2023 Fantasy Football – MUST Start or Sit Week 17 Running Backs – Every Match Up!!!

2023 Fantasy Football – MUST Start or Sit Week 17 Running Backs – Every Match Up!!!

The 2023 Fantasy Football season is here! Which running backs will be must starts or sits during Week 17 of the NFL season? In this episode of The Fantasy Headliners fantasy football podcast Kyle will be giving fantasy football advice for running backs and discussing every Week 17 matchup in the NFL. Which running backs should you start in your lineup to secure a fantasy football victory? Which running backs need to be on your bench as a sit this week, so they don’t lose you fantasy football matchup?

0:00 – Intro
1:38 – NYJ@CLE
4:33 – DET@DAL
8:54 – MIA@BAL
12:43 – NE@BUF
14:58 – ATL@CHI
18:11 – TEN@HOU
21:22 – LV@IND
24:08 – CAR@JAX
26:35 – LAR@NYG
29:09 – ARI@PHI
31:41 – NO@TB
34:32 – SF@WSH
36:09 – PIT@SEA
38:50 – LAC@DEN
40:32 – CIN@KC
42:17 – GB@MIN

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It’s week 17 and everything that has happened up to this point doesn’t matter anymore it doesn’t matter how many injuries you’ve had it doesn’t matter how lucky you may have gotten in some matchups it doesn’t matter if you snuck into the playoffs as one of your last seeds or if you dominated the

Competition all season long and came in as the number one seed everything is reset this week all bets are off and you are one went away from securing a fantasy Championship domination over your friends and of course the ability to tell everybody in your league suck it

Yo what is going on headliner Nation if you’re tuned in right now more than likely that means you’re playing for a fantasy Championship here in week 17 congratulations on making it this far but the job isn’t done yet we’ve got another week of research and preparation to bring home that championship and

Today I have got my entire start and Sid analysis for every matchup for the running back position here in week 17 now this is the point of the Season where a lot of people start to get worried that they’re going to be missing players who might be sitting because

Playoff spots have been locked up well the good news is is we’re not really going to experience that here in week 17 based on what I’m seeing so we should be able to run out our best lineup possible but before we jump into all the analysis hit that like button subscribe if you’re

New here turn on the Bell notification so you know whenever we drop new content and let’s hop into Thursday night football with the Jets and the Browns last week I had Bree Hall inside my top 24 running backs and I had them listed as a start but I was pretty low

On him considering what we had seen from him in the weeks prior but I don’t think anybody saw the huge performance coming from him that landed him as the rb1 last week Not only was Breece Hall running a efficiently and well on the ground but he saw 16 Targets in the passing game

More targets than he has seen all season long he hadn’t even seen a game with double digit targets before this and outside of week 14 he hadn’t really done anything for Fantasy owners in quite some time in week 14 he was the rb2 but

A lot of that was based on just work in the passing game alone he had a few big plays there and a touchdown that propped him way up there but everything that we had seen since really week eight the last time he was a top 10 running back

Showed us that he was super risky now here’s the biggest issue we run into you’re playing Bree Hall this week because if you’ve made it this far I’m going to be willing to bet you don’t have a whole lot of options that you could even start over him and coming off

The week that he had last week I would absolutely be putting him in my lineup but it’s not the easiest matchup in the world and once again I think he’s going to have to make his Mark in the passing game and in order to give you top 10

Potential right now Cleveland is still ranked 10th against the Run allowing the ninth fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs so are we putting Bree Hall in our lineup absolutely but I’m going to be willing to bet that a performance just outside the top 12 is more likely than an rb1 performance

Again this week if you’ve been looking for a guy to give you mid to lowend rb2 performances then Jerome Ford has been your guy since week seven he’s had one performance is the RB 14 two is the RB 17 and a whole lot of performances where

He’s barely clearing the top 24 or just finishing outside of it but this week sets up nicely to let him have another one of those high-end rb2 performances he’s had some tougher matchups the Rams Jacksonville Chicago Houston all of those teams have done a really good job

Against running backs so as of late he hasn’t had the best schedule to match up with anyway but now he’s getting the New York jaet and they are currently ranked 24th against the Run allowing the seventh most fantasy points to the running back position Drome forward hopefully gets a few Targets in the

Passing game and hopefully can break a few big plays this week now we’ve seen a lot of passing from the Cleveland Browns recently but this is a New York Jets defense that does a good job of limiting those big plays through the air so it’s

