 Now y'all know me, I'm not one of those Ravens fans that feel like every single Raven has to be ranked at the top five or number one at every single position. But to put JK Dobbins at 26, and you even got a rookie running back who never even touched an NFL football yet, ahead of him? BFF, we gotta do better, man. Don't get mad, it's just what it is, we talkin' sport shot, I think Gravin' been, feels like a dream. So YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is they're in Gravin' here with another video. And in this video, we are here to talk about a list. And y'all know me, I hate making lists, I hate creating lists. I hate when people say, hey, in Gravin' who's your top five, who's your top 10, this and that. But I love going over other people's lists. And this list was created by PFF to list their top 32 running backs heading into the 2021 and 22 NFL season. Before we get into this, I love y'all team, keep it clean. 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JK Dobbins ranked the 26th running back heading into this upcoming season. And let's look at how they ranked him, why they ranked him 26th. It is tough to separate the performance of running the running back from the boost that he gets playing with a Baltimore Ravens offense that has quarterback Lamar Jackson distorting their opportunities. But JK Dobbins was extremely impressive and limited carries in his first year. 22 of his 153 carries went for at least 10 yards. That's crazy. I didn't even know that. That's that's a lot. So I just I don't understand. 26 was going to go through this list. But first, let's let's even see what Sarah Ellison had to say because he chimed in. Shout out to Sarah Ellison, by the way. She said he led all running backs in yards per carry. Now, he certainly did. And that's a beautiful thing. Average in six yards to carry. Now, we know that he wasn't a starter the entire season. He did get some nice plays here and there at the beginning of the season. We remember when a lot of us, especially myself was very frustrated because Ravens were trying to feed everybody. They were trying to keep everybody happy because they had Mark Ingram. They had JK. They had Gus Edwards. They will run all three of them. And when you saw JK come in, he will be hot. And then it'll be like, oh, nope. Time to feed all the guys. So that took away from his opportunities. But later on down the road, they just limited to JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards and shout out to Gus Edwards, too. But I know since it's only being 32 running backs, they ranking it by team. So they chose to go with JK over Gus. That's debatable, too. But you can understand. But anyway, he is number three among rookies in Russian yards. So he got the third most Russian yards by any rookie running back last year. OK, cool. And oh, he got 805 Russian yards. And that limited action that he was in, that's crazy when you think about it. That's he almost got a thousand yards. And he was sharing. Think about that. Think about how significant that is. He got 800 yards over 800 yards and he shared carries with Mark Ingram with Gus Edwards and with Lamar Jackson. He shared carries with all of those guys and still got over 800 yards. That's insane. And he had nine touchdowns. But anyway, I just 26. 26 for him to have been able to do that, especially with the shape and condition that the offensive line was in all year, all year, both before and after injuries. The offensive line was rough. So for 26, you know what? Let's look at the other people that are on this list. Because I don't know when we're going to look at the people before him and after him, of course, because it's ranking 32 running backs. So number one is Derek Henry from the Tennessee Titans. Okay, I can understand that. And they said, we debate how much running backs can truly outperform the environment, but nobody has done that more than Henry over the past two seasons. Henry has 2,758 yards after contact since the start of the 2019 season, almost 1000 more than any other back that span. Derek Henry being number one, that's fine. I got no complaints there. I got no arguments there whatsoever. Derek Henry is that dude at running back. And for this guy, you got to respect his game. But so because for this guy to amass over 2000 yards in this day, 2000 Russian yards in this day and age of football, that's insane. You got to give credit where credit is due for him to have done that. And what was that two years ago? Because I don't think he did it last year. I don't even remember, but for him to have done that and for him to amass just the yards that he gets. Got to give credit where credit is due. Derek Henry being number one, I got no problem with it at all. Number two, Dalvin