![Week 5 Running Back Tiers](https://footballguys.imgix.net/nfl-action-photos/JoneAa00_H.jpg?auto=format,compress&w=730)
ELITE RB1
Todd Gurley (at SEA)
Melvin Gordon (vs OAK)
Ezekiel Elliott (at HOU)
Alvin Kamara (vs WAS)
STRONG RB1
Saquon Barkley (at CAR)
Joe Mixon (vs MIA) **Monitor Status**
Christian McCaffrey (vs NYG)
SOLID RB1
David Johnson (at SF)
James Conner (vs ATL)
Kareem Hunt (vs JAX)
HIGH FLOOR RB2
Marshawn Lynch (at LAC)
Mark Ingram (vs WAS)
Sony Michel (vs IND) **Thursday**
James White (vs IND) **Thursday**
TJ Yeldon (at KC)
Dalvin Cook (at PHI) **Monitor Status**
Jay Ajayi (vs MIN)
BOOM/BUST RB2
Kerryon Johnson (vs GB) **Monitor Blount Status**
Aaron Jones (vs DET)
Matt Breida (vs ARI)
FLEX APPEAL - HIGH FLOOR
Devonta Freeman (at PIT)
Austin Ekeler (vs OAK)
Chris Thompson (at NO)
Nyheim Hines (at NE) **Thursday**
Phillip Lindsay (at NYJ)
Dion Lewis (at BUF)
Bilal Powell (vs DEN)
Lamar Miller (vs DAL) **Monitor Status**
LeSean McCoy (vs TEN)
FLEX APPEAL - BOOM/BUST
Derrick Henry (at BUF)
Javorius Allen (at CLE)
Alex Collins (at CLE)
Adrian Peterson (at NO) **Monitor Status**
Carlos Hyde (vs BAL)
Royce Freeman (at NYJ)
Isaiah Crowell (vs DEN)
Tevin Coleman (at PIT)
Nick Chubb (vs BAL)
Latavius Murray (at PHI) **If Cook Inactive**
Duke Johnson Jr (vs BAL)
Kenyan Drake (at CIN)
Alfred Morris (vs ARI)
DESPERATION PLAYS
Wendell Smallwood (vs MIN)
Mike Davis (vs LAR) **Monitor Carson Status**
Chris Carson (vs LAR) **Monitor Status**
Ty Montgomery (at DET)
Jalen Richard (at LAC)
Jordan Wilkins (at NE) **Thursday**
Alfred Blue (vs DAL) **Monitor Miller Status**
Jamaal Williams (at DET)
Theo Riddick (vs GB)
Corey Grant (at KC)
LeGarrette Blount (vs GB) **Monitor Status**
Frank Gore (at CIN)
Rashaad Penny (vs LAR)
CJ Anderson (vs NYG)
Kyle Juszczyk (vs ARI)
Giovani Bernard (vs MIA) **Monitor Status**