We asked our readers at FFSpin.com to tell us whether or not Arian Foster had cracked the ranks of the elite. The answer was that Foster had not only cracked the rankings, but that he was the top fantasy football running back entering 2011.
The poll question:Arian Foster is posting elite numbers which begs the question; is Foster among the elite? How do you rank Foster right now for the 2011 draft?
The poll results... We found it interesting that Steelers 10 Santonio Holmes jersey
voters generally thought Foster was either number on, ahead of both Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, or the third best back behind both of them. Only 18% of voters thought that Foster was the number two back. It will come as a surprise to some that of the votes for Foster as the number two back, more voters favored Peterson as the lone back ahead of Foster than Johnson. Let's take a look at why the voting went the way have gone the way it did and try to come to a conclusion as to who should be the top ranked fantasy football running back entering 2011. Here are the current stats for each player;
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Last season, Chris Johnson amassed a staggering 2,509 total yards. He made it look easy, averaging 5.6 ypc and finding the end zone 16 times. This year has been a different story. Running room has been much harder to find for Chris Johnson, who ranks just seventh among running backs in fantasy points on the season. Quarterback instability has been a factor and his offensive line,ranked 17th by Yahooentering the season, has not done him any favors. Johnson has been stuffed at or behind the line of scrimmage on 25% of 4 Brett Favre Purple jersey
his carries, only Seattle and Detroit have worse run blocking efficiencies.
The Titans have struggled to develop any other weapons. Kenny Britt has been brilliant at times, but just as he was maturing and beginning to realize his huge potential he suffered an injury which has sidelined him since week 8. Randy Moss has been a non-factor and the complimentary players in Tennessee are blatantly average. Defenses are essentially preparing to stop Chris Johnson and daring the Titans to find a way, any other way, to beat them.
Chris Johnson is the smallest of the three backs we are examining and his 408 total touches from a year ago may also enter the equation. We have seen time and time again that running backs on the receiving end of 400 plus touches see diminishing returns the following season. As an undrafted free agent who was not given much of a shot in his rookie season, Arian Foster has comparatively little mileage on his legs. The 6’1, 227 lb rusher’s professional touches add it up to a grand total of 358. Contrast that number with Chris Johnson's total of 967 touches over his three year career and Adrian Peterson's workload of 1,264 combined carries and catches and you can see how he may be less banged up. Hits from the massive, stellar athletes that man NFL defenses have a cumulative effect.
Adrian Peterson's offensive line has not been as strong as the front men of the Houston Texans, but they have provided more push that the group in Tennessee. In 2009, the Vikings were surprisingly ineffective at run blocking, finishing twentieth in rush blocking efficiency. Steelers 10 Santonio Holmes jersey
FootballOutsiders.com maintains a very interesting, and revealing stat, calledAdjusted Line Yardswhich assigns responsibility to the offensive line based on a proprietary formula which weights runs by different yardage "buckets". According to their stats, Peterson's offensive line is better than average at number twelve overall on the season, but not close to the Texans big men who come in at number three. Chris Johnson labors behind a group that pulls up the read at thirty.
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