Fantasy Football Rankings: RB - Week 17 :: KFFL

Fantasy Football Rankings: RB - Week 17

by KFFL Staff December 30, 2011 @ 18:54:32 PDT

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RK	Fan Pos	Tier	Rnk Chng	Running Backs	TM	Vs.	TM Pos	SP	WP	FA	G	Run TD	Rec TD	Run Yds	Rec Yds	Off Yds	Run Att	Yds / Run	No. Rec	2pt All
1	1	1		Maurice Jones-Drew	JAX	IND	1				4	3	3	397	164	561	88	4.5	19	0
2	1	1		Marshawn Lynch	SEA	@ARI	1		WP		4	6	0	412	37	449	86	4.8	6	0
3	1	2		Frank Gore	SF	@STL	1	SP			4	3	0	293	13	306	72	4.1	1	0
4	1	2		C.J. Spiller	BUF	@NE	2	SP			4	3	1	331	132	463	54	6.1	17	0
5	1	3		Kahlil Bell	CHI	@MIN	3	SP			4	0	1	260	105	365	51	5.1	14	0
6	1	3		Ray Rice	BAL	@CIN	1				4	2	1	451	159	610	88	5.1	20	0
7	1	3		Toby Gerhart	MIN	CHI	2				4	0	3	302	107	409	53	5.7	15	0
8	1	4	UP-38	Michael Tolbert	SD	@OAK	2	SP			4	3	0	94	50	144	24	3.9	8	0
9	1	4		Kevin Smith	DET	@GB	2				3	2	1	126	61	187	36	3.5	9	0
10	1	4		Shonn Greene	NYJ	@MIA	1				4	4	0	348	104	452	78	4.5	10	0
11	1	4		DeAngelo Williams	CAR	@NO	1				4	4	0	243	22	265	40	6.1	3	0
12	1 or 2	5		Michael Bush	OAK	SD	2				4	1	0	243	132	375	74	3.3	15	0
13	1 or 2	5		Cedric Benson	CIN	BAL	1				4	1	0	276	19	295	72	3.8	3	0
14	QUE	6	DN-8	LeSean McCoy	PHI	WAS	1				4	6	1	259	87	346	75	3.5	10	0
15	1 or 2	6		Donald Brown	IND	@JAX	3				4	2	0	265	24	289	50	5.3	5	0
16	1 or 2	6		Willis McGahee	DEN	KC	1				4	1	0	279	2	281	59	4.7	1	0
17	1 or 2	6		Brandon Jacobs	NYG	DAL	2				4	3	0	235	13	248	42	5.6	1	0
18	1 or 2	6		Jonathan Stewart	CAR	@NO	2				4	1	1	240	65	305	40	6.0	9	0
19	1 or 2	6		Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	DAL	1				4	3	0	162	45	207	44	3.7	7	0
20	2	7		Peyton Hillis	CLE	PIT	1		WP		4	1	0	281	61	342	72	3.9	4	0
21	2	7		Steven Jackson	STL	SF	1		WP		4	1	0	256	167	423	72	3.6	15	0
22	2	8		Darren Sproles	NO	CAR	1		WP		4	0	3	161	205	366	22	7.3	19	0
23	2	8		Pierre Thomas	NO	CAR	3		WP		4	2	0	129	91	220	25	5.2	12	0
24	QUE	8		Chris Johnson	TEN	@HOU	1		WP		4	2	0	287	101	388	64	4.5	14	0
25	2	9		Michael Turner	ATL	TB	1	SP			4	1	0	220	40	260	65	3.4	6	0
26	2	9		Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	@CLE	1	SP			4	3	0	316	60	376	67	4.7	4	0
27	QUE	9		Beanie Wells	ARI	SEA	1	SP			4	2	0	198	27	225	64	3.1	4	0
28	2	9	UP-43	Thomas Jones	KC	@DEN	3	SP			4	0	0	147	27	174	47	3.1	1	0
29	2	9		Arian Foster	HOU	TEN	1	SP			4	3	0	419	148	567	85	4.9	15	0
30	2	9		Ben Tate	HOU	TEN	2	SP			4	0	0	133	34	167	32	4.2	4	0
31	2 or flex	10		Ryan Grant	GB	DET	2				4	2	0	224	99	323	43	5.2	7	0
32	QUE	10	UP-NR	Roy Helu	WAS	@PHI					3	1	0	279	64	343	73	3.8	9	0
33	2 or flex	10		Evan Royster	WAS	@PHI	2			FA-OW	4	0	0	212	24	236	35	6.1	5	0
34	QUE	10		Felix Jones	DAL	@NYG	2		WP		4	0	0	274	61	335	48	5.7	10	0
35	2 or flex	10		Chris Ivory	NO	CAR	4		WP		3	0	0	162	0	162	39	4.2	0	0
36	2 or flex	11		Isaac Redman	PIT	@CLE	2	SP		FA-OW	4	1	0	120	5	125	24	5.0	1	0
37	2 or flex	11		Dexter McCluster	KC	@DEN	2	SP			4	0	1	91	146	237	21	4.3	11	0
38	Flex or bench	12		Maurice Morris	DET	@GB	3				4	0	1	63	60	123	21	3.0	7	0
39	Flex or bench	12		LaDainian Tomlinson	NYJ	@MIA	2				4	0	1	57	114	171	18	3.2	13	0
40	Flex or bench	12		Ricky Williams	BAL	@CIN	2				4	1	0	154	21	175	36	4.3	3	0
41	Flex or bench	13		Kendall Hunter	SF	@STL	2	SP			4	0	0	99	78	177	27	3.7	7	0