Cook. Who just so happens to train with JK Dobbins? Dalvin Cook is nice too. He's nice. And the thing about him last year, he seemed to be getting healthier and staying healthier. That's the only knock on Dalvin Cook. It has been the health. He stays healthy. He easily one of the best runner backs in the league. So I got no problem with that one of you. Number three, Christian McCaffrey. Now obviously last year he played like either three or five games. So he missed the big chunk of the year. So this is again, this is for heading into the 2021-2022 season. So this is a projection. And with Christian McCaffrey with everything that he's done as a running back. He's running back. He's a receiver. He's a slot guy. He's all of that stuff. So that's cool. This is based off of what he's done before. Obviously went healthy and what they expect him to do. No problem with that either. Nick Chubb. Number four, he's another do-it-all type of back. He catches passes out of the backfield. He's a physical guy. He could break away big runs. He's nice. And us Ravens fans are very familiar with Nick Chubb. We see him two times a year. Number five, Alvin Kamara. Another very complete back versus tile back. And you know in that, that Saints offense, we'll see how it changes with Jameson. I was about to say Jameson Hensley with James Winston taking over for Drew Brees. Even though they said there's going to be a competition between him and Taysom Hill, but it's not going to be a competition between him and Taysom Hill. With James Winston taking over, we'll see if they still are past happy. I mean, we know Jameson Winston loves to pass that ball. But with Alvin Kamara, the running backs there, they eat a lot because they got to catch a lot of passes. If you're going to be running back for the New Orleans Saints, you got to be able to catch that ball. But Alvin Kamara being up there, no problem. Aaron Jones from the Packers. He has been certainly breaking out over these past couple of years. Last year was no different. He did his thing. He's the full-time starter. He is that guy. And it was a bit of a scare for Packers fans because they thought they were going to lose Aaron Jones. They thought he was gone. But he ended up resigning with them. Now, with their quarterback resigning, that's the real question. But this ain't the video for that. Number seven, Saquon Barkley from the New York Giants. Of course, he got injured last year, missed the majority of the year. But again, this is based off of projections. Saquon Barkley is nice with it. He's a beast. Just everything. So, okay, cool. That's fine. Now, here's where it starts to get a little bit shaky for me. Moving forward. This is where it really gets shaky because you think about it, the Ravens. We know, like, how can a Ravens team, a Ravens team that runs the ball so much, these dudes do nothing but run the ball? Again, like I always say, running is their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth option. Passing is like sixth and seventh. You know what? Passing is just sixth. Going back to the run is the seventh option. So, how can a team that runs the ball so much and so effectively, too, how can they not have either one of their top two running backs on this list? Even J.K. Dobbins, because we know we saw J.K. Dobbins last year, especially toward the end of the year, he became the starter. And we all knew once they drafted J.K. Dobbins in the second round, we knew that he was going to eventually be the starter. I remember even saying that last year before the season started, and the question from subscriber video, I expected him to be starting by the end of the year. And that's exactly what happened with J.K. Dobbins. He ended up starting by the end of the year. So, like, in a Ravens team that runs the ball so much, how could there, none of their running backs, especially after what they did last year, even what J.K. Dobbins did last year as a rookie, as a rookie in limited playing time, how can he not even be in the top 10 on a team that you know is going to run the ball and they're going to run the ball successfully? Anyway, like I said, this is where the list all getting a little bit shaky for me. Number eight, Chris Carson from the Seattle Seahawks. Ain't bad, but I mean, as far as projections, what we are projecting for the 2021-2022 season. Okay. Number nine, Josh Jacob from the Raiders. I like him. Very physical guy, physical running back. Love him in the red zone, too. But projections, he's projected over a J.K. Dobbins. I don't know about that one, baby. Number 10, a backup running back Kareem Hunt for the Cleveland Browns. See, this is where it definitely gets loopy. You put Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt both in the top 