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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where running backs have always mattered

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Speaker 1: to us. I'm Greg Rosenthal and I'm here with Nick

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Speaker 1: Shook where you are taping this show, Nick. June twenty third,

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Speaker 1: it is officially the dead zone of the NFL season.

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Speaker 2: Spoiler alert.

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Speaker 1: Football is not back for the next couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: and yet we're going to be cranking out some fun

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Speaker 1: NFL Daily content.

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Speaker 2: No one I'd rather do it with than.

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Speaker 3: You, Nick, you know, judging by your tone in the

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Speaker 3: way that you made that claim about running backs, I

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Speaker 3: don't know if I believe you, but I definitely believe

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Speaker 3: you that we're in the dead zone. Surprisingly, we're we

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Speaker 3: are operating in a world now in which the NFL

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Speaker 3: dominates i'd say about fifty weeks out of the year.

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Speaker 3: So to have two off not bad, good job.

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Speaker 1: Well, people will still want to come up with it. It

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Speaker 1: is a weird thing, yeah, for people who aren't as familiar.

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Speaker 1: This is the one time of year not only a

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Speaker 1: lot of media goes away and we'll get into our

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Speaker 1: schedule coming up in the next few weeks, but the

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Speaker 1: teams are just literally out of the bill until at

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Speaker 1: least after July fourth. So even though we're getting closer

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Speaker 1: to training camp when NFL Daily is truly back to

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Speaker 1: daily again. It is the one time of year even

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Speaker 1: though we're close, that teams are off. And yet nick

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Speaker 1: running backs have always mattered to me. I don't know

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Speaker 1: why you're coming.

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Speaker 4: It is at me.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's like the coolest, the most fun position

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Speaker 1: to watch, and so we're going to talk about them today.

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Speaker 1: We're going to draft the best twenty running backs in

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Speaker 1: the league, back and forth, who we would want to

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Speaker 1: be our running back in our backfield this year. Kind

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Speaker 1: of a snapshot of where the position is at. And

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Speaker 1: it's better than it's been in a long time, you know,

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Speaker 1: since we last taped a show that was kind of

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Speaker 1: tape that day. It was Patrick and Omar. Great job

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Speaker 1: by them. They did the JayR Alexander news. Not a

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Speaker 1: lot of news has popped up since, some updates injury wise,

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Speaker 1: that Anthony Richardson fully expected to be back for training camp.

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Speaker 1: I personally thought it was interesting that the Chiefs confirmed

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Speaker 1: their first round pick Josh Simmons fully ready for camp

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Speaker 1: including contact.

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Speaker 2: That's interesting. And then CJ.

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Speaker 1: Moseley, the longtime Jets and Ravens linebacker retired so happy

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Speaker 1: trails to CJ.

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Speaker 2: Moseley.

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Speaker 1: A really good player who just couldn't get medically cleared

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Speaker 1: to play another year. But a hall of very good guy,

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Speaker 1: five second team All Pros, like a very steady captain type.

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Speaker 1: And that's about it. That's all you need for the

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Speaker 1: news for the last like three or four days.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if you think about Mosley's career, I prefer you

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Speaker 3: think about his career with the Ravens instead of the Jets,

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Speaker 3: because he went to the Jets as a high price

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Speaker 3: free agent. They obviously had their struggles. He did make

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Speaker 3: issues in his last season and just felt like he

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Speaker 3: never quite lived up to the contract. And yet he

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Speaker 3: was a very good football player over the course of

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Speaker 3: his career, especially if you think.

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Speaker 4: About his Ravens years where he was at his best.

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Speaker 1: You know what, I think he gave the Jets leadership

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Speaker 1: that year he had where he got the second team

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Speaker 1: All Pro. He was out outstanding, one of the guys

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Speaker 1: that everyone said that played arount him second in Defensive

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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year back in twenty fourteen. Interestingly, was

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Speaker 1: one of the few people that completely opted out of

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Speaker 1: the Ravens and yes, had some nice years for the Jets,

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Speaker 1: So happy trails to him. Let's get to the draft.

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Speaker 1: I will give you the first overall pick. Again, the

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Speaker 1: parameters who we want playing running back this year. It

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Speaker 1: is not a lifetime achievement award. It is not even

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be chalk.

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Speaker 3: And really, what I found in this exercise was that

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Speaker 3: I like rooms more than running backs individually. Like, I'm

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Speaker 3: guy who's on the cover of Madden twenty six.

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Speaker 4: I'm going with sa Kwan Barkley, simple as that. There's

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Speaker 2: I think there could be an argument.

