2014 Projected Rankings By Position: Running Backs

It's never too early to look towards the next Fantasy Football season. Here is part two of my 2014 Pre-Draft Rankings by position. Here we'll look at the Running Backs:

*Update: switched McCoy and Peterson. I thought I had originally ranked them this way but I guess not. That's why this is reposted again*

Top 10

1. Jamaal Charles

2. LeSean McCoy

3. Adrian Peterson

4. Matt Forte

5. Marshawn Lynch

6. Knowshon Moreno

7. Eddie Lacy

8. DeMarco Murray

9. Alfred Morris

10. Arian Foster

•Jamaal Charles has firmly established himself as the number one overall draft pick for the 2014 fantasy football draft. He has flourished in Andy Reid's offense this season. 

•The top five were pretty easy to come up with, but the next five not so much. Plenty of good talent to choose from but only a few that deliver each and every week. 

•Eddie Lacy is next year's Alfred Morris. He has had a great rookie season and will go into next year as an RB1.

Just Missed

Reggie Bush

CJ Spiller

Giovani Bernard

Andre Brown

Frank Gore

•The presence of Joique Bell will limit Reggie Bush from being an absolute RB1, but the man is still a PPR monster.

•Giovani Bernard could be in the same boat as Lacy but until the Bengals she's the timeshare with BGE, he'll be a tier behind the top options. 

•If Andre Brown stats healthy, is there another RB on the Giants that you trust more? 

•Gore is on the back nine of his career but he still has enough in the tank to be very productive. 

Sleepers

Le'Veon Bell

Zac Stacy

•I really like Le'Veon Bell and Zac Stacy to continue to progress and have solid seasons in 2014. Both will be the unquestioned starter of their teams and have impressed at times this season. Watch out for Stacy in the very tough NFC West though. 

Notable Omissions

Doug Martin

Ray Rice

Maurice Jones-Drew

•Doug Martin has literally fallen off the face of the fantasy earth this season. A most likely top 5 pick in your draft this season, might not even be the starter on his own team next season. 

•I think it's officially time to declare Ray Rice and MJD past their primes. After their dreadful 2013 seasons (Rice more so than Drew), these two once top 5 fantasy backs might be low end RB2's at best in 2014.