Joe Flaco going to be the guy once again or is Cleveland going to need to find a way to get balanced and get Jerome Fort more involved in order to win this game while Detroit and Dallas May both have playoff spots wrapped up at this point

There is still a big race for playoff seating that still needs to be figured out in the NFC the Lions the Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers all are 11-4 Dallas is 10 and5 who’s going to win the NFC East who’s going to be the number

One seed there is not going to be any St sitting in this game for either team David Montgomery and jir Gibbs continue to be fantasy viable together and maybe David Montgomery doesn’t have the same ceiling that he had earlier in the season it’s okay because jir Gibbs took

That ceiling that’s the only reason why jir Gibbs playmaking ability is absolutely fantastic to watch we haven’t seen a running back do this in Detroit since Barry Sanders and that’s a huge compliment it’s not the same exact thing but to watch jir Gibbs move and make

People Miss he might be one of the best running backs in the NFL at doing that this guy is going to be an absolute stud for the next several years for the Lions and you can see why they were so excited to take him in the first round and now

He has got all of the fantasy upside that you need even in a matchup going up against the Dallas Cowboys where it could be a whole lot of throwing a whole lot of offense and a whole lot of back and forth action Detroit’s going to have

To go on the road to Dallas and I’m going to be willing to bet that one of the main parts of their game plan is going to be to run the football and keep the ball away from Dak Prescott because Dallas they do really well through the

Air something Detroit has not done a great job of stopping Dallas’s defense has been very good this season as well but they’re all the way down to 19th against the run now so running the football against them is absolutely going to be possible but David Montgomery ceiling will continue to rely

On whether or not he scores a touchdown we know if we get inside the Red Zone David Montgomery is going to see some goal line carries but jir Gibbs is starting to be used more and more in that aspect and because of that it’s starting to really hinder what David

Montgomery could do for us and that’s the reason why he’s going to bring a decent amount of risk because if he doesn’t score that touchdown a top 24 finish is going to be really difficult in this game but for jir Gibbs he’s going to get the ball he’s going to get

The ball a lot and his big playmaking ability is going to allow some touchdowns to be scored once again jir Gibbs will be inside my top 12 since missing two games in weeks five and six Jamir Gibbs has finished as a top six running back in six of those nine games

But for the Dallas Cowboys keep in mind just because a player is listed in red doesn’t automatically mean that they’re going to be a sit but Tony Pard doesn’t have any type of a safe floor this week going up against the Detroit Lions the Lions May struggle against the pass but

They absolutely dominate defenses but they absolutely dominate offenses on the ground they’re currently ranked fourth against the Run allowing the fewest fantasy points to the running back position in 2023 an Tony Pard has only finished is a top 12 running back twice since they’re by in week seven over the

Last two weeks he’s finished as the RB 46 and RB 34 and even before that he was barely cracking it inside the top 24 running backs Tony Pard is struggling right now and it’s not all his fault it’s the way he’s being utilized this offense doesn’t use Tony Pard in open

Space they treat him like Derk Henry they’re willing to just run him in between the tackles and try to find Open Spaces that way we got to go to a Zone run scheme here where we got to get them outside the tackles and we got to find a

Way to allow him to dominate in open space until Dallas does that he’s not going to have a whole lot of upside because that’s how he made his huge plays the last couple of years when he started to become a fantasy viable player for now unfortunately if you own

Him and you have better options we’re probably going to sit Tony Pard this week but unfortunately if you own Tony Pard you probably don’t have a whole lot of options anyway for Miami and Baltimore I’m going to call this match up my Jaelin hide matchup because I

Really don’t know if we know what we’re going to get out of this matchup it could be really good it could be really bad and honestly it could change at any point during the game now for Raheem moer he’s one of the safest running backs in fantasy football this year and

Even down the stretch run here where he’s been a little bit banged up even needing to leave last week’s game for a few plays he is a guy that has finished inside the top 24 running backs in every game but to this season he might be the safest running back in football outside

Of Christian mcaffrey right now which is absolutely crazy to say now we know he has really good upside potential the burst the speed the acceleration everything can lead to some big plays now Baltimore’s defense is pretty darn good and I don’t know if those plays are going to represent themselves this week

But you can’t sit Raheem moster you can’t even consider it even if the matchup is tough the guy leads the NFL in touchdowns right now and he’s absolutely one of the Best Bets to finish inside the top 24 outside of Christian mcaffrey at the running back position now maybe his ceiling is a

