We’re moving through October and it’s time to give the running backs their day in the sun, a Shuffle Up of fantasy football’s most critical position. What’s happened to this point is merely an audition. The ranks and tiers you find below are what I’d use if I were entering a fresh fantasy football draft starting now. Use these tiers to self-scout your roster or as a sounding board when you’re considering trades and pickups.
The salaries are unscientific and meant to be a tool to show where the talent clusters. Players with the same salary are considered even. Remember the golden rule: no player gains (or loses) extra value simply because you roster him.
Players who are currently hurt get their own provisional rank at the bottom. They are not for debate. Everyone has their own ideas about injuries and comebacks.
The Big Tickets
$44 Saquon Barkley
$43 Derrick Henry
$42 Kyren Williams
$40 Breece Hall
$38 Bijan …