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Week 1 RB Rankings, Start, Sit | 2020 Fantasy Football Rankings

Pat Mayo reveals his 2020 Week 1 RB rankings, starts, sits and streams for fantasy football.

Pat Mayo provides his 2020 Fantasy Football Week 1 Rankings Update along full a recap of the 2020 NFL Week 1 injuries, how those situations are going to play out, then goes into the Week 1 DraftKings ownership report and come of his favorites plays while looking at stat trends and using the FTN Fantasy Tools.

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Fantasy Football 2020 Week 1 RB Rankings (1/2 PPR)

Last updated September 13

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Likely to Play: Adrian Peterson (Just Signed in DET), Kenyan Drake (foot), D’Andre Swift (leg), Sony Michel (foot), Alvin Kamara (back), Chris Carson (leg), Justin Jackson (hamstring), David Montgomery (groin), Darrell Henderson (hamstring), Tevin Coleman (air quality)

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OUT: Miles Sanders (leg), Rashaad Penny (knee), Bo Scarbrough (injured reserve), Ryquell Armstead (COVID List), Damien Harris (finger/injured reserve), Devine Ozigbo (hamstring/injured reserve), Darrynton Evans (hamstring)

  1. Christian McCaffrey
  2. Dalvin Cook
  3. Ezekiel Elliott
  4. Saquon Barkley
  5. Derrick Henry
  6. Alvin Kamara
  7. Joe Mixon
  8. James Conner
  9. Josh Jacobs
  10. Kenyan Drake
  11. Aaron Jones
  12. Austin Ekeler
  13. Todd Gurley
  14. Nick Chubb
  15. Raheem Mostert
  16. Chris Carson
  17. Kareem Hunt
  18. Le’Veon Bell
  19. Boston Scott
  20. Mark Ingram (Guest Rank)
  21. Antonio Gibson
  22. Marlon Mack
  23. Melvin Gordon
  24. Cam Akers
  25. James Robinson
  26. Leonard Fournette
  27. Phillip Lindsay
  28. Chris Thompson
  29. Jordan Howard
  30. James White
  31. Jonathan Taylor
  32. Tarik Cohen
  33. David Montgomery
  34. Jordan Howard
  35. Devin Singletary
  36. Zach Moss
  37. JK Dobbins
  38. Matt Breida
  39. Kerryon Johnson
  40. Sony Michel
  41. Adrian Peterson
  42. Ronald Jones II
  43. Chase Edmonds
  44. Jerick McKinnon
  45. Darrell Henderson
  46. Corey Clement
  47. Alexander Mattison
  48. Carlos Hyde
  49. Justin Jackson
  50. Peyton Barber
  51. Cordarrelle Patterson
  52. Nyheim Hines
  53. Gio Bernard
  54. Tevin Coleman
  55. Sex Rex Burkhead
  56. Latavius Murray
  57. AJ Dillon
  58. D’Andre Swift
  59. JD McKissic
  60. Ryan Nall
  61. Malcolm Brown
  62. Frank Gore
  63. Gus Edwards
  64. Joshua Kelley
  65. Tony Pollard
  66. Royce Freeman
  67. Ke’Shawn Vaughn
  68. Ty Montgomery
  69. Jalen Richard
  70. Lynn Bowden
  71. Mike Davis
  72. Qadree Ollison
  73. Benny Snell
  74. Wayne Gallman
  75. Senorise Perry
  76. Dion Lewis
  77. Jamaal Williams
  78. Jalen Richard
  79. Justice Hill
  80. Ito Smith
  81. Jaylen Samuels
  82. Patrick Laird
  83. Trayveon Williams
  84. Jeff Wilson

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Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. (Subscribe for video or audio). Mayo (@ThePME) won the 2019 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and Podcast of the Year awards, along with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Best Video award, and is a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2019 (Best Podcast, Best Video, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year). His 17 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are third-most all-time. Mayo has been recognized across multiple sports (Football, Baseball & Golf), mediums (Video, Writing & Podcasting), genre (Humor), and game formats (Daily Fantasy and Traditional Season Long Fantasy). Beyond sports, Mayo covers everything from entertainment to pop culture to politics. If you have a fantasy question, general inquiry or snarky comment, ship it to Mayo at ThePatMayoExperience@gmail.com and the best will be addressed on the show.


I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is ThePME) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.