In a recent fantasy football article by Pro Football Focus, author Ian Hartitz discussed this year’s crop of running backs and ranked them among four distinct tiers. Four backs made it into the first tier, five more made it into tier two, and 17 more were split between tiers three and four.
The Rams’ Cam Akers was the first back named in the third tier, which was called “With some luck these dudes could bounce up two tiers”.
Here’s what Hartitz had to saw about Akers’ placement:
“It took the Rams a bit before featuring their 2020 second-round pick, but by December Akers was *the* RB in Los Angeles.