MUST DRAFT Running Back & Quarterback Rookies | Impact Players, Dynasty Holds + Late-Round Sleepers (Ep. 1566) - FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everybody, Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I'm
Ryan Warmley, joined by Andrew Erickson and by Jake Seely.
If you missed it, we just did an episode a
must draft wide Receiver and tight end Rookies. This is
part two of that episode where we were talking about
running back and quarterback rookies. It'll be the exact same show,
just a couple of different positions for those who might
have missed the other episode though, Jake, what do you

(00:22):
have going on at the Athletic?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, and also if you tell the difference between the pictures,
I did change one little slight thing. It might be
very hard to tell, but you can play that guess
the picture change thing. But over at the athletic, I
do have the write ups for every pick that happened.
If you want the short version of it. I did
grades for every team. It's just a nice little paragraph
blurb on every single team with Redraft and Dynasty grades,
and then of course rankings for rookies and Dynasty and

(00:46):
Redraft and everything. So just like Fantasy Pros, we got
you all covered. Between the two of us. You should
not be losing your leagues definitely.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
For reminder, for everybody.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
All your twenty twenty five consensus rankings and tears that
you're looking for can be found on at fantasypros dot
com slash rankings. You can navigate to the rookies as well.
We already did an intro on the other episode, so
let's dive in here on the instant impact. Running Backs
and quarterbacks are kind of both gonna be sprinkled that
we're not doing like a running back section in a
QB section, kind of just all sprinkled together throughout the episode.

(01:16):
Ericson who you got for your first instant impact?

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Guy gonna go with running back from Ohio State Quincheon Judkins,
drafted by the Cleveland Browns at the top of the
second round. We all expected the Browns to invest into
the running back position during the draft. Nick Chubb is
going to be he's still unsign uply signed with another
team later on in the offseason, but Jerome Ford more
of a complimentary back and at the time I thought, man,
this is the perfect pairing with an explosive rusher like

(01:41):
Jerome Ford us more in the passing game, whereas Judkins
can be that early down hammer for the Cleveland Browns
as they get back to the basics with their five
man rotation at quarterback. Well, let's just establish to rush,
Like let's keep the offense simple with Kevin Stefanski, Let's
run the ball with Keinshon Judkins. I think that he
parallels a lot to like Nick Chubb. I know that
they have talked about him like a Kareem Hunt. Either way,

(02:02):
I'm fine with both of them. Right if he's Kareem Hunt,
Nick Chubb, some type of in between running back for
the Cleveland Browns, Like, that's music to my ears. So
I liked ka Judkins a lot coming out again, very
productive at the college level at Ohio State Ole miss
fifty touchdowns and Dan Bruger from The Athletic, one of
Jake's coworkers, actually noted this in The Beast. He didn't

(02:22):
miss a game the past three seasons and he had
one fumble over the last two years, so he's durable.
He can run the ball effectively in between the tackles.
Maybe he's not the most explosive long breakaway speed runner,
but that's why they have someone like a Jerome Ford
to compliment him. That's why they drafted someone like Dylan
Sampson in the fourth round to compliment Quichun Judkins, because
I think that he's gonna be the ones loaded up

(02:44):
with Carrie like two hundred two or twenty five carries.
I think as well within his range of outcomes four
year one, the past game usage, that's gonna probably leave
a little bit he desired. I don't know if we're
going to see a lot of it in year one,
but they're open to it. At least they talked about
it in the presser, like, Hey, we want to get
the skuy the ball in many different ways as possible.
I think that's a little coaches kind of just saying
whatever they want. But Andrew Berry, again the GM of

(03:06):
the Browns, like he viewed Judkins as their belkout and
guy that can carry the load. So I expect that
mostly be through carries, not necessarily targets and passes out
of the backfield. But I'm just really excited about Judkins.
I think this is a really good spot for him
to be an immediate producer.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
For most people, there is a tier of the rookie
running backs after those first two genty and a Marion
Hampton obviously, who, by the way, genty is the most.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
Instant impact running back.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
We're not mentioning him because wait, like Jake pointed, is
that we were played. But like extraordinarily obvious Ashton Jenty will
be like a first round pick in a lot of drafts.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
He is an inctant back guy for.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
The guys other than him after those first tear running backs.
There is feels like a tier in rookie drafts. Judkins
is one of those names within that tier. Ericson is
he kind of at the top or do you see
him as fairly interchangeable with guys like Henderson, Harvey, Caleb
Johnson and some of these names we're gonna be talking
about later in the episode.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
So I have him highest in tier, Like so he
is my preferred guy. So if I'm on the clock
and Hampton's gone and obviously gent He's gone, like Judkins
is the guy I won because what I'm looking at
and I'm viewing him from a long term perspective, like
maybe year one, he's not the complete profile. But when
I'm looking at the guy who could potentially be a
three down workhorse back on all downs, I think Judkins
give you that guy. He's still super young. I know

(04:20):
that he's a lot of touches on his body. But
I think for a four year span, I think that
a team is gonna seem like we're going to use
this guy a lot. And this guy is built two
hundred twenty pounds with explosive speed. He tested really like
the thing that was like great for his draft stock
was the combine training. Like I think a lot of
people were surprising, Oh, man, Like this guy's jumping out
of the building, Like he's running really fast for a
guy at two hundred and twenty plus pounds, and he's

(04:42):
just a finisher man, like he just demands. He just
looks for contact at the end of his runs. And
I think the Cleveland brownser is gonna love him. I
think that's why they drafted him so highly in the
second round. So that's free for me the one of
three Judkins and I just think that he's just he's
different from the other running backs that have like with Ford,
with Samson, those are guys are more comp henry backs,
where I think Judkins is clearly the guy they want
to feature with the other guys sprinkled.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
In Jake, Let's just loop in your first pick here
because it was judkins teammate in college. He's a guy
who went just a couple picks, you know, apart from
Judkins in the actual NFL draft Trayvon Henderson. How do
you see the differences between those two when you're evaluating
guys who can make an early impact.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
So I go Trey over Judkins, but they're back to back.
You brought up tiers. If I was I didn't do
rookie tiers, but if I did, I would actually go
two to two and then three. So my top two
would be jend and Hampton, but my next two would
be the teammates would be Henderson and Judkins. I actually
think Caleb Johnson is an onn X tier with like
a scataboo and stuff like that, So I'm not that
far off from ericson. I just give the slight edge

(05:40):
to Henderson. I actually to one thing too Erickson on
this one is I think he's a better pass catcher
that being Judkins than people might give him credit for.
I said Brian Robinson and Jordan Mason kind of in there,
like he might catch twenty twenty five balls, Like it's
not out of the equation completely. So I think that
he can definitely be a bell cow. My difference here
is that I see Trey Henderson as one of, if

