RBs to sit right now

By: Jake Rajala

The running back spot is well cherished in fantasy football. Well, I’m going to take the opposite angle and lay out five RBs to sit in Week 12.

Ashton Jeanty

The Top-10 pick in the 2025 draft, Ashton Jeanty, has been on a roller coaster in 2025. He had 4.4 points in Week 7, 19.9. points in Week 9, 15.3 points in Week 10, and then 9.4 points last week. He isn’t able to be as productive as Josh Jacobs was with the Raiders. I don’t have a lot of faith in the Raiders moving the ball consistently against a dominant Browns defense, led by Myles Garrett.

The Browns have tackled opponents for a loss on 22% of their rushing attempts — best in the league.

Ashton Jeanty has been stuffed on 36% of his runs this season— 2nd worst

These paired together don’t paint a pretty picture for Jeanty this weekend. pic.twitter.com/sysyug7eAV

— Jeremy (@PopesFFH) November 22, 2025

Alvin Kamara

Even if the Pro Bowl RB Alvin Kamara plays, I believe he will be on a pitch count, due to his ankle injury. I expect a heavy dosage of the swiss army knife Taysom Hill and quick screens to counter the Falcons defense. Kamara also only has one double digit game in his past four contests, as well.

Rico Dowdle

The San Francisco 49ers DC Robert Saleh knows how to take away the other team’s best player. The New Orleans Saints showed the blue print to stopping him in the running game last week. His season high of 5 catches saved him from fading away last week. His back to back 30 point games are in the window.

Rico Dowdle in his last two games:

18 carries + 53 yards + 2.94 YPC
19 carries + 45 yards + 2.37 YPC

Dowdle faces San Francisco tomorrow.

Is a bounce back rushing performance on the way? pic.twitter.com/RzmVMWp6Gm

— SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) November 22, 2025

Zonovan Knight

Zonovan has two games of double digit points on the season. I’m far from sold on him being a consistent threat in the flex spot. He had one rushing touchdowns in the past few games and he had a season high of four grabs at the same time. I don’t foresee that combination happening often moving forward. Zonovan is going up against the Jaguars this week, who is second in rushing YPG allowed. He is still a free agent in my league and I expect him to remain so until he consistently gets double digit points.

Bhayshul Tuten

Bhayshul only has two double digit points on the season. I can’t imagine he’s reliable with Travis Etienne hogging as the bell-cow RB. He has also been dealing with a minor injury. Tuten had a season high 15 carries last week. I don’t believe he will get many games with more than 10 carries.