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EP 22: Top 10 Fantasy Football RBs & WRs · 3 Guys, 6 Balls NFL Podcast

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3 lifelong friends, 6 trusty balls and endless NFL ticks.
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Welcome to Three guys 6 Balls NFL Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 22 of Three guys 6 Balls NFL podcast.
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Today we've got more fantasy football talk for you guys.
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We're going to rank our top 10 fantasy running backs and wide
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receivers today, and I have a feeling that we're not going to
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have very many of these guys that are going to be ranked in
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the same spots. I really struggled with this.
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I don't know about you guys, but I really struggled with this.
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It was not the same as ranking the quarterbacks at all.
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But before we get started with our fantasy rankings today, I
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have to give a shout out. My mom told her friend about our
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podcast and she really loves football.
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Her and her husband really love football.
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Her name's Renetta and her husband's name is Rich.
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I just wanted to give them a shout out real quick because
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they apparently they listen to all of our episodes and they
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commented on a bunch of our Facebook posts.
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So I just wanted to give a shout out.
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So shout out to Renetta and Rich, our new fans.
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We appreciate you guys. We love little R&R.
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All right, that sounds great. All right, well, let's just hop
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right in. Let's get started with our top
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ten PPR fantasy running backs. Hey for 2025?
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I actually have a question here real quick.
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We have had a total of what, one pre season game?
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Right. Yes, I don't miss anything.
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And sorry, this is this is just after stuff here.
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I had to talk to you today. I wanted to pitch to you boys.
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People are lighting up about how good Trey Lance was doing.
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Oh, Trey Lance, Trey Lance said he's so good.
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Do you guys as football watchers, football enjoyers, do
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you put any real stock in the preseason?
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And how good somebody does in preseason?
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No, those are all press releases, all of that stuff.
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I think it's good experience for players, but you cannot really
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grade a player based off of how well they do in the preseason.
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Yeah, every time I see an article or a video talking about
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oh, so and so was cooking in practice today.
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Like, K, first of all, it's practice with your own
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teammates. Second of all, who the hell
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wrote this? Like who's like is I honestly
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think like is that your agent who paid some reporter to put
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this out there to leverage your contract or something like so
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whenever I see that I'm like, this is nonsense.
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I mean, now, if it's if it's something where like someone is
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like, oh, someones taking more reps than the, you know,
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presumed starter, that that might be something there
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assuming it's true, but just saying someones cooking.
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It's like you're all professional athletes, you all
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be a better be able to cook. Everybody has a good game every
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once in a while. I think it should be said that
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not everyone's second string is as good as everybody elses
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second string. And so I don't believe Trey
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Lance played against or with his the number one team on either
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side. He didn't play against the
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number one lions team and he didn't play with the number one
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chargers team like he's playing with the backups against the
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backups. I get that it's supposed to be
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equal for equal at that point, but not everybody's backups are
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equal. And so this whole look at his
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stats, he was doing so good. I just, I don't know, I think
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it's a bunch of hogwash, yeah. His career is not revived
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because one preseason game. I mean, if you worked on social
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media after that game, you would disagree with yourself.
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If Justin Herbert gets hurt, which hopefully not, but if he
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gets hurt and Trey Lentz comes in and actually performs well,
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then I'll believe that his career is revived.
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But until then I won't. Fair enough, sorry for derailing
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us. The the whole podcast is just
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derailed now. We can't we.
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Can't. I am very good at that.
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I've been called a distraction. High praise.
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Let's jump right into our top 10 fantasy running backs.
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Let's go ahead and get started. We started with Will last time.
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So Avery, you'll go first on this one.
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Give us your top ranked fantasy running back for this season.
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Bijon Robinson. I also have Bijon Robinson.
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I don't will. Will let the record show will is
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objectively wrong. Do you know why?
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And, and I'm going to contradict myself here, but because of
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Michael Pennix, I think they're going to try to utilize his acts
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because he the dude can throw the ball far.
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He has a good arm, accuracy is a different thing, but he can
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throw the ball far. And so they're going to try to
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use that. And they've got Drake Honda and
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they've got whatever the other guy's name is.
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They've got a good set of wide receivers.
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We've talked about them before. I just don't feel like they're
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going to utilize Bejon Robinson in the receiving row because
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Kyle Pitts and we all know fantasy the legend Kyle Pitts,
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right every single year putting up incredible stats.
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I just don't think and and we're talking specifically full point
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PPR leagues. So you're best running backs
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going to be guys who are going to get the ball in the receiving
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a lot. I just don't think they're going
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to utilize Bejon Robinson or Ted Tyler, Tyler Eiliger.
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I, Tyler Algier, thank you. I crushed it.
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I just don't think I use any of them in the receiving game like
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to have in the past. I think the opposite.
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I think they're going to lean on him heavily because of Michael
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Pennings Junior. Later on in my list, I actually
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have the exact contradictory fact.
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For matter of fact, one of my notes I just fell on wrote bad
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quarterback. Like under, under, under a
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running back stand. I just wrote bad quarterback
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needs a safety net. I don't think Michael Pennock
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junior is a bad quarterback. He is left-handed, but we won't
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take too much away from him. Is it Alvin Kamara?
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Of course it is. We'll get there though.
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I just don't think they're using the same.
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I do have Baja Robinson on my list.
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He did make the top, the top 4 actually #4 if you can guess.
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I just don't have him. I just don't have him at #1.
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Wait, did you say who's your number one?
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I didn't say yet, I have Jamir Gibbs.
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I have Jamir Gibbs. The Lions are going to rely a
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lot on that. That whole offense, they had the
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most, maybe not the most explosive offense, but they had
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an incredible offense last year and most of those pieces stayed.
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Unlike the Vikings offense where you lost your quarterback, that
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did not happen for the Lions. I can expect near the same
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thing. I know they lost some coaches,
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coordinators, whatever you want to call them, but you can
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expect, in my opinion, I think you can expect near the same
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thing from last year. I'm baking the Jamir Gibbs this
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year. All right, Will.
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So now it's time for me to tell you why you're wrong.
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Go on, you can try. Very similar to the
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quarterbacks. Since 2001 there's only been 1
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running back that has been the leader in back-to-back points in
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fantasy. And that running back was Chiefs
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running back Priest Holmes from 2002 to 2003.
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Guess who was number one last year?
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Shamir Gibbs. Statistically, he will not be
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the number one running back this year because he was the number
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one running back last year. So if I make counter before
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Priest Holmes, do you know if anybody else has ever done it?
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I don't because they didn't give me the stats before that.
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Sure, for sure. So let's just assume the answer
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was no, right? That's just that's just for this
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example. Let's assume no one, because
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before 2001, were we even playing fantasy football?
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No, nobody got it yet. The answer is yes, but the
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answer is also no. So before Priest Holmes did it
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in 2003 and 4. Right, I wasn't really
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listening, I was building my rebuttal 2. 1000 and three 2000
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and. Three.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It's like I said, 2002 and 2003. No one had ever done it.