(06:01):
not the most explosive running backs. Like my joke was
that you remember those little car shooters that Hot Wheels
had where you like you pulled it back and that
spring made that noise as you load it, and she's like,
and then you just let it go in that car
just flies out and cracks the window. Like that's Henderson.
He touches the ball, He's a flippant rocket and gone.
And I think for what he can do with the
ball in his hands, I'd rather take fifteen to eighteen

(06:23):
touches of Henderson than twenty to twenty one of Judkins.
It's a very slim margin. Like I'm talking like I
have Henderson as one point five we've talked about on
previous shows in this tier of his own, just because
I think he's so good. But the landing spots help
a little bit too. Like I would rather be on
the Patriots at this point than on the Browns. What
if I'm talking about a running back even with the
bell cow workload, and if you look at the Patriots,

(06:46):
even with what they've done coaching wise, is like this
is still it feels to me like a Patriots running
back and that explosiveness passing game dangerous, somebody that can
be fifteen to eighteen and half. Their compliments of being
like the pass catcher we see in a lot of
teams now is they're starting to be a shift in
the NFL. Where it used to always be the power

(07:07):
with a complimentary pass catcher, we'resting's teams now kind of
going with pass catcher, complimentary power and being that third down.
So like, maybe he loses some touches on short yards
and at the goal line, but I think he can
do that too. And I drew the comparison. This is
what I'll say, worst case scenario, he does only get
like fifteen sixteen per game. I think he's in the

(07:27):
James Cook world, where what did James Cook just do?
Top ten? Now, of course that came with touchdown equity
being on the bills, and there is that little bit
of risk with Henderson, but he doesn't need three hundred touches.
If two hundred and forty you told me Henderson was
getting this year as a rookie, I do think he
would be a top twenty running back. And to talk
about redraft only, I legitimately go back to back. I

(07:48):
have Henderson at nineteen and Judkins's RB twenty and I
have him back to back in rookie only and in redraft.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
Is that irrespective of the format, Jake or in PPR,
which you Henderson maybe even higher.

Speaker 2 (08:02):
So that's I always default the half point PPR. If
it was none, I'd probably flip them. And in full
point PPR you might get Henderson jumping a spot or
two even higher.

Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah, Eericson, what do you think about that breakdown like
between the two former teammates.

Speaker 4 (08:17):
Yeah, I mean they're totally They're very different backs and
that's why they were so successful Ohio State, right, because
you had Quijon Jenkins, you know, early downs, and you
had Trevan Henderson rip it off. All these massive plays
to me remind me a lot of Zeke and Tony Pollard,
Like that was my comfort. Trevia On Henderson was Tony Pollard,
just like this uber explosive running back that can be
used dynamic in the passing game. And as a person

(08:39):
that watched the Patriots every single week the last couple
of years, they've had no juice whatsoever to speak of,
and the fact that what they did in the off
season was draft offensive lineman and bring in explosive playmakers. Well,
I like the point that Jake brought up where I
like Judkins because I feel more confident about his workload
at the next level. But Jake is correct when saying

(08:59):
Henderson isn't need a workload a heavy workload to get there,
because I don't think any team. I don't think the
patriotsoul be whise or smart to do that because we
saw Henderson get hurt a lot in college, Like he
missed a lot of time with injuries, So it would
be malpracticed to be like, we gotta get this guy
twenty twenty five touches per game because you're taking away
what he does best, and that's being this explosive guy,
especially in the past game out of the backfield. So
I've teeter. I think that they're kind of in the

(09:20):
same tier for me, and it goes back to kind
of like flavor right when you're looking at touch projections,
I think jud Kins will probably come out on top
of Travian Henderson. But you look at the situation where
I mean, if the Patriots offense goes inside the top fifteen,
Drake may takes a step forward. I mean that Travian
Henderson's going to play a big role in that. So
I definitely understand Jake's ranking of Henderson over Judkins, and
I'd be happy to get either of them, honestee, rookie drafts,

(09:42):
which is why I just just draft running backs and
rooie drafts. Yeah, please, Like this is what you want.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
This feels like Gibbs and b joh and you're gonna
be happy with both. Like we're talking about RB potential
top five six if like everything peaks and then they're
like back to back anyway.

Speaker 4 (09:56):
So I think one two, you didn't bring the subject,
but Henderson in pastpro like, that's one of the best
things that he was immediate yep. I know that the
Colts GM actually came out and said and Colts didn't
even draft Travon Henderson, right, So it's very telling to
me that a GM for a totally different teams talks
about specifically a player that they had looked at and said, yeah,

(10:17):
Trevan Henderson, his past protection was and the best we've
ever seen it.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Forget what game was the dude like he just planted him,
like he didn't even move and the d end just
got planted, and I'm like, oh my god, for all.

Speaker 1 (10:28):
The teams for him, for that type of guy to
go to the team that just had zero offensive line
last year, I mean.

Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yeah, that is the one concern, Like what is the
Patriots offensive line? Does it gel? Because yes, added some pieces,
but how long does it take for that to kind
of work? What does the committee look like? Because Ramandre
is still under contract and again I don't think he's
gonna go away in Week one, but again fumbles, yes,
he's gonna go away. Gonna get me there.

Speaker 2 (10:52):
You know you brought up to Drake May thing too.
If everybody is on like, oh this this team is
breaking out. Drake may top ten quarterback though you know
we like Kyle Wills blah blah blah blah and all
this type of stuff. We were drafting. Rondre Stevenson is
the top fifteen running back last year. Like that, Let's
be honest, like you should be more in on Henderson
assuming like you said, like assuming that he is taking
over and Stevenson's a non factor.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
Erix.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
Soon, let's go to you since we've kind of hit
on both of you guys first already together, let's go
to your next instant impact running back.

Speaker 4 (11:20):
Kim Scattaboo for the New York Giants. And this is
something I wanted to bring up because this is a
stat that I love when we're talking about running backs
that are using the passing game. So running backs drafted
on Day two or earlier that have averaged at least
thirty receiving arts per game in their final college seasons
Saquon Barkley, David Johnson, Joe Mixon, Antonio Gibson, Najee Harris,
Travis etn Sean White, Zach Sharbone, Jamir Gibbs, Omarion Hampton,

(11:43):
And had he been drafted three spots earlier, Cam scattaba
would be in that list of players. And I was
doing some Galaxy brain thinking if the Giants had traded
their fourth round pick instead of their third round pick
to get back into the first round, they would have
drafted Kim Scattabu in the third round. So I think
that he would be looked at so differently if he
got drafted three spots ahead, because oh, he's a Day

(12:05):
two running back. Camp Skataboo like we gotta be wheels up.
But Day three, like, oh man, what's the commitment round?