Little bit lower than some of the other running backs this week but we’ll still toss him into our lineup especially over a guy like Devon Chan who fantasy owners were begging to get back as quickly as possible after he dealt with injuries earlier in the season and when he did

Come back he had to leave again right away and then he came back the next week and he had a good game after finishing his the rb4 in week 13 though he hasn’t sniffed the top 24 in fact his utilization has almost completely disappeared as achan hasn’t received 10

Carries in a game since then in a blowout win to the New York Jets he only saw nine carries in close games against Tennessee and Dallas he only saw seven carries in those games so game script wise we’re not even seeing a pattern right now and he’s not running for

Nearly the amount of yards that he did earlier in the year cuz earlier in the season he wasn’t getting 15 carries a game and putting up huge numbers he was getting anywhere between like eight and 11 carries per game and averaging well over 11 yards per carry he hasn’t

Sniffed that in the week since returning from injury could he still be a little bit banged up maybe could he be a little bit slower because of those things maybe maybe defenses have adjusted to him a little bit but in championship week seeing his last three weeks being

Nothing near what we need from fantasy viable starters it’s hard for me to even say that we can trust him a little bit going up against Baltimore it’s pretty simple for Gus Edwards though if you’re starting him you’re hoping for a touchdown because he’s just not having huge fantasy volume performances he’s

Not having huge efficiency performances he’s scoring touchdowns that’s what he was doing really well at the midpoint of the Season scoring touchdowns now he’s gotten back to that over the last couple of weeks but even with Keaton Mitchell being injured he’s not offering you the

Type of upside that you want to try and risk it with weekly in your fantasy lineup now if you’re trying to run with Gus Edwards this week you’re probably dealing with quite a few injuries or a running back position that has just been up and down for you all year long but

The Miami Dolphins allow the fifth Fest rushing yards and the six fewest fantasy points to the running back position so for Gus Edwards this week more than likely he’s going to be a lot closer to a Sit than he will be for a start for me but if you’re absolutely desperate put

Him in your Flex keep those fingers toes whatever else you need to do cross and hope that he finds the end zone a lot of you may be super thankful for Zeke Elliott right now who has offered up some fantasy viable performances the last couple of weeks here to help us

Through the playoffs some of you may be super upset with James Cook who is absolutely B falling out and then disappeared this past week over the last four weeks Zeke Elliott has been inside the top 24 running backs three times two of those performances inside the top 10

And it’s not necessarily what he’s doing on the ground that is helping fantasy owners it’s what he is doing through the air and since bayy zappy took over as the starter here at the end of the season he has targeted Zeke Elliot more than any player on the Patriots for

Those of you in half PPR especially full PPR leagues Zeke Elliott is giving you a super safe floor right now over the last four weeks he’s averaging seven and a half targets per game the workload in the passing game right now is more than enough to make Zeke Elliott not only a

Fantasy viable starter but a really good rb2 player for all of you out there that are trying to win championships this week last week James Cook struggled to get going on the ground and the biggest reason why why he didn’t end up reaching even a safe floor for us is because he

Didn’t even get one Target in the passing game an area that he had been utilized a little bit more over the several reeks prior to that now he’s matched up with the New England Patriots who are allowing the second fewest rushing yards in the NFL this season

However he still has a shot at some decent upside it just won’t be on the ground it’s going to be getting him involved in the passing game once again New England this year has the fifth most receptions and the seventh most receiving yards to running backs this is

Where James Cook needs to get involved to reach that ceiling that we’ve talked about if we can get him five Targets this week and he can catch at least four of those then we put ourselves in a position to possibly find the end zone and maybe put together 50 plus receiving

Yards allowing what little ceiling he has on the ground to be found in the passing game and giving us an overall decent floor how do you feel this week trusting Bean Robinson going up against the defense that has allowed the second fewest rushing yards in the NFL this

Season more than likely you wouldn’t be feeling that great about it but then you take a look at the fantasy points allowed by the Chicago Bears and you have to wonder where is it that they’re getting beat by running backs but they continue to stop them on the ground well

It’s through the air because right now the Chicago Bears allow the second most receptions the second most receiving touchdowns and the most receiving yards to the running back position on the season they are having a very difficult time stopping running backs out of the back field that can catch the ball and

Bejan Robinson may be one of the best in the NFL at doing that but unfortunately he plays for the Atlanta Falcons and Arthur Smith who really doesn’t have a clue on how to put together a game plan focused on his studs to beat opposing teams so this week we’re going to have