42	Flex or bench	13		LeGarrette Blount	TB	@ATL	1	SP			4	1	0	125	6	131	40	3.1	1	0
43	Flex or bench	14		Joseph Addai	IND	@JAX	2				4	0	0	134	17	151	45	3.0	4	0
44	Flex or bench	14		Sammy Morris	DAL	@NYG	5		WP		2	0	0	82	10	92	25	3.3	4	0
45	Flex or bench	15		Stevan Ridley	NE	BUF	3	SP		FA-OW	4	0	0	162	0	162	32	5.1	0	0
46	Flex or bench	15		Danny Woodhead	NE	BUF	3	SP			4	1	0	113	16	129	23	4.9	2	0
47	Flex or bench	15		Armando Allen	CHI	@MIN	3	SP			1	0	0	40	0	40	11	3.6	0	0
48	Flex or bench	16		BenJarvus Green-Ellis	NE	BUF	1	SP			4	2	0	60	32	92	24	2.5	2	0
49	Flex or bench	16		Daniel Thomas	MIA	NYJ	2	SP			4	0	0	122	9	131	33	3.7	2	0
50	Flex or bench	16		Tashard Choice	BUF	@NE	3	SP			4	0	0	74	42	116	20	3.7	6	0
51	Flex or bench	16		Lance Ball	DEN	KC	2				4	1	0	114	92	206	23	5.0	8	0
52	Flex or bench	17		Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	TB	3	SP			4	0	1	13	67	80	11	1.2	6	0
53	Flex or bench	17		Jason Snelling	ATL	TB	2	SP			4	0	0	44	53	97	10	4.4	9	0
54	Flex or bench	17		Kregg Lumpkin	TB	@ATL	2	SP			4	0	0	29	106	135	10	2.9	11	0
55	Flex or bench	17	UP-104	Curtis Brinkley	SD	@OAK	4	SP			3	0	0	5	0	5	3	1.7	0	0
56	Bench	18		Brandon Saine	GB	DET	3		WP		3	0	0	31	43	74	8	3.9	6	0
57	Bench	18		Bernard Scott	CIN	BAL	2		WP		4	1	0	82	15	97	28	2.9	2	0
58	Bench	18		Montario Hardesty	CLE	PIT	2		WP		2	0	0	24	9	33	11	2.2	2	0
59	Bench	18		Cadillac Williams	STL	SF	2		WP		3	0	0	107	6	113	20	5.4	1	0
60	Bench	19		John Clay	PIT	@CLE	5		WP		1	1	0	10	0	10	1	10.0	0	0
61	QUE	19		LaRod Stephens-Howling	ARI	SEA	3		WP		4	0	1	25	94	119	7	3.6	6	0
62	Bench	19		Mossis Madu	TB	@ATL	3		WP		4	0	0	51	53	104	13	3.9	7	0
63	Bench	19		Charles Clay	MIA	NYJ	5		WP		4	0	1	0	31	31	0	0.0	2	0
64	Bench	19		Marcel Reece	OAK	SD	4		WP		4	0	0	49	71	120	6	8.2	9	0
65	Bench	19		Darrel Young	WAS	@PHI	4		WP		3	1	0	14	41	55	4	3.5	4	0
66	Bench	19		Michael Robinson	SEA	@ARI	4		WP		4	0	1	0	43	43	0	0.0	5	0
67	Bench	20		Le'Ron McClain	KC	@DEN	4		WP		4	0	0	31	29	60	5	6.2	5	0
68	Bench	20		Ronnie Brown	PHI	WAS	2		WP		4	0	0	66	0	66	19	3.5	0	0
69	Bench	20		Keiland Williams	DET	@GB	4		WP		4	0	0	57	24	81	15	3.8	3	0
70	Bench	20		John Kuhn	GB	DET	3		WP		4	0	0	53	11	64	14	3.8	1	0
71	Bench	21		Dion Lewis	PHI	WAS	2		WP		3	0	0	10	0	10	2	5.0	0	0
72	Bench	21		Jeremiah Johnson	DEN	KC	3		WP		4	0	0	66	30	96	9	7.3	4	0
73	Bench	21		Danny Ware	NYG	DAL	3		WP		4	0	0	22	34	56	6	3.7	7	2
74	Bench	21		Vonta Leach	BAL	@CIN	4		WP		4	0	0	26	29	55	7	3.7	4	0
75	Bench	21		Chauncey Washington	DAL	@NYG	3		WP		1	0	0	-1	13	12	1	-1.0	2	0
76	Bench	21		Chris Ogbonnaya	CLE	PIT	3		WP		4	0	0	33	43	76	3	11.0	7	0
77	Bench	21		Justin Forsett	SEA	@ARI	2		WP		4	0	0	30	43	73	10	3.0	5	0
78	Bench	22		Chester Taylor	ARI	SEA	4		WP		4	0	0	3	49	52	2	1.5	7	0
79	Bench	22		Delone Carter	IND	@JAX	3		WP		4	0	0	44	0	44	12	3.7	0	0
80	Bench	22		Greg Jones	JAX	IND	3		WP		4	1	0	1	9	10	1	1.0	2	0
81	Bench	22		Jamie Harper	TEN	@HOU	2		WP		4	1	0	9	7	16	6	1.5	2	0
82	Bench	22		Jerious Norwood	STL	SF	3		WP		4	0	0	21	0	21	13	1.6	0	0
83	Bench	23		Kevin Faulk	NE	BUF	4		WP		4	0	0	17	14	31	6	2.8	2	0
84	Bench	23		Anthony Dixon	SF	@STL	3		WP		4	0	0	14	0	14	8	1.8	0	0
85	Bench	23		Joe McKnight	NYJ	@MIA	3		WP		3	0	0	1	29	30	4	0.3	2	0