Speaker 3 (12:11):
Four.

Speaker 4 (12:11):
Tyron Tracy. He was a Day three running back to
It's gonna take one Tyrone Tracy fumble to get Camp Scattaboo.
The bellcu work in New York. So Jake, I know
you fallow the New York Giants very very close, right.

Speaker 2 (12:23):
Thank you, thank you. Somebody finally has gotten it right,
Like everybody's like, I'm not a Giants fan. This has
been like six years running.

Speaker 4 (12:31):
So maybe you can't wigh in here, but I wanted
to throw a bone just in case. But I think
that Tyrone Tracy is on super thin eyes. I mean,
he got benched last year even though he showed out
and took the job in Singletary camp Scataboo. I mean,
this guy's a hammer. He can do it all, and
I think that's not gonna take long for him to
take over NBA three down workhorse back in the Giants,
even though he was a quote unquote Day three pick

(12:52):
by if we're being exact, I mean, he's essentially a
guy that was picked at the end of the round
round three, and I just think that that's something to
layer on the coxt of when he was selected, because
I think the Giants probably had a round three grade
on him and they just got lucky to take him
in round four.

Speaker 2 (13:07):
So yeah, I don't have a big difference, and I
know a lot of people did, but I don't have
a big difference between Caleb Johnson and Cam Scataboo. I
think that a lot of people had a big gap.
I have him in the same tier. And I'm saying
that to say positively about Scataboo and the fact that
I feel like it's Naje Harris and Josh Jacobs and
the Naje Harrison like maybe it's the work that gets
him there. But to your point, I think he's a

(13:29):
better pass catcher than people realized, which is why I
brought up Josh Jacobs and that potential workload. Now, of
course I don't think Tracy is going to be eliminated
from the equation, but you look at Brian Dable, you
look at this offense, you look at his usage from
past years and everything like that, and I immediately put
Scattaboo over Tracy and my rankings and people are like, well,
look at Tracy and he was just learning the position,

(13:49):
and like, no, but also understand the offense, the head coach,
the offensive scheme, the style, Scattaboo is the lead. Scataboo
is the lead so much so that like, I'm actually
concerned that Tray he might not be anything more than
an RB four because you brought up something too. It's
kind of similar to the Patriots ways Brian Dabele did
not want you to fumble and lose the bowl. This
is go back to the Tiki Barber days, like this

(14:12):
is the death now, Like Tracy was clearly their best
running back last year, and as you said, Andrew hit
the bench because he fumbled and then fumbled again. Like so,
I just think it's gonna be Skataboo probably I'd say
sixty percent of the snaps, which is a great one
two punch with Tracy. But I think that Skataboo could
be at least an RB three if not pushed the
RB two tier as in Redraft.

Speaker 3 (14:33):
That's interesting. You know, Skataboo is somebody that like doing
the Dynasty show.

Speaker 1 (14:36):
Uh, Scott Bogman is a huge fan of and has
just a little bit for Yeah, I mean he what
was the mock you were on, Jake, didn't he take
Scataboo like the.

Speaker 2 (14:46):
Third running back off the board and my people lost
their minds in the Covens.

Speaker 3 (14:52):
It was it was a lot.

Speaker 1 (14:54):
He's dialed that back a bit, uh given the landing spot.
But as a player, Bob when was in part of
it is because he saw him kind of wreck his
longhorns in the UH.

Speaker 3 (15:04):
In that game last season.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah, scattab I mean I liked Tracy last year, so
I am not torn. I mean I do like Scataboy
a lot, and I think it's telling that they went
after him. But I'm really interested, I guess is the
way I would put it to see how that backfield
kind of pans out this year.

Speaker 4 (15:21):
But did you guys agree with what I was saying earlier?
Where do you think it would be he would be
viewed differently if he just got taken at the end
of round three? Do you think that he would be
talked about differently, like with closer, Like like how Jake
has been closer to Caleb Johnson. That doesn't seem like
it's consensus.

Speaker 2 (15:34):
No, And I was about to say something that sounds
so disrespectful. I was legitimately about to say the words
two casuals. But like like because like like the people
watching the show, it's actually a credit to the people
watching the show. I don't think people watching this show
would think of him differently. I think to the average
fantasy player that doesn't watch this show in the offseason,
that doesn't try to be as invested as the people watching,

(15:56):
would be like, oh, well, he wasn't drafted to day three.
So I see your point. I agree, but I think
it depends on how invested you are in fantasy.

Speaker 3 (16:03):
I had the.

Speaker 1 (16:03):
Exact same basically conversation yesterday Jake taping again the Dynasty show.
I mentioned how it might be a good idea to
start trading for twenty twenty seven picks now because that
classics will go like Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, these guys
are great freshman years and Fitz was like, people already know,
and I was like, I don't know, Like I feel
like the more casual player fits like the people who
are watching this show already show.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
Yeah, well, I mean.

Speaker 4 (16:26):
You got to get ahead of is Archie going to
play one year or is he going to say two years? Right?
So is that the twenty twenty seven picks is the
one on one more viable and super flexib that draft.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
Or sellers anyway? So there you go. Let's go.

Speaker 1 (16:37):
Yeah, all right, Jake, one more instant impact guy. And
this is a player that you know talking about people
who love these guys.

Speaker 3 (16:44):
Debro could not be higher on this player.

Speaker 2 (16:46):
Which is crazy because like I did my redraft rankings
and then he showed up under consensus and I'm like, wait,
what like but it's R. J. Harvey And you know,
I said he is going to be Sean Payton's new
Alvin Kamara. And I said that with like, no, I'm
not saying the number one running back in fantasy or
even potentially top ten because the one thing about Sean
Payton and Sean Payton did this even with the Saints,

(17:09):
and Kamara is having four active running backs on the
day of the game and using two or three. And
I say that to say, like I it's another one
to go back. If people watch the wide receiver tight
end show, and I said, the thing with Gatson is
like if we as the fantasy community, and I say
people watching the show us as the quote unquote experts

(17:29):
hate that word, but point being is like, if we're
all in on somebody and love the draft spot and
love where he landed. And I loved the opportunity in
the fit. Sometimes these guys can get so much healing,
and that by the time we get to August, if
we're not only talking rookies, we're talking redraft, is that
now they've priced themselves out and you bought all the risk.
There is still risk here. There is still risk that
Sean Payton doesn't give him goal line opportunities. There's still

(17:52):
risks that he uses estimate and McLaughlin. However, I think
that Harvey fits the best. I think Harvey is a
perfect like I said, Alvin Kamara for his Broncos team,
and I think the upside is a solid mid RB two,
where like his floor on a week to week basis
is probably RB thirty thirty five at worse. I don't

(18:12):
think you're ever gonna be super disappointed with the RJ.
Harvey game, and I think you can see some RB
one performances. All that being said, as I wouldn't go
too crazy, is like, right now, I have him in
that low twenties high thirties depending on your format. Obviously
takes a little bit of a hitting on PBR, but
if he starts climbing into the world of James Cook
and Alvin Kamara, then I might like, let's throttle back.
If he passes Trey Henderson and Quinche on Judkins and drafts,

(18:36):
let's throttle back like there is still risk here.

