Analysis
Post-Draft Thoughts, Devy Takes, and Parting Words
May 08, 2024

Thanks a bunch.
Final Pre-Draft Rookie Rankings
Apr 25, 2024

An exercise in planned obsolescence.
Three Guys, pt. 2: Ali, Guerendo, and Milton
Apr 24, 2024

The number of the counting shall be three.
Three Guys, pt. 1: Laube, Tracy, and Watson
Apr 19, 2024

Three shall be the number thou shalt count.
MarShawn Lloyd: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Apr 13, 2024

You dig.
Dillon Johnson: Corn Flakes
Apr 12, 2024

Just add milk.
Audric Estime: Dancing Bear
Apr 08, 2024

He has the bare necessities.
Braelon Allen: Large and (maybe?) in Charge
Apr 06, 2024

In which we discuss B(eta)raelon A(lpha)llen.
Combined Rookie RB Tiers, 2022-2024
Mar 31, 2024

The best mash-up since Numb/Encore.
Will Shipley: Boring or Soaring?
Mar 29, 2024

Just don't be ignoring.
Kimani Vidal: Waste Management
Mar 25, 2024

It's a stereotype. And it's offensive.
Jonathon Brooks: Alpine Skiing
Mar 21, 2024

Shoutout to Picabo Street.
Ray Davis: All-Terrain Vehicle
Mar 17, 2024

Vroom, vroom.
Combine Thoughts, pt. 3: Some Other Guys
Mar 12, 2024

Let them fly.
Combine Thoughts, pt. 2: Five Big Names
Mar 09, 2024

Lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and buffalo.
Combine Thoughts, pt. 1: Bucky Irving
Mar 05, 2024

Now show the whole data set.
Pre-Combine Rookie Running Back Tiers
Mar 01, 2024

Tiers for your fears.
Jaylen Wright and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Feb 29, 2024

Come inside, it's fun inside.
2024 RB Class: Pass-Catching Primer
Feb 26, 2024

We’ll paint over it tomorrow.
Everything You (Never) Wanted to Know About Blake Corum and Meniscus Recovery
Feb 21, 2024

In which I (do not) give medical advice.
Frank Gore Jr: A Family Affair
Feb 19, 2024

Working out our daddy issues.
Emani Bailey: NFL-ish?
Feb 17, 2024

Just a little bit.
Audric Estime: How Now Brown Cow
Feb 12, 2024

Tryna make moves.
Trey Benson: The Specter of Willie Stargell
Feb 09, 2024

Swing for the fences.
Trey Benson: Pinball Wizard
Feb 08, 2024

He plays by sense of smell.
Blake Corum: Rushin' Green Beret
Feb 04, 2024

He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians.
Sniff-Testing the KeepTradeCut RB Rankings, pt. 4
Feb 01, 2024

A glow-up.
Sniff-Testing the KeepTradeCut RB Rankings, pt. 3
Jan 26, 2024

A premature coronation?
Sniff-Testing the KeepTradeCut RB Rankings, pt. 2
Jan 24, 2024

A glass half empty.
Sniff-Testing the KeepTradeCut RB Rankings, pt. 1
Jan 21, 2024

Inspecting Cinderella’s slipper.
Small School Primer
Jan 19, 2024

Diamonds in the rough.
101 Breakouts
Jan 14, 2024

Big dogs, little dogs, red dogs, blue dogs.
NFL Predictions Review and Lessons Learned
Jan 11, 2024

I regret nothing.
Darius Taylor is still good (and other lessons from CFB bowl season)
Jan 06, 2024

LeQuint Allen, on the other hand.
Damien Martinez: Raise the Roof
Jan 03, 2024

Should you be eager for this Beaver?
Jaydn Ott: Built Ford Tough
Dec 30, 2023

Vroom, vroom, etc.
Ashton Jeanty: Trump Card
Dec 28, 2023

A diamond in the rough with skill in spades.
Trevor Etienne is not a trashman
Dec 22, 2023

And his brudda's not a mudda.
Ollie Gordon: Year in Review
Dec 20, 2023

A look back to look forward.
The Best Running Backs in the Transfer Portal
Dec 15, 2023

Onto greener pastures.
End-of-Season CFB Awards: Power Five and the Doak Walker
Dec 13, 2023

The best of the best.
End-of-Season CFB Awards: Group of Five
Dec 11, 2023

Honoring our small school heroes.
Rookie Report
Dec 09, 2023

Who’s hot and who’s not?
We have a mess in Texas (and other lessons from championship weekend in CFB)
Dec 06, 2023

