Post draft RB rankings...

[stomperrob]

...from NFL.com - little premature, but gotta do something in the off season to stir debate I guess!

RUNNING BACKS *Last Updated: 4/28/2007

# Player Team
1. LaDainian Tomlinson San Diego
2. Adrian Peterson Minnesota
3. Brian Westbrook Philadelphia
4. Steven Jackson St. Louis
5. Joseph Addai Indianapolis
6. Larry Johnson Kansas City
7. Frank Gore San Francisco
8. Marshawn Lynch Buffalo
9. Clinton Portis Washington
10. Ryan Grant Green Bay
11. Marion Barber Dallas
12. Willis McGahee Baltimore
13. Darren McFadden Oakland
14. Jamal Lewis Cleveland
15. Maurice Jones-Drew Jacksonville
16. Brandon Jacobs N.Y. Giants
17. Michael Turner Atlanta
18. Ronnie Brown Miami
19. Willie Parker Pittsburgh
20. Reggie Bush New Orleans
21. Earnest Graham Tampa Bay
22. Laurence Maroney New England
23. Julius Jones Seattle
24. LenDale White Tennessee
25. Jonathan Stewart Carolina
26. Rudi Johnson Cincinnati
27. Edgerrin James Arizona
28. Thomas Jones N.Y. Jets
29. Travis Henry Denver
30. Fred Taylor Jacksonville
31. Cedric Benson Chicago
32. Shaun Alexander Free agent
33. Matt Forte Chicago
34. Deuce McAllister New Orleans
35. Selvin Young Denver
36. Chester Taylor Minnesota
37. Tatum Bell Detroit
38. Ahman Green Houston
39. Kevin Smith Detroit
40. Justin Fargas Oakland
41. DeAngelo Williams Carolina
42. Rashard Mendenhall Pittsburgh
43. Felix Jones Dallas
44. Cadillac Williams Tampa Bay
45. Jerious Norwood Atlanta
46. Warrick Dunn Tampa Bay
47. Chris Brown Houston
48. Chris Johnson Tennessee
49. DeShaun Foster San Francisco
50. Ahmad Bradshaw N.Y. Giants

for the rest of the list and auction values: http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/story?id=090 ... nfirm=true

[deluxe_247]

mcfadden at 13? seriously?

[eagles21]

mcfadden at 13? seriously?

And Fargas at 40.

[joelamosobadiah]

Felix Jones should be higher than 43. Barber won't carry the full load and I think he will probably get quite a few carries each game.

[deerayfan072]

mcfadden at 13? seriously?

Totally agree with you. Everyone saw what AD did last year and they expect McFadden to be similar, but the problem is that McFadden is no where near the back AD is. I think everyone remembers last year too much and thinks McFadden will do that and he has no chance

[Dawinner127]

[quote="Horrible NFL Rankings]
13. Darren McFadden Oakland
25. Jonathan Stewart Carolina
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Sorry, but I would NEVER in a million years have either of these guys ahead of Rudi, Thomas Jones or Edge.

[biju]

Did I miss an article that said Ronnie Brown was going to suck this year? If not, that's too low. Also...

McFadden way too high
Larry Johnson too high
Ryan Grant too high (relative to "one year wonder risk" only)
Cedric Benson too high

I also don't think Rudi Johnson is going to be that low, but maybe we let him sleep. There are some others that I think are just a little low but maybe not too bad. Plus, it's a little early to do something like this without knowing the splits.

[stomperrob]

First off, I don't agree with the rankings, I just posted 'em to get some debate going. I honestly don't think that just because some of the scouts and/or fantasy fans rank McFadden as #1 RB that means they're expecting AD type production and numbers from him. And while NFL.com has him ranked too high, they obviously don't expect this or they'd have him at #3 - certainly not behind some of those they did place him. If anything, I think they're elevating McFadden's value partially based on big expectations from from JaMarcus Russell in his sophmore campaign - but then of course they're assuming McFadden will be the main benefactor of this as opposed to Fargas and/or Bush.

[mad hatter]

mcfadden at 13? seriously?

Totally agree with you. Everyone saw what AD did last year and they expect McFadden to be similar, but the problem is that McFadden is no where near the back AD is. I think everyone remembers last year too much and thinks McFadden will do that and he has no chance

not totally disagreeing here...but i think mcfadden is very close as far as the type of impact back that peterson is. the difference is minnesota was set up to run it over you. oakland isn't set up to do anything.

[BigBadBrawler]

I thought that S.Alexander being in the middle of the list instead of at the bottom was pretty hilarious as well. Especially considering he's the only Free Agent on the list...