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Fantasy Fox: Top 50 running backs for NFL Week 4

Published Sep. 24, 2014 7:30 p.m. ET

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Here are my top 50 running backs for Week 4, 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 fourth 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: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, St. Louis, Seattle

TOP 50 RUNNING BACKS

1-25

1. Le'Veon Bell vs. Tampa Bay
2. Matt Forte vs. Green Bay
3. DeMarco Murray vs. New Orleans
4. Alfred Morris vs. N.Y. Giants
5. Knile Davis vs. New England
6. Matt Asiata vs. Atlanta
7. Rashad Jennings @ Washington
8. Eddie Lacy @ Chicago
9. Frank Gore vs. Philadelphia
10. Donald Brown vs. Jacksonville
11. Doug Martin @ Pittsburgh
12. C.J. Spiller @ Houston
13. Lamar Miller vs. Oakland (London)
14. LeSean McCoy @ San Francisco
15. Stevan Ridley @ Kansas City
16. Arian Foster vs. Buffalo
17. Khiry Robinson @ Dallas
18. Trent Richardson vs. Tennessee
19. Darren Sproles @ San Francisco
20. Bishop Sankey @ Indianapolis
21. Fred Jackson @ Houston
22. Reggie Bush @ N.Y. Jets
23. Bernard Pierce vs. Carolina
24. Steven Jackson @ Minnesota
25. Chris Johnson vs. Detroit

26-50

26. DeAngelo Williams @ Baltimore
27. Toby Gerhart @ San Diego
28. Jamaal Charles vs. New England
29. Ahmad Bradshaw vs. Tennessee
30. Chris Ivory vs. Detroit
31. Joique Bell @ N.Y. Jets
32. Shane Vereen @ Kansas City
33. Lorenzo Taliaferro vs. Carolina
34. Bobby Rainey @ Pittsburgh
35. Darren McFadden vs. Miami (London)
36. Shonn Greene @ Indianapolis
37. Branden Oliver vs. Jacksonville
38. Pierre Thomas @ Dallas
39. James Starks @ Chicago
40. LeGarrette Blount vs. Tampa Bay
41. Joe McKnight vs. New England
42. Jerick McKinnon vs. Atlanta
43. Maurice Jones-Drew vs. Miami (London)
44. Devonta Freeman @ Minnesota
45. Carlos Hyde vs. Philadelphia
46. Justin Forsett vs. Carolina
47. Antone Smith @ Minnesota
48. Alfred Blue vs. Buffalo
49. Damien Williams vs. Oakland (London)
50. Andre Williams @ Washington
50b. Roy Helu vs. N.Y. Giants

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.

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