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OK, But you know what? Priest Holmes didn't care.
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You know who else doesn't care? Dan.
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Gibbs. Campbell Well junior gives to
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with Dan Campbell. Feed the man the ball and let
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him run it. Throw the man the ball and then
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let him run it after that. You would know Dan Campbell's
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won a lot of playoff games, so he knows how to, yeah.
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Yeah, hey, you know what? Fantasy doesn't give a shoot
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about the playoffs, does it, pal?
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Fantasy football doesn't give a RIP about the playoffs, that's
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true. That's why Pat Mahomes is not a
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great fantasy quarterback. That's what, that's what those
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articles. He's great, but like, he's not
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like great great. Those articles that say those
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players are cooking in practice Also no relation to the
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playoffs. You're right, you're right.
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This has nothing to do with real football, just practice
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football. All right, all right, so we're
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back to Avery. So give us your number 2 running
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back this year for fantasy. Am I leading?
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Am I going to say my first one? I hope you.
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Are you are you're first? Today I got Derrick Henry.
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Really, a #2? Yep, I think.
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That's surprising coming from you.
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As as opposed to the other running backs, I feel like Derek
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Henry's built a little different and a little bit more
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consistent. Physically, yes.
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Well, I mean, yeah, there's obviously that, but he's built
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like a defensive tackle. But.
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I guess the way I see it is he can continually produce.
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He's not one of these. That was a deep cut.
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D Anthony Thomas's where you have to treat him like some 69
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year vet that you only bring out for special occasions and pray
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that no one breathes on him wrong.
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I just feel like he's one of those guys you can continually
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expect consistent production from and I don't expect a big
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dip. So whether or not he puts up the
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second best numbers, I just like him as far as a I guess.
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More the safe pick existing guy. Yeah, he's the antithesis of
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McCaffrey. Yeah, I like that.
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I don't have him here, but you like that.
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I'm gonna go ahead and go next because Avery just mentioned my
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#2 running back. It's Christian McCaffrey.
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You are joking. He didn't even make my name
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dude. Didn't even I didn't even make
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my top 10. Didn't even make the top 10.
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He's not online either. He's not on my top 10.
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I was like, get out of here dude, I'll put you at 11.
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So I never. Have to say your name.
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He is so broken. You can do.
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That's the thing. That's The thing is it is a
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massive risk, yeah. And let me tell you, as the guy
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who had him in the first round in two different leagues last
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year ain't going to happen again.
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You can miss me with that McCaffrey garbage.
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Totally. He's going to get tired.
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Of Harding If if he doesn't get hurt on his own, someone's going
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to take this steel rod. OK, So this is just based off of
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if he's healthy, because if he's healthy, you are going to get
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one of the top running backs in fantasy football every single
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year that he's been healthy. So in the five seasons he's been
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healthy, he has been a top 10 running back.
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And the, the one year that he was #10 was his rookie season
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when he was splitting carries with Jonathan Stewart.
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Every other year he's been healthy, he's been either #1 or
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#2 every single year he's been healthy.
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Now, again, that is a massive risk to take Christian McCaffrey
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because in three of his eight seasons, he's missed over half
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the games. So it's a massive, massive risk
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to take Christian McCaffrey. But if it pays off, you are
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getting either. You're probably getting either
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the first or second scoring running back in fantasy
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football. I don't, just not on my list.
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I don't disagree with the words you're currently saying, but
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because of the gigantic risk, I'm just not doing it.
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It has been too many times what's what feels like in a row
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and maybe this is recency bias and he's going to come back
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totally fine, but he's getting up there in age.
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The 49ers have less weapon and so we can get utilized more,
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which feeds into what you're saying.
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But somebody who's already injured, I just don't trust him
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having to ball more. Yeah.
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And that's totally fair. You know, you get hurt once,
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shame on you get hurt twice, shame on me.
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You get hurt three times, shame is back on you because you need
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to figure this out. He can't be a professional
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baller if you're going to get hurt three times like that.
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Yeah, I have Ashton Gentie in my #2 spot at #2 at #2 because of
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because of two reasons. Nope.
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Pete Carroll and Chip Kelly. Pete Carroll loves to run the
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ball. Chip Kelly runs that for one
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play except for Alan play. I was going to bring it up this
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time. I have Seahawks fans at work who
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do not like it. I brought it up like 8 weeks in
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a row. I wasn't going to say it.
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No one still. On the ball now.
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Now more than Pete. Pete Carroll is a run first guy.
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Chip Kelly is a West Coast offense guy.
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So it's slants. It's it's screen passes, it's
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running back swing routes. It is it is get the guy the ball
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in open space and let them run. And that is one thing Ashton
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gently did well was he found his own open space and ran in
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college. Now college and pros, they mean
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some together, but they don't mean anything really, because
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let me look at Tim Tebow, right All Star in college couldn't do
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anything NFL except when I play off the game.
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But that's not the point. That's fine.
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Whatever. Who cares about the Steelers
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anyway. So I that's why we're ashing
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into here. I I'm I'm buying into the I
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guess you're right. It's the hype, but it's not just
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the Ashton Gente hype. It's the coaching staff hype
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along. With him, OK, I'm going to save
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my staff for Ashton Gente for when I have Ashton Gente on my
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list. I don't want it anyway.
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Yeah, I do it fine. I.
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Want to know? I want to.
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Know. I'll.
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Take you off the podcast when I show my stuff.
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No, I got it. No, I got it.
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What? What's right as I'm wearing ear
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folks, I can't even get in my ear.
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All right, let's move on to #3 Avery, who's your #3 fantasy
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running back this year? I got.
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Jameer Gibbs. I also have Gibbs at 3:00.
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Shoot. I'm.
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Will. All right, well, who do you got?
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Who's? Your I was waiting for you guys
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to give a reason as to why. I mean, we talked about it a
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little bit. He's not going to be #1 because
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he was number one last. Year you already gave it, but we
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just see that just like a few notches down that's it's the
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same thing just. Oh, sure, sure, sure, sure.
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I have Saquon Barkley OK there. Why do you have that 3?
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I don't know. I just do, right?
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It's one of those. It's one of those.
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He's on the ground. It's just up to you guys and and
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Jamir Gibbs here, can't believe the Williams that won last year.
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He's not really #2 because apparently Christian McCaffrey,
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so he's just putting me three. I've got to say Quan is as
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probably the league's third best running back and so that's why
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we got him here. OK, fair enough.
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Avery, who do you have as your 4th fantasy running back this
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year? Saquon.
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I have Saquon. Ford to you.
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I'm getting slain down here for happy MS3.
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I don't want you ever know before.
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Little did you know, Will, that Avery and I got together before
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the podcast and we kind of. Yeah.
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And just. And then just kind of mixed it
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up enough that that it didn't seem like.
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It but he's being nice. I asked him for the answers and
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he made me promise to change it up a little bit so it didn't
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look like I directly copied him. I don't have that that feels
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right. I took French class with you.