To go ahead and just enjoy the ride with bejan Robinson the risk is going to be there the dude could end up being a top 10 running back he could end up being outside the top 24 we know that there’s risk in starting him but also knowing

The fact that running backs make such a big difference in the passing game against the Chicago Bears would hopefully lead to me to believe that the Atlanta Falcons will get him involved in some capacity cuz this isn’t a game that the Atlanta Falcons can afford to lose

Chicago is playing much better down the stretch right now their defense is playing very very well and Atlanta still has a shot at the playoffs but I’ll tell you what this is one of those losses that if Arthur Smith cannot figure out and get the win could absolutely end up

Costing him his job so I don’t know maybe I would take a really poor performance from bejan Robinson this week if it would mean that I don’t have to deal with Arthur Smith anymore now it’s kind of opposite for the Atlanta Falcons who are ranked 15th against the

Run but allow the second fewest fantasy points to the running back position they’ll give up some rushing yards but they’re really good at keeping opposing running backs out of the end zone and not allowing them to help through the air Atlanta gave up their first rushing touchdown to a running back this past

Week but we’re really uncertain what’s happening with the Chicago backfield right now because last week Dante Forman ended up missing the game due to personal reasons and for khil Herbert it felt like he had been really kind of tossed to the side over the few games prior to that Roshan Johnson was seeing

Some more snaps a little bit of an increased roll and Dante foran was still the lead back and then against Arizona Chicago said nah we got you all CLE Herbert’s going to be the number one and he ended up going off for an absolutely huge game against Arizona and Roshan

Johnson wasn’t anywhere to be seen so really what does the usage matter at this point this is a matchup that isn’t going to be be very good on the ground and it’s really hard to determine at this point who the starting running back or even the bread winner is going to be

In the back field this week so for me personally I’m probably just going to stay away from the Chicago backfield all together at this point we know the storyline with dck Henry this year games that are a positive game script or neutral game script for Tennessee derck

Henry is going to have a good day he’s going to perform well and give us really good fantasy viable numbers games in which Tennessee is in a negative game script though he’s not going to have a good day Taj Spears is going to see more

Snaps and more time on the field even if he’s not turning in fantasy viable performances to go along with it but this week going up against Houston a team that dere Henry just played two weeks ago and may have had his worst professional no probably his worst game

Ever considering the fact that Derrick Henry has always been bigger faster and stronger than any opponent he’s ever gone against in his entire life this may have been his worst football game of all time because two weeks ago against this same Houston team he ran for nine yards

On 16 carries Houston’s defense has been great against the run and they absolutely shut down derck Henry a couple of weeks ago now do I expect that same type of performance no I do think Derrick Henry will be better this week but CJ strad could end up being back and

Houston could be a little bit more healthy for this game which will be at home so Derrick Henry is going to have to go on the road and try to put together a decent performance against an offense that could end up putting him down quickly I just don’t see it

Happening he brings a lot of risk for me this week do I see him as a top 12 running back no do I see him as a top 24 running back if he can find the end zone yes but more than likely Derrik Henry’s range could be anywhere from like lowend

Rb2 to low end rb3 more than likely you’re going to have to play him but if you have any options that afford you more upside in your Championship matchup then this might be the first time in a long time that we have to discuss putting DK Henry on the bench I didn’t

Realize the Devon single ter fan club had gotten so big I mean he was my rb30 last week and people in the comments were adamant that Devin Singletary would be one of the safest running backs on the week as it turns out I was even a little too high on him because he

Finishes the RB 36 now we already mentioned Derrik Henry in this same matchup a couple of weeks ago that didn’t turn out that well but for Devin single ter it did because he ran for over 120 yards on 26 carries against this same Tennessee defense now I do

Have to wonder maybe if Damen Pier sees a few more carries this week he had that huge touchdown kickoff return this past week and you got to wonder maybe he will see a few more carries which could end up limiting Devon single T’s upside and

He does bring a little bit of a risk for me because I don’t think we really include Devon single ter in those top mustart running backs every single week but I’ll have them inside probably the top 15 this week even if his ceiling isn’t nearly as high as maybe what

People will hope it will be he should still have a pretty decent floor last week Josh Jacobs didn’t play and Jonathan Taylor didn’t play well but that’s not going to stop me from making this my manscaped mustat matchup of the week ladies and gentlemen make sure you

