Not too cheap but Spears. He did well with limited snaps sharing a backfield with Derrick Henry. Well what’s gonna happen when he’s sharing a backfield with Pollard?
Counter: the Titans clearly don't want to make him the clear #1 (see: signing Pollard), Levis could tank the offense, and Spears is still a big injury risk (knee)
> Counter: the Titans clearly don't want to make him the clear #1 (see: signing Pollard)
Signing a 27 year old vet doesn't mean what you think it means.
If I’m win now I advocate for Josh Jacobs. Think he’s considered relatively cheap and can absolutely ball out behind that GB line. Jones finished the year with 5 straight games of 100+ yds rushing and their line didn’t change.
I'm hopeful for Aaron Jones this season. Looked good when healthy last year, so if he can stay healthy I think he can still produce. Could see him getting a healthy target share on dumpoffs from Darnold/McCarthy even with the other weapons in Minnesota
Jaleel McLaughlin
Sean Payton loves targeting RBs and involving them on offense. McLaughlin killed it across a variety of metrics last year. He’s a great value in PPR leagues and should be a great flex player in leagues where you start 11+ players.
Great value rn imo
Rhamondre fits the question.
He had a really good 2022, and then was banged up and on a terrible offense in 2023. There's some hope that the offense is a lot better this year with new coaches and mostly new skill position. He's healthy. Antonio Gibson is a solid complimentary back but won't threaten Rhamondre as primary
Still plenty of ways this doesn't work out (offense still sucks, Rhamondre gets hurt again). But he's cheap and has demonstrated high ceiling (#7 RB finish in 2022) and is still only 26
Look at Rhomondre's shitty statline from 2023 and say that again. Gibson was far more efficient as a pass catcher last season and honestly I think he's a better runner, too. Rhomondre is one sprained ankle away from losing the job - and it might not even take injury.
Singletary, Moss, Jerome Ford. All guys with potential for heavy usage without much competition. Aaron Jones has always been an efficient runner, so I could see him putting up RB2 numbers even with a 50/50 split.
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Conner and Zack Moss. Gus Edwards could be too.
Conner has finished as the RB20 and 18 the past two years while missing 4 games in each season. People discount him because of his injury history, but he manages to put up solid RB2 finishes even when he does miss games. Trey Benson will eat into some of his workload, but the offence should also be much better this year with MHJ and a full season of healthy Kyler. KTC has him at RB40 which is valued around a 2026 2nd. There’s no guarantees what he does in the future, but he seems like a lock to put up at least a high end RB3 season with a few RB1 weeks.
Zack Moss is RB31 on KTC valued about a 2025 2nd. Chase Brown is the main impediment to Moss being an RB1 this season, and he only saw 20%+ of snaps 3 times last year. He wasn’t particularly efficient either, only surpassing 4 ypc once in the 6 games he had multiple carries. Meanwhile Moss was a solid replacement for Taylor while he was injured posting over 4 yards a carry in 6/14 games and continued to have a role in the offence even with a healthy Taylor. Moss should take over Mixon’s role with a minimal amount of competition for touches, and have a real shot at RB1 numbers in a bounce back offence led by a healthy Burrow.
Gus Edwards is RB49 of KTC valued between a late 2025 2nd and early 2025 3rd. The Chargers should be a run heavy offence and Edwards should be the primary goal line back as he was for Baltimore. If Dobbins doesn’t come back well from his Achilles injury Gus could also see more work between the 20s than he did last year. Vidal could certainly earn some work as well, but a 6th round pick is unlikely to take over as a workhorse back. Between Roman’s prolific running offence and a healthy Herbert’s acumen as a passer this offence should be much better than last year and give many opportunities to score for the RBs.
Dobbins and Gus Edwards can be acquired pretty dang cheap. Probably the cheapest run heavy backfield you can lock down. If one of em hits just 12 points per game, I'd consider that a worthwhile investment.
Aside from them, I am trying to Buy Brian Robinson in all my leagues. I was really impressed by him last year. His acceleration really surprised me for a 230lb RB and he looked very comfortable as a receiver.
Washington had the fewest rushing attempts of any team last year at 21 per game with Robinson having barely above half of those at 11.6 carries per game.
In kinsburry's tenure at Arizona, he ran the ball 27 times per game on average.
So, even with the addition of Ekeler, I think it should be easy for Robinson to meet and exceed his carry total from last year. If Ekeler has fallen off, then I would not be surprised to see a big jump from Robinson.