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I know how this works. And guess who speaks French now?
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Neither one. Of us I.
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Think we know. I think we both know the same 3
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words probably and they're and they're not normal words.
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Just I'll leave it there. Yeah, that's fair.
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Saquon Barkley had 2000 yards rushing last season and in the
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entire history of the NFL, there's only been one
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back-to-back season where there's been a 2000 yard rusher
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and it was not by the same player.
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So that's why I ranked Saquon Barkley a little bit lower than
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I feel like most people would because he's not going to have
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2000 yards again. He just won't.
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And Avery said it multiple times.
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That's why I was surprised you put Derek Henry at 2, Avery,
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that you think that both Saquon Barkley and Derek Henry are
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going to have statistically worse seasons than they did last
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year. So that's part of the reason why
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I put Saquon Barkley at four and not in one of the top three
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spots. Yeah, same.
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Who's your 4? I have Bichon Robinson.
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He had to show up at some point. I had to.
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I freaked myself out. We already talked about him
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because you guys talked about, wait a minute, he was already on
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my list. No, he wasn't.
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Yeah, you lost your list where he was you actually.
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Changed, I said #1 because we were both in #1 you just.
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Wanted to talk already talked about why it's the whole my who
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panics thing. I don't trust him.
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I don't trust the Falcons truly. That's I just don't trust the
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Falcons. And you shouldn't.
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OK. Thank you.
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All right. Who's your number 5 fantasy
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running back this year? I got Ashton Gentie.
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I'm going to get one of these guys you're.
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Acting like our pigs just because they went first or
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right. Somehow they were all just
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shooting. No, I have Ashton Gentie at six,
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but I thought about honestly just saying that I had him at 5
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just so I could continue to make Will feel bad.
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Yeah, I love you guys too. You guys are the best.
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I'm so glad we do this. I think Gentie, I think for the
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same reasons Will had there, but also I think there's a little
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bit of freshman, I guess rookie magic.
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The same thing with Zeke and Dak.
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Just like no one knows you as well, or at least your game in
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the professional world. I mean, as long as you're going
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to get utilized and as high as Gente was taken, I'm sure he's
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going to be RB number one and they're going to use him.
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So honestly, if I had to say where I think he'll rank fantasy
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wise, I honestly have all these guys.
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I think he might have the lowest floor just because we don't
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know. But also, I mean, even
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McCaffrey, you said McCaffrey ended up at 10 his rookie year.
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Granted, he was behind Jonathan Stewart, but I think I mean, if
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you're talking about McCaffrey, like in when he's healthy prime,
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like he's one of the greatest ever.
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So I just think Ashton living up to that, like, that's a tall
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order. But like Will said, I think Pete
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Carroll and Chip Kelly, I think they'll do him right.
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I think he'll put up some good numbers and it'll be exciting to
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watch more than anything, Yeah. I agree.
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I have met 6. I have Derek Henry at 5:00.
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But since we're talking about Ashton Genti, I will give my
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stat now because it's five and six, basically the same thing.
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So every running back that was drafted in the top 12 of the
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draft since 2012 has finished as a top ten PPR fantasy running
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back. Do you guys think you can guess
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who they are? Say that.
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One more time. There's eight of them.
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OK, so so every every running back since 2012 that has been
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drafted in the top 12 of the draft has finished as a top 10
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fantasy running back their rookie year.
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Isn't Prince Richardson in that group?
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He is 2012. He had a good season.
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He had. That was his best season, yes.
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Todd Gurley. Todd Gurley is one of them.
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He was in 2015. What's it?
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Who's the I? Mean Zeke.
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Zeke 2016, the years only get the years only get higher from
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here, just so you know. That's that's three or 4.
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That's three. There's two in 2017.
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Are these players still active? McCaffrey. 11 from 17 is which
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is McCaffrey. Yeah, McCaffrey, OK, the other
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one's not. Right, the other one is not
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what? Active in the NFL anymore?
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Is it the one? You won a Super Bowl out.
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With the bug Melvin, never mind. Then for net.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK.
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And then there's there's three more.
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There's 2018. No, he had a horrible rookie
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year. OK, so there's one running back
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in 2018 and 2 running backs in 2023.
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I'm thinking about 2018 like it was three years ago.
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He was tracked 3 years ago. Was Brice.
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Brice Hall. No, she was a second.
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No, he was a second round pick 20. 18 Is it one of Is it Saquon
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or Derek Henry? Saquon is in 2018.
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He actually finished first and then 2023 there's 2 running
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backs. That's two years ago, so we've
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talked about. We've talked about both of them
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already. Robinson and Jamir Gibbs.
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Yep, that's every running back since 2012 that's been drafted
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in the top 12, and every single one of them has finished in the
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top ten of fantasy running backs their rookie year.
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Shoot. All right, well.
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So that's pretty high hopes for actually junky then, yeah.
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It is. Well, did.
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You give your will, did you give your 6?
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When was Martin Hampton drafted? I have not yet.
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I haven't given my 5 yet. Was he sorry?
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Wasn't he second round? No, it was first round, but it
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was in the second. It was in the second-half.
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Of the second-half, OK, at #5 I have Derrick Henry.
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Oh, so woo me and you match. I have Derrick Henry.
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We do. Match yeah, I was not going to
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make a big deal about it if you wanted to do because you skipped
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your number 5. Let's just talk about my number
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six and that's Avery has. Yeah, Co conspirators over
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there. I thought your five wouldn't
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matter anyway because. Yeah, exactly.
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You remember all right. All right, Avery, who's your
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number six fantasy running back this year?
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I got Jonathan Taylor. I don't like it, but that's
21:29
where he is. I don't want to talk about it.
21:32
I did not put him on my list. He did not make my list either.
21:35
He was an honorable mention for me.
21:38
Yeah, for the same injury as Christian McCaffrey didn't put
21:42
it on the list. I have him there because I think
21:44
Anthony Richardson's going to get hurt again or whoever
21:46
replaces him. So I just think they're going to
21:47
be running it more, yeah. The reason I didn't put on, the
21:51
reason I didn't put him on my list is because he's only played
21:53
one full season. Every other year he's missed at
21:55
least two games. And I know it's only two games,
21:57
but still it's you never know what two games it's going to be
22:00
if those are playoff games that. Sucks.
22:02
Ruins your fantasy championship right there.
22:05
It does. You already gave your 6.
22:08
I have Bucky Irving at six. He's in my top ten.
22:11
I don't have him at six, but he's in my top 10.
22:13
I'm a big Bucky fan. I think that as Mike Evan gets
22:17
older that he's going to be, I think he's got one more 1000
22:21
yard season left in him and then that's pretty much going to be
22:23
it for him And, and so as. Barely.
22:25
He barely got 1000 yards last year but they actually purposely
22:29
throwing the ball. On the last.
22:31
Drive to get him 1000 yards. I watched that.
22:35
I watched that happen and it was so fun to watch.
22:40
Surely it was, it was such a fun like football moment.
