Fantasy Football Week 6 RB Rankings: Todd Gurley Injury Fallout

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.

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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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Week 6 PPR Fantasy Rankings: Running Backs

1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | Flex | DST | K]

• Better Than Usual *
• Worse Than Usual *

Rank	RBs TEAM	Opp.
1	Christian McCaffrey CAR	at TB
2	Ezekiel Elliott DAL	at NYJ
3	Dalvin Cook MIN	vs. PHI
4	Alvin Kamara NO	at JAC
5	David Johnson ARI	vs. ATL
6	Saquon Barkley NYG Q	at NE
7	Nick Chubb CLE	vs. SEA
8	Mark Ingram BAL	vs. CIN
9	Chris Carson SEA	at CLE
10	Leonard Fournette JAC	vs. NO
11	Le’Veon Bell NYJ	vs. DAL
12	Austin Ekeler LAC	vs. PIT
13	Todd Gurley* LAR	vs. SF
14	James Conner PIT	at LAC
15	Kerryon Johnson DET	at GB
16	Derrick Henry TEN	at DEN
17	Aaron Jones GB	vs. DET
18	Melvin Gordon LAC	vs. PIT
19	James White NE	vs. NYG
20	Damien Williams KC	vs. HOU
21	Joe Mixon CIN	at BAL
22	Sony Michel NE	vs. NYG
23	Devonta Freeman ATL	at ARI
24	Phillip Lindsay DEN	vs. TEN
25	Tevin Coleman SF	at LAR
26	Jordan Howard PHI	at MIN
27	Ronald Jones II TB	vs. CAR
28	Carlos Hyde HOU	at KC
29	Chris Thompson* WAS	at MIA
30	Matt Breida SF	at LAR
31	LeSean McCoy KC	vs. HOU
32	Kenyan Drake MIA	vs. WAS
33	Peyton Barber TB	vs. CAR
34	Miles Sanders PHI	at MIN
35	Royce Freeman DEN	vs. TEN
36	Wayne Gallman NYG	at NE
37	Duke Johnson HOU	at KC
38	Jaylen Samuels PIT	at LAC
39	Adrian Peterson* WAS	at MIA
40	Rex Burkhead NE	vs. NYG
41	Malcolm Brown LAR	vs. SF
42	Ito Smith ATL	at ARI
43	Giovani Bernard CIN	at BAL
44	Dion Lewis TEN	at DEN
45	Darrel Williams KC	vs. HOU
46	C.J. Prosise SEA	at CLE
47	Tony Pollard DAL	at NYJ
48	Darren Sproles PHI	at MIN
49	Jon Hilliman NYG	at NE
50	Raheem Mostert SF	at LAR
51	Latavius Murray NO	at JAC
52	Jeff Wilson Jr. SF	at LAR
53	Elijhaa Penny NYG	at NE

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