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Speaker 1: It would be just that he's coming off this incredible

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Speaker 1: some of the other top five guys, like a slightly

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Speaker 1: more consistent player on a snap to snap basis. You

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Speaker 1: could have said that Nick. In Saquon's career before this

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he was a player that was three down

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Speaker 3: with the Jets. And I think more than anything, yes,

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Speaker 3: we'd like to see a guy rush for two thousand yards.

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Speaker 3: It's fun to watch that. It's cool to be like,

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Speaker 3: I remember where I was when Saquon broke two thousand yards.

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Speaker 3: I remember that season. But what really I thought was

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Speaker 3: the fact that he was able to overcome all the doubt,

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Speaker 3: all the naysayers, all the well, Saquon might never be

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Speaker 3: all these injuries. No, he just went out and rush

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Speaker 3: Can do I think he's gonna do it again.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. It's really hard. It's basically almost impossible

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Speaker 3: But also, if he's the player he was last year,

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Speaker 2: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: He had four hundred and ninety six yards over expected

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Speaker 1: But yeah, he's the man. He would have been my

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Speaker 1: but I'm taking Bajohn Robinson. It's my team, it's who

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Speaker 1: Since he entered the league, he has fifteen more mistackles

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Speaker 2: But what gets me about him is just how complete

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Speaker 1: Obviously he's good as a pass catcher, but I mentioned

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Speaker 1: last year, and that you can measure it in different ways.

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Speaker 1: Different come and he's measured differently, but essentially it's getting

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, when I think about the Falcons, I

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Speaker 3: maybe don't get the exposure league wide that they should,

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Speaker 3: and he's one of them, because people don't necessarily pay

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Speaker 3: and it feels like they're in the shadows there. Players

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Speaker 3: into a pivot year, of course, so I just want

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Speaker 3: has elevated Bjhon Robinson to a larger stage that the

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Speaker 3: those numbers that you just listed absolutely do not lie, right.

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Speaker 1: He he has improved steadily in each one of his seasons.

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Speaker 1: I think we expect running back to come into the

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Speaker 2: By the way, Nick, I don't know if I mentioned.

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Speaker 4: They're eligible and fantasy drafts too.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, they're eligible. He has gotten just a little

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Speaker 1: he's gotten just a little savvier, a little better in

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Speaker 2: All right, give me who you have number three over.

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Speaker 4: My number three is going to be Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 3: And this was a pick that I may not have

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Speaker 3: made even a year ago because I thought, look, this guy,

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Speaker 3: a lot of the tread has been worn off those tires.

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Speaker 3: He's gotten a high volume of carries over the course

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Speaker 3: He is the model of being a superhuman running back

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Speaker 3: But what he did last year within Baltimore's offense told

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Speaker 3: that tank. Do I think that he's necessarily going to

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Speaker 3: flirt with the career year this year? No, because they

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Speaker 3: spread the ball around so much. But that's what makes

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Speaker 3: all the circumstances around him, but you can't evaluate him

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Speaker 3: that he plays behind an offensive line that got a

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Speaker 3: lot better than most people would expect last year, and

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Speaker 3: an offense that's balanced enough to throw over Shot Bateman

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Speaker 3: He's going to go over one thousand yards, and it's

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Speaker 3: So that's why I take him with my second pick.

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Speaker 1: he's just so versatile. He led the NFL in terms

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Speaker 3: I like Bell Cows, I like Josh Jacobs. That's where

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Speaker 3: He's going to be a guy that I can look

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Speaker 1: Yeah, bigger workload certainly than Gibbs, although for instance, gives

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Speaker 1: He's made people miss in terms of mistackles since the

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Speaker 1: that's the part of Josh Jacobs's career that he's in.

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Speaker 1: Now I am going to take a rookie. Now, I'm

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Speaker 1: going at Ashton Genty. I love a lot of other

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Speaker 1: I am content, I'm confident enough in Genty. I'm going

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Speaker 2: I'm believing in Genty. I don't need to see anything.

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Speaker 3: No, And you know what, this is a rare case

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Speaker 3: surprised that you're taking Ashton genty here and and what

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Speaker 3: It's just a matter of how fast can he hit

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Speaker 3: because you don't want to put him behind an offensive

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Speaker 1: Well, part of the reason I did it nick it out.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious if you would how you would answer with

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Speaker 2: I really do.

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Speaker 1: But maybe I'm wrong, and maybe we're all wrong about

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Speaker 2: Who do you got?

