... the best running backs in the league need a little help from the outside. Just because your starter was a top-five back last year doesn’t mean he can put up the same production if he’s facing top defenses all year.

After some careful stat-crunching based on the amount of points allowed by defenses last year (and the inevitable enhancements and losses defenses face), I have determined which running backs have the easiest, and worst, schedules versus the run in 2010.

Adrian Peterson was a great pick-up in his rookie season considering his average draft position was around the eighth round, but it didn’t hurt that he played half of the season versus the top-10 worst run defenses. Here...

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