Fantasy Football Week 6 RB Rankings: Todd Gurley Injury Fallout

Getty Star running back Todd Gurley is on the move.

On the surface, Todd Gurley had seemed to finally reclaim his fantasy stardom from years past. The Los Angeles Rams running back was the seventh-highest scoring running back in fantasy football over the previous two weeks of play. However, Gurley was recently ruled out for Week 6 with an injury.

Is his recent success transferable to the rest of the Los Angeles Rams running backs this week in a tough matchup?

All this and more in our Fantasy Football Week 6 Running Back Rankings.

* Player rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Better Than Usual

1. Last Week’s Better Than Usual:
2. James White – 13.2 pts. (RB20)

Redskins RBs vs. MIA

Washington’s rushing offense averages less than 69 ypg on the season. To put that in perspective 12 singular players average more rushing yards than the Redskins do as an entire team on a per-game basis. Washington made a coaching change this week, appointing former offensive line coach Bill Callahan to the head job for the ‘Skins. Don’t be surprised to see the coach make a valiant effort to get the run game going in DC. Miami has surrendered the most fantasy points to opposing running backs this season. They are nearly equally generous to running backs through the air as they are on the ground, allowing five rushing touchdowns to four receiving touchdowns in 2019. Adrian Peterson and Chris Thompson have some flex appeal this week when you take into consideration that four teams are on a bye in Week 6.

Worse Than Usual

1. Last Week’s Worse Than Usual:
2. Le’Veon Bell – 15.8 pts. (RB17)

Rams RBs vs. SF

Todd Gurley averaged 22.35 fantasy points since Week 4. Unfortunately, those numbers are mostly masked by Gurley’s ability to find the end zone. The running back has averaged between 3.1 and 3.9 ypc in each of his past four games. The San Francisco 49ers defense may be the best in all of football at the moment. They’ve surrendered zero touchdowns to opposing running backs this season, while only allowing one RB to eclipse double-digit fantasy points (Nick Chubb – 10.4 pts. in Week 5). Malcolm Brown has averaged just 2.71 ypc since Week 2, while Darrell Henderson has totaled zero yards from scrimmage thus far this season. As odd as it may seem, I perfer Henderson this week based on his receiving ability. However, both scare me in a starting fantasy role.

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