After not scoring a single TD in his entire rookie season last year, Melvin Gordon has put up 3 TDs in the first 2 games. With Danny Woodhead out for the season, Gordon sholuld become a 3 down back at this point. His offseason workout sessions with Adrian Peterson may have actually helped him.
*Note: stats below are based on footballoutsiders.com’s DVOA analysis, be sure to check out their explanation on DVOA if you haven’t read about it before.
Best Running Back to Start in 2016 NFL Week 3
| Name | Salary | GameInfo | Matchup Rush DVOA |
| Melvin Gordon | 5800 | SD@Ind 04:25PM ET | 37 |
| Frank Gore | 5000 | SD@Ind 04:25PM ET | 22.3 |
| Latavius Murray | 5700 | Oak@Ten 01:00PM ET | 20.5 |
| David Johnson | 7700 | Ari@Buf 01:00PM ET | 10.6 |
| Mark Ingram | 5900 | Atl@NO 08:30PM ET | 6.5 |
| Matt Forte | 7000 | NYJ@KC 04:25PM ET | 5.9 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 7500 | Pit@Phi 04:25PM ET | -2.6 |
| Spencer Ware | 5700 | NYJ@KC 04:25PM ET | -5.3 |
| Rashad Jennings | 5100 | Was@NYG 01:00PM ET | -5.6 |
| Eddie Lacy | 6100 | Det@GB 01:00PM ET | -6.8 |
| Devonta Freeman | 5800 | Atl@NO 08:30PM ET | -10.6 |