Fantasy Football RB Rankings Week 2

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 2 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss the budding fantasy values of Los Angeles Rams‘ Malcolm Brown and Indianapolis Colts‘ Nyheim Hines.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 2 RB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

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

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Running Back Outlook Week 2

I’ll toot my own horn here for a moment and note that I had Nyheim Hines (RB14) as one of my preseason top-three RB sleepers for 2020. However, a potential season-ending injury to Marlon Mack may lead to Hines completely demolishing any perceived ceiling I would have envisioned for him.

Hines was grossly underutilized a season ago, just one year removed from ranking seventh amongst all RBs in targets (81). That was bound to change this year with Phillip Rivers at the helm, as Rivers-led offenses have had a RB rank within the top-seven of most targeted players at their position in two of the past three seasons. If Week 1 is any indication, Hines (eight targets) may very well make it three out of the last four.

Yet, more important than anything was his usage in the run game. Jonathan Taylor out-attempted Hines just nine-to-seven. Expect Hines’ usage to grow as the Colts continue to operate out of the shotgun. Furthermore, the Vikings allowed nine receptions to Packers RBs in Week 1 and an average of nine targets to the position dating back to Week 13 of last year.

Malcolm Brown (RB26) will likely find himself a tad higher on other rankings this coming week. However, Cam Akers is still the player Los Angles would like to assume the workload in their backfield sooner rather than later. Brown only out-attempted Akers by four rushes this past Sunday night. Obviously, Brown was the more effective, averaging 4.4 ypc and scoring twice.

Brown has a welcoming matchup in Week 2 vs. a Washington defense who surrendered two touchdowns to Peyton Barber in Week 1 and allowed the third-most points to the position a season ago. He’s a viable flex-start, but his ceiling is vastly limited if he fails to find the end zone.

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Week 2 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

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- Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

#	Running Backs TEAM	Opp.
1	Christian McCaffrey CAR	@ TB
2	Ezekiel Elliott DAL	vs. ATL
3	Saquon Barkley NYG	@ CHI
4	Alvin Kamara NO	@ LV
5	Josh Jacobs LV	vs. NO
6	Derrick Henry TEN	vs. JAC
7	Dalvin Cook MIN	@ IND
8	C, Edwards-Helaire KC	@ LAC
9	Austin Ekeler LAC	vs. KC
10	Joe Mixon CIN	@ CLE
11	Miles Sanders PHI INJ	vs. LAR
12	Raheem Mostert SF	@ NYJ
13	Aaron Jones GB	vs. DET
14	Nyheim Hines IND	vs. MIN
15	Kenyan Drake ARI	vs. WAS
16	Nick Chubb CLE	vs. CIN
17	Todd Gurley ATL	@ DAL
18	Chris Carson SEA	vs. NE
19	David Johnson HOU	vs. BAL
20	Kareem Hunt CLE	vs. CIN
21	Ronald Jones II TB	vs. CAR
22	Mark Ingram II BAL	@ HOU
23	Benny Snell Jr. PIT	vs. DEN
24	Devin Singletary BUF	@ MIA
25	David Montgomery CHI	vs. NYG
26	Malcolm Brown LAR	@ PHI
27	James White NE	@ SEA
28	Jonathan Taylor IND	vs. MIN
29	Melvin Gordon DEN	@ PIT
19	James Conner PIT INJ	vs. DEN
30	Le’Veon Bell NYJ INJ	vs. SF
31	James Robinson JAC	@ TEN
32	J.K. Dobbins BAL	@ HOU
33	Leonard Fournette TB	vs. CAR
34	Phillip Lindsay DEN	@ PIT
35	Adrian Peterson DET	@ GB
36	Frank Gore NYJ	vs. SF
37	Zack Moss BUF	@ MIA
38	Cam Akers LAR	@ PHI
39	D’Andre Swift DET	@ GB
39	Sony Michel NE	@ SEA
40	Latavius Murray NO	@ LV
41	Boston Scott PHI	vs. LAR
43	Tarik Cohen CHI	vs. NYG
44	Chase Edmonds ARI	vs. WAS
45	Antonio Gibson WAS	@ ARI
47	Carlos Hyde SEA	vs. NE
48	Myles Gaskin MIA	vs. BUF
49	Peyton Barber WAS	@ ARI
50	Joshua Kelley LAC	vs. KC
51	Jordan Howard MIA	vs. BUF
52	Duke Johnson HOU INJ	vs. BAL
53	Jerick McKinnon SF	@ NYJ
54	Chris Thompson JAC	@ TEN
55	Alexander Mattison MIN	@ IND
56	Jamaal Williams GB	vs. DET
57	Kerryon Johnson DET	@ GB
58	Matt Breida MIA	vs. BUF
59	Rex Burkhead NE	@ SEA
60	Devontae Booker LV	vs. NO
61	Giovani Bernard CIN	@ CLE
62	Patrick Laird MIA	vs. BUF
63	Tevin Coleman SF	@ NYJ
64	A.J. Dillon GB	vs. DET
65	Dion Lewis NYG	@ CHI
66	J.J. Taylor NE	@ SEA
67	Darrell Henderson LAR	@ PHI
68	Tony Pollard DAL	vs. ATL
69	Brian Hill ATL	@ DAL
70	Wayne Gallman NYG	@ CHI
71	Corey Clement PHI	vs. LAR
72	Kyle Juszczyk SF	@ NYJ
73	Tyler Ervin GB	vs. DET
74	Jalen Richard LV	vs. NO
75	LeSean McCoy TB	vs. CAR
76	Darrynton Evans TEN	vs. JAC
77	Justin Jackson LAC	vs. KC
78	DeeJay Dallas SEA	vs. NE
79	Josh Adams NYJ	vs. SF
80	Royce Freeman DEN	@ PIT
81	Jaylen Samuels PIT	vs. DEN
82	Gus Edwards BAL	@ HOU
83	Ito Smith ATL	@ DAL

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