Quick Running Back Tiers For Home Leagues With Rationale (Half PPR)

Easy to Follow RB Tiers for your HOME LEAGUES. Half PPR scoring. Broken down in sets of tiers. First the RBs in a short list then a short paragraph with 1 sentence for each player explaining why. Don't overthink your home league! Draft Smart but Draft who you like!

Tier 1 and 2

1) Jahmyr Gibbs 2) Bijan Robinson 3) Christian McCaffrey [TIER 2] 4) Kenneth Walker 5) Saquon Barkley 6) Jonathan Taylor 7) James Cook 8) Ashton Jeanty 9) Omarion Hampton 10) Chase Brown

Rationale 

1)Elite Player, Elite Job, Elite Offense 2) Same as Gibbs but worse Offense 3) Never Forget [Tier Break goes from for sure elite to some questions being asked] 4) Andy Reid’s New Bellcow 5) Elite Player, Better OC, More TDs from A.J. Brown Leaving 6) Elite workload with some regression 7) Joe Brady’s Love Child (Buffalo Workhorse) 8) Elite Workload but awful  offense 9) Elite Profile, Great Offense but unproven 10) Non-elite player but elite job on elite offense. 

Tier 3 & 4

[TIER 3] 11) Devon Achane 12) Derrick Henry 13) Breece Hall 14) Josh Jacobs 15) Jeremiyah Love 16) Kyren Williams [TIER 4] 17) Javonte Williams 18) Travis Etienne 19) D’Andre Swift 20) David Montgomery

Rationale

[Tier Break no longer strong RB1 overall upside] 11) Elite Player but league’s worst offense 12) The King wanes as the years pass 13) Elite Player on rising offense 14) Volume Workhorse for Matt LaFleur 15) Elite rookie but questionable offense and workload 16) Rams Lead Back [Tier Break talent drop off] 17) Cowboys Workhorse with high end RB2 volume but not RB1 volume 18) Saints Lead Back but also limited workload capacity 19) Bears lead back with Monangai TD vulture 20) Volume Workhorse on slow pace Texans.

Tier 5 & 6

[TIER 5] 21) Bucky Irving 22) Bhayshul Tuten 23) Quinshon Judkins 24) Jadarian Price 25) Cam Skattabo 26) Tony Pollard 27) Jaylen Warren 28) TreyVeon Henderson [TIER 6] 29) Chuba Hubbard 30) Blake Corum 31) Rico Dowdle 32) Rhamondre Stevenson 33) R.J. Harvey 34) Rachaad White 35) Kenneth Gainwell 36) Jordan Mason 

Rationale

[Tier Break Talent and Workload Concerns building up] 21) GreatPlayer playing the 1A role on a great offense but not a true workhorse profile 22) Liam Cohen’s New Bucky Irving with minimal touch competition on a high volume offense 23) Elite Player but awful team and lingering recovery from Tight Rope Ankle Surgery 24) Questionable Player but only “talented” player in Seattle and 1st round pick 25) Great player but a lot of touch competition and lingering recovery from Tight Rope Ankle Surgery (matters more for Skatt than QJ) 26) Last true lead back on the board 27) Elite Satellite Back on a run heavy offense but not a workhorse 28) Theoretically Great Player with an awful touch squeeze [Tier Break Massive Workload and talent concerns but flex value very real].  29) Lead back on a bad team with replaceable talent 30) Upside Flex RB on elite team with league winning upside if starter goes down 31) Talented Running back with limited stand alone value but massive upside if Warren is hurt 32) Ok player with a bad touch squeeze from Henderson and Maye 33) Good Satellite Back on Good offense but no path to workhorse volume 34) Probable bust but theoretical value on a team starved for pass catchers 35)  The 1B to Bucky’s 1A with no path to workhorse volume 36) Locked in Early down back with a good floor but a poor ceiling, classic boring flex. 

Exciting Backups and Dart Throws 

37) Tyrone Tracey 38) Kyle Monangai 39) Jonah Coleman 40) JK Dobbins 41) Alvin Kamara 42) Woody Marks 43) Tyler Allgeier 45) Aaron Jones 46) Jacory Croskey-Merritt 

Rationale 

37) Great Player can benefit from Skattabo’s lingering injury 38) Backup+ for Chicago 39) Talented Rookie with upside to take Dobbin’s Job 40) Probably Cooked but can maybe still cook 41) probably cooked but can maybe still cook 42) boring satellite back 43) backup + for arizona 45) Almost definitely cooked 46) if you squint hard enough the dream is still alive

Pure backups on the radar (in no order)

Chris Rodriguez JAX, Isiah Pacheco DET, Emanuel Wilson SEA, Chris Brooks GB. Phil Mafah DAL, DJ Giddens IND, Braelon Allen NYJ, Brian Robinson ATL, Sean Tucker TB, Tajae Spears TEN, Kimani Vidal LAC, Dylan Sampson CLE, Ray Davis BUF, Jordan James SF, Kaytron Allen WAS, Demond Claiborne MIN, Emmett Johnson KC.