Speaker 1 (18:39):
He has passed those guys in in drafts with debro.

Speaker 4 (18:46):
You gotta pay the deepro tax on r J.

Speaker 1 (18:48):
Hardy ericson You and I were the estimates last year.
Nobody was higher on Adrick estimate than you and I were.
Does he scare you off of RJ.

Speaker 3 (18:58):
Harvey? And obviously I know what the actually answer to that.

Speaker 4 (19:00):
Is, no, No, he does not. I would say, though,
if I get r J. Harvey in my Dynasty rookie
draft and I pay the the thetack forget him, I
would just pay just get estimating your roster. Just pop
him on there just in case, because, like Jake said,
it's a stable running backs that the Broncos like to use.
And even if r J. Harvey is the lead guy,
the one a like, he's still gonna sprinkle in other players.

(19:21):
We know that Harvey still has work to do again,
as long as a lot of rookie running backs as
in pass Pro and estimates, has a year under his belt.
Chilian McLoughlin has obviously been there as well. These guys,
I don't think there's going to disappear entirely, whereas Harvey
will be the featured player, and similar to a Henderson
type player, where he's explosive with the ball in his hands,
maybe he doesn't necessarily need twenty touches a game to
get there. But going back to the overarching we're excited

(19:42):
about this Broncos offense, right, Like they didn't have that
many pieces to fill when it came to Okay running back.
They can spend a second round pick on him running
back because most of their rosters already pretty good and
ready to go. And if Bonnicks can take another step
in year two, well then this is a team that
we're excited about for fantasy football. And if RJ. Harvey's
at the center of that, as Sean Payton's new album Kamara,

(20:03):
then I think that's somebody to be excited about it.
I would say, though, don't forget about some of the
other pieces they added this year, like Evan Ingram, Like
don't forget about him, like this guy could catch a
hundred balls in this offense like he did with Jacksonville.
So we don't know exactly who the Joker is gonna
be and Sean Payne's gonna probably say one thing and
we're gonna see something else. I know he raved about
Marvin Ms for every single week and that didn't necessarily
work out immediately. So I would say, to Jake's point

(20:27):
the helium with r J. Harvey, like, where is he
gonna end up going? I think is somebody to kind
of pay attention to and to bring himup again because
he did such a great job coming in the draft.
Dane Rugler from The Athletic, one of Jake's coworkers, he
referenced RJ. Harvey was one of his favorite guys as well,
and he said when he was talking to one of
the recap podcasts that he can't we take r. J.
Harvey in round twelve of his fantasy draft. And I
was like, dange, like, he's not going around to well, Bunny,

(20:52):
not maybe like ten years maybe ten or twenty years ago,
like when we weren't invested in nearly as much. But man,
this guy's.

Speaker 2 (21:00):
Old over to something. Maybe we should have We need
to talk.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
Absolute where you just teach him what he needs to
know about fantasy.

Speaker 3 (21:12):
Yeah, no chance.

Speaker 2 (21:13):
After he takes in the seventh.

Speaker 3 (21:16):
Yeah, yeah, well, what round do we think Harvey will
be in?

Speaker 2 (21:21):
Oh, I mean we're going by consensus. I mean he's
already in the single digits. So I would say this continue,
the helium continues. I think you're gonna have to pay fifth,
six round. This doesn't stop like and that and that point, Like,
I'm probably still okay with the sixth. The fifth is
gonna get like like, I was just looking, well, Andrew
was talking, and you know, I wanted to make sure

(21:42):
I was right, but I went back and I looked him.
There's Kamera games where it's eleven touches, twelve touches nine
because the game script just completely went sideways. And I'm
not saying that, like again, that's still half those touches
a reception. So in a full point PPR, you're still
talking about RB three four. But there is what Andrew
code was what I was saying, is that there's risk
at any given week you still might get somebody who

(22:04):
gets kind of factored out a little bit more just
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Speaker 1 (23:41):
Ericson who is your first on our section of dynasty
holds and long term investments.

Speaker 4 (23:47):
So going to the quarterback position here, I'm going to
go with Jalen Milroe kind of take the low hanging
fruit here from the Seattle Seahawks because I think that
he is going to be a player that the seahok
are going to end up playing at some points, especially
this season. If you looked at some of the post
draft pressors with the GM with the head coach, they've
already mentioned Oh yeah, we're gonnahen we get Jalen on
the field when he's going to go in the game.
So they're already like putting it in their minds that, yeah,

(24:08):
we're gonna get this guy on the field because he's
an uber athletic as a rusher, has a canon of
an arm. Again, the accuracy something that we got to
work on. But if we get Milroe starts like he's
going to be slotted in as a fantasy QB one
right way. He averaged over seventy five rushing arts per
game on nearly twelve carries per game at the college
level monster Fantasy football ceiling when it comes to the
rushing akin to guys like Jalen Hurts or Justin Fields.

(24:31):
I also like that when you look at character, very
high character prospect. That's something that I looked at when
I was looking at real NFL draft coverage where coaches
GMS raved about Jalen Milroe and his work havocs, and
I think that Sam, We've done this experiment before with
Sam Darnold, Like it's all fine and good when everything
is perfect around him, and then the minute that things

(24:51):
start to go south, like he goes south real quick,
and I think there's a reason why the Seahawks wanted
to invest in another quarterback like a Jalen Milroe. And
what gets me excited about him even in year one
potential where we could see some flashes is the new
Seahawks office coordinator Clint Kubiak. Well, he was with the
Saints last year when they were using Casom Hill in
a hybrid rushing role. Andrew Jennico is the Seahawks new

(25:13):
quarterback coach. He was with the Bears with Justin Fields
when he was in a similar rushing style quarterback. So
I think that they're gonna find ways to get him
on the field even in year one. I know that
the head coach actually throughout like Sam Donald's gonna play
ninety percent of the snaps, which means Jaalen mirrollill play
the other ten percent. And I think you're gonna see
those flashes every so often wildcat, you know, throwing it

(25:34):
a deep pass downfield. And if there's an injury to
Sam Donald, Jayalen Morro's got his his value is going
to absolutely skyrocket. So in super flex drafts, I'm trying
to circle him on my board to make sure I
want to try to snag this guy because I think
he's just going to accrue in value.