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Speaker 3: But I'm going with it anyway, and I'm going with

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Speaker 4: I'm taking it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not enough to me. It's just good enough.

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Speaker 2: A fifth and success rate.

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Speaker 1: In his two seasons, he's thirteen hundred and fifty yards

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Speaker 3: Yeah that, And you know, Kian Williams value to the

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Speaker 3: It's James Cook because I again workhorseback and a guy

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Speaker 3: But he's a big part of that offense that I

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Speaker 4: So that's why I take him this high.

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Speaker 1: You want him on the field, even though they have

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Speaker 1: So I'm fine with that. I'm struggling with my next pick.

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Speaker 1: very high in terms of forcing mistackles, and he would

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Speaker 1: rank really high in a stat that doesn't exist that

439
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Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson I think would be the all time leader

440
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Speaker 1: in at least of players that I watch, which is

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Speaker 1: running hard per snap. Joe Mixon is going to be

442
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Speaker 1: high in this one. I'm sure he'll come up later.

443
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Speaker 1: He just the effort on every single run is outstanding.

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Speaker 1: He's getting better as he gets older, and so there's

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Speaker 1: a couple of flashier options out there.

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Speaker 2: But I'm going James Cooknam I mean James Connor number ten.

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Speaker 3: I like that pick because, much like Kian Williams of

448
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Speaker 3: the Rams, when you could basically predict the Cardinals outcomes

449
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Speaker 3: last year, whether he had a great game or not,

450
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Speaker 3: like if he was near one hundred yards in the ground,

451
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Speaker 3: they probably won the game.

452
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Speaker 4: If he was bottled up, they probably lost.

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Speaker 3: And he was so important to them in that regard

454
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Speaker 3: and is such a hard runner.

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Speaker 4: I totally agree.

456
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Speaker 3: I'm a big fan of his and every time he

457
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Speaker 3: had a big game, I enjoyed it very much. I

458
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Speaker 3: am gonna take a guy who statistically resonates with those

459
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Speaker 3: who like to scroll down spreadsheets, but those who like

460
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Speaker 3: availability little on the sideline here, because that's where he

461
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Speaker 3: spent a lot of his time over the last few years.

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Speaker 3: And it's Jonathan Taylor from the Colts. He finished last

463
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Speaker 3: year with fourteen thirty one rushing yards and eleven touchdowns,

464
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Speaker 3: and yet here he is going eleventh in our draft.

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Speaker 3: It was quiet because of the Colts in their dysfunction

466
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Speaker 3: at quarterback and his checkered injury passed that. You know,

467
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Speaker 3: he hasn't been a reliable player, but when he's there

468
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Speaker 3: and he's healthy, and sometimes it's more in spurts than consistent,

469
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Speaker 3: it still looks really amazing. So to get him here

470
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Speaker 3: at eleventh, I'm gonna take that all day.

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Speaker 1: I love it. It's exactly where I had him. But

472
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Speaker 1: there's a reason if James Cook is kind of my type,

473
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Speaker 1: I think Jonathan Taylor is not. Not that big plays

474
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Speaker 1: aren't incredibly valuable, but it's why I'm not going to

475
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Speaker 1: knock Kyen Williams too much. If your twenty five to

476
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Speaker 1: thirty yard run would have been sixty if it was

477
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor for a touchdown like that is a big

478
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Speaker 1: edge for Taylor. But the consistency eight on and always

479
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,000
Speaker 1: looking for home runs, grinding out the four or five

480
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Speaker 1: six yard runs, and then more importantly the receiving. This

481
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Speaker 1: he has an old school like box score only one

482
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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six yards as a receiver, just kind

483
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Speaker 1: of a zero in that department. Not that he can't

484
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Speaker 1: catch the ball though he has some pretty high profile drops,

485
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Speaker 1: but they also just don't trust him as a blocker,

486
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Speaker 1: and to really understand the full thing. So I think

487
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Speaker 1: that's that's why he is a great runner. That's but

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Speaker 1: that's also why he went eleven.

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Speaker 2: All Right, I'm gonna.

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Speaker 1: Go Aaron Jones number twelve. Just a guy I love,

491
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Speaker 1: and I had this feeling that he kind of faded

492
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Speaker 1: at the end of last year, and then I really

493
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Speaker 1: like by the end he actually had over fifteen hundred

494
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Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage.

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Speaker 2: He was not great in the red zone.

496
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Speaker 1: He's not a true just give the ball to him

497
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Speaker 1: and he's like your main guy. Like, how many guys

498
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Speaker 1: we already have gone through? How many of those are there?

