2023 Fantasy Football – Your fantasy football draft is here, and you’re going to have to select running backs. Josh Norris and Hayden Winks outline their top 50 RB rankings and tiers, while calling out their favorite sleepers and busts
🔴 I’m matching your first deposit on Underdog: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-underedog-football-show
Timestamps:
0:00 Final RB Rankings for 2023 Fantasy Football
Tier 1
0:43 1. Christian McCaffrey
1:44 2. Austin Ekeler
3:25 3. Nick Chubb
4:56 4. Saquon Barkley
5:59 5. Bijan Robinson
7:43 6. Tony Pollard
9:56 7. Derrick Henry
11:55 8. Josh Jacobs
13:32 Tier 2
14:11 9. Rhamondre Stevenson
16:22 10. Jonathan Taylor
17:38 11. Joe Mixon
19:18 12. Dameon Pierce
21:20 13. Kenneth Walker
23:00 14. Travis Etienne
25:33 15. Breece Hall
28:51 16. Jahmyr Gibbs
Tier 3
31:28 17. Miles Sanders
33:50 18. Alexander Mattison
35:31 19. Najee Harris
36:47 20. David Montgomery
38:23 21 & 22. Aaron Jones & James Conner
Tier 4
39:50 23. Cam Akers
41:08 24. D’Andre Swift
42:59 25 & 26. Dalvin Cook & James Cook
46:16 27 & 28. Isiah Pacheco & JK Dobbins
WARY Tier
47:05 29. Alvin Kamara
47:48 30, 31, 32. Javonte Williams, Brian Robinson & Rachaad White
49:15 34, 35, 36. Khalil Herbert, Jaylen Warren & Jeff Wilson
51:01 RBs 37-55
53:15 Outro
🏈 Josh’s Favorite Pick in Every Round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5kKTB4Etuc
🏈 Our 6 Favorite RB Sleepers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a5CFgMZqGY
⚪ Hayden’s Team Previews: https://underdognetwork.com/football
43 Comments
Don't just watch and leave… show some manners. SUBSCRIBE 🔴
Everyone that loves Montgomery still seems to have Gibbs ranked ahead of him. I don't get it. I'm all in on Monty.
Montgomery is my favorite rb to take after going wr te and qb
Bijan will lead the nfl in rushing boys
Forgot rachaad white?
Liked the video. Considering Dameon Pierce an upside RB is crazy tho. Houston offense gonna be one of the worst in the league and Pierce doesn't catch passes really either.
ETN has RB1 overall upside. Severely underrating his talent IMO.
CMC, Bijan, Ekeler, Pollard, Barkley, Chubb
Rachaad White has Josh Jacobs upside: three-down back, goal line back, 6’0” 220 lbs, catches check downs, and has a non-rushing QB 🚀
I’m keeping these najee receipts
I drafted Christian,Mixon,hall and Gibbs
The fear with Josh Jacobs is coming off 400 touches with very little ramp-up time.
Thank you guys so helpful…can’t wait for WRs and TEs
I picked 1.03 in my family keeper league Sunday (ppr) Took Bijan, Garrett Wilson, Rhamondre and Calvin Ridley in the first 4 and felt great the rest of the way. A few players from early round 1 were kept, I had Fields as my keeper in the 16th (I also ended up with D. Mont and Perine in the later rounds)
I sure hope you all are wrong about J Cook. He avg 5 plus yards a carry last year in limited action so I’m hoping for more actual breakaway TDs bc it’s not Harris he has to worry about on goal lines plays, it’s Josh who who’s the TD snake. Same goes for Herbert who also avg’d 5.7 yards a carry in limited action.
Will I get crucified if I take Bijan at pick 4?
You can tell Hayden’s probably mad overexposed to cook and crazy underexposed to Breece lmao. That analysis made less than 0 sense
Would it be wrong that I took Wilson and mostert as my 3&4 running backs
I drafted Gibbs and Montgomery as my starting RBs, gonna go one of two ways lol
I love Dameon Pierce too but I don't love his strength of schedule.
Awesome video!! Ty
Hayden pro Barkley : "He's such a safe no brainer, he's either going to be the 13th best player in fantasy or the 4th best"
Hayden anti Bijan : "You don't have those other questions with these other running backs, will he be the 15th best player in fantasy or the 5th best"
Is it me or is that not just about the same median outcome? With Bijan though IF we're under protecting his role or over projecting the involvement of the other backs, does the upside case of the RB1 overall not massively outweigh the slight risk of the "lower" median outcome?
What makes it even more perfect having the cook bros side by side is that they share eachothers names. Dalvin James Cook and James Dalvin Cook.