Speaker 3 (25:48):
What was your evaluation of Jalen Milroe, Jake.

Speaker 2 (25:51):
Yeah, there's a lot of pieces in there that like,
I want to talk about an echo and one of
a band is you know. I think the biggest fear
is the Anteina Richardson fear, because it's the rushing up
side with the throwing problems, the decisions. But something that
Andrew said is to go also to the interview process
is there's a report afterwards that Milroe showed up to
a lot of these meetings and pointed out his own

(26:12):
flaws and they were like, why are you doing this?
And it's like, because if I came in and didn't
do that, just show that I don't want to learn.
I'm paraphrasing I don't want to learn. And then also
that you don't know how to watch film because I
know you're seeing and so that's a testament to how
much he wants to improve on the fantasy side of things.
I think the rushing up side is even higher. I
do think it's Lamar Jackson potential. I think the best

(26:35):
case scenario is he has at Jaden Daniels kind of
season that we just saw for a rookie night. I
don't think that's his rookie season. I actually think that's
his peak. And of course that was a top five quarterback.
But I'm saying that to say is I don't think
he's ever going to be a four thousand yard pastor.
I don't think he's ever going to be throwing forty
touchdowns but throwing three thousand ish twenty something touchdowns but
rushing for a thousand potentially. And the big thing about

(26:57):
him is I think a lot of people bring in
the Jalen Hurts and I'm not saying Andrew is wrong
to do this, but I think one thing that gets
interesting with that is that that's the better comp for
the rushing touchdown potential because he will run in more
touchdowns than Lamar Jackson does. Now, maybe not twelve fifteen,
but Lamar Jackson doesn't run in a lot of touchdowns.
Jaln Milroe will. So I think that's why I have

(27:17):
a potential top ten quarterback. To answer your question here,
the risk is severe. I mean we could be talking
in three years and be like, hey, remember we were
hoping Jalen Milroe would be a thing, and he's not.
That's we have to acknowledge that that's the risk. But
that's also why he's in a situation where he doesn't
have to start from day one. That's why he's also
somebody to stash in Dynasty and Superflex. I would still
I would spend a first rounder on him. It would

(27:38):
be a late first rounder, but I would take that
chance unless there's a running back that happened to fall
in to me in the first round. Similar to Andrew says,
I'm just taking running back, running back running backs this year.
I agree, but he wouldn't be in that conversation. So
I think that Milroe is worth the risk upside investment because,
like he just said, we talked about Malik Willis at
times as being a QB win and fantasy when he started,

(27:58):
just because of some of his rushing ups. Imagine Milroe,
who could probably put up sixty a week on the ground.
So I'm definitely in on this pick.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
I said to Fitz yesterday that you know, if Milroe
ends up starting and being successful, that he has a
ceiling of like a top three rushing quarterback in the sport,
and Fitz was like, it's it's higher than that, it
was like that you're you're selling short by just saying
top three.

Speaker 4 (28:23):
He was.

Speaker 1 (28:23):
He was basically like outside of Lamar, he was like,
there's nobody who's going to be a better runner, and
he might, like to your point score even more touchdowns
than Lamar the way they use him in Baltimore. All right, Jake,
let's go to your dynasty hold long term investment.

Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, and I go running back that you and I
talked about. What we were talking about some like sleepers and
stuff like that in this draft class, and one that
I was higher on then a lot of people at
running back was Trevor Etn And I even said that,
you know, he doesn't have like blow you off the
chart skills when it comes to speed and elusiveness, and
it's not like he didn't test super high and everything
like that. But I did think he could be a
Devin Singletary type in the NFL. And the reason I

(28:58):
bring that up is because, Okay, Devin's single military again,
same thing I said on the show at the time.
It's not like we're falling all over each other trying
to race to the podium to draft Devin Singletary. In
our fantasy leagues, but it's somebody who has provided RB
two value in the right scenario on the right team.
There's Devin Singletary types across the league that are providing
RB two value. And the reason this interested me as

(29:18):
a whole is because we know Jonathan Brooks is done
for twenty twenty five. What if he's never the same?
What if Javonte Williams like is the same thing that
we see? And this is foretelling what we're seeing now
with Jonathan Brooks and we just never know and it's
only Cuba Hubbard and Traver Etn and then Schubert Hubbard
misses time or Cuba Hubbard's not a thing in two years.
So it's definitely a stash. But I think that Etn

(29:39):
is worth stashing as a potential. Hey, it's just a
lottery ticket and he's only going to cost you probably
what round three is what my estimation would be right
now in drafts?

Speaker 3 (29:46):
What do you think, Erickson?

Speaker 4 (29:48):
So the only thing I don't love about the situation
is the reverse, whereas what if Brooks does come back
and they do want to try to give him another shot,
and then you have do they go back to Rico
DOUBTF go down to play really well this year. Do
they resign him? They have Chubahabbard is their main guy.
So for me, with a lot of these running backs
that kind of wet in the etn range, I'm trying
to play a numbers game where it's like, right, how

(30:10):
many injuries do I need to have happen? Like how
many things need to hit for me to get this
guy in the lineup? Because if Etns the starting running
back for the Caroline Pavis at any point, we're gonna
want to play him in fantasy because that Carolina offensive
line is a beast, like they're gonna be opened up
massive holes for him to run in. But how many things?
How many hits of this parlay? How many legs do
I need to hit? And it seems like there's a
four far too often or maybe too many of them

(30:32):
for me compared to some of these other running backs
that also went on Day three, where maybe there's less
injuries that need to occur. And then to the Brooks
thing where well, they didn't invest the second round pick
on him, maybe they don't want to give up on
him quite yet. But I'm not gonna say no to
really any of these running backs just throwing.

Speaker 2 (30:46):
No, but there's two shows in a row that you
tore apart by stash like.

Speaker 1 (30:53):
Eric, I want to get to your next kind of
running back that you want to you know.

Speaker 2 (30:57):
See that's the problem. I was too nice. I went ker,
I love both of his picks and they're on like
all my lists, and that is true.

