1. Saquon. Is Saquon.
2. Kamara. Is Kamara.
3. Gurley. Is Gurley. This is assuming his knee is about 90%; he's still good, but his chronic injuries may start costing him a step.
4. Aaron Jones. Has consistently been super-efficient in committees in GB. One of those players who is just begging to get more touches and break out.
5. Kenyan Drake. Another committee-back hero who really needs more touches.
6. Sony Michel. Great inside power runner. Not fast or explosive like all the guys above him, but he just pinballs around and picks up yardage.
7. Bell. Took a year off, reportedly out of shape, super-patient style is going to be hard to pull off behind a not-super-patient OL. I'm really bearish.
8. Adrian Peterson. 1,000 yards rushing at 33 was impressive, but Father Time and 2,800 career carries aren't forgiving.
9. Kerryon Johnson. Was lighting it up in Detroit before his injury, looks like a real player. Tough to rank him above so many proven players though.
10. Dalvin Cook. Sort of a poor man's Saquon, he's either going to get 30 yards or do nothing.
I left Tarik Cohen off this list because he's more receiver than runner, and Derrius Guice because he's a total unknown. We've never seen him take an NFL snap, and while he was a stud at LSU, who knows how he'll look after his ACL surgery.
Overall, it's actually a pretty strong list of running backs we're facing this year. LVE and Jaylon have some work to do.