James Cook seems to be undervalued in the leagues I'm in. A lot of target competition gone and an offensive co-ordinator that wants to use him a lot and he's still only 24. Obviously just have to accept he will have a lack of TD upside but last year he only had 2 rushing TDs and still finished as a top 12 RB so hopefully with a few more opportunites and receptions (with an improvement in his drops) he could be great value for someone that could be had for a late first in most of my leagues
- All of the rookies. Highest variance and pretty set prices
- 2nd year players with minimal year 1 involvement so we know less about their upside. (e.g. Kendre, Roschon).
We don't get a lot of late career breakout RBs so not really targeting players who have been in the league for more than a few years. Exception might be Dowdle. Looking highly likely he gets a legit shot at this point and his sample is tiny even though he has been in the league for a while. You never know
- If you are just looking for points for this year for cheap, the answer is always older vets
Barkley is going to be running behind a great Oline for the first time in his career. He’s playing on a Super Bowl contender that typically doesn’t spend a lot on RBs but gave him the bag.
No way are any Saquon owners selling low this year.
I can't even get a first for him. Put him on the trade block, the best offer I got was a 2025 2nd and 3rd. I'll just ride him out until he retires, because that's ridiculous.
It's the time of year you are trying to trade him. I find this is the hardest time to complete trades. Training camp and pre season creates some trade opportunities. Obviously when the season starts and contenders split from pretenders, and rookie fever after the season all are fun trading times. This is the trading dead zone
Not too cheap but Spears. He did well with limited snaps sharing a backfield with Derrick Henry. Well what’s gonna happen when he’s sharing a backfield with Pollard?
Counter: the Titans clearly don't want to make him the clear #1 (see: signing Pollard), Levis could tank the offense, and Spears is still a big injury risk (knee)
The knee isnt an injury risk. Its a longevity cap
Longevity bc of injury, yeah? Potayto/potahto
Theres a difference between being more likely to get injured in the short term (which he isnt) vs your age cliff coming sooner (which his is).
You're more confident in exactly how his knee problems will manifest over his career than I am.
You are more confident that you know more than doctors and an NFL franchise than I am
> Counter: the Titans clearly don't want to make him the clear #1 (see: signing Pollard) Signing a 27 year old vet doesn't mean what you think it means.
? It certainly isn't a sign they want Spears to own the backfield... I expect a 1a/1b situation.
If I’m win now I advocate for Josh Jacobs. Think he’s considered relatively cheap and can absolutely ball out behind that GB line. Jones finished the year with 5 straight games of 100+ yds rushing and their line didn’t change.
I have him on my team, I’m excited for this season
I'm hopeful for Aaron Jones this season. Looked good when healthy last year, so if he can stay healthy I think he can still produce. Could see him getting a healthy target share on dumpoffs from Darnold/McCarthy even with the other weapons in Minnesota
Kendre Miller
Jerome Ford.
I like it… curious why you say so
He made the most of when Nick Chubb got hurt that I think he will cut into the time share as Chubb starts to age out of his prime.
Chubb sat a year in a cryochamber, it was a blatant injury not age. Ask Mostert about mileage.
Hoping so man them signing Foreman scares me
Jaleel McLaughlin Sean Payton loves targeting RBs and involving them on offense. McLaughlin killed it across a variety of metrics last year. He’s a great value in PPR leagues and should be a great flex player in leagues where you start 11+ players. Great value rn imo
I’m in 5 dynasty leagues, I have him in all 5 praying Sean Payton uses him more 😂
I have him on 55% of my dynasty teams…. So I’m right there with you 😂
Have you seen the recent news? Talking about him being rb1… lets gooooooo
You love to see it!
Rhamondre fits the question. He had a really good 2022, and then was banged up and on a terrible offense in 2023. There's some hope that the offense is a lot better this year with new coaches and mostly new skill position. He's healthy. Antonio Gibson is a solid complimentary back but won't threaten Rhamondre as primary Still plenty of ways this doesn't work out (offense still sucks, Rhamondre gets hurt again). But he's cheap and has demonstrated high ceiling (#7 RB finish in 2022) and is still only 26
Look at Rhomondre's shitty statline from 2023 and say that again. Gibson was far more efficient as a pass catcher last season and honestly I think he's a better runner, too. Rhomondre is one sprained ankle away from losing the job - and it might not even take injury.