Look at this tangle of thorns.
Omarion Hampton: Schrodinger's RB1
Dec 03, 2023

Will he or won’t he?
Kyren Williams and Mackinaw Peaches
Dec 01, 2023

It’s like having a circus in your mouth.
Abu Sama is good (and other lessons from week thirteen in CFB)
Nov 29, 2023

A snow game that would make LeSean McCoy proud.
Revamped Devy Rankings
Nov 25, 2023

How refreshing.
It's time to talk about Quinshon Judkins (and other lessons from week twelve in CFB)
Nov 22, 2023

Sit down, son.
Check-in with the Freshmen
Nov 17, 2023

Don’t be a noob when it comes to these noobs.
Brutal news for Jonathon Brooks (and other news from week eleven in CFB)
Nov 15, 2023

They say these are the golden years but I wish I could disappear.
MarShawn Lloyd: Booming or Busting?
Nov 11, 2023

If Young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gon’ shoot you.
Kyle Monangai is not playing around (and other lessons from week ten in CFB)
Nov 08, 2023

He’s not playing a triangle, either.
Is Blake Corum Back?
Nov 03, 2023

Like a bad penny.
TreVeyon Henderson is here to save the day (and other lessons from week nine in CFB)
Nov 01, 2023

My hero.
(Almost) Midseason Rushing Efficiency Check-in
Oct 28, 2023

Your favorite player is bad.
Braelon Allen is inevitable (and other lessons from week eight in CFB)
Oct 25, 2023

Like the cold, meaningless death of the universe.
How does the 2024 RB class stack up to 2023, 2022, and 2021?
Oct 21, 2023

Projections and historical context, what a thrill.
Zach Evans can’t be good, right?
Oct 19, 2023

Definitely not.
Ollie Gordon could be better than Chuba Hubbard (and other lessons from week seven in CFB)
Oct 18, 2023

The oxen are free.
Is DJ Giddens the best running back in Kansas?
Oct 14, 2023

Devin Neal is shaking in his boots.
Travis Etienne: Coming to Jesus
Oct 12, 2023

Forgive me, for I have sinned.
Don't forget about Devin Neal (and other lessons from week six in CFB)
Oct 11, 2023

Takes from the halfway point of the season.
Wake up, babe, the best dynasty running back rankings on the planet just dropped
Oct 07, 2023

A revamped process and some trade targets, what more could a fella ask for?
TNF Player Props: Week 5 Locks
Oct 05, 2023

Lock the Casbah.
Jonathon Brooks is not just Bijan's old waterboy (and other lessons from week five in CFB)
Oct 04, 2023

He’s a delivery boy.
Stop freaking out about Jahmyr Gibbs
Sep 30, 2023

Breathe.
TNF Player Props: Week 4 Locks
Sep 28, 2023

Feeling like John with all these lockes.
Ashton Jeanty could be the best Boise State running back ever (and other lessons from week four in CFB)
Sep 27, 2023

Step aside, Brock Forsey.
TNF Player Props: Week 3 Locks
Sep 21, 2023

Looking like Scotland with all these lochs.
Kaytron Allen deserves your respect (and other lessons from week three in CFB)
Sep 20, 2023

Wake up.
TNF Player Props: Week 2 Locks
Sep 14, 2023

Back like a brassiere hook.
Audric Estime is a grown man (and other lessons from week two in CFB)
Sep 13, 2023

I always thought, ok, hunchback of Notre Dame, then you got your quarterback and your halfback of Notre Dame.
PrizePicks x TNF: Week 1 Locks
Sep 07, 2023

Back at it (for now).
MarShawn Lloyd is for real (and other lessons from week one in CFB)
Sep 05, 2023

Notes on every running back you care about and several that you don't.
Bucky Irving: A Puncher's Chance
Sep 03, 2023

Is Bucky plucky?
Final Preseason Dynasty Rankings and Predictions
Aug 31, 2023

Send 'em in.
Isaiah Davis: Jackrabbit HIMs?
Aug 29, 2023

You never can tell.
2024 RB Class Rankings: Final Preseason Edition
Aug 27, 2023

A moment in time.
James Cook: Chris Thompson Redux
Aug 15, 2023

It’s happening again except maybe better or maybe worse this time.
Jase McClellan: Ho-Hum or RBU Alum?
Aug 08, 2023

