Fantasy football rankings: Updated running back tiers

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The backbone of every great fantasy football championship team is the running back position. Whether it is a commitment to taking back-to-back running backs in the first two rounds that has gotten so popular or getting lucky on some sleeper picks, the running back is the star of the show. With just three weeks until training camps, fantasy drafts are getting started, so we've updated our running back tier lists for PPR leagues.

Tier 1 - These five backs are likely to take up half of the first 10 picks of your fantasy draft. They are all guys capable of massive performances and are all on teams that feature them as doing all the heavy lifting on their respective offenses.​

Bijan Robinson - Atlanta Falcons

Jahmyr Gibbs - Detroit Lions

Christian McCaffrey - San Francisco 49ers

Jonathan Taylor - Indianapolis Colts

De'Von Achane - Miami Dolphins

Tier 2 - This team is the group that will do most of the heavy lifting for your team with solid, consistent performances, with the occasional big game sprinkled in for good measure. These backs land in Tier 2 because there is at least one other offensive star on their team to take opportunities.​

James Cook - Buffalo Bills

Saquon Barkley - Philadelphia Eagles

Ashton Jeanty - Las Vegas Raiders

Derrick Henry - Baltimore Ravens

Omarion Hampton - Los Angeles Chargers

Kenneth Walker III - Kansas City Chiefs

Tier 3 - There are still some solid starters here, but they aren't the backs who will put up huge numbers on a weekly basis for various reasons. These are the backs who require research to find the right matchups they can exploit but are playing second fiddle to the rest of their offenses or simply play on offenses that aren't going to put up big numbers as a whole.​

Jeremiyah Love - Arizona Cardinals

Chase Brown - Cincinnati Bengals

Josh Jacobs - Green Bay Packers

Breece Hall - New York Jets

Javonte Williams - Dallas Cowboys

Travis Etienne - New Orleans Saints

Cam Skattebo - New York Giants

Kyren Williams - Los Angeles Rams

Tier 4 - Here are your bye week filler guys with a couple of high risk/high reward options who are going to be drafted sooner than they should.​

Bucky Irving - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TreVeyon Henderson - New England Patriots

Chubba Hubbard - Carolina Panthers

Quinshon Judkins - Cleveland Browns

David Montgomery - Houston Texans

Aaron Jones - Minnesota Vikings

This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Fantasy football rankings: Updated running back tiers

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