22:43
Like it was this is football. But you're not wrong.
22:47
It was a bit looking back, it's like, oh, guys, that the horse
22:52
is dead. Do we need to turn them into
22:53
glue on this field? Like, come on.
22:55
But they're going to they're going to have to change their
22:57
their play style. And Bucky was a huge part last
23:00
year and made a huge part in this year.
23:02
I like that. All right, let's move on to #7
23:05
who's your #7 fantasy running back this year?
23:07
Bucky Irving. Dude, I'm so good at this guys.
23:12
So here's the thing. I'm just saying to the guy
23:14
that's before you. That way you don't have to know.
23:17
It makes it look like I'm sitting here changing my list.
23:19
I got to have him up next, then it's all important that I have.
23:24
Him next all right at 7, I have Kyron Williams.
23:27
Boo. I don't know.
23:30
That's fine. I also have it Williams at #7
23:34
but it's not Kyron. I have Diane Williams.
23:39
It's not what I had Dallas, Dallas running back is that
23:44
please hold. Please get out get.
23:48
Out hold taste. He wasn't even in consideration
23:52
for the time. He's not.
23:53
He's not. I never.
23:55
Thought about his name one time. Allow me to enter this into the
23:59
chat. We have new head coach, we have
24:02
struggling quarterbacks. We have struggling.
24:05
See this is another. This is this is a Christian
24:08
McCaffrey Asterix. If he can stay healthy, then he
24:11
is going to be the workout horse for Dallas.
24:13
You've got George Pickens, you've got CD Lamb, and Dallas
24:17
is always a run first team. You have a new head coach who
24:21
truly got this because he was just in the right place at the
24:24
right time. He's not.
24:25
No one wanted Schottenheimer as Dallas head coach.
24:28
He just kind of is there now. Well, I guess, I guess he.
24:32
Well, yeah, because he's a yes man.
24:33
And Jerry loves to run the football first.
24:35
Because he's still dreaming about Emmett Smith.
24:37
He still has a dream that, oh, this is Detroit Smith.
24:40
My urban days. It's not.
24:43
And so they're a run for his team and they're A and DAC is a
24:46
dump the ball off kind of quarterback.
24:49
And so for the same reasons as Alvin Kamara, just different
24:52
type quarterback, he's going to get over utilized and he's going
24:55
to rack up a bunch of points. I have Javonte Williams on my
24:58
list number 7 and I'm sticking beside it that.
25:02
Is a very interesting pick. I would not.
25:07
I would not have gone that route, but.
25:10
I don't care. I put Kyron Williams at #7
25:15
because in both of his relevant seasons in the NFL, he has
25:19
finished at #7 in fantasy. One of those years he only
25:22
played twelve games, but he still finished at seven, and
25:24
last year he finished at 7:00, so I'm putting him at 7.
25:28
Let's move on to #8 Who's your number 8 fantasy running back?
25:32
Alvin Kamara. Me too.
25:36
Really. Wait, I'm.
25:39
Coming. I'm great.
25:40
I did not have him on my top ten.
25:41
He he came in at 11 for me. Boo everybody, Boo Joel, Boo
25:46
boo's in the chats. We're supposed to be on the same
25:50
team. Effing the chat for Joel.
25:53
I'm switching teams to no, to will or to somebody I don't know
26:00
but. Will, you've kind of said it
26:01
before, kind of for the reason why you think Camaro is going to
26:04
be a good fantasy running back this year.
26:06
Dude, their quarterback sucks, right?
26:09
They don't have a good option. They have no option.
26:12
He's a rookie quarterback who couldn't start at Oregon, where
26:17
I mean, let's be honest, he is not great.
26:20
His one season at college, not great.
26:22
Got picked 40 bit of a reach and so here he is.
26:26
I was being polite just like you were with my pick for Geronte
26:29
Williams. You were being polite.
26:33
I just, they, they also, the Saints also have none other than
26:37
Kellen Moore as their head coach, right?
26:40
And so here we are at not a great head coach, not a great
26:44
quarterback. So they're going to rely on
26:47
their workhorse running back. Now, that is also, again, if he
26:51
comes back healthy and can remain healthy, but he's gonna
26:54
have to have a safety net. And Albert Kamara could
26:57
legitimately have 400 catches this year because what's his
27:01
bucket? Just can't throw the ball.
27:03
True. Yeah, I, I didn't put him on my
27:05
list because although he did finish 5th in points per game
27:09
last year and 9th overall, he has missed at least two games
27:13
every season since 2019. And so I mean, it kind of
27:17
contradicts my Christian McCaffrey thing, but I just feel
27:19
like the, the, I feel like the reward with Christian McCaffrey
27:24
could outweigh the risk. There's a higher ceiling there
27:27
for sure. All right, so I have Devon HN at
27:31
#8, and I just I just feel like he is one of the best weapons
27:35
that the dolphins have. I mean he had 78 catches last
27:39
year and you know that was probably because tua missed some
27:42
games. And so the quarterback just
27:44
dumps it off to the running back, but he is an explosive
27:46
player. He's going to get his catches.
27:48
They're going to utilize him because he's one of the best
27:51
players that they have on offense.
27:52
He's one of the most explosive players that they have.
27:55
I feel like his catches are going to come down, but I feel
27:58
like he's still going to be up there.
27:59
The the running backroom for the Dolphins is pretty I mean, I
28:04
wouldn't say loaded, but it it's got a lot of depth.
28:06
And so I feel like they're going to add some more guys into that
28:08
rotation this year. But when they need an explosive
28:11
play, I mean they have Tyreek Hill and Devon HN Jalen models,
28:15
OK, but you know, they've got those two guys are really
28:18
they're explosive players on that offense.
28:20
And so I feel like he is going to continue to be utilized as he
28:25
has been. All right, Who's your number 9
28:27
fantasy running back this year? Devon, it's the same guy.
28:32
I should have gone 1st and you could change your mind and put
28:34
him in. Eight.
28:35
Yeah, well, you did go first just before me, somehow.
28:39
Your last. I know the last 8 was my first
28:42
nine. So for the same reasons, I think
28:44
he's good, but I think I have him low.
28:47
I would have actually had him higher if I thought Tua was
28:50
going to be injured again. But I'm being irresponsibly
28:54
optimistic on Tua's health, and so I think he's going to be
28:58
around. And then get his money.
29:01
Yeah, just wait till you see where I'm Tyree kill listed.
29:05
Oh, no. Oh, jeez.
29:09
OK, All right. Will, who's your number 8
29:13
running back? Nine.
29:14
Are we on 9/9? Will, who's your number 9
29:16
running back? Very nine.
29:17
It's. All I have DeAndre Swift, the
29:21
Chica go Bills. I know it's the bears, but
29:23
that's a New Girl reference. I look, yeah, I mean, see Alvin
29:30
Kamara at #8 right, new head coach.
29:32
He's going to start off conservative, Ben, but it's Ben
29:35
Johnson. And I literally wrote down in my
29:37
notes, Ben Johnson question mark.