Will McClellan gain a latte yards in the NFL or is he just a Glen Coffee?
Dolphins Backfield: Distributing Work
Aug 06, 2023

You get a carry, you get a carry, you get a carry!
Donovan Edwards: Second Banana?
Aug 01, 2023

Peel then eat.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Year Two RBs
Jul 30, 2023

Because that last bench spot is precious.
2023 Redraft Rankings: RB2s
Jul 27, 2023

At least a dozen more takes are in this article.
Carson Steele: Gap in the Resume
Jul 25, 2023

Can the Fabio of football steal your heart?
Thunderdome, ep 4: Three Saints
Jul 23, 2023

In which they come marching in.
2023 Redraft Running Back Rankings, v1.0
Jul 20, 2023

There are at least a dozen takes in this article.
Miyan Williams: Film Snobbery
Jul 18, 2023

A young running back's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Columbus, Ohio.
Austin Ekeler: Situationship?
Jul 16, 2023

A case built on circumstantial evidence.
Rhamondre Stevenson: Give and Take
Jul 13, 2023

More of this and less of that.
Braelon Allen: Red-Pilled
Jul 11, 2023

Free your mind.
Cam Akers: It's Happening
Jul 09, 2023

But what is it?
TreVeyon Henderson: Exposure Therapy
Jul 06, 2023

Touch it.
Thunderdome, ep. 3: Brian Robinson vs. Antonio Gibson
Jul 04, 2023

Bust a deal, face the wheel.
Washed Watch
Jul 02, 2023

Like Joel and Ellie traversing a dilapidated subway station, we're keeping tabs on deteriorating runners.
Quinshon Judkins: Grading on a Curve
Jun 27, 2023

He's got 'em in all the right places.
Is Najee Harris Just Bad?
Jun 25, 2023

A treatise on excuse-making.
Jonathan Taylor: The Konami Effect
Jun 20, 2023

up up down down left right left right B A
Dameon Pierce: Hold the Line
Jun 18, 2023

Love isn't always on time.
Alexander Mattison: Uncharted Territory
Jun 15, 2023

Here there be question marks.
Nick Singleton: Baby Steps
Jun 13, 2023

Is Raheim Sanders still his daddy?
Rachaad White: Weighing Sins and Forgiveness
Jun 11, 2023

On my Libra scale.
Tony Pollard: More is Less?
Jun 06, 2023

Leveraging the inverse of platitudes stated as questions.
Miyan Williams: Dameon Pierce Redux
Jun 04, 2023

Lightly used fire hydrants.
J.K. Dobbins: Now or Never
May 31, 2023

Not tomorrow and not yesterday.
Nick Chubb: Stars Aligning
May 28, 2023

This is the year, I swear.
Marshawn Lloyd: To The Moon
May 23, 2023

It's good to be in something from the ground floor.
Tank Bigsby: Just a Friend
May 21, 2023

Blah blah blah.
Samaje Perine: Easy Button
May 16, 2023

That was easy.
Blake Corum: System Running Back?
May 14, 2023

How many more records can his records break?
Bearish or Bullish in Chicago?
May 11, 2023

The battle between beast and bovine has begun: which big-bodied brute will best its brethren?
Thunderdome, ep. 2: Kenneth Walker vs. Zach Charbonnet
May 09, 2023

In which we tell the tell of Captain Walker and the Pox-eclipse.
Raheim Sanders: The Case at RB1
May 07, 2023

Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
Thunderdome, ep. 1: Rashaad Penny vs. D'Andre Swift
May 04, 2023

Welcome to Barter Town.
Jahmyr Gibbs: Evolutionary Steps
May 02, 2023

Bipedal locomotion for a bimodal running back.
Bijan Robinson: A Dirty Bird
Apr 30, 2023

William Andrews, Jamal Anderson, Michael Turner, Devonta Freeman, and now Bijan Robinson.
Pre-Draft Rankings
Apr 27, 2023

Get your screenshots b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶l̶e̶ while they’re hot.
Roschon Johnson: Hobbit Hole
Apr 25, 2023

Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the end of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing to sit down on or eat.
The Other Guys
Apr 23, 2023

I don’t want no scrub.
Tank Bigsby: Cockeyed Optimism
Apr 20, 2023

Don’t get mixed up in the high-stakes game of world diplomacy and international intrigue.
Jahmyr Gibbs: Running for Precedent
Apr 18, 2023

one rookie pick = one vote = one respek
Eric Gray: Sins of Omission
Apr 16, 2023

Forgive me for the things I have (not) done.
Eric Gray: Procrastinated Work
Apr 13, 2023