Speaker 4 (31:05):
Jake did basically throw like I didn't put Janen Miller
because he's obvious, and then I just took Jalen Miller roll.

Speaker 2 (31:10):
And then the next one, I'm like, we've already talked
about him on seventeen shoes, but like, go ahead like
it is. It's also another really good one. So there,
I'm being much more friendly than you are today.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
Such a great guest, Jay, I love you. So my
next guy is running back Jayden Blue for the Dallas Cowboys.
We know that Dallas has a relatively weak depth chart
for running backs, Javonte Williams at the top, Mirles Sanders,
Jayden Blue, who they drafted in the fourth round, and
then the guy from Clems that they drafted I believe
in round seven. So Jayden Blue, to me, I think
that he is not a complete running back in terms

(31:40):
of he has pass protection issues. He has a smaller
bill five foot nine hundred ninety six pounds. He doesn't
have a lot of carries on his resume. Ball security
is an issue, but this guy is so explosive, like
he has subbed four to four wheels. He can catch
balls out of the backfield. And if this Tyler offensive
line that they're building in Dallas with all these tilers

(32:01):
up front, are just building these massive holes for a
guy with just speed to burn, He's gonna have eighty
r touchdowns every week. Maybe not every week, but you
could see the upside case. And I know that he's
gone some comparisons to devon a chan where you're looking
and saying, oh, man, like this guy could really pop.
And that's why I want shares of Jaden Blue in

(32:21):
some of these rookie drafts because I think that he
can get his way onto the field as a pass catcher.
We don't seede Lamb's gonna see a billion targets in
this offense. Well, who's behind him? Like do they involve
the running backs more in the passing game? We know
that Blue can be a factor in the passing game,
so he's not good in pass pro. Well, if he's
running wheel routes and angles and screens. Because of the
speed that he can offer. Well, he's gonna pop for
this offense. So, uh, Jayden Blue for me, and I

(32:43):
do want to say one thing. Cowboys coach Brian Shottennhimer
talked about the two running bits that they drafted, so
Jaden Blue in film offa and they basically he was asked,
are either these guys capable of being a starter, And
He's like, yeah, I hope so, or else we wouldn't
have drafted him. So I wouldn't put a cap on
Jaden Blue because I think that he could take on
a bigger role in sto offics. Maybe it's not Week one,
Maybe does take some time, which is why he's more
of a stash, but I would not surprise me at

(33:04):
off he pops in the second half of the season,
just based on the expulsiveness and the pass catching that
he can offer.

Speaker 3 (33:09):
I really like Blue a lot.

Speaker 1 (33:11):
In leagues where I need running back help, I'm thinking
about like reaching a little just to make sure I
get him once kind of those main better running backs
are gone in those rookie drafts. I'm a big fan
of his and obviously there's opportunity in Dallas. Jake, what
do you think about Blue?

Speaker 2 (33:27):
Nobody's gonna do it. I'm Blue, Like how many team
names are gonna have like that, especially by people watching
and a little tease. It's probably the third time over
these two shows that I'm gonna do it. But on
the first part is that love. Jayden Blue actually drew
a comparison to Tarik Cohen, which everybody or mean peak
tiek Cohen top twenty, not only overall but in points

(33:49):
per game. Now, of course it might be short lived,
it might be only two years and the other year
being an RB three value, but that's what Blue can bring,
even not touching the ball sixteen times a game. Maybe
it's only twelve or thirteen kind of in that Alvin Kamara,
but with more explosiveness. That's the upside. The risk, of
course of this is full blown committee. But I don't

(34:09):
think any of us are that worried about Miles Sanders.
But Gavonte Williams is no Garret like Jayden Blue could
lead this backfield as a rookie like the Gravanti, Williams
still hasn't shown to be pre injury Javontai Williams, which
is why I brought him up previously. If this is
Blue with MafA and then Williams or even Sanders as
the third, like that that's in play. There's a non

(34:29):
zero chance this backfield is Blue as the lead. There's
risk here, and that's why I started with the other
part of it. The caveat here is that this by
far is the biggest Fantasy world pre and post draft
poster child, Like like this is the this is the
guy in the draft that the entire fantasy community fell
in love with. Everybody was talking about three months ago.

(34:50):
Nobody was really like kind of there was like little
peeps here and there, but like it just came around.
And that's the point I want to make, is that
if somebody's going to take Jaydon Blue in the first
round your dynasty draft, let them, like I get it,
Like and this is what I said too. It's like
everybody loves and we talk about this the next port
where we're talking about the sleepers like the end of
your drafts, and like you know, stockpiling these guys is
like just remember, like we fall in love with these players.

(35:12):
We're not one hundred percent right, but like it's always
fun when they hit, but the frequency of a fourth
rounder and Dynasty actually hitting is so super low that like,
don't you know be beholden to Like, Oh, I gotta
get this guy, and I gotta take Jayden Blue in
the first and I gotta get one of the ones
that Ericson brought up and got to move them into
the second round to make sure I get him, Like,
just don't don't go crazy with it and ruin everything.

Speaker 3 (35:34):
Yet to be clear.

Speaker 1 (35:35):
When I said I want to reach for Blue, I
met like back end of the second round.

Speaker 2 (35:38):
Not yet, but that's that's.

Speaker 3 (35:40):
Trading or whatever.

Speaker 1 (35:42):
Yeah, all right, Jake, You've got extra name here because
you wanted to include three in this section.

Speaker 3 (35:48):
So who are your two names for your dinasty.

Speaker 2 (35:50):
I'll toss them both out at the same time so
we can talk about it and get move on here.
But one was Breshard Smith. These running backs are different,
Bershard Smith falling to the Chiefs. This is another one.
Saya Pacheco came back last year and didn't look like
Isaia Pacheco. Like the fact that Kareem Hunt was continuing
to steal touches and actually look better at times. I
don't know that we're guaranteeing that Pacheco is the lead

(36:11):
lead now he should probably still be. But the reason
I bring up Bashard Smith is because pre draft I
said he's like a lot like theoretic. Well, what's another
player like theoretic? Oh, Jack McKinnon. What did Jack McKinnon
just do with the Chiefs a few years ago? Provide
RB three value and even get goal line carries? So
I want to put Purshard Smith out there as somebody
that in the third or fourth round and a running

(36:32):
back heavy draft, don't overlook him on his landing spot.
Same thing with Damian Martinez for the Seahawks. I think
he's definitely more of a twenty twenty six guy because
let's know this, Kenth Walker's a free agent, and I
think at this point and the cost involved with the
running back, especially one that's been hurt as frequently as Walker,
I don't know if the Seahawks are just like see
you see what you can go get elsewhere, because now

(36:53):
you turn to Charbonnay and Damianmartinez, which I thought. The
funny thing about Martinez is my comparison for him was
Chris Carson. Oh, look where did he end up on
the Seahawks, and you see what Chris Carson can do
is providing like that RB two value. So I think
both of them are really intriguing ones that kind of
got buried, But I don't think they're as buried as
people might think.

