Fantasy football rankings, Week 14: Running Backs for standard, PPR leagues

You made it! You're in!!! And for that, here's another week of questionable decisions and tough choices.

A bye-week would be nice, but with the playoffs all set, some of us weren't fortunate enough to win that right. Some of us are left scrounging for one more week of production from a heaping pile of running backs that in the end, may not even produce. It isn't the easiest of decisions, but you put yourself one step ahead by not over-thinking those tossup choices.

Andre Ellington, for instance, has become hobbled at the wrong time for his owners. If he sits, don't be so sure Marion Grice would immediately fill the void. You would be better off riding someone like Dan Herron, who has the benefit of facing a Cleveland Browns rushing defense that allows 4.4 yards per carry to opposing running backs.

Frank Gore has recently become an occupant of numerous waiver wires, as well. Not saying you should start him (because you shouldn't), but in this type of particular case where a below-average starter is set to face a below-average defense, you might be better off fading said subpar starter and instead, playing a back with high upside (Latavius Murray and Johnathan Stewart are the first boom/bust candidates that comes to mind.)

Either way, forget what you learned during the first 13 weeks and approach this Sunday with a sense of desperation. After all, if you didn't luck into that bye-week, now is not the time to over-think.

Running back rankings (standard), Week 14

(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)

Rank	Consensus	Team	Opponent	DK	DC	JD	SK
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@CIN	2	1	4	3
2	DeMarco Murray	DAL	@CHI	5	3	2	1
3	Arian Foster	HOU	@JAC	1	8	1	2
4	Matt Forte	CHI	DAL	4	2	3	4
5	Eddie Lacy	GB	ATL	3	5	6	5
6	C.J. Anderson	DEN	BUF	6	4	9	8
7	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	@PHI	10	7	5	7
8	Jamaal Charles	KC	@ARI	7	6	10	6
9	Justin Forsett	BAL	@MIA	8	9	7	11
10	Rashad Jennings	NYG	@TEN	11	10	8	9
11	LeSean McCoy	PHI	SEA	9	12	11	12
12	Mark Ingram	NO	CAR	15	11	12	10
13	Tre Mason	STL	@WAS	12	15	14	13
14	Joique Bell	DET	TB	14	13	22	14
15	Alfred Morris	WAS	STL	13	16	21	15
16	Dan Herron	IND	@CLE	17	17	15	18
17	Ryan Mathews	SD	NE	16	19	13	20
18	Jeremy Hill	CIN	PIT	20	18	16	17
19	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	IND	18	14	25	16
20	Giovani Bernard	CIN	PIT	19	20	17	19
21	Denard Robinson	JAC	HOU	22	21	26	21
22	Lamar Miller	MIA	BAL	25	23	24	23
23	Steven Jackson	ATL	@GB	23	29	18	28
24	Frank Gore	SF	@OAK	24	24	28	22
25	Andre Ellington	ARI	KC	32	22	20	25
26	LeGarrette Blount	NE	@SD	26	33	19	24
27	Fred Jackson	BUF	@DEN	21	26	29	26
28	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	@NO	27	28	31	29
29	Latavius Murray	OAK	SF	29	32	23	32
30	Chris Ivory	NYJ	@MIN	38	30	32	31
31	Bishop Sankey	TEN	NYG	41	27	37	27
32	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	NYJ	36	34	34	33
33	Chris Johnson	NYJ	@MIN	31	38	30	39
34	Shane Vereen	NE	@SD	45	25	39	30
35	Marion Grice	ARI	KC	33	50	27	42
36	Terrance West	CLE	IND	28	44	35	45
37	Doug Martin	TB	@DET	44	37	33	40
38	Carlos Hyde	SF	@OAK	34	43	42	38
39	Andre Williams	NYG	@TEN	30	41	43	44
40	Trent Richardson	IND	@CLE	42	36	46	34
41	Pierre Thomas	NO	CAR	46	35	40	37
42	Darren Sproles	PHI	SEA	47	31	48	35
43	Reggie Bush	DET	TB	--	39	36	36
44	Roy Helu Jr.	WAS	STL	39	42	50	43
45	Matt Asiata	MIN	NYJ	--	40	49	41
46	Marcel Reece	OAK	SF	37	--	--	46
47	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	@NO	35	--	--	--
48	Darren McFadden	OAK	SF	--	45	45	48
49	Robert Turbin	SEA	@PHI	--	47	41	--
50	Alfred Blue	HOU	@JAC	--	--	38	--
--	Juwan Thompson	DEN	BUF	40	--	--	--
--	Theo Riddick	DET	TB	49	46	--	49
--	Ben Tate	MIN	NYJ	43	--	--	--
--	James Starks	GB	ATL	--	--	44	--
--	Stepfan Taylor	ARI	KC	50	--	--	47
--	Chris Polk	PHI	SEA	--	--	47	--
--	Anthony Dixon	BUF	@DEN	48	--	--	--
--	Charles Sims	TB	@DET	--	48	--	--
--	Dexter McCluster	TEN	NYG	--	49	--	--
--	Jonas Gray	NE	@SD	--	--	--	50