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Get 20% off your entire order and free shipping it really doesn’t matter to me who the running back for the Las Vegas Raiders is this week they’re more than likely going to be in green Indie allows the fifth most rushing yards and the third most fantasy points to opposing

Running backs if Josh Jacobs is able to go this week he’s going to be in green it did sound like he was pretty close to going last week but just wasn’t able to get himself where he wanted to be and now he’s going to get a great matchup to

Come back to if for some reason he can’t go once again though then zamir white will end up also being in green he’s been a great fill in the last couple of weeks and he didn’t do a whole lot of against the Kansas City Chiefs to start

But at the end of the game a couple of big runs on that final drive there that sealed the game really helped push his fantasy numbers a little bit higher than what they were previously but it will end up being a great matchup no matter

What route we end up going this week so hopefully if you own Josh Jacobs you own zamir white the good news this week though is that Las Vegas plays in the early slot on Sunday and there’s only one game on Thursday and one game on Saturday so we won’t have to sit around

Get guessing for the entire week whether or not we’re going to have to start somebody before them or have to try and wait on them we should know pretty early on with our lineup set what we’re going to be doing now Jonathan Taylor in his return from injury last week did not

Look great he did score a rushing touchdown the first time that Atlanta Falcons have allowed that this year but volume wise it wasn’t really what we would have wanted but this matchup against the Raiders is going to be a whole lot better the Raiders really are towards the bottom third when it comes

To rushing yards allowed and fantasy points allowed to the running back position they’ve kind of teetered in the middle a little bit kind of Fallen to the bottom third back and forth the defense it really isn’t that great against the Run there’s a lot of opportunities and Jonathan Taylor I

Don’t think anybody has realized just how good he has been in the games he’s played this season he’s been a top 24 running back in every single game he’s played this year except his first one of the season so Jonathan Taylor if he’s healthy and he’s active he’s in your

Lineup because he’s going to give you a top 24 floor now his ceiling it’s a little bit more up and down but going up against the Raiders it definitely has some top 12 potential baked into it chuba hubard now has five straight performances finishing inside the top 24

Running backs he hasn’t been Stellar he hasn’t been the sexy pck at the running back position over the last few weeks but if you’re someone that has owned chuba hubard and have been utilizing him as like a flex option he’s been giving you pretty darn good numbers this week

Against Jacksonville is going to bring some risk Jacksonville can be good on the ground against running backs even if it hasn’t been spectacular over the recent weeks so when you look at chuba hubard it’s really kind of the same thing that we’ve seen from him recently

He’s going to be right in that probably RB 17 to 24 range with a little bit of rb2 upside baked in if he’s able to find the end zone the biggest question mark in this matchup though is going to be tra etn and for those of you that wrote

Him to Fantasy dominance at the beginning of the Season you haven’t gotten really anything over the last several weeks especially the last two weeks now based on his current performances you would anticipate that he would not be listed in green here but as of this recording we don’t even know

If Trevor Lawrence is going to be able to play this week and Carolina does a really good job of stopping quarterbacks and opposing wide receivers if you’re going to beat them you’re going to beat them with your defense and your run game Jacksonville is going to have to heavily

Utilize Travis etn this week if they stand any chance of winning this game and considering they’re still in the lead for the division with Houston right behind them this is as must- win as it could possibly get because with a loss here falling to 500 they could go from

Leading the division to potentially being left out of the playoffs alt together and I want to reiterate that that this is not Travis etan’s fault this downfall in the second half of the season has been about Trevor Lawrence being injured Christian Kirk being injured inconsistencies in the offense offensive line poor performance there’s

A lot baked into this is some of it on Travis etn absolutely there are some plays maybe where he could do some things a little bit different but unfortunately with all those things combined he’s really let us down here in the second half but all of that could be

Forgiven with one more massive performance going up against Carolina this week to help us secure that fantasy championship this matchup with the Rams and the Giants is actually the perfect storyline for what the big difference is in terms of volume and efficiency and if you’ve been around the channel for a

While now you know how much I talk about efficiency and wanting running backs that are super efficient and that even though volume is something that we look for in the running back position volume isn’t King the same thing that a lot of people out there will try to sell you on

But look at the massive difference in Kiren Williams and saquin Barkley Kiren Williams has been super efficient this season saquin Barkley not so much and the discrepancy between the numbers that Kiren Williams is putting up compared to saquin Barkley is a pretty massive difference we’re talking about an extra

