AOP PPR Rankings: Arian Foster Makes a Jump

The Angle of Pursuit team is back with updated running back PPR rankings. The signing of Arian Foster and the suspension of Le’Veon Bell are the biggest updates in our rankings. We have a new number one running back in our consensus rankings. Check them out!

QB | RB Standard | RB PPR | WR Standard | WR PPR | TE

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

The Miami Dolphins signed Arian Foster to a one year deal for some much needed depth in their backfield. This move not only adjusts the ranking for Foster, but for Jay Ajayi and Kenyan Drake as well. Foster is an incredibly talented player that can make plays in the run and pass game. Unfortunately for Foster, he missed 23 of the last 40 games in a Houston Texans uniform.

Some may assume this signing is bad news for Ajayi and it is definitely not ideal. However Ajayi is not going to be useless by any means in 2016. Adam Gase will use both Ajayi and Foster this season. Ajayi will be used primarily in first and second down situations. He should also be used in most goal line work.

Foster will get plenty of third down work an area where Foster excels. He is dynamic threat with the ball in his hands. Limiting Fosters touches should go along way towards keeping him healthy. In Gase’s uptempo system there will be times where Foster will stay on the field for first and second down work. Foster gets a bump in the latest PPR rankings while Ajayi takes a little bit of a drop. Both players can be viable RB2’s in PPR format.

Kenyan Drake was a player I was starting to come around on prior to the addition of Foster. HIs 2016 value is all but gone barring an injury to Foster.

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