.
14. Christian McCaffrey – Carolina Panthers.
15. Lamar Miller – Houston Texans.
16. Ty Montgomery – Green Bay Packers.
17. Spencer Ware – Kansas City Chiefs.
18. Kenneth Dixon – Baltimore Ravens.
19. Mark Ingram – New Orleans Saints.
20. Carlos Hyde – San Francisco 49ers.
21. Jeremy Hill – Cincinnati Bengals.
22. Eddie Lacy – Seattle Seahawks.
23. Robert Kelley – Washington Redskins.
24. DeVontae Booker – Denver Broncos.
25. Doug Martin – Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
26. Theo Riddick – Detroit Lions.
27. Latavius Murray – Minnesota Vikings.
28. Tevin Coleman – Atlanta Falcons.
29. Matt Forte – New York Jets.
30. Frank Gore – Indianapolis Colts.
31. Jonathan Stewart – Carolina Panthers.
32. LeGarrette Blount – Philadelphia Eagles.
33. C.J. Anderson – Denver Broncos.
34. Derrick Henry – Tennessee Titans.
35. Isaiah Crowell – Cleveland Browns.
36. Charles Simms – Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
37. Bilal Powell – New York Jets.
38. Giovanni Benard – Cincinnati Bengals.
39. Dion Lewis – New England Patriots.
40. Paul Perkins – New York Giants.
41. Joe Mixon – Cincinnati Bengals.
42. Mike Gillislee  – New England Patriots.
43. Duke Johnson Jr. – Cleveland Browns.
44. Dalvin Cook – Minnesota Vikings.
45. Ameer Abdullah – Detroit Lions.
46. Darren Sproles – Philadelphia Eagles.
47. Jamaal Charles – Denver Broncos.
48. Thomas Rawls – Seattle Seahawks.
49. DeAndre Washington – Oakland Raiders.
50. Danny Woodhead – Ravens.
51. Jonathan Williams – Buffalo Bills.
52. Ryan Matthews – Philadelphia Eagles.
53. Samaje Perine – Washington Redskins.
54. Jalen Richard – Raiders.
55. Jamaal Williams – Green Bay Packers.
56. Shane Vereen – New York Giants.
57. T.J. Yeldon – Jacksonville Jaguars.
58. Devante Mays – Green Bay Packers.
59. Marlon Mack – Indianapolis Colts.
60. Chris Ivory – Jacksonville Jaguars.
61. Mike James – Detroit Lions.
62. Jerick McKinnon – Minnesota Vikings.
63. Khiry Robinson – New York Jets.
64. C.J. Spiller – Kansas City Chiefs.
65. James White – New England Patriots.
66. Chris Thompson – Washington Redskins.
67. Alvin Kamara – New Orleans Saints.
68. Alfred Blue – Houston Texans.
69. Tarik Cohen – Chicago Bears.
70. Wayne Gallman – New York Giants.
71. Zach Zenner – Detroit Lions.
72. Charcandrick West – Kansas City Chiefs.
73. Wendell Smallwood – Philadelphia Eagles.
74. Shaun Draughn – New York Giants.
75. Fitzgerald Toussaint – Pittsburgh Steelers.
76. De’Onta Foreman – Houston Texans.
77. Elijah McGuire – New York Jets.
78. James Conner – Pittsburgh Steelers.
79. Matt Jones – Washington Redskins.
80. Matt Dayes – Cleveland Browns.
81. Kareem Hunt – Kansas City Chiefs.
82. Jeremy Langford – Chicago Bears.
83. Darren McFadden – Dallas Cowboys.
84. Dwayne Washington – Detroit Lions.
85. Joe Williams – 49ers.
86. Christopher Carson – Seattle Seahawks.
87. Tim Hightower – San Francisco 49ers.
88. Andre Ellington – Arizona Cardinals.
89. Robert Turbin – Indianapolis Colts.
90. Keith Marshall – Washington Redskins.
91. Damien Williams – Miami Dolphins.
92. Lance Dunbar – Rams.
93. Jeremy McNichols – Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
94. Aaron Jones – Green Bay Packers.
95. Jacquizz Rodgers – Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
96. Ka’Deem Carey – Chicago Bears.
97. Brian Hill – Atlanta Falcons.
98. Elijah Hood – Raiders.
99. T.J. Logan – Arizona Cardinals.
100. Donnell Humphrey – Philadelphia Eagles.
101. De’Angelo Henderson – Denver Broncos.
102. Alfred Morris – Dallas Cowboys.
103. Khalfani Muhammad – Titans.
104. Kenyan Drake – Miami Dolphins.
105. Josh Ferguson – Indianapolis Colts.
106. Tyler Irvin – Houston Texans.
107. Mack Brown – Washington Redskins.

As Always,

(Teams Going Off + Thoughts Flexed In) = Combination Lineups

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