Basically my order except Henry over Pollard nice list
Najee’s ranking is criminal!!! Better OL, Better QB Play, no lisfranc injury (which is the BIGGEST factor here). People draft Najee especially if his value is going to be this low!
Do i go rb rb at the 1.11 and 2.02 in a standard format 12 man ppr? Or RB/WR?
Najee had no business not scoring on the play at 36:20. He's shorter and heavier than Jeremy Chinn, but Chinn got lower and completely stonewalled him. I guess that diving effort to tackle him before he got to Chinn did enough to keep Najee from trucking Chinn?
Gents – Picking third and wanting to take Chubb. Chase is a keeper in the league otherwise he would be an easy smash there. My keeper is Garrett Wilson. Worried about passing on Ekeler and/or Kupp but I am really bullish on Chubb this year and he is the lowest risk of them all (already have upside with Wilson). Flex 10 and half PPR.
Rachaad White doesn’t exist I guess
12 half ppr Flex Rb
Alexander Mattison
Or
D. Pierce
I feel you are low on gibbs even if he doesn't get most of the carries. McCaffrey and kamara were rb 1s in the same situation their rookie years. McCaffrey did it with like 6 tds too. Detroits wr core is surprisingly weak and they have a rookie te as their starter too
This is far and away the best RB ranking video I've seen this offseason. I'm happy you guys aren't shying away from Mixon like a lot of other fantasy analysts , dude is going to lead the backfield on one of the best offenses in the league and we know good offenses are generally good for RBs! Also personally feel Saquon has much higher upside then people are giving him credit for.
What a great team these guys are! Great video. Thanks, boys.
gibbs and bijan have the same draft capital. same bruiser type behind them. gibbs has a better team. better qb. better o line. better OC.
Yall gotta watch Ron Stewart's take on Breece Hall. He takes everything into account when looking at the situation.
You guys are objectively too low on AJ Dillon. He's likely ascending while Aaron Jones is likely descending. He finished last season strong. He's a huge beast just like Hayden likes. He's still young. He will get valuable goal line work. He has a complete skill set and catches balls. He has a solid track record with 2 straight top 28 finishes in any format on any site. Plus, if the box is being stacked against the Packers, I think they will more likely hand the ball off to the bulldozer who can wear down defenses over Aaron Jones, who's skillset is less likely to be effective against an extra run defender.
In a keeper league should I keep chase in the 2nd round or Stevenson in the 9th
Agree with most of this except for Rachaad White who’s locked in as a three down back and arguably is in the same position as Conner or even Pierce. Just don’t get the difference
I can tell you right now…The Eagles are pushing hard to sign Jonathan Taylor
@UnderDogFantasy – what is your take on Indi's RB1 situation with JT now staying, but missing Weeks1-4 and Zack Moss missing time with the broken-arm injury. Who do you think will take the RB1 responsibility in JT and Moss absence? Evan Hull looks great, but Deon Jackson is their veteran RB…. tough decision for waiver wire.
My all-time favorite show to watch!! Great job guys!!
With the passing offense the Vikings have I can see a lot of pass interference calls placing ball on one yard line and Mattison pounding it n. He has a chance to lead the league n TDs. Mattison graded higher than RB1s on runs of 10yds plus. He was 14% and the average for RB1s is 12%. of break away runs of 10+yds.
I agree with most of what you guys have here except for Gibbs. Just don't see a mediocre talent like Montgomery with one 1000 yd rushing season in 4 years as a huge threat to Gibbs. Kamara is his closest comp and finished as RB #3 his rookie year 2017 (120 rush 728 yards 8 TDs, 81 rec 826 yards 5 Tds) in half point PPR. Those numbers look absolutely within his realm of possibilities for him this year. Gibbs is electric, catches the ball like a receiver, and can take it to the house on any play. Top 10 finish is fully within his potential with that offensive line, and passing game.
Montgomery is not very different than Mark Ingram was to Kamara in 2017. Ingram ran for over 1000 yards that year, had 12 rushing TDs, and even had 58 rec 415 yds, and finished as RB #6. If Montgomery is as good as the Lions think he is, I can absolutely see a similar situation with both of these backs.
Jahmyr Gibbs leaving Jack Campbell in the DUST
"Gibbs’ speed has reportedly caused “major problems” for defenders throughout training camp.Brian Daboll (Giants HC) called Gibbs an “unbelievable player” after facing him in joint practices.Gibbs reportedly already looks primed to have a “huge part” in both the Lions passing and rushing attacks.The Alvin Kamara comparisons look ON PAR so far."