86	Bench	23		Lorenzo Booker	MIN	CHI	3		WP		4	0	0	21	15	36	7	3.0	2	0
87	Bench	23		Ahmard Hall	TEN	@HOU	4		WP		4	0	0	15	10	25	3	5.0	4	0
88	Bench	24		Lawrence Vickers	HOU	TEN	5		WP		3	0	0	0	29	29	0	0.0	4	0
89	Bench	24		DuJuan Harris	JAX	IND	3		WP		4	0	0	30	0	30	6	5.0	0	0
90	Bench	24		Josh Vaughan	CAR	@NO	3		WP		4	0	0	24	0	24	7	3.4	0	0
91	Bench	24		Henry Hynoski	NYG	DAL	5		WP		4	0	0	0	25	25	0	0.0	4	0
92	Bench	25		Erik Lorig	TB	@ATL	4		WP		4	0	0	0	22	22	0	0.0	1	0
93	Bench	25		Lex Hilliard	MIA	NYJ	3		WP		4	0	0	10	0	10	5	2.0	0	0
94	Bench	25		Montell Owens	JAX	IND	4		WP		4	0	0	11	-4	7	2	5.5	1	0
95	Bench	25		Brock Bolen	JAX	IND	5		WP		4	0	0	10	0	10	1	10.0	0	0
96	Bench	25		Rock Cartwright	OAK	SD	5		WP		4	0	0	5	24	29	1	5.0	3	0
97	Bench	25		Manase Tonga	OAK	SD			WP		4	0	0	0	12	12	0	0.0	2	0
98	Bench	25		Tony Fiammetta	DAL	@NYG	4		WP		3	0	0	4	10	14	3	1.3	1	0
99	Bench	25		Jed Collins	NO	CAR	6		WP		4	0	0	2	16	18	1	2.0	3	0
100	QUE	26		Bruce Miller	SF	@STL			WP		4	0	0	3	8	11	1	3.0	3	0
101	Bench	26		Jacob Hester	SD	@OAK	3		WP		4	0	0	17	5	22	7	2.4	2	0
102	Bench	26		Aaron Brown	DET	@GB			WP		1	0	0	0	9	9	1	0.0	1	0
103	Bench	26		John Conner	NYJ	@MIA	5		WP		4	0	0	9	0	9	3	3.0	1	0
104	Bench	26		Cedric Peerman	CIN	BAL	3		WP		4	0	0	15	0	15	3	5.0	0	0
105	Bench	26		Leon Washington	SEA	@ARI	3		WP		4	0	0	27	0	27	12	2.3	0	0
106	Bench	27		Alphonso Smith	ARI	SEA	2		WP		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0
107	Bench	27		Anthony Sherman	ARI	SEA			WP		4	0	0	0	6	6	0	0.0	1	0
108	Bench	27		James Casey	HOU	TEN	4		WP		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
109	Bench	27		Tyler Clutts	CHI	@MIN			WP		4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	1	0
110	Bench	27		Johnny White	BUF	@NE			WP		3	0	0	4	0	4	1	4.0	0	0
111	Bench	27		Corey McIntyre	BUF	@NE	4		WP		4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0.0	1	0
112	Bench	27		Jerome Felton	IND	@JAX	4		WP		4	0	0	0	16	16	0	0.0	2	0
113	Bench	27		Spencer Larsen	DEN	KC	4		WP		4	0	0	6	0	6	2	3.0	0	0
114	Bench	27		Ryan D'Imperio	MIN	CHI			WP		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
115	Bench	27	UP-NR	Brian Leonard	CIN	BAL	4		WP		1	0	0	0	20	20	0	0.0	4	0
116	Bench	27		Chris Pressley	CIN	BAL			WP		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
117	Bench	27		Shaun Chapas	DAL	@NYG			WP		3	0	0	0	9	9	0	0.0	1	0
--	QUE	--		Mark Ingram	NO	CAR	2				1	1	0	54	0	54	16	3.4	0	0
--	QUE	--		Shane Vereen	NE	BUF					0	0	0	0			0	0.0
--	QUE	--		Taiwan Jones	OAK	SD					0	0	0	0			0	0.0
--	QUE	--	DN-7	Ryan Mathews	SD	@OAK	1				4	3	0	374	71	445	70	5.3	14	0
--	DBT	--		Marion Barber	CHI	@MIN	2				3	1	0	185	32	217	52	3.6	2	0
--	OUT	--	DN-36	Jackie Battle	KC	@DEN	1				4	1	0	141	33	174	45	3.1	3	0
--	OUT	--		Darren McFadden	OAK	SD	1				0	0	0	0			0	0.0
--	OUT	--	DN-79	Mewelde Moore	PIT	@CLE	3				3	0	0	49	5	54	5	9.8	2	0
--	OUT	--	DN-57	James Starks	GB	DET	1				2	0	0	18	6	24	9	2.0	1	0
--	OUT	--	DN-3	Reggie Bush	MIA	NYJ	1				4	2	0	519	59	578	83	6.3	8	0
--	RELEASED	--		Ryan Torain	WAS	@PHI	2				1	0	0	8	4	12	4	2.0	2	0
--	IR	--		Matt Forte	CHI	@MIN	1				1	0	0	12	0	12	5	2.4	0	0
--	IR	--		DeMarco Murray	DAL	@NYG					2	0	0	63	6	69	17	3.7	1	0
--	IR	--		Adrian Peterson	MIN	CHI	1				2	1	0	98	14	112	22	4.5	2	0