10. The Brown Starter and their backup running back, both ahead of the Ravens potential starter in J.K. Dobbins. Nick Chubb, okay, cool. But Kareem Hunt, too, what? Yeah, no. Austin Eckler from the Chargers. He's cool. I like him. I believe he was an undrafted rookie free agent and he's obviously made it. But still, mm-mm. 12, Ezekiel Elliott from the Cowboys. Based off of his history, not based off of Lassie who's a little bit rough on him, but he's still nice. And that Cowboys offensive line, they got to get some guys back. They got to get some guys healthy. But this one is debatable. Ezekiel Elliott is debatable. Because maybe they feel like with Dak Prescott, he'll open up the game for Ezekiel Elliott because they obviously didn't have Dak Prescott last year because he was hurt. But now Dak Prescott coming back, they'll be able to throw the ball that much more and that much more, that much better. So the running game should benefit because of that. So Ezekiel Elliott, okay. Number 13, David Montgomery from the Bears. Nice. Nice. But again, this goes back to what I'm saying. The Ravens run the ball so well and so effectively. How could you not have a JKDouble? Number 14, Joe Mixon from the Bengals. Mixon is bad, man. He is a bad dude. Bad in a good way. He is nice. Nice running back. He is part of the heart of that Bengals team. But just based off of what he did alone to the Baltimore Ravens last year, basically really what he didn't do to them. You got to put JKDouble. Moving on. Antonio Gibson from the Washington football team. Boy, he tore the Ravens up last year. I know this is not just based off of, I'm just thinking about these guys since the Ravens played them. But he's nice. And what I think is the best attribute about Antonio Gibson is him catching passes out of the backfield. Him on those screens. He is mean with them screens. But you, he's above JK too. I'm going to go with a no. Jonathan Taylor, again. Nice. He's nice. He is a rookie last year. Did his thing, man. And he led the league. Well, yeah, led the league as far as a rookie in rush yards. Nice. He's on a really good team. So that one, that's debatable too. But again, I look back to the way the Ravens run the pole. So, but that was debatable. Melvin Gordon from the Broncos. Melvin Gordon from the Broncos at 17. So he's what nine spots ahead of James Robinson from the Jacksonville Jaguars. Super underrated guy. Super underrated guy. Obviously, Trevor Lawrence, I could see how they could rank him against a higher than JK Dobbins only because of expectation because a rookie running back. I mean, excuse me, a rookie quarterback. You're going to want to ease him in. I mean, he's going to be the starter from week one. So he's not going to be eased in. But the way that you play a rookie quarterback, depending on your team there, you're going to want to throw him in the fire. But at the same time, you want that running back to take pressure off of him. So they have James Robinson. They drafted Travis Etienne. I forgot how to say his last name, my apologies. But and they said they plan them at wide receiver too. So he's going to be really a weapon. But I so I can understand this. So he's going to help take pressure off of Trevor Lawrence. So I would expect him to have a big workload, a significant workload. So that that was fine. Number 19, Miles Sanders from the Eagles. He was cool. He was cool. He even broke a long one on Baltimore Raven. So they got first hand experience. But whether it's going to be Joe Flacco or Jalen Hertz, he's going to have a significant workload. He will. But again, this one right here. Number 20, Najay Harris. This guy has not played an NFL snap. And I know that he was the best running back in college football last year to do. He loves hurtling over people. That's his specialty. So you know when Madden 22 comes out, his X factor is going to be hurtling people. That's what it's going to be. But for you to project for a team like this is where you really know. I mean, we already told you had a list was kind of cookie a little while back, but this is where you definitely know it's like what a team that never ran the ball in the Pittsburgh Steelers. You all of a sudden project this running back who hasn't touched the NFL football yet. You project him to be a better running back, have a better season than a team that runs the ball like nobody else runs the ball on a team that really upgraded their offensive line on a team that even if they didn't upgrade the offensive line, you know they were still going to run the ball. And you project this. This guy, Najay Harris to have a better season or be a better running back than a guy who's playing in the NFL has an NFL experience and is on a team that has broken all sorts of