Fantasy Football Week 14 RB Rankings: Rashaad Penny & Derrius Guice Climb

Getty Rashaad Penny of the Seattle Seahawks

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 14 of the 2019 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss two players who have come out of nowhere in recent weeks to work their way into the discussion of being legitimate starting fantasy option.

However, with most leagues kicking off their playoff in Week 14, can you trust these two running backs in such a high stake situation? Let’s take a look.

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

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Running Back Outlook Week 14

Since Derrius Guice (RB29) has returned to the Washington Redskins lineup he’s been a bonafide RB1 in nearly all fantasy leagues. Guice ranks as the eighth-highest scoring player at his position over the last three weeks with 15.5 fantasy points. That type of production outpaces stars such as Nick Chubb, Le’Veon Bell, Todd Gurley, and Saquon Barkley over that time span.

Guice is also fresh off his first career 100-yard rushing game. So why is he ranked as the 29th best running back option heading into Week 14? Simply put, usage, and the lack of it.

Guice had to average a whopping 12.9 yards per carry this past Sunday to reach his 129 rushing yards on the day. That’s because he touched the ball just 10 times in the run game. In fact, he didn’t even lead Washington in rushing attempts, that honor goes to Adrian Peterson, who had 13 on the day. Guice has now carried the ball no more than 10 times in any of his three games since being reinserted into the ‘Skins lineup.

With that said, Guice is presented with a plus-matchup this Sunday vs. the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing running backs this season. Even better, they’ve surrendered the second-most rushing touchdowns to the position. This is great news for a guy who’s averaged a touchdown per game over the last three weeks.

While he should be ranked higher based solely on talent and matchup, his touches are holding him back at the moment.

Rashaad Penny (RB37) has looked like the best offensive playmaker not named Russell Wilson on the Seattle Seahawks roster over the last two weeks. Penny followed up his first career 100-yard game in Week 12, with a two-touchdown performance under the bright lights of Monday night in Week 13.

While Penny has been brilliant of late, it’s important to remember Chris Carson is not going away. Evident by the starting running backs 20+ touch, 100+ yard outing against the Minnesota Vikings.

Penny will also be presented with a difficult matchup in Week 14 against the Los Angeles Rams. Aside from a Week 12 outlier where they allowed Mark Ingram to rush for 112 yards against them, the Rams have held their last six opponents’ leading rushers to an average of just 38.16 yards per game.

Week 14 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

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