Fantasy Football: 2016 Running Back PPR Rankings

The Angle of Pursuit team is back with Running Back PPR Rankings. We are breaking down each position on Fake Pigskin with standard and PPR rankings. For five runnings that see a big boost in PPR formats, check out my latest piece.

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PLAYER	TEAM	BYE	KYLE	RON	DAMIAN	CONSENSUS
Le'Veon Bell	PIT	8	1	1	1	1
Jamaal Charles	KC	5	3	3	6	2
Adrian Peterson	MIN	6	2	6	5	3
Todd Gurley	LA	8	6	4	3	4
David Johnson	ARI	9	9	2	2	5
Lamar Miller	HOU	9	5	7	7	6
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	7	4	12	4	7
Devonta Freeman	ATL	11	15	5	8	8
Doug Martin	TB	6	10	10	9	9
Eddie Lacy	GB	4	7	11	13	10
LeSean McCoy	BUF	10	8	13	11	11
C.J. Anderson	DEN	11	12	8	14	12
Matt Forte	NYJ	11	11	14	12	13
Dion Lewis	NE	9	14	9	15	14
Mark Ingram	NO	5	13	17	10	15
Carlos Hyde	SF	8	17	15	16	16
Giovani Bernard	CIN	9	18	16	23	17
Danny Woodhead	SD	11	21	19	22	18
DeMarco Murray	TEN	13	24	20	20	19
Duke Johnson Jr.	CLE	13	20	18	27	20
Thomas Rawls	SEA	5	23	25	17	21
Jonathan Stewart	CAR	7	19	22	26	22
Jay Ajayi	MIA	8	25	23	21	23
Latavius Murray	OAK	10	22	30	18	24
Jeremy Langford	CHI	9	29	21	25	25
Frank Gore	IND	10	16	31	30	26
Matt Jones	WAS	9	30	24	24	27
Ryan Mathews	PHI	4	33	26	19	28
Jeremy Hill	CIN	9	28	29	28	29
Theo Riddick	DET	10	27	28	31	30
Charles Sims	TB	6	26	35	36	31
Chris Ivory	JAC	5	34	34	34	32
Kenneth Dixon	BAL	8	32	33	40	33
T.J. Yeldon	JAC	5	46	27	33	34
Javorius Allen	BAL	8	31	32	46	35
Karlos Williams	BUF	10	36	38	35	36
Melvin Gordon	SD	11	44	45	29	37
Tevin Coleman	ATL	11	37	39	44	38
C.J. Prosise	SEA	5	39	40	42	39
Justin Forsett	BAL	8	50	37	38	40
DeAngelo Williams	PIT	8	40	46	48	41
Rashad Jennings	NYG	8	45	52	37	42
Bilal Powell	NYJ	11	57	42	39	43
Derrick Henry	TEN	13	43	53	45	44
Isaiah Crowell	CLE	13	48	54	41	45
Devontae Booker	DEN	11	51	36	56	46
Ameer Abdullah	DET	10	63	49	32	47
Chris Johnson	ARI	9	41	41	63	48
Shane Vereen	NYG	8	54	48	43	49
Wendell Smallwood	PHI	4	38	51	65	50
Arian Foster	FA	--	55	47	52	51
Jerick McKinnon	MIN	6	59	43	55	52
DeAndre Washington	OAK	10	53	50	58	53
LeGarrette Blount	NE	9	35	78	50	54
Paul Perkins	NYG	8	47	57	60	55
James Starks	GB	4	52	59	57	56
Jordan Howard	CHI	9	56	61	51	57
Charcandrick West	KC	5	58	44	68	58
Darren Sproles	PHI	4	65	62	54	59
Kenyan Drake	MIA	8	70	60	53	60
Chris Thompson	WAS	9	80	58	47	61
Shaun Draughn	SF	8	67	56	64	62
Darren McFadden	DAL	7	75	64	49	63
James White	NE	9	66	65	59	64
Tyler Ervin	HOU	9	64	55	74	65
Spencer Ware	KC	5	49	74	77	66
Alex Collins	SEA	5	42	77	83	67
Alfred Morris	DAL	7	62	70	71	68
Lance Dunbar	DAL	7	73	69	62	69
Tim Hightower	NO	5	68	76	61	70
Andre Ellington	ARI	9	69	63	73	71
Ka'Deem Carey	CHI	9	61	75	70	72
Keith Marshall	WAS	9	60	71	76	73
Josh Ferguson	IND	10	74	68	66	74
C.J. Spiller	NO	5	77	66	67	75
Ronnie Hillman	DEN	11	76	67	69	76
Christine Michael	SEA	5	71	81	72	77
Cameron Artis-Payne	CAR	7	72	79	75	78
Khiry Robinson	NYJ	11	78	72	82	79
Zach Zenner	DET	10	81	73	80	80
Tre Mason	LA	8	79	82	79	81
Orleans Darkwa	NYG	8	83	84	78	82
Stevan Ridley	DET	10	82	80	84	83
Alfred Blue	HOU	9	84	83	81	84

Biggest PPR Question Marks

Mark Ingram

Mark Ingram took a huge step forward a season ago. He became a legit weapon in the passing game catching 50 balls on 60 targets. In PPR formats an extra 50 points with the catches alone not to mention the bump from the 400 yards makes Ingram a guy that should be targeted early in drafts. Unfortunately Ingram has not been much of a passing threat in previous seasons. He had 34 total targets in his first three seasons combined. He had 36 targets in the 2014 season. It has never been a question about ability for Ingram. He has a career catch rate of almost 80%. Id expect 35-40 catches on 45-50 targets in 2016.

Devonta Freeman

Devonta Freeman was breakout player a season ago becoming a huge part of what the Atlanta Falcons did. Freeman accounted for 27% of the Falcons total yards. So why the concern? Freeman’s numbers dipped significantly down the stretch. His yards per carry dropped from 5.5 to 4 to 3 each month starting in October. There is also word out Atlanta that the Falcons want to reduce Freeman’s workload in 2016. Running backs coach Bobby Turner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Free had a good year, but I’m expecting even a better year. Well, you’re saying, how can it be better? It can be even better with less carries or less catches because I’d obviously like to get Tevin more involved and that also keeps Free fresher.” Tevin Coleman was the starter when the season opened a season ago and was replaced by Freeman after injury. More Coleman should help Freeman be more consistent next season but his touches should come down including the 97 targets in the passing game.

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