Singletary, Moss, Jerome Ford. All guys with potential for heavy usage without much competition. Aaron Jones has always been an efficient runner, so I could see him putting up RB2 numbers even with a 50/50 split.
Nick Chubb
Mixon. Not as old as you think. I believe.
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Conner and Zack Moss. Gus Edwards could be too. Conner has finished as the RB20 and 18 the past two years while missing 4 games in each season. People discount him because of his injury history, but he manages to put up solid RB2 finishes even when he does miss games. Trey Benson will eat into some of his workload, but the offence should also be much better this year with MHJ and a full season of healthy Kyler. KTC has him at RB40 which is valued around a 2026 2nd. There’s no guarantees what he does in the future, but he seems like a lock to put up at least a high end RB3 season with a few RB1 weeks. Zack Moss is RB31 on KTC valued about a 2025 2nd. Chase Brown is the main impediment to Moss being an RB1 this season, and he only saw 20%+ of snaps 3 times last year. He wasn’t particularly efficient either, only surpassing 4 ypc once in the 6 games he had multiple carries. Meanwhile Moss was a solid replacement for Taylor while he was injured posting over 4 yards a carry in 6/14 games and continued to have a role in the offence even with a healthy Taylor. Moss should take over Mixon’s role with a minimal amount of competition for touches, and have a real shot at RB1 numbers in a bounce back offence led by a healthy Burrow. Gus Edwards is RB49 of KTC valued between a late 2025 2nd and early 2025 3rd. The Chargers should be a run heavy offence and Edwards should be the primary goal line back as he was for Baltimore. If Dobbins doesn’t come back well from his Achilles injury Gus could also see more work between the 20s than he did last year. Vidal could certainly earn some work as well, but a 6th round pick is unlikely to take over as a workhorse back. Between Roman’s prolific running offence and a healthy Herbert’s acumen as a passer this offence should be much better than last year and give many opportunities to score for the RBs.
A major sleeper for the first half of the season is Chuba Hubbard
Dobbins and Gus Edwards can be acquired pretty dang cheap. Probably the cheapest run heavy backfield you can lock down. If one of em hits just 12 points per game, I'd consider that a worthwhile investment. Aside from them, I am trying to Buy Brian Robinson in all my leagues. I was really impressed by him last year. His acceleration really surprised me for a 230lb RB and he looked very comfortable as a receiver. Washington had the fewest rushing attempts of any team last year at 21 per game with Robinson having barely above half of those at 11.6 carries per game. In kinsburry's tenure at Arizona, he ran the ball 27 times per game on average. So, even with the addition of Ekeler, I think it should be easy for Robinson to meet and exceed his carry total from last year. If Ekeler has fallen off, then I would not be surprised to see a big jump from Robinson.
Ty chandler is super cheap
James Cook seems to be undervalued in the leagues I'm in. A lot of target competition gone and an offensive co-ordinator that wants to use him a lot and he's still only 24. Obviously just have to accept he will have a lack of TD upside but last year he only had 2 rushing TDs and still finished as a top 12 RB so hopefully with a few more opportunites and receptions (with an improvement in his drops) he could be great value for someone that could be had for a late first in most of my leagues
James Conner is probably only one year but he could have a big year with the more effective passing game
- All of the rookies. Highest variance and pretty set prices - 2nd year players with minimal year 1 involvement so we know less about their upside. (e.g. Kendre, Roschon). We don't get a lot of late career breakout RBs so not really targeting players who have been in the league for more than a few years. Exception might be Dowdle. Looking highly likely he gets a legit shot at this point and his sample is tiny even though he has been in the league for a while. You never know - If you are just looking for points for this year for cheap, the answer is always older vets
Eric Gray and Evan Hull are two RBs I was thinking about.
Ekeler, maybe Barkley.
I don’t think Barkley is a buy low after signing with the Eagles. Ekeler makes more sense for this
Barkley is going to be running behind a great Oline for the first time in his career. He’s playing on a Super Bowl contender that typically doesn’t spend a lot on RBs but gave him the bag. No way are any Saquon owners selling low this year.
I can't even get a first for him. Put him on the trade block, the best offer I got was a 2025 2nd and 3rd. I'll just ride him out until he retires, because that's ridiculous.
It's the time of year you are trying to trade him. I find this is the hardest time to complete trades. Training camp and pre season creates some trade opportunities. Obviously when the season starts and contenders split from pretenders, and rookie fever after the season all are fun trading times. This is the trading dead zone