Speaker 3 (37:12):
Erickson.

Speaker 1 (37:13):
Who do you like better between the two? Brishard Smith
Damian Martinez.

Speaker 4 (37:16):
I'm always a sucker for Chiefs running backs. I don't
know what it is about it, you know, it just
especially guys it goes seventh round, right, So the Chiefs
have been always open to Hey, if you can play,
you'll play. I think that maybe this year Bershard Smith
has maybe a clearer path. But to Jake's point, Davie
Martinez could be the second running back for the Seahawks
as close as twenty twenty six. And I think he
fell because of medicals, Like he wasn't viewed as like

(37:38):
a seventh round draft pick. From a lot of the
stuff I was consuming, it seemed like he was going
to go much earlier. But he did fall to the
seventh round, So I think that's knocked his draft stock.
But I'm drafting these guys over most of the receivers
that the rookie receivers, so I'd be happy to have
both on my roster for my rookie teams.

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(38:14):
chat ericson we're moving to our late round sleepers and
deep league stashes. I will tell you right now that
your first pick here is one of my favorite picks
that anybody picks for any Not that he's my favorite
player we're talking about, but one of my favorite you
know fits that's applicable to the section we're talking about
them in.

Speaker 3 (38:31):
So I'm I'm a big fan of yours.

Speaker 4 (38:33):
I am leaving every single rookie Dynasty draft with Kamanagni
for Ruckers Chicago Bears. I want this on every single
one of my Dynasty teams. Back to back season with
twelve hundred plus rushing yards top ten PFF rushing grade
in twenty twenty three five foot eight, two hundred and
eleven pound bowling ball running back. He does all the
right things. He does the little things that coaches love,

(38:55):
ball security, zero career fumbles, He's dependable as a workhorse.
He gets the yards that are blocks for him, he
picks up extra yards. And we've seen this story before
with Ben Johnson and DeAndre Swift, like we've seen Ben
Jonson sour on this exact same running back times before.
Swift was phased out of the Lions offense in Johnson's
first year as the OC, and then he got traded

(39:16):
the year after. So I don't think it's crazy to
think that Manung and I will be a player that
the Bears turned to. When we're looking at our teams, like, oh,
who was a league winner in twenty twenty five fantasy
drafts because he took over the starting backfield. That's this
guy for me, this running back from Rutgers that's playing
on the Chicago Bears. I don't know how this team,
this new regime, feels about Roshawn Johnson. I don't really

(39:38):
know how they feel about the under shift. Yes, you
would think that they like him because they waited till
round seven to draft a player. But Deonder Swift has
had starting roles before and he's given them up. And
I just think that this particular player does so much
right that coaches love that he's going to get an opportunity,
and when he gets that opportunity, he's not going to
let it slip through his through his hands. So that's
for me, My.

Speaker 3 (39:57):
Guy, what round are you taking him in at rookie drafts?

Speaker 4 (40:00):
I mean I would take him in the third. Honestly, again,
I don't want to take wide receivers in that range
because they're gonna sit on my roster. They're gonna clog
it up, and I have no idea what to do
with them. Whereas Manongnai, I can take him, and then
when the Bears decided to draft running back next year,
then I'll just get rid of him and it'll be
over and it'll be done, and that's fine with me.
But for this particular year, I think that he can
add a lot of value. So and one thing I'll

(40:22):
also want to point out, So the Bears hired Eric
the Enemy, who has a perfect hit record of seventh
round running backs drafted from ruckers Okay, so he's the
new running backs coach for the Bears. So we're one
for one. It's gonna be two for two.

Speaker 3 (40:35):
Jake, what do you think about Manung guy?

Speaker 2 (40:37):
How fast he says his last name. I keep thinking no, no, no, no, no,
no no no Nona. Like anyway, I'm just all f
on the tangent today, I actually do like it. Like
I drew some comparisons to Zach Moss, which Zach Moss
w had been given an opportunity. I think the thing
with Zach Moss is that might sound like a negative,
but that comes more from I think his perception got
overblown a lot of times, especially with the broken tackles

(40:58):
and all that type of stuff. But on the good
side of Zach Moss, he can be an RB two
slash three. And I thought what Andrew brought up is
really important here is that it's not like Swift can
be a winner, but also let's caution ourselves at the
same time, and the fact that even if he's a winner,
he's still time sharing with somebody for Ben Johnson, like
somebody is going to share the rock. And I think

(41:18):
this was this draft pick was more concerning for me
for Roshan Johnson. I actually think this might be Roshan's death.
Nell is that now he's the third on the depth
chart and Monona Guy is the kind of time sharing
that David Montgomery role. Now, will they be as good
as dibbson Montgomery? Probably not, because if I did a
pecking order, I would still take both of them over
both Bears running backs. But it is worth watching. And

(41:39):
then can you get that kind of value which is
lesser David Montgomery while you're talking about RB three slash
four and if anything happens to Swift God of Guy starts,
you know, like David Montgomery did steps into the manana,
not steps into the lead role, and then you get
RB two value.

Speaker 1 (41:54):
All right, Jay, we've got three names left here. Who
do you have at your first late round sleeper?

Speaker 2 (41:58):
So it's kind of similar in style here is because
we're going to a team with a new head coach
and drafted a lot of players that like you're like, ooh,
this is getting interesting and running backs. I'm gonna go
to la Quinn Allen, mostly because it's funny that I
compared him to Rashad White, but not like like remember
where Cohen came from this isn't the bad Rashad White
like I said, This is actually like good Rashad White.

(42:20):
Like especially I said more effective on a per touch basis,
So maybe Austin Eckler, but that ceiling was so high that,
like I didn't want to call him Austin Eckler because
he's not. But in that mold of that pass catcher
dynamic with the ball, like I said, more effective on
a per touch basis than Rashad White is. But if
you put him in this timeshare role where Cohen comes in,

(42:41):
and I think everybody's on notice. ETN down the list
here is that this running back backfield could be a cluster,
you know what, and we're just banging our heads against
the wall. Maybe twenty twenty five is like just stay away,
just let it sort itself out. Don't invest on ETN,
don't invest on the veterans. Take a stab dynasty. You know,
remember the name Alan if something happens later in the year,

(43:02):
but maybe for twenty twenty six and beyond, because this
is what we're talking about, is third, fourth, even fifth
round picks in dynasty. Is that Allan's a stash away
because he is somebody that was drafted by the current regime,
and we also have expiring contracts next year on this backfield.
So I think Alan's an interesting name where it could
be like, oh my god, this fourth round pick turned it.
This is one of the ones that you hit on
that you're super excited about for next year.