Seven fantasy points per week based on the amount of points that Kiren William is putting up with the same amount of volume saquon Barkley is getting now of course the argument for that is going to be the fact that Kiren Williams plays with much better weapons around him than

What saquin Barkley does and I get that and it’s completely understandable but I thought this was a really good comparison to show you how much a running back with really really good efficiency can be the game Cher for your fantasy team and in this matchup kyen Williams has an opportunity to be that

Game changer cuz we know he’s going to get a ton of volume we know that the Rams will more than likely be playing in a positive game script and Kiren Williams who has rushed for over a 100 yards in five of his last seven games will once again have the upside that

You’re going to desire at the running back position and more than likely we’ll be locked in as my running back two once again this week but for saquin Barkley his floor is really what we’re looking at from a volume perspective we know that he’s going to be getting around 20

Touches per game and that’s what makes him a safe start that’s what puts him in green because the risk associated with saquin Barkley isn’t as high as a lot of other running backs if you were to tell me Kyle you’re going to be getting a running back with 20 touches this week

I’d be like perfect let’s lock him into the top 24 so in terms of risk factor Kiren Williams and saquon Barkley have the same risk factor they’re both going to be guys that we can rely on putting in our lineup because we know they’re going to get the volume and we know that

They’re going to create some fantasy points for us but the biggest difference is the fact that saquon Barkley isn’t going to have nearly as high as a ceiling is what Kiren Williams will have and that’s where the rankings really come into play We Know going into last week’s matchup that James Connor was

Going to have a tough matchup on the ground against the Chicago Bears and while we didn’t see a whole lot from him on the ground it was the passing game that propelled him to a top 10 finish this past week and that’s not something that you’ve heard me say too often in

This year in fact over the past few weeks I’ve really talked about the fact that James Conor’s usage in the passing game has been non-existent this past week was the third time all season that he saw more than four Targets in a game and his 67 receiving yards is His

Highest total since week three when he had 18 receiving yards against Dallas so his usage in the passing game like I said has been non-existent and an extremely negative game SC script against Chicago this past week made it existent which is crazy to think about because even in all the other negative

Game scripts that the Arizona Cardinals have faced all season long they haven’t utilized James Connor in this same way so will the same thing happen this coming week against Philadelphia another tough matchup on the ground that’s probably going to bring a really low upside with his just plain running

Ability but potential upside if we can get him utilized in the passing game once again it’s really hard for me to bet on that though we haven’t seen it all season long so while I’m willing to take the risk of starting James Conor this week knowing that there is some top 24

Potential with him his floor could end up falling just outside the top 24 if he doesn’t get those receptions against the New York Giants this past week DeAndre Swift was able to find the endzone on the ground for his first time since week 11 which coincides with the fact that

This was also the first time since week 11 that that he has finished inside the top 24 running backs even with some really good matchups as of recent we haven’t seen the type of ceiling from him that he showed earlier in the year now going up against Arizona that

Ceiling will absolutely be there once again they continue to get absolutely torched on the ground this Cardinals defense is allowing the most rushing yards and the most fantasy points to running backs on the season so while we’ve seen a lot of up and downs from DeAndre Swift this season this week

Against Arizona should bring a whole lot of ups and if you’ve been relying on him and have been disappointed for a majority of the back half of this year everything that we have needed from DeAndre Swift could come out in week 17 for our championship week 16 marks the

First time all season that Alvin Kamar finished outside the top 24 running backs but it also continues an unsettling trend of being outside the top 12 running backs all but one time since since week eight Alvin kamara’s issues recently are pretty simple he continues to be really inefficient on

The ground and his passing game usage just isn’t what it was at the beginning of the year is kind of crazy to think about because not a whole lot has changed in fact the Saints have had issues staying healthy at the pass catching positions and because of that

You would think that Alvin Camaro would see an uptick back to where he was earlier in the year but it just hasn’t happened and now going up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneer it’s not going to get any easier allowing the seventh fewest rushing yards on the season and

The fourth fewest fantasy points to the running back position so unless you’re going to tell me that we’re going to lock in eight or more targets for Alvin Kamar this week in the passing game I have a hard time believing he has any type of a decent ceiling because I don’t

Think he’s going to find a huge game on the ground out of nowhere in week 17 against one of the best run defenses in all of football be prepared this week to see one of Alvin kamara’s worst performances of the season and unfortunately last week Rashad white saw

