Week 8 Fantasy Rankings - Running Backs

Fantasy Rankings for NFL Week 8 and the Running Backs. 

1. Arian Foster (Hou)
2. Maurice Jones-Drew (Jac)
3. Adrian Peterson (Min)
4. Rashard Mendenhall (Pit)
5. Steven Jackson (StL)
6. Jahvid Best (Det)
7. Jamaal Charles (KC)
8. DeAngelo Williams (Car)
9. Chris Johnson (Ten)
10. Darren McFadden (Oak)
11. Frank Gore (SF)
12. Ryan Torain (Wsh)
13. LaDainian Tomlinson (NYJ)
14. Knowshown Moreno (Den)
15. Marshawn Lynch (Sea)
16. Ryan Mathews (SD)
17. Cedric Benson (Cin)
18. Thomas Jones (KC)
19. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (NE)
20. Michael Bush (Oak)
21. Felix Jones (Dal)
22. Ricky Williams (Mia)
23. Brandon Jackson (GB)
24. Fred Jackson (Buf)
25. Beanie Wells (Ari)
26. Ronnie Brown (Mia)
27. Danny Woodhead (NE) 
28. Cadilac Williams (TB)
29. Joseph Addai (Ind)
30. Rashad Jennings (Jac)

Some Justification for these picks you ask...Why I'd be happy to.

Arian Foster (Hou) @ Ind

The last time Foster saw the Colts Defense he was scoring touchdowns (3 to be exact) and still would have had time to shake Bob Sanders down for his lunch money.  Not only is Foster looking better (all around) now, but the Indy defense is a little depleted and just won't be able to match up with the power speed combo of Foster.  Look for a similar performance to Week 1 where he had 33 carries for 231 yards and 3 touchdowns. 

Joseph Addai (Ind) vs Hou

If Foster was so nuts and the Texans' Defense is as bad as they have looked then why so low on Addai.  Well, Quite Frankly he's hurt and in the first game he still only had 10 carries for 44 yards.  Not exactly what they needed to get out of the gates and with the injury I really don't expect it to get better this week. 

Marshawn Lynch (Sea) @ Oak

Lynch is showing life sign after being revived from his Fantasy Coma with a trade to Seattle to get on board with Pete Carrol.  Lynch has always been talented and it seemed like in Buffalo he was being held down by the rest of his team and he should be able to break out with Seattle, especially against Oakland who is giving up the second highest Fantasy Point total for the season against Running Backs (second only to the Lions) with 23.1 points per week. 

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