Fantasy football rankings 2016: Running backs for PPR leagues, Week 2

Here is a look at our fantasy football running back rankings for PPR leagues going into Week 2.

Sep 14, 2016, 12:39 PM UTC

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Fantasy football can be a tricky ordeal, and PPR leagues can make it even harder to sort through. Whereas standard leagues focus heavily on yards and touchdowns, PPR gives relevance to lesser-known running backs. Just last week, we saw names like James White, Tevin Coleman and Theo Riddick make big impacts catching passes.

All three of those guys are the backups on their respective teams and should not be started in most standard leagues. PPR can change that, given all three guys caught five passes in their respective matchups.

But the biggest PPR star of Week 1 was Spencer Ware. With the Kansas City Chiefs still missing Jamaal Charles, Ware stepped in and caught seven passes for 129 yards, both the highest of any running back in Week 1.

Ware’s backup was no slouch, either. Charcandrick West chipped in six receptions, though for only 24 yards. That is decent production in deeper PPR leagues, but guys like Ware are the ones you want starting for your PPR team.

Running backs (PPR), Week 2

(ZS: Zach Senvisky, JM: Jason Marcum, AP: Adam Patrick, SK: Scott Kaliska, JG: Jeff Goldberg, KB: Kyle Bennett, DG: Derek Gordon)

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp.	ZS	JM	AP	SK	JG	KB	DG
1	David Johnson	ARI	vs. TB	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	at WAS	6	2	9	4	2	3	2
3	Lamar Miller	HOU	vs. KC	2	12	2	3	4	5	6
4	C.J. Anderson	DEN	vs. IND	9	8	3	2	3	2	8
5	Adrian Peterson	MIN	vs. GB	5	5	6	6	8	7	1
6	Todd Gurley	LA	vs. SEA	3	3	8	9	7	8	5
7	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	vs. CIN	8	6	5	5	5	4	12
8	Mark Ingram	NO	at NYG	4	15	4	8	6	6	11
8	LeSean McCoy	BUF	vs. NYJ	7	9	12	14	9	11	7
10	Matt Forte	NYJ	at BUF	11	13	10	10	10	10	17
11	Doug Martin	TB	at ARI	14	4	17	18	16	17	4
11	Spencer Ware	KC	at HOU	12	14	21	7	18	9	13
13	Devonta Freeman	ATL	at OAK	15	10	7	19	13	16	15
14	Latavius Murray	OAK	vs. ATL	16	17	13	11	12	12	14
15	Eddie Lacy	GB	at MIN	13	11	16	16	15	15	10
16	Ryan Mathews	PHI	at CHI	19	18	23	13	11	14	18
17	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. SF	23	7	25	17	19	18	9
17	Jeremy Langford	CHI	vs. PHI	10	21	15	21	17	18	21
19	Rashad Jennings	NYG	vs. NO	22	23	14	20	21	20	23
20	DeMarco Murray	TEN	at DET	17	40	18	12	14	15	31
21	Danny Woodhead	SD	vs. JAC	18	38	11	15	20	13	38
22	Melvin Gordon	SD	vs. JAC	21	24	24	23	22	19	22
23	Arian Foster	MIA	at NE	20	20	19	22	33	25	20
24	Carlos Hyde	SF	at CAR	25	19	26	27	23	22	19
24	Ameer Abdullah	DET	vs. TEN	27	27	22	26	26	23	24
26	Jeremy Hill	CIN	at PIT	24	25	34	31	25	21	32
27	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	at SD	30	30	28	24	31	24	26
28	Thomas Rawls	SEA	at LA	28	16	39	35	32	32	16
29	Giovani Bernard	CIN	at PIT	34	32	27	28	27	27	25
30	LeGarrette Blount	NE	vs. MIA	32	28	29	33	28	28	28
31	Frank Gore	IND	at DEN	26	22	35	43	24	33	27
32	Tevin Coleman	ATL	at OAK	28	26	36	32	36	25	34
33	Matt Jones	WAS	vs. DAL	33	29	30	39	29	30	29
34	Theo Riddick	DET	vs. TEN	29	43	20	25	35	26	43
35	Duke Johnson	CLE	vs. BAL	35	31	38	29	30	31	40
36	James White	NE	vs MIA	39	35	42	30	37	29	35
37	Charles Sims	TB	at ARI	40	36	33	37	34	34	39
38	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	vs. BAL	36	33	40	40	39	38	30
39	Darren Sproles	PHI	at CHI	31	39	37	34	38	36	45
40	Derrick Henry	TEN	at DET	37	34	43	46	40	39	33
41	Christine Michael	SEA	at LA	38	48	41	36	47	37	42
41	Justin Forsett	BAL	at CLE	45	46	31	41	41	40	46
43	Terrance West	BAL	at CLE	44	37	45	45	42	41	37
44	Shane Vereen	NYG	vs. NO	41	--	32	38	44	44	--
45	Bilal Powell	NYJ	at BUF	43	44	46	44	43	42	47
46	Chris Johnson	ARI	vs. TB	48	45	47	51	48	45	36
47	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. DAL	46	49	--	42	45	47	44
48	Alfred Morris	DAL	at WAS	42	41	--	--	--	--	41
49	James Starks	GB	at MIN	49	47	44	--	46	43	--
50	Devontae Booker	DEN	vs. IND	--	42	--	49	--	49	50
--	Charcandrick West	KC	at HOU	--	--	48	48	50	48	48
--	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	vs. GB	--	--	49	47	49	46	--
--	DeAndre Washington	OAK	vs. ATL	47	--	--	50	--	--	--
--	Chris Ivory	JAC	at SD	--	50	50	--	--	50	--
--	Jay Ajayi	MIA	at NE	--	--	--	--	--	--	49
--	Jalen Richard	OAK	vs. ATL	50	--	--	--	--	--	--