8/14/25 - Running Back Rankings | Fantasy Football 2025

·1 hr 30 min·5 clips

Ryan Weiss welcomes 1.3 million listeners from New Heights and jumps into Club Fantasy's contentious running back rankings.

The episode begins with host Ryan Weiss welcoming listeners and introducing co-hosts Josh Hudson, Austin A. Mandolia, and Joel Wirth. They briefly discuss NFL news, including James Cook's four-year, $48 million contract with the Bills and Brandon Aiyuk's Week 6 return timeline. The main segment focuses on defending Club Fantasy's running back rankings for the 2025 season. The panel starts with the consensus top 12, debating rookie Ashton Gentry's potential and the Raiders' offensive line concerns. They analyze Saquon Barkley's risk due to his 480-touch workload in 2024 and Christian McCaffrey's bounce-back appeal amid 49ers' receiver injuries. The discussion moves to players ranked 13-24, with disagreements on Josh Jacobs, Alvin Kamara, and James Cook. Joel Wirth expresses skepticism about Breece Hall due to a potential three-back committee with the Jets. The panel then explores 'dark horse' top-five candidates like Treyvon Henderson and Chuba Hubbard. They address listener questions, including thoughts on Quinshon Judkins' off-field issues. The episode concludes with a draft strategy segment comparing Robust RB, Hero RB, and Zero RB approaches, followed by sleeper picks like Caleb Johnson and Jaylen Blue.

As heard by us

A brisk defense of the running back board, led by the case for Devon HN at RB3.

No Putt Intended turns draft-season running back rankings into a live defense of the board, with Ryan Weiss pressing Josh Hudson and the rankers to explain why their top 12 sits where it does.

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You want to test Devon HN at RB3 before deciding how bold your running back board should get.

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