WEBVTT - Free Agent Mania! 0:00:01.880 --> 0:00:05.600 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:11.959 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:16.000 source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.760 whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:21.200 Now here's your host, Paul Chargion. 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.760 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchie and 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.320 co host today Brian Johnson. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:37.400 Hey, buddy, what's up charging season? I know feels like, well, 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:39.720 it's it's draft season, it's Thor season. 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.120 It is Thor season. And that brings me to a 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:47.240 scheduling note. Last week we cut two episodes with Thor 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.720 on rookie running backs, and I had mistakenly said that 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.040 with those were going to air back to back and 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.320 then we were gonna do free agents. But it's actually 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:57.440 free agents right here in the middle. So you're gonna 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.280 get more of Thor next week in part two of 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:03.520 his Rookie running Breakdown, like a dozen more rookies to 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:04.039 talk about. 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:04.440 We hit on. 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:07.200 We hit the six big ones that are like Day one, 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.120 Day two guys last week. Will hit on about a 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:11.760 dozen more next week. 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.960 I was gonna say only two episodes or I know 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.679 it's and we joked about like a whole Ken Burns 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:25.440 series on the twenty twenty five running back draft class. Yes, I imagine. 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.839 We're gonna do the history of jazz and then we're 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.759 going to do all the rookie running backs with Thorne 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:31.640 Eystrom next week. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.200 And I'll touch on it, of course in this episode. 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.720 How I'm a best ball early best ball player. But 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.640 I'm just like, is this like total zero running back? 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.080 And I'm just like drafting any rookie I can find, 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.680 you know, past like round ten basically obviously like gend 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.720 is going early, but outside, I mean, there's just so 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:52.280 many guys. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:56.200 Well tell me how early is going because yeah, you 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:57.240 can make a case for him. 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.360 First overall, well, he's now right now like he started 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.600 out at the turn basically the one two turn. 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.720 That's too low. That's too low. 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.320 Yeah, so we'll see, I think, and he hasn't really 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.120 moved a lot. We'll obviously where he ends up getting 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.000 drafted will uh that could be justifiable. But if he 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.040 ends up on you know who, you know, he's not 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:20.520 gonna be at the Falcons. But you know what I'm 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.239 saying is the wrong team who knows the Falcons could 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:25.799 draft that who they're not you know what I'm saying. 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.600 But anyway, he's up there. But uh then kind of 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.919 the major drop off. But you've got podcasts and podcasts 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:35.880 talk about the rookie running backs a lot. 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:36.640 We do, for sure. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.640 Yeah, today, the focus of this one, we're covering players 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.080 who found new teams in free agency. So we're not 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.079 gonna do guys who reupt with their own team. We 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.799 got to pick our battles. We're talking through the fantasy 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:52.200 relevancy of the players who changed to change teams, and 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:54.880 that gives us an opportunity. It's it's a lot of 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.280 guys and a lot of relevant ones. Interestingly, you know, 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:01.720 we were talking running backs. Probably the least interesting position 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.840 is the running backs because there just weren't a lot 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.040 of good ones that hit free agency. Maybe there's not 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:08.760 a lot of good ones in the NFL, especially with 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.000 the rookie running back class that's coming in. But let's 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:16.680 start at the quarterback position. Brian and your guy Sam Darnold. First, emotionally, 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:18.400 how are you doing. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:24.480 I'm happy for I wanted the Raiders, you know I 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.919 The Raiders were like kind of the sexier landing spot 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:30.600 with Brock Bowers. I've been a Jacobe Myers fan for 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.240 many years now, going back to the Patriots, and they're 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.440 in a position where they might draft a gen t 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:37.320 or a tet tet. 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.200 You're talking all you're taking all my geno Smith talking points. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:46.280 Yeah, okay, but anyway, going to Seattle, that didn't happen. 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:51.280 But Sam's a Seahawk now twelveth Sam Pearl Sam thinking 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.400 of some Seattle references. 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:57.000 Yeah, I mean it should be sound Sam or Sam 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:58.960 Sound Sound Sam. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:03:59.920 Pearl jams from Seattle. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.360 Well, that's a good that's true. 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.440 It's not that good though, but it makes It's not 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.440 that good. It's not I don't see t shirts being made, Sam. 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.960 It doesn't really have a ring to it either, to 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:11.840 be honest. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:17.680 From from a fantasy perspective, though not denying it's not 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:21.479 as friendly a spot as the Vikings were last year. 