499
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Speaker 1: Really not that many. He actually hasn't lost his speed

500
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Speaker 1: at all. He is the sixth fastest player according to

501
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Speaker 1: Next Gen Stats on a per snap basis in terms

502
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Speaker 1: of just the miles per hour that he is running.

503
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Speaker 1: So the speed is still there, and I'm going Aaron

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Speaker 1: Jones number twelve. We're going to take a quick break

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Speaker 1: and we'll be back and wrap.

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Speaker 2: Up the rest of the Running back Draft. They're back.

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Speaker 1: Back on NFL almost daily. Yeah, you probably noticed this

508
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Speaker 1: time of year, we're taking a little bit of a

509
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Speaker 1: step back, but this week we have regular shows throughout

510
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Speaker 1: the week. We've got our crew with Jordan Rodrieg and

511
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Speaker 1: Colleen Wolf. For our next show, we'll have a Friday

512
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Speaker 1: show as well, and then we've been working on a

513
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Speaker 1: really exciting project that's going to start going up next

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Speaker 1: week and so everyone be on the lookout for that. Also,

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Speaker 1: thank you to everyone who's listened to me lately and

516
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Speaker 1: been writing reviews on iTunes and Spotify giving us five

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you all, all right, Number thirteen overall in

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Speaker 1: the running back draft, Nick, this is your most important pick.

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Speaker 4: Oh, this is my most important pick.

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Speaker 3: Wow, because it came back after the break and got

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Speaker 3: to keep the listener engaged. Okay, cool, well, listener, pull

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Speaker 3: up a chair, because we're going to pick a guy

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Speaker 3: that I think Greg overlooked, a guy that's been one

525
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Speaker 3: of Greg's favorites over the course of this man's career.

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Speaker 3: It's Alvin Kamara from the New Orleans Saints, a running

527
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Speaker 3: back who fits exactly what Greg looks for on a

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Speaker 3: three down basis. Let's just look at his numbers from

529
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Speaker 3: last year. Yes, he finished at nine hundred and fifty

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Speaker 3: rushing yards and six touchdowns. He played in fourteen games,

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Speaker 3: but he added another five forty three through the air

532
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Speaker 3: with a couple of touchdown catches at greg I think

533
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Speaker 3: back to a couple of years ago when the Saints

534
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Speaker 3: offense was just dreadful, which we could say for most

535
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Speaker 3: of the last three years, and it was a game

536
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Speaker 3: in Seattle in which their defense won.

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Speaker 4: I think the final score might have been ten.

538
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Speaker 3: To six, and it felt like the entire Saints offense,

539
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Speaker 3: Jameis Winston at quarterback was just drop back, let Alvin

540
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Speaker 3: Kamara run a choice route and just throw it wherever

541
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Speaker 3: he decides to go. And that's how we're going to

542
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Speaker 3: move the ball in that game. And that's the type

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Speaker 3: of running back he can be. I don't know if

544
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Speaker 3: he's the home run hitter. In fact, I don't think

545
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Speaker 3: he's the home run hitter that he used to be.

546
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Speaker 3: But he's still an every down guy that presents a

547
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Speaker 3: threat that, when he's healthy, is still one of your

548
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Speaker 3: top weapons on the field. So to let him come

549
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Speaker 3: down to thirteen, I'm just going to scoop him up

550
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Speaker 3: here and ride off into the sunset all happy.

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Speaker 2: Well, you're just doing this to annoy me.

552
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Speaker 1: I told you during the break that I forgot someone

553
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Speaker 1: and I should make this a sponsored segment. Every single

554
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Speaker 1: one of these drafts there is someone. I was like,

555
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Speaker 1: oh wait, I meant to take him away earlier, and

556
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Speaker 1: I said that during the break. I didn't say who

557
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Speaker 1: it was, and you guessed it it was Commaned.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, Well that's the benefit of knowing you for

559
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Speaker 4: a decade.

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Speaker 2: I want to apologize to that man.

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Speaker 1: So this is why you got to listen to the

562
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Speaker 1: pod and not just look at the rankings that we're

563
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Speaker 1: going to put out.

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Speaker 2: On social We should still do it.

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Speaker 1: Because I had Kamara rang to eighth, and it's not

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Speaker 1: that I forgot him. Like I got my sheet, I

567
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Speaker 1: printed it out like an old man. We've got a

568
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Speaker 1: printer here, and for some reason I spaced looking past.

569
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Speaker 2: I had him eighth.

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Speaker 1: I had him ahead of McCaffrey and Connor and even Taylor.

