Here are my top 50 running backs for Week 7 (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 seventh weekend.
Byes: Oakland, New Orleans
1. LeSean McCoy vs. Dallas
2. Jamaal Charles vs. Houston
3. Adrian Peterson @ N.Y. Giants
4. Arian Foster @ Kansas City
5. Knowshon Moreno @ Indianapolis
6. Matt Forte @ Washington
7. Ryan Mathews @ Jacksonville
8. Ray Rice @ Pittsburgh
9. Doug Martin @ Atlanta
10. Reggie Bush vs. Cincinnati
11. Chris Johnson vs. San Francisco
12. Eddie Lacy vs. Cleveland
13. Marshawn Lynch @ Arizona
14. Frank Gore @ Tennessee
15. DeAngelo Williams vs. St. Louis
16. BenJarvus Green-Ellis @ Detroit
17. Stevan Ridley @ N.Y. Jets
18. Le'Veon Bell vs. Baltimore
19. Alfred Morris vs. Chicago
20. Lamar Miller vs. Buffalo
21. Trent Richardson vs. Denver
22. C.J Spiller @ Miami
23. Brandon Jacobs vs. Minnesota
24. Joseph Randle @ Philadelphia
25. Maurice Jones-Drew vs. San Diego
26. Willis McGahee @ Green Bay
27. Bilal Powell vs. New England
28. Andre Ellington vs. Seattle
29. Ronnie Hillman @ Indianapolis
30. Jason Snelling vs. Tampa Bay
31. Danny Woodhead @ Jacksonville
32. Fred Jackson @ Miami
33. Gio Bernard @ Detroit
34. Zac Stacy @ Carolina
35. Rashard Mendenhall vs. Seattle
36. Chris Ogbonnaya @ Green Bay
37. Ben Tate @ Kansas City
38. Joique Bell vs. Cincinnati
39. Kendall Hunter @ Tennessee
40. Roy Helu vs. Chicago
41. Jacquizz Rodgers vs. Tampa Bay
42. Robert Turbin @ Arizona
43. Bernard Pierce @ Pittsburgh
44. LeGarrette Blount @ N.Y. Jets
45. Montee Ball @ Indianapolis
46. Donald Brown vs. Denver
47. Mike Tolbert vs. St. Louis
48. Johnathan Franklin vs. Cleveland
49. Jackie Battle vs. San Francisco
50. Daryl Richardson @ Carolina
50b. Bryce Brown vs. Dallas
50c. Ronnie Brown @ Jacksonville
50d. Michael Bush @ Washington