INJURY DEFINITIONS

P - Probable - player has a 75 percent chance of playing
Q - Questionable - player has a 50 percent chance of playing
D - Doubtful - player has a 25 percent chance of playing
O - Out - player is not going to play
IR - Injured Reserve - player is out for the remainder of the season

KFFL Fantasy Football Rankings Key

Note - Displayed statistics are from past four weeks unless less than four weeks of data is available.

RK - Overall rank, not absolute rank; each option is part of a tier of one or more players

Fan Pos - Fantasy position and/or status of player this week for 12-team leagues with 16-player rosters

1	No. 1 option at position this week	INJ-XXX	Injured; playing status for this week is indicated by GTD (game-time decision), QUE (questionable), DBT (doubtful) or OUT
2	No. 2 option at position this week	INJ	Injured; playing status for this week is to be determined
3	No. 3 option at position this week	INJ-PUP	Injured; on Physically Unable to Perform list and not eligible to play until team activates him
Flex	Option for flex spot at position this week	INJ-NFI	Injured; on Non-Football Injury list and not eligible to play until team activates him
Bench	Not a recommended option at position this week	INJ-IR	Injured; on Reserve/Injured list and not eligible to play this season
BYE	On a bye and not playing this week

Tier - Grouping of similarly ranked options this week; one player may be considered over others in same tier based on preference

Rnk Chng - Indicates if player has moved up or down since previous release of rankings

UP-NR	Was not ranked in previous release	UP-##	Has moved up since previous release; number indicates previous rank
		DN-##	Has moved up since previous release; number indicates previous rank

SP/WP - Indicates if player has a matchup that makes him a strong play or a weak play this week

Has a favorable matchup and could exceed usual production; not an endorsement to play any player in one tier over one in a higher tier

Has an unfavorable matchup and could fail to meet level of usual production; not an endorsement to bench any player in one tier in favor of one in a lower tier

FA - Indicates if player is a target on waiver wire or in free-agent pool

FA-A	May be available in your league and should be acquired, especially if you need help at position	FA-WL	May be available in your league and should be monitored, especially if you need help at position. He may be worthy of acquiring soon
FA-L	May be available in your league and could be acquired, especially if you need help at position	FA-OW	May be available in your league and should be acquired if you need a one-week play; has a favorable matchup but may not necessarily have long-term value