A little bit of a dip back to where he was in terms of efficiency earlier in the year now that’s just one performance and Jacksonville has been good against the run at times this season now with the lead that was built up by Tampa Bay

I would have loved to have seen a much better game than what we got from Rashad white but from a fantasy perspective it still wasn’t all that bad now the question is is will he be able to score points against new Orleans this week because even though New Orleans is

Ranked 25th against the run right now they allow the eighth fewest fantasy points to the running back position and New Orleans does a really good job of limiting the areas that Rashad white has used to increase his upside this season because right now they allow the fewest receptions to running back and they

Allow the third fewest receiving yards to running backs they are also tied for the fifth fewest rushing touchdowns allowed to the running back position at as well so as we’ve talked about with Rashad white this year his receptions his receiving yards and his ability to find the end zone have really helped

Overshadow some of the efficiency issues that we’ve seen on the ground and yes even though he’s been much better in that department as of late the areas that he has used to help prop himself up are the areas that New Orleans is best at stopping back in week four when Tampa

Bay played New Orleans Rashad white only had 55 rushing yards was only only able to find 22 receiving yards and finished as the rb2 that week frankly I’m going to be super honest with you all there’s not a whole lot of analysis to give you for this matchup why is that well

Christian mcaffrey who is by far the number one running back and all of fantasy football is going up against a defense that by and large will probably allow a pretty big fantasy day for him if you have Christian mcaffrey congratulations this is the perfect matchup that you you would want

Considering Washington just got beat up on the ground by Bree Hall and through the air as well now for the Washington commanders really at the running back position this week we really don’t know what to expect Brian Robinson has missed each of the last two weeks and we don’t

Know if he’s even going to play this week or not Antonio Gibson last week had an okay day on the ground ended up scoring a rushing touchdown but Chris Rodriguez ended up being the guy that overshadowed Antonio Gibson for the most part so even if Brian Robinson were to

Return is Brian Robinson going to get a majority of the workload will Chris Rodriguez see some touches still given how well he’s played the last couple of weeks is Antonio Gibson going to get the work that he needs if Brian Robinson were to play you’re probably going to

Play him over anybody from Washington but this matchup sucks let’s be honest with you anybody that you try to play from Washington this week is probably going to have a super low floor anyway so me personally I’m just going to stay away from the team in general if you’ve

Been waiting for Brian Robinson to come back this week hopefully you have some better options for you given the fact that Chris Rodriguez and Antonio Gibson could also see touches this week but if you don’t throw him in there and just hope that maybe he can find you a big

Play or two even though he’s more efficient even though he’s more explosive even though he offers a better opportunity at Big play potential the Pittsburgh Steelers have decided that Jaylen Warren isn’t worthy of playing more snaps than niji Harris which is weird because big play is something that

Pittsburgh has lacked for what seems like a couple of years now so for whatever reason the 50/50 split that we saw from Nagi Harris and Jaylen Warren a few weeks ago has essentially disappeared and nji Harris is getting a majority of the touches and snaps on the field now and Pittsburgh feels like

They’re better off with that now this matchup this week will present him an opportunity to potentially reach a decent ceiling but even though he’s in yellow and Jaylen Warren is in red make no doubt about it Nai Harris might be the safer running back of the two but

Jaylen Warren will continue to be the more explosive higher upside play and there’s no stats that you can show that will change my mind so if you want to play it safe this week nii Harris has the matchup to give you a really solid floor and potentially even score a

Touchdown if you need points though and you’re really in a position where maybe you play like two Flex spots then Jaylen Warren might be a guy that could reach that potential for you and find himself inside the top 15 it would only take a couple of big plays to do it but

Unfortunately he’s not going to have a better shot at the floor because nii Harris will have the volume now speaking of volume that’s Kenneth Walker’s bread and butter right now and he hasn’t been nearly as efficient as we would like over the last couple of games but we

Know that he can do it and we know that he does offer some explosive plays this past week it felt like it was either big plays or getting tackled in the back field there was really no in between for Kenneth Walker and Kenneth Walker is seeing more snaps than Zack shanet as

Well unfortunately except for this past weekend when we were at a goal line stand at the end of the game and myself and Jesse who you all know on this channel is Jay Noy are pleading for a Kenneth Walker touchdown to keep our parlay alive and are blindsided by the

Fact that Zack Sharman is out there and not Kenneth Walker but that’s neither here nor there no crying over spill milk moving forward with Kenneth Walker over the next couple of weeks really it’s going to be about saying hey he gets enough volume to be a top 24 running