Running back rankings (PPR), Week 14

(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)

Rank	Consensus	Team	Opponent	DK	DC	JD	SK
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@CIN	1	1	3	1
2	Matt Forte	CHI	DAL	3	2	2	3
3	Arian Foster	HOU	@JAC	2	5	1	4
4	DeMarco Murray	DAL	@CHI	5	3	4	2
5	C.J. Anderson	DEN	BUF	6	4	6	7
6	Eddie Lacy	GB	ATL	4	8	7	5
7	Jamaal Charles	KC	@ARI	7	6	10	6
8	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	@PHI	10	7	5	9
9	Justin Forsett	BAL	@MIA	8	9	8	10
10	Rashad Jennings	NYG	@TEN	12	10	9	8
11	LeSean McCoy	PHI	SEA	9	12	11	11
12	Mark Ingram	NO	CAR	15	11	12	12
13	Tre Mason	STL	@WAS	11	18	13	14
14	Joique Bell	DET	TB	13	13	21	13
15	Giovani Bernard	CIN	PIT	16	19	16	15
16	Dan Herron	IND	@CLE	20	16	15	16
17	Jeremy Hill	CIN	PIT	21	14	17	20
18	Ryan Mathews	SD	NE	17	22	14	23
19	Alfred Morris	WAS	STL	14	20	25	21
20	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	IND	22	15	29	18
21	Denard Robinson	JAC	HOU	19	21	27	17
22	Fred Jackson	BUF	@DEN	18	24	28	19
23	Andre Ellington	ARI	KC	29	17	20	24
24	Lamar Miller	MIA	BAL	23	26	22	25
25	Steven Jackson	ATL	@GB	25	27	18	31
26	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	@NO	24	31	26	28
27	Shane Vereen	NE	@SD	36	23	33	22
28	Frank Gore	SF	@OAK	26	28	36	26
29	Latavius Murray	OAK	SF	30	33	23	34
30	LeGarrette Blount	NE	@SF	39	36	19	33
31	Darren Sproles	PHI	SEA	40	25	42	27
32	Chris Johnson	NYJ	@MIN	27	41	30	37
33	Pierre Thomas	NO	CAR	45	29	35	29
34	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	NYJ	28	35	43	35
35	Marion Grice	ARI	KC	31	46	24	44
36	Reggie Bush	DET	TB	--	30	32	32
37	Bishop Sankey	TEN	NYG	44	32	39	30
38	Chris Ivory	NYJ	@MIN	42	34	38	36
39	Doug Martin	TB	@DET	43	38	31	40
40	Roy Helu Jr.	WAS	STL	37	37	41	38
41	Terance West	CLE	IND	32	42	34	47
42	Carlos Hyde	SF	@OAK	38	45	40	42
43	Andre Williams	NYG	@TEN	33	43	44	49
44	Trent Richardson	IND	@CLE	41	40	50	39
45	Matt Asiata	MIN	NYJ	49	39	48	41
46	Marcel Reece	OAK	SF	34	49	--	45
47	Theo Riddick	DET	TB	46	47	--	43
48	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	@NO	35	--	--	--
49	Robert Turbin	SEA	@PHI	--	--	37	--
50	Dexter McCluster	TEN	NYG	--	44	49	48
--	Darren McFadden	OAK	SF	--	--	45	46
--	Benny Cunningham	STL	@WAS	47	48	--	50
--	James Starks	GB	ATL	--	--	46	--
--	Alfred Blue	HOU	@JAC	--	--	47	--
--	Bobby Rainey	TB	@DET	48	--	--	--
--	Stepfan Taylor	ARI	KC	50	--	--	--
--	Devonta Freeman	ATL	@GB	--	50	--	--

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