29:39
We don't know. We have the Lions, right?
29:42
And we have what he did the Lions.
29:44
And guess what? Jamir Gibbs did pretty good last
29:47
year. And so now he's in Chicago.
29:49
And listen, Caleb Williams is bad.
29:51
I don't know who needs to hear this.
29:53
And so I'll say it again, Caleb Williams is bad.
29:57
He is not a good quarterback. He wasn't good at USC.
30:02
He wasn't good anywhere else in college.
30:04
He is not good now, granted, better than you.
30:08
Yeah, I know Internet. He's better than me.
30:10
And not a professional quarterback.
30:13
Any of whom DeAndre Swift is going to have to.
30:16
I mean, they're going to have to have some sort of offense and
30:17
they're just going to start handing the ball off again and
30:19
again. DJ Moore is going to take a huge
30:22
hit. I don't even have him listed in
30:23
my top 10 for receivers because of that.
30:26
Because as we talked about already, whoever's putting these
30:30
practice tapes out of these quarterbacks and receivers, oh,
30:34
how good they're doing. I don't know who's got their
30:37
whatever it's saying in their cross they say for Kayla
30:40
Williams, but they're putting some Spike film out on him.
30:44
But him missing the net multiple times.
30:46
You going to see that when you're doing a drill where he's
30:48
throwing into a net and he misses like four in a row and he
30:50
storms away like a toddler. Like, dude, come on.
30:54
And maybe it's maybe it's Bears can't doing that to throw
30:57
everybody have to sense. But usually you do that when the
31:01
guy's already good and say, oh, he's having an off year.
31:03
Well, he's having an off career. I can't wait for when we have a
31:06
Our Bears fan as a guest come on the show on August 18th and Will
31:11
and he and Will are just going to go at it.
31:13
I feel like Avery and I have both said good things about
31:16
Caleb Williams and the Bears. We've also said some bad things,
31:18
but we've said some good things. But Will hates pretty much
31:21
everybody so. Dude I am the hater and that's
31:25
why like. With the bears, I'm like that.
31:28
That abusive, weirdly emotional boyfriend who abuses them but
31:34
then says they love them. Like no like you're sweet
31:36
though, but. You deserve this.
31:39
You made me do this to you. Sit in this hot cock.
31:45
Right, my number 9, I have Packers running back Josh Jacobs
31:50
and I just feel like the Packers leaned.
31:58
The Packers leaned heavily on Josh Jacobs last year, and I
32:01
think they're going to do it again.
32:03
He finished the season with at least one touchdown run in his
32:06
last eight games, and I think he's going to continue the
32:09
success he had towards the second-half of last year.
32:12
Going into this season #10 who do you guys have as your number
32:15
10 fantasy running back this year?
32:17
Cuba. Cuba.
32:19
Rubber Cuba. I don't.
32:21
Understand that the Panthers are up, not super up, but they're up
32:26
from where they were, which was really low.
32:28
So I feel like it's hard to disagree with that statement,
32:34
but I think Tuba's been getting better every year.
32:37
I think he's gonna. I think he's gonna hit it.
32:39
Oklahoma State Cowboy, right Tuba Hubbard.
32:41
I don't care. All right, well, who do you have
32:45
at Ted? Hold on, I want to find the
32:47
answer to my question. Yeah, he is.
32:49
He doesn't really know, he just said that just to no he was.
32:52
Just 2021. Yeah, he's Oklahoma State.
32:54
I have Kyron Williams, see Jill's answer at #7.
32:58
Except I ranked him at 7:00 because he was 7, so that answer
33:01
doesn't make sense. That logic is definitely not ten
33:07
you. Idiot.
33:09
I'm using rail for some of my logic here.
33:12
He's been 7 the last two years, so it's going to be 7 again, but
33:16
no way possible. Is someone going to finish first
33:20
twice? No way.
33:23
But this guy 7 three times in a row?
33:26
Yeah, maybe they do. Listen to the show Trouble.
33:33
All right, I have Bucky Irving at 10.
33:35
I just think that there's so many weapons on that offense
33:38
that, you know, Bucky Irving towards the last half of last
33:41
season, he really took over. He started, you know, being the
33:44
the kind of the primary running back.
33:46
But I feel like that offense just has so many weapons that
33:49
it's going to be hard for any one player on that offense aside
33:53
from Baker Mayfield to be like ranked super, super high.
33:59
There's only one football and you got to spread it around to
34:02
all these guys. And you know, there's Mike
34:05
Evans, there's Tez Johnson, there's Emeka Buka, there's
34:07
Chris Godwin, there's Kate On, there's Bucky Irving, there's
34:10
Rashad White, there's all these guys that the football has to go
34:13
to. And so I don't think there's
34:15
going to be one guy that's going to be like super, super ranked
34:19
high, but I think that they're all going to do fairly well.
34:23
Item at 7:00. So this is all.
34:25
This is all point. I am a six SO.
34:32
Well, wins. Yeah, it's fine.
34:34
Whatever. I'm not cool or anything.
34:37
I just know how I am so. So.
34:45
Let's move on to our top 10 receivers and then if we have
34:47
time at the end, we'll do, we'll do some sleeper running backs
34:51
and wide receivers if we have time.
34:53
So Avery, who is your #1 fantasy wide receiver this year?
34:57
Jamal Chase. Same same.
35:03
I also have that one. Yeah.
35:05
Hey, we get it guys. I think we can speak.
35:09
Do we have the right on that one?
35:12
I'll just say unlike the running backs and quarterbacks, there
35:15
have been multiple receivers that have finished number one in
35:19
points in back-to-back seasons. So in 2001 and 2002, Marvin
35:25
Harrison did it. In 2008 and 2009 it was Andre
35:28
Johnson. Then in 11 and 12 it was Calvin
35:30
Johnson and then in 14/15/16 and 17 it was Antonio Brown.
35:36
I think people forget how good he was.
35:39
It's all recently bias of him taking his pads off in Tampa Bay
35:42
and his rap videos and his adult videos.
35:47
ESPN yeah, yeah, Cracker of the year, that's.
35:51
But I. He was good though.
35:53
He was so good, he. Was very good he.
35:55
Was unbelievable. Like if you got him in Madden,
35:58
just have him run a straight crowd.
36:00
You're just going to touch that every single time.
36:02
He was so good. Four straight years.
36:04
So yeah, I don't think there's really any question that is from
36:07
our Chase. OK, who's your number 2 fantasy
36:10
wide receiver this year? Do either of you guys not have
36:12
Justin Jefferson right here? I don't.
36:15
Of course I don't. Do you know what?
36:17
CD Lamb? I do have CD glam, actually,
36:21
because JJ McCarthy sucks. That don't sucks.
36:25
I do know that. I watched him.
36:26
He's a large. Ball.
36:28
That doesn't mean it's his second rookie season.
36:31
Oh, sorry, I'm thinking of Mike McCarthy.
