Fantasy Football Week 13 RB Rankings: Rashaad Penny or Chris Carson?

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Rashaad Penny of the Seattle Seahawks

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 13 of the 2019 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss whether there is a changing of the guards brewing in the Seattle Seahawks‘ backfield.

Plus, has New York Giants’ superstar back Saquon Barkley officially fallen out of the RB1/RB2 category? Let’s take a look.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Running Back Outlook Week 13

What in the world is wrong with Saquon Barkley (RB7)? Well, the most glaring answer would be that he clearly rushed back from injury too soon and is noticeably hobbled on the playing field. With that said, an average of 1.86 yards per carry over the last three games is highly unacceptable for fantasy owners looking to make a championship run.

Even more unacceptable is the fact that over the past two weeks he ranks as the RB60. So why in the world would we rank him as the seventh-best RB option for this week of play? Well, his matchup in Week 13, the Green Bay Packers, have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing running backs this season. They allowed two top-13 scorers at the position in Week 12 and have allowed an average of 20.13 fantasy points to starting RBs over their last three games.

Chris Carson’s (RB14) fumble-itis continued into Week 12, and it was enough for Seattle to shy away from their battering ram of a running back. Carson was out-touched 14-6 by backup Rashaad Penny (RB42) vs. the Philadelphia Eagles. Penny answered the call, averaging six more yards per carry than Carson on his way to 129 yards on the evening. However, the majority of that yardage came on one play, a 58-yard touchdown scamper.

Penny has likely worked his way into warranting more touches in Week 13, but don’t get it twisted, this is still Chris Carson’s backfield. With that said, a matchup with the Minnesota Vikings this week leaves much to be desired from a fantasy perpective for both players. Eight of the last nine starting running backs to face off with the Vikings have combined for an average of just 47.5 rushing yards, with each of those backs failing to find the endzone.

Week 13 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

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