Back but unless he can get a little bit more consistent with the big plays unless the offensive line can be a little bit more consistent we’re not going to see the ceiling that we would like to have Kenneth Walker okay rb2 but I wouldn’t be expecting any rb1 upside

To finish the season if you need a boost to your fantasy lineup and you own gavonte Williams or Austin Eckler then this is like the perfect matchup that you could think of because neither of these defenses are really any that good at stopping the run so if we’re looking

For upside that could end up happening this week now Austin Eckler will have more upside than what javante Williams will and javante Williams is coming off of a couple of pretty tough games but I think he bounces back this week in fact the last time these two teams got

Together javante Williams ran for 66 yards and scored a touchdown and right now his line over over on Underdog is only 52 and A2 yards gavonte Williams has faced some tough teams down the stretch but I’m willing to bet against the Los Angeles Chargers he’s going to

Get back on the board this week and he’s going to hit that higher number and 52 A2 yards will lock Us in for a nice little pick them slip and if you’re interested in playing this pick them or if you’re looking to redeem yourself from a poor fantasy season and you want

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Austin Eckler and Javonte Williams this week that they both give you a really steady floor putting them both well inside the top 24 and at least giving you rb2 production but if we can get them headed towards the end zone and can find a touchdown for both of these guys

Whether it be on the ground or through the air then we could see some top 14 potential and who knows maybe both of them get back on track with a huge game here in the second half of the Season we’ve actually seen a little bit more

Upside from Joe Mixon than what we got at the beginning of the year now that upside is largely in part to scoring a few more touchdowns but it is interesting to note that the offense really was supposed to run through him when Joe burrow went down and Jake

Browning said hold a second hold my beer I’m going to come out here and I’m going to play this way now this past week was not the best performance that you could have wanted from the Cincinnati Bengals and there is going to be an opportunity

For them to get back on track this week against Kansas City but for me it’s a lot of the same thing with Joe Mixon floorwise rb2 going to be right in that 24 to probably 17 range now if he scores a touchdown maybe gets a few looks in

The passing game we could see him start to creep up towards that top 12 status but realistically going up against Kansas City especially if Cincinnati cannot stay with him for the entire game we’re going to have some issues finding a consistent workload for Joe Mixon

Really the best bet and we saw it at the end of the game going up against Kansas City is to continue to pound the football against them just like Las Vegas did where zamir white towards the end of the game was finally able to break off a couple of big runs now

Isaiah Pacho would be locked in as a top 12 option and he would be in green for me in this matchup but he left last week with a concussion and at this point we’re still not 100% sure if he’ll be able to play this coming week his helmet

Came off and he got kneed in the back of the head and was out for the entirety of the game after that keep an eye on that though if we hear more by Thursday when we do our rankings we’ll update it at that time but unfortunately for right

Now we’re going to have to play it safe because we don’t know if he’ll even be on the field for the Green Bay and Minnesota matchup these running backs are going to bring some risk for different reasons for Aaron Jones it’s going to be the matchup Minnesota has

Played very well against running backs this year allowing the ninth fewest rushing yards in the league but we do know by watching jir Gibbs and the Lions last week that they can get beat to the outside with a little bit of speed and that’s where Aaron Jones is really going

To take advantage of you do I expect him to put together over a hundred rushing yards like he did this past week no I do not but I definitely think that if Green Bay can move the ball well against Minnesota that Aaron Jones could potentially find himself with a red zone

Touchdown realistically for Aaron Jones I’m looking at something within probably the top 14 to 16 this week now for Ty Chandler it’s a really good matchup for him and last week even with Alexander Madison being back Ty Chandler was by far the lead back and that could change

Detroit was a tougher matchup they decided to roll with Ty Chandler and he didn’t really do a lot outside of scoring a touchdown but that was a way tougher matchup than what Green Bay is for me Tai ER has the upside of a top 15 running back this week but does

Alexander Madison get back to seeing more touches does he end up being the lead back this week that’s why Tai Chandler is still going to bring a lot of risk for me yo headliner Nation hopefully you appreciate the analysis here for the running backs in week 17

Good luck to all of you and make sure that you tune in on Thursday for the rankings episode to find out if anything has changed and to update you on maybe any injury issues that we talked about in this episode for now though I got to go get tight ends done peace out

Headliner Nation stay safe stay healthy and I’ll catch you all on the next episode of the fantasy [Applause] Headliners