As someone who ran the War Room fantasy advice chat Tuesday night, I understand that we're all panicking after Week 1 of the 2015 NFL season. Eli Manning terrified everyone. Adrian Peterson didn't look good. Andre Johnson might finally be old.
Fantasy football rankings 2015: Running backs for standard leagues, Week 2
One game can be scary, but one game is just one game. Don’t overreact to a small sample. We have Week 2 running back rankings for standard leagues.
Some of the things we saw over the weekend are for real. But some aren’t. For proof, look no further than Manning’s Week 1 of 2014. He had only 163 passing yards and one touchdown against two interceptions. That was only six fantasy points, and it was miserable. Of course, Manning the rest of the year was one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
Eddie Lacy didn’t rush for more than 50 yards in a game last year until Week 5, but still finished with 13 touchdowns and 1,139 rushing yards, and was one of this year’s top draft picks. Dez Bryant’s worst game of 2014 was his first, with 55 yards. He was maybe the best receiver in the league after that.
It's one week. If you invested heavily in Adrian Peterson (despite my warnings), it was because you believed in him. If you're cutting bait now, you didn't believe much. Basically, any opinion you felt strongly about a week ago, you should still feel pretty strongly about. Maybe not as rock-solid, but if you're bailing now, you didn't form solid enough opinions.
I’ll let my buddy Chris summarize:
It's week 1. Don't add/drop. Don't add/drop. Don't. Add. Drop. @danieltkelley @skhall
— Chris Lewis (@_coachlew) September 14, 2015 That’s all. Just don’t go crazy off of one week of games. On to our Week 2 running back rankings:
Running backs for standard leagues, Week 2
(DK: Daniel Kelley; DC: Dan Ciarrocchi; AM: Andrew Miller; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska)
| Rk | Consensus | Tm | Opp. | DK | DC | AM | JD | SK |
| 1 | Marshawn Lynch | SEA | @GB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Jeremy Hill | CIN | SD | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Eddie Lacy | GB | SEA | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Jamaal Charles | KC | DEN | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | Matt Forte | CHI | ARI | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Adrian Peterson | MIN | DET | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DeMarco Murray | PHI | DAL | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | C.J. Anderson | DEN | @KC | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Justin Forsett | BAL | @OAK | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| 10 | Lamar Miller | MIA | @JAC | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Carlos Hyde | SF | @PIT | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| 12 | Mark Ingram | NO | TB | 11 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | LeSean McCoy | BUF | NE | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| 14 | Chris Ivory | NYJ | @IND | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 22 |
| 15 | Jonathan Stewart | CAR | HOU | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Doug Martin | TB | @NO | 23 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 9 |
| 17 | Ameer Abdullah | DET | @MIN | 20 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 20 |
| 18 | Alfred Morris | WAS | STL | 15 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 25 |
| 19 | Rashad Jennings | NYG | ATL | 17 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 18 |
| 20 | DeAngelo Williams | PIT | SF | 19 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 28 |
| 21 | Frank Gore | IND | NYJ | 29 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 12 |
| 22 | Latavius Murray | OAK | BAL | 18 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 16 |
| 23 | Joseph Randle | DAL | @PHI | 25 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 17 |
| 24 | Tevin Coleman | ATL | @NYG | 24 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 30 |
| 25 | Melvin Gordon | SD | @CIN | 28 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 31 |
| 26 | T.J. Yeldon | JAC | MIA | 31 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 23 |
| 27 | Isaiah Crowell | CLE | TEN | 21 | 26 | 36 | 30 | 27 |
| 27 | LeGarrette Blount | NE | @BUF | 22 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 34 |
| 29 | Joique Bell | DET | @MIN | 32 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 21 |
| 29 | Danny Woodhead | SD | @CIN | 27 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 29 |
| 31 | Bishop Sankey | TEN | @CLE | 30 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 35 |
| 32 | Ryan Mathews | PHI | DAL | 38 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 24 |
| 33 | Chris Johnson | ARI | @CHI | 26 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 48 |
| 34 | Giovani Bernard | CIN | SD | 40 | 31 | 37 | 40 | 26 |
| 35 | Alfred Blue | HOU | @CAR | 48 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 33 |
| 36 | Darren Sproles | PHI | DAL | 46 | 34 | 41 | 37 | 37 |
| 37 | David Johnson | ARI | @CHI | 33 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 43 |
| 38 | Tre Mason | STL | @WAS | 37 | -- | 26 | 34 | -- |
| 39 | Devonta Freeman | ATL | @NYG | 34 | 42 | 44 | 39 | 42 |
| 39 | Dion Lewis | NE | @BUF | 49 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 44 |
| 41 | Darren McFadden | DAL | @PHI | 35 | 41 | 47 | 50 | 32 |
| 42 | Duke Johnson | CLE | TEN | 41 | 46 | 43 | 35 | 41 |
| 43 | Shane Vereen | NYG | ATL | 43 | 43 | 38 | 47 | 36 |
| 44 | C.J. Spiller | NO | TB | 36 | 39 | 32 | -- | -- |
| 45 | Ronnie Hillman | DEN | @KC | 45 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 38 |
| 46 | Benny Cunningham | STL | @WAS | -- | 38 | -- | 49 | 40 |
| 47 | Karlos Williams | BUF | NE | 42 | -- | -- | 42 | 50 |
| 48 | Bilal Powell | NYJ | @IND | 39 | -- | -- | -- | 45 |
| 49 | Khiry Robinson | NO | TB | 47 | -- | -- | -- | 39 |
| 49 | Lance Dunbar | DAL | @PHI | -- | 45 | -- | 43 | 49 |
| -- | Terrance West | TEN | @CLE | -- | 47 | -- | 44 | -- |
| -- | Matt Jones | WAS | STL | -- | 49 | 48 | 45 | -- |
| -- | Marcel Reece | OAK | BAL | -- | -- | 42 | -- | -- |
| -- | Josh Robinson | IND | NYJ | 44 | -- | 50 | -- | -- |
| -- | Denard Robinson | JAC | MIA | -- | -- | 45 | -- | -- |
| -- | Roy Helu Jr. | OAK | BAL | -- | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
| -- | Brandon Bolden | NE | @BUF | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47 |
| -- | Knile Davis | KC | DEN | -- | 48 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Chris Polk | HOU | @CAR | -- | -- | -- | 48 | -- |
| -- | Anthony Dixon | BUF | NE | -- | -- | 49 | -- | -- |
| -- | Charles Sims | TB | @NO | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | Buck Allen | BAL | @OAK | -- | 50 | -- | -- | -- |
