Before I unveil these very early rankings, let me say a few words. First of all, these are subject to change greatly over the next 4 weeks as I do some research, watch preseason etc. Second, you may feel like there are some obvious omissions here, thats because i'm basing this more on risk (or lack there of) than potential. What that means is that I may rank a guy like jamal lewis who sucks but will get a lot of carries ahead of someone like jerious norwood who would produce at a much higher clip if he gets a lot of carries, but we don't know that he will. You might wonder why Cedric Benson is somewhat low consider I wrote the other day that he could go for 1500 yards. Well, he could also be a total flop - and I'm not willing to take that risk as a fantasy owner picking in the top 10. In the 10-20 range, I'm more willing. I rank down someone down like Fred Taylor or Warrick Dunn who is an aging injury concern. Given the statement I just made, you may wonder why Shaun Alexander is so high. That's a topic for another column, so i'll go ahead and let these rankings rip roar their way down the page.
1. LT
2. Steven Jackson
3. Frank Gore
4. Willie Parker
5. Shaun Alexander
6. Reggie Bush
7. Larry Johnson
8. Brian Westbrook
9. Travis Henry
10. Joseph Addai
11. Clinton Portis
12. Rudi Johnson
13. Edgerrin James
14. Cedric Benson
15. Laurence Maroney
16. Thomas Jones
17. Willis McGahee
18. Ronnie Brown
19. Deuce Mcallister
20. Chester Taylor
21. Brandon Jacobs
22. Maurice Jones-Drew
23. Marion Barber III
24. Jamal Lewis
25. Marshawn Lynch
26. Tatum Bell
27. ladell betts
28. Adrian Peterson
29. Fred Taylor
30. Jerious Norwood
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