Russian records. Yeah, no number 21 Tony Paula from the Dallas Cowboys. So you even ranked up back up running back again. Another backup. Another backup running back over Jake. He also don't talk about number 22 Devin Singletary from the Beals. I like him, man. I like him. He's a little troublemaker, man. He's trouble. He's low to the ground, but he fast. Have that boy can go. I didn't even know they had him on the list too. Travis Etienne from the Jaguar. I didn't even know he was on his list. I didn't even know he was on this list. Wow. I thought Najay Harris was the only rookie that was on this list. You really put him on the list too. Oh, boy, you're a chipper, man. Boy, I know they trolling with this one, man. They got it. There's nothing else that could possibly explain any of it. There ain't nothing but a troll now, man. 24, Givante Williams in front of Denver Broncos. I honestly do not know anything about his game. Oh, he's a rookie. Well, let me read that description. 76 broken tackles on just 157 carries. This past season was by far the highest rate of any back we have recorded over a single season of college. So he's another rookie. And over JK, PFF, man. What? That's why I know nothing about his game because he just from college. Number 25, Ronald Jones from the Bucks. Ronald Jones is cool. He's like a super quiet running bag, man. You don't really hear much about him, but I'm sure Bucks fans know about him, but still. And then, of course, 26 is JK Dobbins. Then after him, 27, Naim Hines, also from the Colts. He was a backup guy, but I think he was their punt return or kick return or one of those two. But he got significant playing time. But him being behind JK, I think this is the first backup that they actually put behind JK Dobbins. That makes sense. Number 28, Clyde Edwards Ilea. We know him. A lot of Chiefs fans, a lot of NFL people didn't really like this pick for them a couple of years ago. And I thought he did pretty good. Was he ready to be that guy at the running bag for the Chiefs? Maybe, maybe not, but he still made some plays in. He's a very, very, he's a very strong runner, very, very strong runner. You will look at him and look at his size and be like, okay, maybe he's a speedback. He could probably catch some passes out of the backfield, but he ain't breaking all tackler. No, this dude be carrying piles, man. But him being on the Chiefs, that's going to take away from his running because they throw that ball everywhere, at least when they got an offensive line. Number 29, James White from the Patriots. Yeah, he always catching passes out of the backfield. That's his thing. He is the true scrapback, but he's nice, man. For what Patriots do their system? He is perfect for it. Number 30, Chase Evans from the Cardinals. Number 31, oh, I was about to say Kenyan Drake from the Cardinals. I forgot that he left and now he's on the Raiders. So, okay. So 31 Kenyan Drake from the Raiders and then 32 Mark Ingram from the Texans. See, okay, now it's not even just about J.K. Dobbins. This has become about Gus Edwards too because I didn't know, when I first saw this list yesterday I glanced through some of it. I didn't look at, give a detailed look at the entire thing until just now. So I was thinking, okay, they're ranking the top 32 backs heading into 2021-2022 season. So I'm thinking, okay, they're going to pick one running back from every team, but no. They pick two running backs from the Raiders, two running backs from the Colts, two running backs from the Cardinals. They even picked Mark Ingram. We love Mark Ingram. We love him. You know what we do, especially as Ravens fans, no Saints fans still always going to have love for him too. Love Mark Ingram. But to rank him above Gus Edwards, to rank, actually a lot of these guys, especially in the back half above Gus Edwards. Are they crazy? That, mm-mm, what? To Mark Ingram. That like, they, because I really thought that it was not going to be any double dipping on this list. I really didn't. Because again, if 32 people, so automatically 32 running backs, you think, oh, I think 32 teams, but no, they did a lot of double dipping. So for you to have a lot of these guys, again, especially in the back half over Gus, but I mean, it makes sense because you have JK Dobbins at 26. So your list is already kerflunkled. And that's not even a word, but this ain't even a list. So the list is already kerflunkled. So it should not be a surprise to anybody that Gus Edwards isn't on here because the list is what the list is. And it's just a big yikes all around. But these lists are fun because they continue to give the players plenty of opportunities to prove them wrong. So just like PFF is when it comes to their mind, when they made this list, I'm out.