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Speaker 1: It kind of snuck up that he proved what I

572
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Speaker 1: had believed for the last handful of years, which is

573
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Speaker 1: that if they could just block for him, he really

574
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Speaker 1: hadn't declined as much as the numbers showed that I

575
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Speaker 1: thought he still had juice. That I thought he's very

576
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Speaker 1: intelligent reminds me a lot of Frank core in terms

577
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Speaker 1: of his intelligence in the passing game. And then yeah,

578
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Speaker 1: you mentioned it last. I mean he went for fourteen

579
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Speaker 1: hundred and ninety three yards from scrimmage. He had the

580
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Speaker 1: highest target rate by far of running backs in the league.

581
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Speaker 1: Actually had one of the highest target rates of any player.

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Speaker 1: I think it was top five including wide receivers. So

583
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Speaker 1: if he's on the field, what that means is they're

584
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Speaker 1: throwing him the ball like sixty eight catches for five

585
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Speaker 1: hundred and forty yards and you're like, Okay, he's just

586
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Speaker 1: catching a bunch of dumpops. No, he's running a lot

587
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Speaker 1: of different routes. And yes, he doesn't have the long speed.

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Speaker 2: He just doesn't.

589
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Speaker 1: You're absolutely right, top five Nick according to Next Gen

590
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Speaker 1: Stats in speed crossing the line of scrimmage. So that's

591
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Speaker 1: that initial burst and when you watch him, I see

592
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Speaker 1: that too, And yeah, he's those long plays that maybe

593
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Speaker 1: earlier in his career, like that's not quite as there,

594
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Speaker 1: but he can he can increase you if you can block,

595
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Speaker 1: and so I think he's gonna have a good year.

596
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Speaker 2: I really regret that I let him.

597
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Speaker 1: If I could trade I would trade him up higher,

598
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Speaker 1: but I'm not allowed to.

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Speaker 3: Well, the only trade I'm accepting is Ashton Genty for

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Speaker 3: Alvin Kamaras, So I don't think that's all.

601
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Speaker 1: That's too rich. I would give you Kyron at the

602
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Speaker 1: eighth pick. I don't even know what that means. Since

603
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Speaker 1: we're not actually playing fantasy here, I will go my

604
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Speaker 1: next pick. That broke my heart. I'm just such a

605
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Speaker 1: space at it. Maybe we can put a little note

606
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Speaker 1: with the top twenty rankings that we put out that

607
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Speaker 1: that Greg just forgot, forgot and apologizes Bucky Irving.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I love this pick.

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Speaker 1: The highest rate of Forcemiths tackles in the entire league

610
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 1: over five yards per carry on inside runs and outside runs.

611
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Speaker 1: There were there were some number numbers, and this is

612
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Speaker 1: you know, in large part due to the great Bucks

613
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Speaker 1: offensive line. But when teams played single high safety and

614
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Speaker 1: Bucky Irving was on the field, like he averaged a

615
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Speaker 1: preposterously high h yards per carry, just like you literally

616
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Speaker 1: could not play single high against Bucky Irving. You took

617
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Speaker 1: that extra guy from not in the box like he

618
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 1: is gonna have some space, he is gonna make you miss.

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Speaker 1: And the numbers, like the advanced numbers and the raw

620
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Speaker 1: numbers would actually tell you he was already like a

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Speaker 1: top eight to ten back. I'm not ready to go there,

622
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Speaker 1: but I'm happy to put him deside.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, ninth and success rate right behind Saquon Barclay by

624
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Speaker 3: just a zero point one percent difference. A player who

625
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Speaker 3: finished with one hundred and eighty six rushing yards over expected,

626
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Speaker 3: and a guy.

627
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Speaker 4: Who I think is just scratching the surface.

628
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Speaker 3: One of my favorite guys out of the combine in

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Speaker 3: his class went to Tampa.

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Speaker 4: They needed a running back.

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Speaker 3: He took Rashad White's job rightfully, so he's on the

632
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Speaker 3: path the success. I love that pick up. Now you've

633
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Speaker 3: kind of wiped out a little bit of what was

634
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Speaker 3: remaining of my board. But we're gonna go to a

635
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Speaker 3: guy that I think, Look, yeah, he had a couple

636
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 3: of ankle injuries last year. Yes one was caused, if

637
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 3: not both, by hip drop tackles. But we're going with

638
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 3: Joe Mixon in Houston because I think Joe Mixon was

639
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 3: kind of not treated poorly, but undervalued a little bit

640
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 3: by Cincinnati. They col let go of him for a

641
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 3: seventh round pick. They were gonna cut him. He ends

642
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 3: up going to Houston. He has a really good start

643
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 3: gets hurt, misses some time, comes back, has a nice little,

644
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 3: you know, period of games before he gets hurt again.

