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By Chet Gresham - @ChetGresham Follow @walterfootball for updates.As usual, strength of schedule is always a tricky business as to how much you can trust it. But I'm a fan, especially when we look at the ends of the SOS spectrum. Today, I'll be looking at running back strength of schedule and as you can see below, the Cardinals lead my rankings, while the 49ers are last. I think we can safely assume that we'd rather our fantasy running back to face the 49ers rather than the Cardinals. So looking at the extremes for rush defenses in a running back's schedule can be useful. You can see how they came out below.These numbers reflect last year's statistics with an eye toward the second half of the season. There were plenty of changes this offseason that will push a team to be better or worse against the rush, but I think these stats get to the extremes of last year, which will be difficult to turn around completely. So there is my long caveat! Let's see who gets the easiest and toughest schedules this season.The rich keep getting richer, as the Patriots get the easiest running back schedule in the league. These numbers factor both rushing and running back receiving into the equation, so there's plenty of opportunity for the myriad of Patriots backs, but as it is, Mike Gillislee and James White should see the most work this year, and both make for good fantasy picks. They also face the Bills twice in the last four games of the fantasy seasons, which is without a doubt a great team to start any running back against.The Jets also have an easier road than most, especially through the first 10 games when they get eight teams ranked 20th or higher in their first 10 games. This of course helps out Bilal Powell, my pick to lead the Jets this season in rushing, but Matt Forte should get a bump from this early season schedule as well and he should be more useful early in the season before his old body absorbs too many hits.I like Denver's schedule, and it gets even better in the fantasy playoffs, but we do have a choice between C.J. Anderson and Jamaal Charles. The safer play is Anderson and even though I'd love to see Charles resurrect his career, I'll need to get him fairly cheaply before going in on that ride. Anderson is risky as well, but has youth on his side and a decent ADP.The 49ers won't have many leads this year, which is never a great thing for a running back unless he's purely a receiving back, so Carlos Hyde likely won't lead the league in rushing attempts, and when you take a look at his schedule, hope for his fantasy season doesn't get much better. Facing the Cardinals, Seahawks and Rams twice is of course a bad start, but overall, San Francisco only faces two teams that rank in the bottom half of the league.The Ravens get the best fantasy playoff stretch with matchups against the Steelers, Browns and Colts. At that pointm I expect Kenneth Dixon to be getting more work, and with his four-game suspension to start the season, he can be had cheaply.The Falcons face the Saints twice in the fantasy playoffs, and Devonta Freeman put up 384 total yards, two touchdowns and 10 receptions against them in their two matchups last season. He of course can't be had cheaply, but if you plan on making the playoffs, which I assume is the plan, he's going to be primed for nice games Week's 14 and 16. The same is true for Tevin Coleman as well, but right now I don't love his ADP. He'll need to drop in price some before I start grabbing him.The Saints also get two good matchups with the Falcons, so Mark Ingram also gets a nice fantasy playoff schedule, or if you think Adrian Peterson is the back to own there, then it's him. I'm much happier to get Ingram, who is more versatile and should continue to get the starting nod, while Peterson gets the Tim Hightower role. It's not an ideal situation for Ingram of course, but he's done well on limited work over the last couple years, and I see that happening again, but this time with the Peterson discount.For more recommendations, check out WalterFootball.com's Fantasy Football Rankings