Grinding It Out - RBs

Grinding it Out - RBs
Top 40 Touches
This is a look back at the previous week's touches (carries + catches) for RB's. Use this information to identify RB's who are getting plenty of opportunity. While this isn't a perfect indicator of performance it does highlight players that teams or QB's are focusing on getting the ball to.
Name TM Touches Yards TD's Comments
Thomas Jones    NYJ 28 130 0 Jones sees more touches with Leon Washington going down for the season.
Matt Forte    CHI 28 121 2 Great week for Forte.
Ray Rice    BAL 28 108 1 Rice continues to put up good numbers.
Chris Johnson    TEN 26 239 2 Huge week for Johnson.
Adrian Peterson    MIN 26 141 1  
Steven Jackson    STL 25 166 1  
Ryan Moats    HOU 25 151 3 Moats got the work this week in favor of Slaton. If you can pick him up, do it.
DeAngelo Williams    CAR 23 158 0  
Brandon Jacobs    NYG 22 107 0  
Joseph Addai    IND 22 66 0  
Justin Fargas    OAK 21 79 1 Good week for Fargas. McFadden is expected back soon, to further muddy the picture.
Michael Turner    ATL 20 151 1 Great week for Turner.
Kevin Smith    DET 20 94 0 Smith left early with another injury.
Frank Gore    SFO 18 134 1  
LaDainian Tomlinson    SDC 18 56 2 Yardage wasn't great, but LT owners will take the 2 TDs any day.
Julius Jones    SEA 17 88 0  
Jonathan Stewart    CAR 17 87 2 Carolina ran a ton, and Stewart had a good week.
Mike Bell    NOS 17 49 0  
Pierre Thomas    NOS 16 100 2  
Tim Hightower    ARI 16 96 1 Hightower again favored over Wells.
Jamal Lewis    CLE 16 69 0  
Maurice Morris    DET 15 82 0 Did very well in relief of Kevin Smith who left the game due to injury.
Marion Barber    DAL 15 51 1  
Correll Buckhalter    DEN 14 46 0  
LeSean McCoy    PHI 13 92 1 Got the work with Westbrook out while recovering from his concussion. Westbrook will likely be back this week.
Ryan Grant    GBP 13 51 0  
LenDale White    TEN 13 47 0  
Marshawn Lynch    BUF 12 49 0  
Knowshon Moreno    DEN 12 35 1  
Ronnie Brown    MIA 12 29 0 The Jets limited Brown and Ricky Williams this time around, but still lost.
Ricky Williams    MIA 10 68 0  
Maurice Jones-Drew    JAC 9 173 2 Get him the ball!
Felix Jones    DAL 9 69 0  
Michael Bush    OAK 9 41 0  
Chris Brown    HOU 9 29 0  
Fred Jackson    BUF 9 28 0  
Ahmad Bradshaw    NYG 9 21 1  
Leonard Weaver    PHI 8 75 1  
Chris Wells    ARI 8 47 0  
Shonn Greene    NYJ 8 18 0 Didn't impress in this game.

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