Late bloomers unite.
Tyjae Spears: Little Green Giant
Apr 11, 2023

Fee-fi-fo-fum, can Tyjae catch as well as he can run?
Aiden Borguet: Galaxy Braining
Apr 09, 2023

I implore you to give the plucky, Ivy League underdog a chance.
Tyjae Spears: Film Don't Lie
Apr 06, 2023

George Washington being unable to tell a lie is not as admirable as film simply resisting the temptation.
Tyjae Spears: An Unsolved Equation
Apr 04, 2023

In which the bread crumbs lead to more bread crumbs.
Chris Rodriguez: Not Benny Snell
Apr 02, 2023

Don't hate on Kentucky just because Snell has been yucky.
Bijan Robinson: Oxymoronic Upside
Mar 30, 2023

Let's hear your silent screams for this awfully good running back prospect.
Khalan Laborn: A Name to Know?
Mar 28, 2023

Danny Woodhead, Devontae Booker, or Joe Williams: where does the classic riches to rags story end?
Deuce Vaughn: Pooka Plus
Mar 26, 2023

Deuce Vaughn is like Pooka Williams with a full deck of appendages.
Zach Charbonnet: Checking Boxes
Mar 23, 2023

In which the UCLA Bruin examines cubes.
Roschon Johnson: Second Banana
Mar 21, 2023

When life gives you mush and bruises, make bread.
Sean Tucker: Uphill Both Ways
Mar 19, 2023

Come hear the story of how hard it was for Sean Tucker to walk back-and-forth to school every day.
Zach Evans: Spreading the Gospel
Mar 16, 2023

They hated Jesus because he told them the truth.
Chase Brown: A Mystery Wrapped in a Riddle (pt. 2)
Mar 14, 2023

In which we let the film tip the scales.
Chase Brown: A Mystery Wrapped in a Riddle (pt. 1)
Mar 12, 2023

More like Chase Guevara after that revolutionary showing at the Combine, amirite?
Deneric Prince: An Introduction
Mar 09, 2023

Deneric Prince has not been generic since his spectacular Combine performance.
Kendre Miller: Holey Matrimony
Mar 07, 2023

Do you, film, take analytics to be your lawfully wedded wife?
2023 Rookie Class: Pre-Combine Awards
Mar 04, 2023

Cutest Couple: Deuce Vaughn
Devon Achane: The Second Coming
Mar 02, 2023

This guy practically has no refractory period.
Evan Hull: Minnesota Nice
Feb 28, 2023

He may be a midwestern boy, but don't say he's mid.
Tiyon Evans and the Peter Principle
Feb 25, 2023

Rise to the occasion or rise to your level of incompetence: we all deserve a chance.
Israel Abanikanda: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Feb 23, 2023

In a dawg eat dog world, might Izzy be more glizzy?
Kendre Miller: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships
Feb 21, 2023

In which beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
DeWayne McBride: In Defense of a Small School Hero
Feb 18, 2023

Put a blazer on this Blazer, because DeWayne McBride means business.
Zach Evans: Mythbusting
Feb 16, 2023

Zach Evans is like Satanism in the 1980s: not as bad as the Boomers think. Stop the hysteria.
Bijan Robinson and the Pedantry of "Pure" Running
Feb 14, 2023

This April, we will gather in the presence of God and these witnesses to join Bijan Robinson and [team to be named later] in holy matrimony -- but will it be a white wedding?
Zach Evans: A Production Problem
Feb 11, 2023

What to make of a 5-star talent with a 2-star resumé?
Devon Achane: Light Work (pt. 2)
Feb 09, 2023

A film-centric examination of the diminutive dynamo's fitness for a legitimate, high-volume role in an NFL backfield.
Devon Achane: Light Work (pt. 1)
Feb 06, 2023

A film-centric examination of the diminutive dynamo's fitness for a legitimate, high-volume role in an NFL backfield.
Jahmyr Gibbs as Alvin Kamara, or Not
Feb 06, 2023

When it swims and quacks like a duck but isn't.
Tank Bigsby: Fall From Grace
Feb 06, 2023

Making sense of a diaper dandy who got too big for his britches.
Zach Charbonnet: Three-Down Back?
Feb 06, 2023

220-pound all-purpose backs are oases in the desert of the dynasty landscape, but are Charbonnet's bona fides mere mirage?