645
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Speaker 3: If he was healthy over the course of the season,

646
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Speaker 3: he'd be an unquestioned weapon in that offense more than

647
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Speaker 3: he is. And the idea of him with the Texans

648
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: with Cjstraw, with everybody they have receiver, and then adding

649
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 3: in whatever is left of Nick Chubb.

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Speaker 4: I'm just I feel good about him going into the season. Now.

651
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Speaker 3: It might be one of his last productive seasons of

652
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Speaker 3: his career, considering how long he's been in the NFL.

653
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Speaker 4: But he's just a guy that I like.

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Speaker 3: He runs hard, he can hit the home run, he

655
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 3: can make plays. He's just one of my favorite running

656
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 3: backs to watch. So that's one I take him here.

657
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, the only question is really if he can keep

658
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: not just on the field, but when he comes out

659
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the season and he's fully healthy,

660
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: he looks one way, or sometimes if he has a

661
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: week or two off and then it's coming back, like

662
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: he looks one way and then you see it fade

663
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: just a little bit if he loses some of the bursts,

664
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: some of the physicality. But he's averaged over thirteen hundred

665
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: and fifty yards from scrimmage over the last four years,

666
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 1: so extremely consistent.

667
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 2: This is right where I had him in the draft

668
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 2: as well.

669
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 1: I'm going back to another rookie here for sixteen because

670
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: when it comes down to it, I am confident enough

671
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: in Amari and Hampton. He is one of my favorite

672
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: like running back evaluations over the last handful of years.

673
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: I think he is complete, like a great blocker. I

674
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: think he's gonna matter in the passing game. He can

675
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: be a big playmaker. I think he in a perfect world,

676
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: he's a little bit bigger and a little more complete

677
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: of a Jonathan Taylor type of player. Probably not gonna

678
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: make you miss as much as a lot of the

679
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: running backs ahead of him, but that's okay when you

680
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: have the juice. And I think that the third down

681
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: availability that he's going to have, so I would take

682
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: him over the rest of the veterans on the list.

683
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 2: I feel good about the unc back at sixty.

684
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 4: Yeah. I like that pick too.

685
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 3: And this kind of goes back to what I was

686
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 3: saying about rooms is I really love the Chargers room.

687
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 3: The balance between Najee Harris and o'mari and Hampton is

688
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 3: really exciting for me, especially with their identity as a

689
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 3: team that wants to be physical, that wants to win

690
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 3: on the ground. They have two different backs that can

691
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 3: do a lot of different things. They can balance them

692
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 3: well together and make quite a tandem. I think it's

693
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 3: going to be very benful, beneficial for them going into

694
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: twenty twenty five. Next up on my list, we're gonna

695
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 3: go Devon a Chan and I'm going there because of

696
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 3: the big play capability, because he is a guy you

697
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 3: always have to account for on the field, because of

698
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 3: that home run speed that he has. I don't see

699
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 3: him as an every downback. I do see him as

700
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 3: the best option that they have in that backfield who

701
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 3: could grow into something more if the rest of their

702
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 3: offense could get back on track, because they certainly weren't

703
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 3: last year. I like his raw potential, the untapped potential

704
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,320
Speaker 3: that we've yet to see him what we've already seen

705
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 3: from him with the big plays.

706
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: I mean, a ridiculously efficient like rookie season. Last year

707
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: was kind of the opposite, where felt like he left

708
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: yards on the field. Not great blocking, certainly, but he

709
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: was hunting big plays. He's a guy who won't look

710
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: good in terms of yards over expected. I think he

711
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: was under because he was trying to make things happen.

712
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: I'm not going to say it's a reach, but I

713
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: had him more like around twenty five. But I think

714
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: it's more styles. It depends what you're looking for the

715
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: runners at this spot. It's kind of like pick your favorite.

716
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: I do think one back has been underrated in our

717
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: draft more than any other, and you know, I've taken

718
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: other guys over him, so that's on me too, and

719
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: that's Tony Pollard, Like what does Tony Pollard need to.

720
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 2: Do to get a little more respect.

721
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: He's actually been consistent in terms of production, despite you know,

722
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: you think of him at the end of Dallas getting hurt,

723
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: but that was at the end of a season over

724
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: thirteen hundred yards from scrimmage in three straight. He was

725
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: sixth last season in terms of yards after contact. So

726
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: he's a guy who actually makes plays on his own.

