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Position Breakdown: Schedules Factor Into Running Back Rankings

After examining four factors that affect the stock of running backs in fantasy football, we have just one more factor to analyze. Some fantasy owners dismiss the affect of a player's schedule, but it's actually one of the best ways to break a tie. Say you're completely undecided on who you'd take between Packers back...

Position Breakdown: Ranking Running Backs Solely on Performance

In our upside and downside articles, we used subjective analysis to rate each of the league's running backs. In the injury history article, we objectively analyzed each RB's track record of missing games due to injury. Here, we'll again use objective analysis when we deal with the Performance History of each running...

Position Breakdown: Dissecting the Injury History of Running Backs

When we talked about the upside and downside that exists for each player, we took injury out of the equation. In a perfect world, where you can turn player injuries off like you're playing Madden, how good and bad could each player be? Unsurprisingly, Ronnie Brown was one of the few backs to max out on upside. It makes...

Position Breakdown: Be Wary of Running Backs With Downside

In the first part of our series breaking down the running back position for 2010, we looked just at the fantasy upside of each important running back in the league, attempting to unearth sleepers by projecting what could be in store for each back if he played at his best. Here, we'll flip the script and do the exact...

Position Breakdown: Running Back Upside With Some Surprises

Surely you've already checked out some 2010 fantasy football rankings (including ours), and undoubtedly unearthed some fantasy football sleepers. But what goes into ranking players, and how do you find the best sleepers? In a particular set of rankings, you may see DeAngelo Williams check in as the No. 10 running back and...