Fantasy Football Week 9 RB Rankings: Damien Harris, Chase Edmonds Climb

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings for Week 9 of the 2020 NFL regular season. This may very well be the week that owners finally get Christian McCaffrey back into their lineups as his return “seems imminent.” On the other hand, owners will likely be stripped of Kenyan Drake’s services due to an ankle injury that makes Chase Edmonds and extremely intriguing play.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 9 RB Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em. 

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

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Running Back Outlook Week 9

In many ways, Chase Edmonds (RB9) had already been the preferred Cardinals RB to fantasy owners. Collecting a grand total of 145 total yards in his most recent outing, Edmonds has now scored 15.0-plus points in three of his last four games. In comparison, Kenyan Drake has scored more than 15.0 points just once all season long. With Drake likely out vs. Miami, Edmonds works his way into low-end RB1 talks against a Dolphins defense that allow the seventh-most fantasy points to RBs this season. Edmonds is lethal out of the backfield, catching five-plus passes three times this year and recording 56-plus receiving yards in two of his last three games. Over their last five games, the Dolphins have allowed an average of 6.4 receptions to the RB position.

With 100-plus yard performances in half of his last four games, Damien Harris (RB18) is arguably the safest fantasy play amongst all New England skill players at the moment. Problem is, on a grand scale, he still offers quite a bit of downside, namely his lack of usage in the receiving game. Essentially Sony Michel 2.0, Harris has yet to catch more than one pass in any game this season, vastly decreasing his value in PPR formats. With that said, his matchup this week puts him in the low-end RB2, high-end RB3/Flex conversation. The Jets defense has not allowed an opposing RB to eclipse 47 rushing yards in back-to-back weeks. However, that has less to do with New York’s run prowess defensively and more to do with the fact that teams have been able to toy with Gang Green in other facets. New England doesn’t have the firepower to attack the Jets in other aspects of the game, likely meaning we can expect a heavy workload for Harris and Cam Newton on the ground in Week 9.

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Week 9 Fantasy Rankings: Running Back

1. 1. Rankings
   2. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]
   3. Start-Sit
   4. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

1. • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

2. – NOTABLE RB BYE WEEKS: Joe Mixon (CIN), Gio Bernard (CIN), Kareem Hunt (CLE), Miles Sanders (PHI), Boston Scott (PHI), Darrell Henderson (LAR), Malcolm Brown (LAR)

3. #	Running Back TEAM	Opp.
   1	Dalvin Cook MIN	vs. DET
   2	Alvin Kamara NO	@ TB
   3	Christian McCaffrey CAR	@ KC
   4	Derrick Henry TEN	vs. CHI
   5	James Robinson JAC	vs. HOU
   6	Aaron Jones GB	@ SF
   7	Ezekiel Elliott DAL	vs. PIT
   8	C. Edwards-Helaire KC	vs. CAR
   9	Chase Edmonds ARI	vs. MIA
   10	Justin Jackson LAC INJ	vs. LV
   11	James Conner PIT	@ DAL
   12	Josh Jacobs LV	@ LAC
   13	David Johnson HOU	@ JAC
   14	Phillip Lindsay DEN	@ ATL
   15	David Montgomery CHI	@ TEN
   16	J.K. Dobbins BAL	@ IND
   17	Gus Edwards BAL	@ IND
   18	Damien Harris NE	@ NYJ
   19	Todd Gurley II ATL	vs. DEN
   20	Wayne Gallman NYG	@ WAS
   21	Ronald Jones II TB	vs. NO
   22	Zack Moss BUF	vs. SEA
   23	Matt Breida MIA INJ	@ ARI
   24	Jonathan Taylor IND	vs. BAL
   25	DeeJay Dallas SEA	@ BUF
   26	Devin Singletary BUF	vs. SEA
   27	Antonio Gibson WAS	vs. NYG
   28	Leonard Fournette TB	vs. NO
   29	Melvin Gordon DEN	@ ATL
   30	Nyheim Hines IND	vs. BAL
   31	J.D. McKissic WAS	vs. NYG
   32	JaMycal Hasty SF	vs. GB
   33	D’Andre Swift DET	@ MIN
   34	Tyler Ervin GB	@ SF
   35	Mike Davis CAR	@ KC
   36	Lamical Perine NYJ	vs. NE
   37	Mark Ingram II BAL INJ	@ IND
   38	Adrian Peterson DET	@ MIN
   39	Patrick Laird MIA	@ ARI
   40	Latavius Murray NO	@ TB
   41	Le’Veon Bell KC	vs. CAR
   42	Jordan Howard MIA	@ ARI
   43	Dexter Williams GB	@ SF
   44	Jerick McKinnon SF	vs. GB
   45	Jordan Wilkins IND	vs. BAL
   46	James White NE	@ NYJ
   47	Joshua Kelley LAC	vs. LV
   48	Brian Hill ATL	vs. DEN
   49	Duke Johnson Jr. HOU	@ JAC
   50	Carlos Hyde SEA INJ	@ BUF
   51	Rex Burkhead NE	@ NYJ
   52	Darrel Williams KC	vs. CAR
   53	Kerryon Johnson DET	@ MIN
   54	Tony Pollard DAL	vs. PIT
   55	Chris Thompson JAC	vs. HOU
   56	Jeremy McNichols TEN	vs. CHI
   57	Alexander Mattison MIN	vs. DET
   58	Eno Benjamin ARI INJ	vs. MIA
   59	Darwin Thompson KC	vs. CAR
   60	Ito Smith ATL	vs. DEN
   61	Ke’Shawn Vaughn TB	vs. NO
   62	Benny Snell Jr. PIT	@ DAL
   63	Royce Freeman DEN	@ ATL
   64	Travis Homer SEA INJ	@ BUF
   65	T.J. Yeldon BUF	vs. SEA
   66	Frank Gore NYJ	vs. NE
   67	LeSean McCoy TB	vs. NO
   68	Dion Lewis NYG	@ WAS
   69	Peyton Barber WAS	vs. NYG
   70	Lynn Bowden Jr. MIA	@ ARI
   71	Anthony McFarland Jr. PIT	@ DAL
   72	Ty Johnson NYJ	vs. NE
   73	Jaylen Samuels PIT	@ DAL
   74	Dare Ogunbowale JAC	vs. HOU
   75	Kyle Juszczyk SF	vs. GB
   76	Devontae Booker LV	@ LAC
   77	Trenton Cannon CAR	@ KC
   78	Ryan Nall CHI	@ TEN
   79	Devine Ozigbo JAC	vs. HOU
   80	Mike Boone MIN	vs. DET
   81	J.J. Taylor NE	@ NYJ

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