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FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

Week 12 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings & Tiers: Studs, Sleepers, and Must-Starts (Ep. 1854)

FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

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Fantasy Sports, Sports

4.810.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chris Welsh, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Andrew Erickson are breaking down Week 12’s biggest running back ranking differences, engaging in debates, and highlighting the expert consensus for Week 12 Don't miss our deep-dive into this week's rankings, must-start options, and value plays to dominate your fantasy matchup!

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.0

Hello, friends, and welcome into fantasy pros.

0:06.9

This is the fantasy football podcast.

0:08.8

Week 12 running back ranks.

0:11.0

I'm Chris Welsh.

0:11.6

We got Pat Fitzmorest and Andrew Erickson.

0:13.5

We're going to be going through the top 36 running backs where worst starts are.

0:18.4

What disgusting things are we going to be dealing with, how bad does

0:22.0

that flex running back range look, especially compared to what we did on our wide receiver show?

0:26.9

We'll talk about all of that, tiers and more, using Fantasy Pro's ranks on the website,

0:31.3

using ECR. Mr. Fidsey, what's up with running backs in your world?

0:36.7

Oh man, it sure looks better than the wide

0:38.6

receiver position this week, Welsh. I think we're counting on running backs to carry the day

0:43.8

this week because the wide receiver position could not be any more, any less appealing than it

0:49.5

is this week. Erickson, if obviously no, Bucky, how high are you obligated to put Sean Tucker this week after

0:57.5

his performance?

0:58.4

What is the obligation of how high he should go?

1:01.0

He is going to be talked about in this show, but the ECR does not represent what he did last

1:06.0

week.

1:06.3

No, but the ECR is trying to capture looking ahead, not necessarily just regurgitating what happened last week, because last week the optics were much better for Sean Tucker, played the Buffalo Bills, worst run defense in the NFL this week.

1:18.4

Is he even the starting running back for his team? Is he the RB3 on his team? So a lot to unpack with that buck's back field. But I would say just generally speaking, this does feel like a

1:28.8

flex running back week. Wait, the bills are the worst run defense in the NFL. I think the Bengals

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