727
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: I thought last season was about as good as he's

728
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: ever run, but really no one noticed because it was

729
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: in Tennessee, and so he was someone if you were

730
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: still sticking around with your game pass condensed or whatever.

731
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: Deep into Week thirteen fourteen, it was like man Pollard

732
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 1: is the guy I think that they wanted him to

733
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: be when they when they brought it him to Tennessee,

734
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: the guy that Dallas almost never let him be, Like

735
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: a real one, a type of guy, complete guy. And

736
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 1: really nothing I could say was wrong with Pollard. Maybe

737
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: not like the number one guy you would pick to

738
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: like get two yards when it's fourth in gold and

739
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: like run through tackles, but not a zero in that

740
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: respect either, And so I really like him here at

741
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: at I'm glad he got out the list at least.

742
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I agree with that too.

743
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 3: And I think that he, unfortunately is a representation of

744
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 3: the mismanagement of the running back position on the part

745
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 3: of the Dallas Cowboys over the last two to three years,

746
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 3: because they had a chance to make him their guy

747
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 3: and stick with him, and they let him walk, and

748
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 3: he walked it Tennessee, where he obviously didn't have He

749
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 3: wasn't in a good scenario because their quarterback situation was

750
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 3: in flux and you know, they're still a rebuilding team,

751
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 3: but the talent is undeniable there I and everything that

752
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 3: you just said I totally agree with, and that if

753
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 3: he's in the right situation, if they get better as

754
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 3: an offense, you know, with cam Ward being there and

755
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 3: they've showed up the offensive line again.

756
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 4: I think we could see great things for him because

757
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 4: he's got the juice for sure.

758
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 2: He's making seven million dollars a year too, Nick Like.

759
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 4: I know he's chaged. It doesn't Did you not keep him? Dallas?

760
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 4: What are you doing?

761
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: There is a level of veteran running back that becomes

762
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: available in free agency that the second contracts are very

763
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: much worth it because then the Titans don't have to

764
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: worry about that position, and that is not a lot

765
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: to pay.

766
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 2: No, your last pick shook?

767
00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 4: Is it last?

768
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 2: Making sure you get whoever you want on this list

769
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 2: needs to be back.

770
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 3: Well, we're throwing it back. I'm gonna take the other

771
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 3: half of the Lions tandem. I'm going David Montgomery. That's

772
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 3: a guy who I watched and multiple ones in his

773
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,760
Speaker 3: last year. Just win the war of attrition, the ground

774
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 3: and pound. I'm bigger and stronger, I'm gonna run harder

775
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 3: than you, and I'm gonna close this game right now

776
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 3: by running between the tackles and doing what my coaches want.

777
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 4: I want a guy like that on my team.

778
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 3: I don't care if he doesn't bring everything to the

779
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 3: table in every area that you get from other running backs.

780
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 3: That's a guy that I want in my depth chart

781
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 3: and the capability, Like you just said, to get fourth

782
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 3: and two two yards, I'm giving it to David Montgomery.

783
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,439
Speaker 3: I can trust him. He's a gritty type of old

784
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 3: school running back.

785
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 4: I love him. He's my last pick.

786
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: He was first in the NFL last year in success

787
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: rate on under center runs, So it's exactly what you say.

788
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: How did the NFL used to be played like under center?

789
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna get you four to five yards. He was

790
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: absolutely my next pick two. We've reached twenty and now

791
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 1: it's like, who do I want to make sure is

792
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: on this list because a lot of them aren't my types.

793
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: Some options I'm just gonna throw to give people some love.

794
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:04,479
Speaker 2: We didn't.

795
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: We didn't pick Trayvon Henderson and I'm not going to,

796
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 1: but just wanted to send him some love. Pa Checko's

797
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: coming off a bad season, so he's not going to

798
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: get drafted. Chewba Harvard really improved, but I think doesn't

799
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: quite have the juice to make this list. I like

800
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: what I saw out of Tyrone Tracy. I think Chase

801
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: Brown is an ascending player, but ultimately this last spot

802
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: comes down to three players for me, either Breese Hall,

803
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: ken Walker or Remandre Stevenson. Now it was the next

804
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: three on my list, Okay, Now, in my heart, Remandre

805
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: is more my type of guy. He's coming off a

806
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 1: season where he fumbled, he was not good. He's not

807
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: coming off of a good season. Neither neither is Breese Hall.