36:34
I thought you were talking about he's like.
36:37
What I don't know. He's still.
36:39
Hanging around there. Listen, listen.
36:41
I have Justin Jefferson at at #4 it's not like he bumped him out
36:45
of my top five. He's #4 but I don't that team is
36:51
going to be less good offensively and that whole
36:53
offense is going to take a hit because Justin Jefferson.
36:56
Michigan. I am not a big fan, but it's not
37:00
that's not actually why JJ McCarthy.
37:03
JJ McCarthy just isn't that good of a ball thrower and I'm
37:06
willing to be wrong. Put it on the damn spreadsheet
37:08
for LA Care. He just.
37:10
Isn't better than you. I mean, yeah.
37:25
I mean, yeah, you got. Move it.
37:29
You got me. All right, I'll move them on my
37:32
list. Right now.
37:32
I'm doing it. No, I have CD Lamb here.
37:35
Why do you have CD Lamb too? Because I'm a Dallas homework
37:38
clearly look at the thing. No, I just even with DAC being
37:44
out and even with DAC being kind of terrible, CD Lamb still puts
37:49
up good numbers. And just like Justin Jefferson
37:51
is going to put up good numbers. I just I just think that the
37:56
acquisition of George Pickens is going to help CD Lamb.
38:00
All right. Who do you guys have?
38:02
That high is wild. You're wild and dumb.
38:05
Wait, do you have CD Lamb in your top ten?
38:07
Anybody. Somewhere, not that, not not too
38:11
high, not at #2. All right, who's your third
38:15
ranked fantasy wide receiver this year?
38:18
It's CD Lamb this. Is the stupidest thing I've ever
38:30
done. I think he's really good.
38:44
Not #2 but three. Maybe you set that up so
38:51
perfectly it. Was all based on Joel asking me
38:58
who my next guy was. I had to like, get it right in
39:01
there. It's getting hot.
39:07
That's great. That's great.
39:10
For all the reasons Will said. Just a little bit like a little
39:12
bit lower. They were one spot lower.
39:19
I have CD land at #4. But I but.
39:25
Will got mad at me last time for skipping so I'll I'll go back to
39:28
my #3 real quick. So #3 I have Ammon raw St.
39:32
Brown, same. So we have the same top 4 in a
39:37
little bit different order. And I, Justin Jefferson, before
39:40
you have CD Lamb, before we have the same 4 receivers in the top
39:43
four slot. Wait, Avery, who's your #4?
39:46
Tyree kill. Oh.
39:48
Boo, wait a minute. I'm, I'm around it.
39:51
I thought you, I'm sorry, I thought you already said who you
39:53
had it for. I'm just messing up here, CD,
39:55
Joel started. Jumping ahead just we all
39:57
started jumping ahead. I thought you were just talking
39:59
to me, Will. We have the top three together.
40:02
But well, you and I have the same top 4.
40:04
OK, you and I have the same top 4, yes.
40:07
Who's? Your.
40:08
Who are your four? Who don't you have in there,
40:10
Avery? I have Jamar, Justin.
40:12
CD Tyreek Yeah, he does. Not have same brown, same brown,
40:15
OK. Yeah, so I have St.
40:18
Brown as #3 because the last two years he's been #3.
40:22
Oh my gosh. And he's had a minimum of 90
40:28
catches every single year in his career, a minimum of 90.
40:31
The last three years, he's had at least 100 catches every year.
40:33
So he's gonna be up there. Will, who's your you had?
40:37
I'm gonna Ross St. Brown is #3 Yeah.
40:39
OK, yes, cool. OK.
40:41
I answered my question while I was asking you the question.
40:43
All right, Avery, who's your wait?
40:44
You have dirty kill, right? Yep #4 let me just.
40:47
Officially ask who's your #4 fantasy wide receiver this year.
40:50
Tyree Kill, that's my guy. I think he's going to stay
40:58
healthy and I think he's going to micromanage to A to make sure
41:02
he doesn't get hurt. And I think they're going to
41:05
have a good, healthy, strong business, professional football
41:09
relationship. And they're going to throw a lot
41:10
of passes to Tyreke. And I think he's going to run
41:13
the ball a lot with the ball in his hand.
41:15
And I think he's going to go in the end zone a lot.
41:18
And I think he's going to do it probably like the 4th best out
41:22
of all the receivers. Did you guys see the video where
41:25
Tyreke Bill said that he didn't know the playbook for the first
41:28
three years he was in Miami? Booby Miles didn't know the
41:31
playbook. Look how that turned out for
41:33
him. His has sprained MCO out for
41:35
career. Dude never even got checked up
41:41
he just the doctor just showed him this MRI, he freaked out
41:44
left. They never figured out like what
41:46
the timetable was. He just assumed his career was
41:48
over. Yes I do.
41:50
Never even asked. It's over.
41:55
I hate that movie. I love it, but I hate that
41:57
movie. It's so it's like somebody who
42:01
knows a little bit about football made a football movie
42:04
and just didn't do any real research.
42:06
Yeah, anyway. All.
42:10
Right since. CD Lane.
42:12
Oh, that's right, that's right. Yeah, since we know everybody's
42:15
top 4, who's your 5th ranked fantasy wide receiver this year?
42:19
Drake, London. Anyway, Avery would have up
42:22
there somewhere. Gotta I gotta I, and at this
42:25
point now, I've been locked in with the Falcons receivers.
42:28
I gotta, I gotta stay on that train.
42:30
Gotta do. It he was one of eight receivers
42:33
with over well with 100 catches or more last season, so it was a
42:37
Goodyear. 5th best, 5th best good in my opinion.
42:42
We're good stats 5th best good. Well, who do you have as your
42:47
5th ranked wide receiver? I have.
42:50
Tyreek Hill and I was expecting to get some Flack for this, but
42:53
Avery's got him at 4:00, so I'm actually less crazy than Avery
42:57
so. I do not have him as a top ten
43:00
wide receiver. I for all the reasons, Avery
43:03
said. I think that he's going to
43:04
micromanage what's his face, his health, and make sure old crab
43:08
hands doesn't get crab hands again, and then they're going to
43:11
throw the ball a lot and score a lot of touchdowns.
43:13
I was really worried you were going to have him a lot higher
43:16
when you said Tyreke's on my other list.
43:18
I'm like, shoot, I hope he's not higher than 4.
43:20
I was not expecting either of you to have him in the top 7.
43:24
I think if he's healthy and has a quarterback to throw to him, I
43:26
think he's one of the best still in the league.
43:28
Yeah, great. It's a little bit of a McCaffrey
43:30
situation, but it's not him getting injured this time, It's
43:34
the person who needs to throw the ball to him.
43:37
Yeah, it's the old crab claw. Yeah.
43:42
Which I shouldn't make one of his alleged terrible.