Speaker 4 (43:24):
Eric sent any thoughts on Alan It's a bashal Tutane
season in Jacksonville.

Speaker 2 (43:30):
I'm just thought I am, legitimately I think the lowest
person on Tuton. I think he's he is. He's super fast,
but I think he's just a super fast guy. Like
I just I just think he's a guy. I think
it's a his athlete. Put it this way, if his
athleticism was twenty percent less, I don't think because of
his his actual football skills I don't think match his athleticism.

(43:53):
Does that make the kind of go back to like
a Devre Henderson, Like I think it like that IQ
and his ability just don't atch how good he is
as an explosive player.

Speaker 4 (44:02):
Okay, I love him.

Speaker 2 (44:05):
I'm sorry, I'm not one hundred percent right, let me
make that clear, but like it's funny we just talked
about him. I actually drew some comparisons and I called
him the bad version of DeAndre Swift, like he's bad
DeAndre Swift, which is like he should be better, Like
I think he should be better. And people are probably
yelling at me right now from the like I said,
he's got one of the best top gears, but I

(44:27):
just have concerns and maybe I'm wrong in this one.

Speaker 4 (44:29):
I just I fell in love with the person for
he was one of the guys at the combine that
gave me. You know, he actually took my questions, so
I felt like he actually what I had to say.

Speaker 3 (44:39):
I'm cheering.

Speaker 4 (44:40):
I'm cheering for him, dude.

Speaker 2 (44:41):
I I just That's how I fell in love with
Travis Folgel and all went to ODU and we sat
there at the combine and talked for ten minutes. So like,
like you always be careful about these things.

Speaker 4 (44:51):
This is like because any time anyone asked me about
two and I'm like, my rakings say this, but my
heart says tugboat. So sorry.

Speaker 3 (44:59):
One name left for each of you ericson who you got.

Speaker 4 (45:02):
Jacorey Krosskey merit for the Washington Commanders, so they took
him in the seventh round of the NFL Draft five
foot ten, two hundred and six pounds. I want to
note that the Commander's top running backs, Brian Robinson, Austin Eckler,
Chris Rodriguez, they all played last year significant snaps, and
they're all free agents in twenty twenty six. So Krossky
Merrit fell in the draft because he didn't go to
the Combine, because he didn't play this year. He played

(45:23):
one game this year for Arizona because he had eligibility
limitations because of when he played since two thousand. He's
been in college since twenty nineteen. But in twenty twenty three,
he was PFF's fourth highest graded running back at New
Mexico and then he transferred to Arizona and basically didn't play.
But I think that this player would have gone way
earlier had he just been able to play this year.
Like that's really what hurt his draft stock, because he

(45:45):
didn't get to go to the Combine. He just died
at the pro day. When I watched him, he reminded
me a lot of Aaron Jones, and I think that
he can be a really dynamic rusher for an offense
that we're excited about with the Washington Commanders and there's
just no long term commitment with guys like Robinson or
Ex or Chris Rodriguez. And we saw this backfield last year.
They were turning to everybody to take snaps when guys

(46:05):
got hurt. So I don't think you have one injury here,
one injury there. I think krossky Merrick could see a
role in this offense, and again he'll get replaced probably
in twenty twenty six. But for a last pick stash
of someone that maybe could produce for you if he
gets into the lineup, I think that he would produce
because I just feel like he's way better than a
seventh round pick, especially with what we saw from him
in twenty twenty three.

Speaker 3 (46:26):
Jake, who's the last player you want to talk about?

Speaker 2 (46:28):
Very similar in style of what we're talking about right
now between Teuton, krossky Merritt, and then my guy Marcus Yarns.
I think that, and I think maybe that's my thing
with Tuton. I think that Yarns and Teuton are kind
of felt similar to me, and that their explosiveness their
similar concerns. I will say that Yarns with similar Tuton,
they sometimes don't make enough people miss more so Yarns
than Tuton. Let me be fair, but I think Yarns

(46:50):
falls into the situation with the Saints that like undrafted.
So of course he might not even be on the roster,
but what does he do? He profiles to what they
need on the team, similar to Alvin Kamara, who is
missing time at this point, where like that role is
not going to be filled by the other running backs
on this team, especially Kendrick Miller. So I look at
Yarns and say, Okay, fills the role, fills a role

(47:11):
in a team that they love, this kind of opportunity
with this burst noess. Actually this is I told you
all my smashups, this is my off the wall, this
is how drunk I was, my birsdy MC third downer.
I didn't even give him a name. I just called
him birsdy mic third downer. And I just love that
in Yarns, and I think that what he can bring
here is again we're only talking about RB three value,
but in a full and a half point PPR that
RB three value is warranted to be on rosters.

Speaker 3 (47:33):
Eric's some quick thoughts on Yards.

Speaker 4 (47:35):
Yards is one of my favorite sleepers, and I was
very sad that he went undrafted, but the fact that
he's on the Saints they took Devin Neil in round six,
I think it's open for competition, right. We don't know
how this regime feels about Hendrey Miller has n't been good,
so I'm not I wouldn't be optimistic about him. You know,
Kahmara is going to be the main guy, but who
steps up behind him? And would not surprise me if
Yards could usurp Devin Neil, who Again, he's around six picks,

(47:58):
so the difference between him Yarns. I don't think it's
too drastic, So I'm on the Urn side here, especially
because he's gonna be free in drafts.

Speaker 3 (48:05):
All right, we'll get out of here on that.

Speaker 1 (48:07):
If you missed our same episode like this but for
wide receivers and tight ends, be sure to check that
out on your feeds or on YouTube as well. Thanks
everybody for tuning into both episodes this week. One last
reminder that we did take these a couple of days
arearly just in case any news came out that changed anything.

Speaker 4 (48:20):
We said Travis Hunter will never play.

Speaker 3 (48:23):
Yeah, that's the example.

Speaker 1 (48:24):
That's a m Allen signed somewhere and watch.

Speaker 3 (48:28):
Yeah, uh for Jake Zeely and Andre Ericson.

Speaker 1 (48:32):
I'm Ryan warmly. Thanks everybody for tuning in. We will
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