Fantasy Fox: Top 50 running backs for NFL Week 6

By foxsports
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Here are my top 50 running backs for Week 6, citing standard-scoring leagues.

This countdown doesn't lean on a particular stat. It's merely an educated best guess of which rushers will tally the best combination of total yards and touchdowns for the NFL's sixth weekend.

Regardless of how these rankings shake out every week, it shouldn't supersede two important factors that go into regular lineup consideration:

1. Always play your healthy superstars.
2. Always ride your gut instinct over a certain guru's analysis (read: plausible deniability).


BYES: Kansas City, New Orleans


TOP 50 RUNNING BACKS

1-25

1. Marshawn Lynch vs. Dallas
2. Matt Forte @ Atlanta
3. Andre Williams @ Philadelphia
4. Le'Veon Bell @ Cleveland
5. Arian Foster vs. Indianpolis
6. Eddie Lacy @ Miami
7. Andre Ellington vs. Washington
8. LeSean McCoy vs. N.Y. Giants
9. Frank Gore @ St. Louis
10. Gio Bernard vs. Carolina
11. Stevan Ridley @ Buffalo
12. DeMarco Murray @ Seattle
13. Lamar Miller vs. Green Bay
14. Alfred Morris @ Arizona
15. Ben Tate vs. Pittsburgh
16. Ahmad Bradshaw @ Houston
17. Branden Oliver @ Oakland
18. Steven Jackson vs. Chicago
19. Matt Asiata vs. Detroit
20. Ronnie Hillman @ N.Y. Jets
21. C.J. Spiller vs. New England
22. Bishop Sankey vs. Jacksonville
23. Doug Martin vs. Baltimore
24. Justin Forsett @ Tampa Bay
25. Zac Stacy vs. San Francisco

26-50

26. Chris Ivory vs. Denver
27. Darren Sproles vs. N.Y. Giants
28. Reggie Bush @ Minnesota
29. Darrin Reaves @ Cincinnati
30. Shaun Draughn @ Oakland
31. Antone Smith vs. Chicago
32. Fred Jackson vs. New England
33. Toby Gerhart @ Tennessee
34. Darren McFadden vs. San Diego
35. Roy Helu @ Arizona
36. Peyton Hillis @ Philadelphia
37. Shonn Greene vs. Jacksonville
38. Isaiah Crowell vs. Pittsburgh
39. Shane Vereen @ Buffalo
40. LeGarrette Blount @ Cleveland
41. Carlos Hyde @ St. Louis
42. Jerick McKinnon vs. Detroit
43. Trent Richardson @ Houston
44. Lorenzo Taliaferro @ Tampa Bay
45. Bobby Rainey vs. Baltimore
46. Daniel Thomas vs. Green Bay
47. Chris Johnson vs. Denver
48. George Winn @ Minnesota
49. C.J. Anderson @ N.Y. Jets
50. Robert Turbin vs. Dallas
50b. Maurice Jones-Drew vs. San Diego
50c. James Starks @ Miami
50d. Devonta Freeman vs. Chicago
50e. Bernard Pierce @ Tampa Bay


























































Jay Clemons, the 2008 Fantasy Football Writer of the Year (Fantasy Sports Writers Association), can be reached via Twitter, day or night, at @FOX_JayClemons.