43:45
That's terrible. All right #5 I have Malik
43:49
Neighbors. He finished sixth in total
43:54
points because he missed two games last year, but if he had
43:57
played those two games, he would have finished fourth in total
44:01
points. He was the second most targeted
44:04
wide receiver out of any receiver in the league last year
44:07
behind Jamar Chase. He had five less targets in two
44:10
less games. The Giants are going to throw
44:13
the ball a lot to Malik Neighbors again this year and so
44:17
that's why I think should be a top five fantasy wide receiver
44:20
because he's targeted a lot and when you're targeted a lot,
44:23
chances are that you're going to have a lot of fantasy points.
44:26
Which quarterback in New York does him the best, the biggest
44:30
favors? Who is the best for him?
44:32
Well, I don't think, I personally don't think that
44:35
Jackson's art is going to play or at least start unless there
44:39
is an injury. So Russell Wilson.
44:42
That didn't necessarily answer my question.
44:43
Who is the best for him? Don't answer it.
44:46
Well, this the person who's playing is going to be the best
44:49
for him. OK.
44:51
That was a good answer. Tell us a Tyree kill last year
44:55
when 2 was out because the guy playing was not the best for
44:58
him. OK, well my league neighbors had
45:01
Daniel Jones, so. Yeah, dude, Danny Dimes, coach
45:05
Legend. Did you see that the Colts
45:08
listed on their depth chart that the starter is either Anthony
45:12
Richardson or Daniel Jones? No, yeah.
45:16
That's what they put on their depth chart is Anthony
45:18
Richardson or Daniel Jones. I hope.
45:22
You're a Colts fan right now, dude.
45:23
Dude, those are your choices. When did they draft or?
45:31
All right, who's your number six fantasy wide receiver this year?
45:35
6 I got Ammon raw. OK, Will.
45:38
All right, Will, who do you got? I had Malik neighbors.
45:43
Why were you giving me a hard time about #5?
45:45
Because 5 is crazy. He was 6 best last year.
45:48
He gave me 6 best this year. Joel.
45:50
How would you put in top five? He's not for top five.
45:54
He only one year. It was his rookie.
45:56
Season, OK, well, that was going to have a two years.
45:59
It's going to be the second rookie season.
46:00
When you're like Kyrie Williams and your 7th 2 years in a row,
46:03
it makes sense. Well, OK, I guess.
46:06
I have puka dekua I got. Puka dekua, that's too high.
46:12
I don't even have him in my top 10.
46:14
He was sixth in points per game his rookie year and he was third
46:16
in points per game last year. He missed games last year, but
46:19
third in points per game. So if he's healthy, then he's
46:22
going to be up there. I know he has Devante Adams but
46:25
he had KUKA Cup. It's easy to be higher in points
46:28
per game when you're playing less games.
46:30
That's all I What if you play in three games and you score 25
46:34
points? Those three games, you have 25
46:37
points per game. Then you don't play the rest of
46:38
the season. You're going to be first in
46:40
points per game because you got 25 points per game.
46:43
Now you missed the majority of the season, but per game he just
46:47
didn't play in the rest of Yeah, but he.
46:48
Didn't play. He didn't play one game.
46:50
He played over half the season. So there's a good sample size
46:53
there. It's not one game.
46:55
He's mid. Maybe he's all right.
46:57
In my opinion, he's still the wide receiver one for the Rams.
47:00
It's not Devonte Adams. I worry that Matt Stafford
47:03
disagrees because Matthew Stafford's also old and he's an
47:06
asserts the old guy. I don't think that means
47:08
anything. I think he has an in game
47:11
connection with Nikua already and I think it's going to take a
47:14
little bit of time for him and Adams to get that connection and
47:17
so I think Nikua is going to be his go to guy.
47:19
Although Aaron Rodgers and Matt Stafford throw the ball very
47:22
similarly and so I bet it's not as far away as people think.
47:26
I guess we'll see who's just who's your 7th ranked fantasy
47:30
wide receiver? I got, I know, Avery me.
47:34
Yeah, of course you who can. Nikua.
47:36
That's too high. 6 is too high. Still not in my top 10.
47:43
Who do you have then Will? I have Brian Thomas, junior.
47:47
Hey, we got one we. Got 1 have.
47:49
Brian Thomas. We we got a couple, but yeah,
47:52
dudes gonna be I and all of this.
47:56
What's his face? The dude that plays both ways.
48:00
I know. This under.
48:02
That's the one Travis Hunter, Travis, all the Travis Hunter
48:04
hype's going to be great and everyone's going to fade over
48:07
and try to stop the ball over there and Brian Thomas reap the
48:10
reward. That's exactly my thoughts.
48:13
I sounded so sad saying that because it's the Jaguars and
48:15
they're just going to be perpetually bad and Trevor
48:18
Lawrence is just perpetually bad.
48:20
And I just look, they need to get Tom Coughlin back in the
48:23
building, I guess. But I just, I don't have any
48:26
high hopes that team as a whole, I don't want any Jaguars players
48:30
on my fantasy team because of that.
48:32
But I had to take any probably him.
48:34
Yep, I I have him at 7 for the same reason.
48:36
I think that when Travis Hunter is on offense, the defense is
48:41
going to want to stop him, which is going to open things for
48:43
Brian Thomas junior. I think the defenders are going
48:46
to want to stop the hockey two way player who just won the
48:50
Heisman and that's going to be a mistake because that's going to
48:53
open a lot of stuff for Brian Thomas Junior.
48:55
So that's why I haven't met 7. All right, who do you guys have
48:57
as your 8th fantasy wide receiver?
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I got A.J. Brown.
49:01
I also have A.J. Brown, Joe.
49:04
I'm Drake London. No, take it back. 10.
49:07
Actually no, I'm cool with that one there since he wasn't a
49:09
pair, but AJ better be the next one.
49:11
He's he's my. I won't say.
49:13
Don't say 10. Honorable mention.
49:21
AJ Brown's good. I think he'll be good again.
49:24
So. Yeah, I just put him a little, I
49:26
just put him a little bit lower on my list because of the style
49:29
of offense. They they focused a lot on
49:33
running the ball and they're going to do the same thing.
49:35
I think teams are going to stop, you know, focus on stopping
49:38
Saquon Barkley. So that's why I did put him in
49:41
my top ten because he wasn't in the top ten last year.
49:44
But I put him in the top ten this year because I think
49:47
they're going to focus more on stop being Barkley.
49:49
And so Jalen Hurts is going to have to throw the ball a little
49:52
bit more than he did last year. All right, what do you guys have
49:54
as your 9th ranked fantasy quarter or wide receiver?
49:56
Sorry. I have Brian Thomas for the
49:58
reasons y'all gave. I have Drake London because I
50:02
don't trust Michael Pennix. We were close, we were close, we
50:06
were I don't know if you guys are going to like my #9 take or
50:08
not. If it's my #10 I'm going to be
50:10
upset. It's Nico Collins for the
50:13
Houston Texans. Damn it, dude.
50:16
I have him at #10 all. Right.
50:18
Well, now you know my whole list.
50:21
Well, I had A.J. Brown at 10, so.
