Fantasy Grumblings: 2008 RB Keeper League Chart...

By Tony Finn | Published 01/28/2008 | Fantasy Football , 2008 Fantasy Football Keeper Rankings , The Finn Factor | Unrated

Tony Finn

Managing Editor and Director of Operations for Sports Grumblings LLC, is nationally published covering the National Football League, Major League Baseball, College Football and has been a FSWA Writer of the Year finalist. Involved with Fantasy Sports since 1973, Tony has hosted radio and internet broadcasts that include the 'Dog and Tony Show' with NFL draft analyst D.J Boyer, 'Football Central', 'Finn on Sports', 'Gridiron Gamblers', and is the Senior NFL analyst for the PBS broadcast of "NFL Intellect".

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Tomlinson will dominate as the No. 1 overall in 2008 fantasy drafts...

LaDainian Tomlinson - Fantasy Football Keeper Rankings

The parameters of a fantasy keeper league are vast and in turn so is any column that outlines the value of specific players to protect in year-to-year formats. The variables considered in this position-by-position keeper chart is a combination of the following:

1) 2008 projected production
2) Long-term value
3) Durability
4) Offensive scheme
5) Competition at position

The following list of running backs is not a reflection of the Sports Grumblings world famous FFRS (Fantasy Forecast Ranking System). It's one man's opinion and an early forecast for the 2008 fantasy football season.

Rank	Running Backs	Team	Keeper Analysis
1	LaDainian Tomlinson	San Diego	Still unquestionably the best
2	Joseph Addai	Indianapolis	The Colts must run more in 2008
3	Larry Johnson	Kansas City	A half season of rest will do him wonders
4	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota	Barring a sophomore jinx… wow!
5	Brian Westbrook	Philadelphia	Continues to be 50% of a high octane O
6	Steven Jackson	St. Louis	Forget the the injury riddled 2007 in STL
7	Frank Gore	San Francisco	Mike Martz can only improve his value
8	Willie Parker	Pittsburgh	Is expected to be 100 percent for OTAs
9	Marshawn Lynch	Buffalo	My vote for ROY - huge upside in 2008
10	Willis McGahee	Baltimore	Question marks - New HC was a QB
11	Brandon Jacobs	New York Giants	Will only get better with a healthy Burress
12	Marion Barber	Dallas	His 250 touches will turn into 350 in '08
13	Laurence Maroney	New England
14	Reggie Bush	New Orleans
15	Clinton Portis	Washington
16	Ronnie Brown	Miami
17	Maurice Jones-Drew	Jacksonville
18	Earnest Graham	Tampa Bay
19	Ryan Grant	Green Bay
20	Michael Turner	San Diego
21	LenDale White	Tennessee
22	Thomas Jones	New York Jets
23	Jamal Lewis	Cleveland
24	DeAngelo Williams	Carolina
25	Rudi Johnson	Cincinnati
26	Shaun Alexander	Seattle
27	Kevin Jones	Detroit
28	Edgerrin James	Arizona
29	Cedric Benson	Chicago
30	Travis Henry	Denver
31	Justin Fargas	Oakland
32	Selvin Young	Denver
33	Deuce McAllister	New Orleans
34	Julius Jones	Dallas
35	Carnell Williams	Tampa Bay
36	Leon Washington	New York Jets
37	Jerious Norwood	Atlanta
39	Kenny Watson	Cincinnati
40	Chester Taylor	Minnesota
41	Fred Taylor	Jacksonville
42	Ahman Green	Houston
43	Dominic Rhodes	Oakland
44	Kenny Irons	Cincinnati
45	Michael Bush	Oakland
46	Brian Leonard	St. Louis
47	Derrick Ward	New York Giants
48	Tony Hunt	Philadelphia
49	Kenton Keith	Indianapolis
50	Ladell Betts	Washington
51	Adrian Peterson	Chicago
52	Warrick Dunn	Atlanta
53	Brandon Jackson	Green Bay
54	Maurice Morris	Seattle
55	DeShaun Foster	Carolina
56	Sammy Morris	New England
57	Kevin Faulk	New England
58	LaMont Jordan	Oakland
59	DeShawn Wynn	Green Bay
60	Garrett Wolfe	Chicago
61	Najeh Davenport	Pittsburgh
62	Tatum Bell	Detroit
63	Chris Perry	Cincinnati
64	Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia
65	Musa Smith	Baltimore
66	Jerome Harrison	Cleveland
67	J.J. Arrrington	Arizona
68	Jason Wright	Cleveland
69	Chris Brown	Tennessee
70	Jesse Chatman	Miami
71	Michael Bennett	Tampa Bay
72	Vernand Morency	Green Bay

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