Every NFL Starting Running Back — Ranked
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The running game has lost some of its value in recent years where rule changes and uptempo offenses have benefited quarterbacks and receivers, but the best NFL highlight is still a running back who breaks for a long rush after plowing over a defender (or three).
We’ve ranked every starting running back in the league, ordering our list from worst to best. Many teams use multiple running backs these days, so we highlighted the rusher who was listed at the top of his team’s depth chart as of Oct. 1, 2018.
James Conner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Maybe it’s unfair to rank Conner and the Steelers last, because of stud running back Le’Veon Bell’s contract dispute, but it’s a fact that Conner hasn’t stepped up when given the opportunity to show his team he ca...