50:23
Oh, OK. All right.
50:24
Yeah, I like Nico Collins. I like Nico Collins a lot
50:27
because of his connection with CJ Stroud.
50:30
He does have a little bit of an injury risk because in the last
50:33
two seasons he hasn't played a full year.
50:35
He's had some injuries, but when he's in, he's good.
50:38
And this year they have a few new receivers.
50:42
A couple of them are rookies. They've got Jayden Higgins and
50:45
Jalen Knoll on that team. And they also have Christian
50:48
Kirk, who is an experienced receiver, but he's new to that
50:51
team. And so the only, you know, good
50:54
receiver on that team that has a connection with Stroud is Nico
50:56
Collins. So I think he's going to be up
50:58
there in the top 10 because of that.
51:01
I love that. That's why I have him as 10.
51:03
All right. What?
51:03
Do you guys think, do we have time for a couple of sleepers?
51:06
I got some for running back. OK, give us one fantasy running
51:10
back sleeper Avery. Oh, Marion Hampton, of course.
51:16
I think it could be big. I think he breaks through with
51:18
that later first round status, but performs the same as the top
51:23
half of the first round Running backs from the past.
51:26
What is it, 1213 years? Even with Naji Harris there.
51:30
Yeah, I think Naji Harris gets hurt.
51:33
Or Tonya Harding. I take you.
51:34
Remember, comes back I. Think he gets hurt even though
51:37
he hasn't missed the game his whole career?
51:38
He's currently hurt, isn't he? He has a superficial eye injury.
51:42
He's supposed to be ready for the start of the season.
51:44
What's a superficial eye injury? I don't know exactly.
51:47
He got poked in the eye. What does that mean?
51:49
No, it was. That sounds like he got poked in
51:51
the eye. Superficial.
51:52
That's what poked in the eye. It works.
51:54
He got, he got JPP. He got flashbacks.
51:56
Except he didn't blow his eye off.
51:58
Will. Do you have any sleepers for
52:00
either running back or wide receiver this year?
52:02
I like Tony Pollard. Now, granted, I like Tim
52:05
McDonald. Did good there.
52:07
Cam Ward. I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna
52:09
harp with him. Harp on him as much as I've
52:11
harped on all these other guys. I just don't have a lot of faith
52:14
in the Titans organization. And when Derek Henry was there,
52:17
they relied heavily on a running game and they are still going to
52:20
do that. They get new quarterback in, but
52:23
they're still need to, they still need to run the ball to be
52:27
successful. And Cam, we're going to have to
52:29
have that. So I like Tony Pollard.
52:30
I like that. I think that's a good pick.
52:32
Thank you. I appreciate that.
52:33
All right, somebody asked me now.
52:35
Hey, Joel, Time we had for today.
52:43
One of your. Sleepers.
52:44
Who's one of? Your honorable mentions.
52:48
Hey, Joel, who, who do you like? Sleeping on us?
52:51
Yeah. Who's who's, Who's sleeping?
52:53
Who's sleeping? Who's sleeping?
52:54
With these days. On the list Who's on?
52:57
Your somebody somebody asked me the question so I could put it
53:01
on social media. Don't hate the what man?
53:04
Are you sleeping with what, man are you sleeping with?
53:08
Joel? Tell us.
53:10
Avery, who's sleeping on your list?
53:13
All right, Joe, which one of these fantasy work running backs
53:16
more receivers you have as a sleeper this year?
53:17
Who's your favorite fantasy sleeping mad?
53:27
Please put that on the Internet. He has us ask him one question.
53:34
I tried really hard. All right, one more time.
53:37
Here we go. All right, take one.
53:38
First take, First take. All right, ignores one time.
53:41
Hey Joe, you like fantasy football?
53:44
We just went over our top 10s. Who else you got?
53:46
Maybe, maybe a sleeper. It's down a little bit further
53:48
on the list. Maybe a late round guy.
53:49
We can pick it up in around 10 to 15.
53:51
Who you got? Who?
53:54
I don't know if he's going to be that far down, but I have
53:56
Jaguars running back Travis Etn, all right, all right, as a
53:59
fantasy sleeper. So last year, he finished as the
54:03
35th overall running back on ESPN's rankings.
54:07
He's currently ranked 37th, but in 2023 he finished as the third
54:11
overall running back. He's only one season removed
54:13
from finishing third overall in fantasy.
54:15
Prior to last year, he had two straight 1000 yard rushing
54:18
seasons. And you know, last year he was
54:21
hurt a little bit. Trevor Lawrence was hurt a
54:22
little bit. So Tank Bigsby was the leading
54:25
rusher for that team. But they have Liam Cohen as
54:29
their head coach and look what he was able to do with Bucky
54:31
Irving and Rashad White. Both of those running backs
54:34
finished in the top 22 in fantasy last year.
54:37
And I think he's going to try and create a similar offense
54:40
with the Jaguars. And so I think that both Tank
54:43
Bixby and Travis CTN are going to have a significant role for
54:46
that team. And so I think that Travis CTN,
54:48
he's still the starter. I think he's going to to get the
54:52
majority of the touches. Even though Tank Bixby will
54:55
contribute, I think it's going to be Travis CTN.
54:57
And I think Liam Cohen's going to do what he did with Bucky
55:01
Irving and Rashad White with Travis CTN and Tank Bixby, and
55:05
they're both going to have a nice season this year.
55:08
That was very well thought out. Thank you, Joe.
55:10
You feel bad for all the stuff we were saying earlier.
55:14
Question. I'm leaving all that in.
55:19
Good, yes. All right.
55:23
Well, next week for our fantasy rankings, we're going to talk
55:27
about our top 10 fantasy tight ends.
55:30
And then I haven't decided to win.
55:33
I haven't decided yet if we're going to do our top 10 defenses
55:36
and kickers. We might just cut it to five.
55:39
I think we'll just do 5 probably because nobody really wants to
55:41
talk about kickers and defenses that much.
55:44
So we'll do our top ten tight ends, we'll do our top five
55:46
kickers and our top five defenses for fantasy.
55:50
And then the week after that, we have our guest from Bear Den
55:54
Live coming on with us. We're going to talk about the
55:55
Chicago Bears, and I know Will's excited for that one.
55:58
Dude, I'm going to be sick that day.
56:00
Is it the 18th? That is the 18th.
56:03
Yeah, I'm sick that day, guys. I'll be there to even the
56:08
playing field to keep a balance in case someone starts talking
56:12
them up. I need to push them back down to
56:15
reality. Someone has to be there to tell
56:18
his Bears fan from a Dallas fan that their team's bad and that
56:27
their organization's messed up. If I say it, that's one thing,
56:30
but if a Cowboys fan says it, that's rough.
56:36
All right, well, that's all we have time for today.
56:38
We'll be back next week with more fantasy football rankings
56:41
for you. And as always, don't forget to
56:43
keep your balls played with. We'll see you next time.
56:47
Also, Mark Davis and Sarah Kyle still sucks.