808
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: And yet like Remandre is to me the most complete

809
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: of these guys, and like the guy that would be

810
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: my style. But I'm so you know, anxiety ridden about

811
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 1: being called just a Patriots homer. I will take ken Walker,

812
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: who I had written down next, who it is fun

813
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 1: to have a runner who can run one way, look

814
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: like he's got to get tackled for five yard loss

815
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: and run for forty the other way. And he was

816
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: hit behind the line of scrimmage so often and was

817
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 1: playing in such a bad situation. I know Vermandre was too,

818
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: but ultimately, man, that guy. It would be great to

819
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: see him behind a good offensive line, and I think

820
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: can be a really dynamic playmaker, has the highest ceiling.

821
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 2: I'm torn.

822
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: If it was actually my team, maybe I would take

823
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: Rimondre I think he's got a bounce back season coming

824
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: up and is a really good NFL player, But I

825
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: will go Kenneth Walker for just the highlight, real place.

826
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't hate this pick at all for everything

827
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 3: that you just stated, I'm on board with that. I

828
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: am curious though, because it was such a forgettable season

829
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 3: for bresee Hall, where does he because we don't know

830
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 3: what the Jets are going to be They have a

831
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 3: new identity, new quarterback, new everything else, But like, do

832
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 3: you see a bounce back year for him that reminds

833
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 3: us of the guy he was? Because you want to

834
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 3: talk about home run hitters, he was a home run

835
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 3: hitter a couple of years ago, and that's maybe that's

836
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 3: more my style.

837
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 4: I don't know.

838
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 3: I'm kind of bouncing between the two. But do you

839
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 3: think that that is within him going into twenty twenty

840
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 3: five and maybe even twenty twenty six, even though we're

841
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 3: not considering that year in this draft.

842
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: Absolutely, this is a confirming my prior situation. There is

843
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: something about running backs of you know it when you

844
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 1: see it, and I like instincts. I like the feel

845
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: of making people miss in a small area in a hole,

846
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: like the vision, like I think Remondri's very good at that,

847
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: even though he's not going to be a big playmaker.

848
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: He's more like the Frank Gore type of mold. Yeah,

849
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: Breese Hall, I've never like wrapped my arms around too,

850
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: because to me, he doesn't feel as talented as he is.

851
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: He doesn't feel as instinctive as a back as some

852
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: of these other guys. Just like a truly great natural

853
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: just runner. But he's an athlete and he could make

854
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: this ranking look very disrespectful with a big season.

855
00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 4: He could.

856
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 3: He could, And you know what, we can eat that crow.

857
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 3: That's fine. That's how this thing works.

858
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I don't know if the Jets are like

859
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: totally in on him that he was like dangled a

860
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: little bit, so I think they'll they'll spread it around.

861
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: But it is a position where opportunity makes all the

862
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: difference in the world.

863
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 2: So who knows, Like maybe uh, maybe an R. J.

864
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 1: Harvey or or quinchin Junk And I'm trying to think

865
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: of some other players that didn't come up to the

866
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: Caleb Johnson Travis et and maybe he'll bounce back like

867
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: any of those players could bounce on this list for

868
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: next year, we will put it out and we will

869
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: see who we get made fun of the most shook.

870
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: It's gonna be it's gonna be a minute until we

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Speaker 1: have you back on NFL daily, So enjoy the time off.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I don't know what you're doing this offseason.

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, that's that's all good, because yesterday I

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Speaker 3: narrowly avoided getting a sunburn on the top of my head.

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Speaker 3: So maybe by the time I come back, I'll be

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Speaker 3: looking like a tomato.

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Speaker 1: You don't know, impossible, And don't don't celebrate the Calves

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Speaker 1: suddenly being like the favorites in the Eastern Conference just

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Speaker 1: because halliber And and Tatum are injured going into next year.

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, nobody, nobody celebrates. Nobody celebrates injuries.

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Speaker 3: But the Cavs had their own injuries in the Eastern

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Speaker 3: Conference semifinals that they had to deal with too, So

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Speaker 3: you know, we'll see, we'll see how it goes.

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Speaker 4: It's a long way away.

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Speaker 1: Watched Game seven on a flight back to LA and

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Speaker 1: it broke my heart.

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm not a patient. We will be back

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Speaker 2: in your feed on Wednesday morning.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Colleen Wolf, myself and uh Jordan rod Red and yeah,

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Speaker 1: I can't lie this.

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Speaker 2: This is the part of the season. Football is not back,

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Speaker 2: but we're gonna we're gonna make you want to listen anyways.