Fantasy Football Week 17 RB Rankings: Marshawn Lynch is Back

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 17 of the 2019 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we examine the whirlwind year that New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley has put his fantasy owners through. Plus, a slew of devastating injuries in the Seattle backfield left the Seahawks with no choice but to turn to a familiar face.

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

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Running Back Outlook Week 17

If you managed to somehow make it to the playoffs despite Saquon Barkley‘s (RB4) string of atrocious fantasy performances this season, then in a round-about way, Barkley was worth every bit of his high-round draft capital this offseason. That is because once it came down to the nitty-gritty, literally no player in fantasy has performed better.

Over the past two weeks, Barkley leads all fantasy football players in points, regardless of position, with an average of 37.1 PPR points per game. He single-handedly captured many fantasy owners a league championship this past Sunday by racking up 43.9 fantasy points, once again the most points by any player for the given week. Barkley did all this while simultaneously breaking the Giants all-time single-game yards from scrimmage record with 279 yards vs. the Redskins.

Barkley will undoubtedly face tougher sledding this week against an Eagles defense that has allowed just 76 rushing ypg over their last three contests, the third-fewest in football over that span.  With that said, Philly has still surrendered an average of 17.3 fantasy points to opposing leading scorers at the running back position over the past four weeks.

While Barkley may not push for 50 points on Sunday, he’s still a clear high-end RB1 option vs. the Birds.

Chris Carson is done for the season, as is his backup CJ Prosise. With Rashaad Penny already on season-ending IR, it seemed as if the Seahawks would be turning their backfield over to Travis Homer (RB38). However, Seattle had different plans, reuniting with franchise-great Marshawn Lynch (RB44) late Monday night.

While the news is certainly exhilarating, chances are Lynch is nowhere near being in true game shape. Homer will likely man a slight lead over Lynch for the final week of the season vs. the 49ers, while the latter works on getting himself right for the playoffs.

Both players are at best a flex-flyer for the lone fact that San Fran has surrendered three rushing touchdowns over the past two weeks to opposing running backs.

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Week 17 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

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• Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

#	Running Backs TEAM	Opp.
1	Christian McCaffrey CAR	vs. NO
2	Alvin Kamara NO	@ CAR
3	Ezekiel Elliott DAL	vs. WAS
4	Saquon Barkley NYG	vs. PHI
5	Derrick Henry TEN INJ	@ HOU
6	Dalvin Cook MIN INJ	vs. CHI
7	Aaron Jones GB	@ DET
8	Melvin Gordon LAC	@ KC
9	Nick Chubb CLE	@ CIN
10	Miles Sanders PHI	@ NYG
11	Austin Ekeler LAC	@ KC
12	Kenyan Drake ARI	@ LAR
13	Joe Mixon CIN	vs. CLE
14	James White NE	vs. MIA
15	Todd Gurley LAR	vs. ARI
16	Josh Jacobs OAK INJ	@ DEN
17	Damien Williams KC	vs. LAC
18	Leonard Fournette JAC	vs. IND
19	Marlon Mack IND	@ JAC
20	Kerryon Johnson DET	vs. GB
21	Dion Lewis TEN	@ HOU
22	Kareem Hunt CLE	@ CIN
23	Phillip Lindsay DEN	vs. OAK
24	Le’Veon Bell NYJ	@ BUF
25	Sony Michel NE	vs. MIA
26	Devin Singletary BUF	vs. NYJ
27	Raheem Mostert SF	@ SEA
28	Ronald Jones TB	vs. ATL
29	Devonta Freeman ATL	@ TB
30	Jamaal Williams GB INJ	@ DET
31	David Montgomery CHI	@ MIN
32	Carlos Hyde HOU	vs. TEN
33	Mike Boone MIN	vs. CHI
34	Royce Freeman DEN	vs. OAK
35	Gus Edwards BAL	vs. PIT
36	Adrian Peterson WAS	@ DAL
37	James Conner PIT INJ	@ BAL
38	Travis Homer SEA	vs. SF
39	Alexander Mattison MIN INJ	vs. CHI
40	Tarik Cohen CHI	@ MIN
41	Benny Snell Jr. PIT	@ BAL
42	Latavius Murray NO	@ CAR
43	Rex Burkhead NE	vs. MIA
44	Marshawn Lynch SEA	vs. SF
45	Myles Gaskin MIA	@ NE
46	Chris Thompson WAS	@ DAL
47	DeAndre Washington OAK	@ DEN
48	Justice Hill BAL	vs. PIT
49	Patrick Laird MIA	@ NE
50	Duke Johnson HOU	vs. TEN
51	Tevin Coleman SF	@ SEA
52	Jordan Howard PHI INJ	@ NYG
53	Jaylen Samuels PIT	@ BAL
54	Bo Scarbrough DET	vs. GB
55	Peyton Barber TB	vs. ATL
56	Nyheim Hines IND	@ JAC
57	Jordan Wilkins IND	@ JAC
58	Tony Pollard DAL	vs. WAS
59	Darwin Thompson KC	vs. LAC
60	Matt Breida SF	@ SEA
61	LeSean McCoy KC	vs. LAC
62	Bilal Powell NYJ	@ BUF
63	Dare Ogunbowale TB	vs. ATL
64	David Johnson ARI	@ LAR
65	Spencer Ware KC	vs. LAC
66	Brian Hill ATL	@ TB
67	Frank Gore BUF	vs. NYJ
68	Gio Bernard CIN	vs. CLE
69	Jalen Richard OAK	@ DEN
70	JD Mckissic DET	vs. GB
71	Malcolm Brown LAR	vs. ARI
72	Ty Montgomery NYJ	@ BUF
73	Darrell Henderson LAR	vs. ARI
74	Wayne Gallman NYG	vs. PHI
75	Kerrith Whyte Jr. PIT	@ BAL
76	Jay Ajayi PHI	@ NYG
77	Jonathan Williams IND	@ JAC
78	Jeff Wilson Jr. SF	@ SEA
79	Qadree Ollison ATL	@ TB
80	Buck Allen NYG	vs. PHI

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