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:25.560 Right now we're looking at Jackson Smith and Jigba. Basically, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:29.240 this is only weapon in the receiving game. DK Metcalf 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.799 we'll talk about later in this episode. Gone Tyler Lockett, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.360 he was kind of washed. But you'd have to expect 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.920 the Seahawks are going to make some kind of move 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.320 in the draft in terms of a wide receiver, maybe 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.560 they'll draft one of these high profile tight ends, which 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.760 I'm sure you do will touch on very soon. But uh, 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:53.040 from a fantasy perspective, you know, he's he's in that, 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.120 he's super flex, startable, but he's a backup when it 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.440 comes to fantasy. He's falling in that you know, QB 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:03.600 twenty five range, and right now, that's kind of justifiable. 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.040 It's a West Coast system that they're running in Seattle. 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.480 Clinton Kubiak is the new OC. He and Donald were 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.320 together in San Francisco a couple of years ago. Donald 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.919 was the backup, Kubiak was the the passing game coordinator. 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.200 But they're gonna run a system similar to what they're 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:23.200 running Minnesota. But again, they don't have Justin Jefferson JSN 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.760 a viable weapon. But I don't know, we'll see, we'll 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:30.000 see how it goes. Offensive line major concerned major, which 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.920 chaunted him in Minnesota last year. It's gonna follow him 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.560 to Seattle. Unfortunately, as the Vikings solidify their line. Of course, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.920 they weren't gonna do that with Donald don Ross to 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:43.120 salary cap blah blah. But anyway, Uh, it's it's a 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.360 slight downgrade fantasy wise for Donald, but he's got the job. Now. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.200 I'm excited to see what happens, and you know I 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:49.279 will be rooting for him. 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:50.640 I know you will be rooting for him. 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.960 Personally, I think the offensive line is a major problem 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:58.560 and the Seahawks need to find some help in the 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.760 draft at this point. That offensive line was one of 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.719 the worst last season. And you know, we saw at 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.080 the end of the season what happens when the Vikings 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.960 offensive line, you know where teams just basically said we're 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.040 gonna We're gonna force the Vikings to protect Sam at 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:13.720 all costs, and they just they couldn't do it. And 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:20.120 Seattle brought in to the no meaningful, no meaningful free 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:25.320 agents across their offensive line other than Josh Jones from Baltimore. 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:30.080 That's a very thin resume. So yeah, it's I'm I'm 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.760 nervous for Donald here and unclear if Jackson Smith in 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:37.799 JIGBA can be a quality number one receiver without having 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.040 some surrounding talent with him. Let's go to the other 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.279 side of that coin. Gino Smith going to the Raiders, 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:46.320 as you mentioned, reunites with Pete Carroll and what I 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.599 like about this, Brian is their familiarity suggests to me 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:53.040 that Gino can hit the ground running, and he has 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.680 a massive upgrade over Gardner Minshew and even your guy 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:57.760 Aidan O'Connell. 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:58.880 Brian, I. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:06.880 Know you're a sympathizer, but in a. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.400 Very distinctive vacuum of versus Gardner. 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.600 Now he does as you mentioned, he'll be throwing to 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.960 brock Bauers, who obviously we love, everybody loves. 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.320 But let's note that. 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:30.200 Geno Smith nor Pete Carroll ever prioritize tight end production 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:36.200 in their past offenses, and and I'm sure they will. 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.320 I mean, brock Bauer is a special talent. He's their 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.760 best offensive player. They will, you know, they'll find a 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.120 way to get the ball into his hands. But I 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.480 wish there was a little more of a resume with 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:49.360 either Geno or Pete Carroll to suggest that they've schematically 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.280 they know how to get the ball to their tight ends. 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.240 I'm still extremely bullish on brock Bauers, and I would 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.320 take him early, no later than the middle of the 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.000 first round. But the only so The receiver of note 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.960 is another guy you mentioned if FFW favorite Jakobe Myers 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:08.800 in his contract year, and I think Brian, I think 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:10.880 he's gonna be one of my favorite sleepers for this season. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.480 I could see one thousand yard season coming for Jacoby 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:17.000 Myers here, and I'm I'm really optimistic that he can be. 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.000 He can be much better than he has been with 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.720 A than he was with A No'connelly Gardner minshew. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.680 Yeah. The only thing that's ever held Kobe down outside 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.960 of bad quarterbacking, which is a huge. 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.000 And his whole career by the. 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.280 Way, Yeah, going back to New England, is that he's 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.960 just he's gotten injured and it's really been like concussions 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:37.760 which has been unfortunate, and he's had his bell will 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.960 run a couple of times. Yes, but when he plays, he's, uh, 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.320 he's elite. I'm gonna say that. I mean, if you 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.560 watch him play, he's got an elite skill set. 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:45.760 Now. 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:49.000 Yeah, now, Gino Smith by far the best quarterback you 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:51.920 he will have played with in his career. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.120 And Gino it's gonna appear in a bunch of my 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:57.240 rosters as my in scenarios where I either punt the 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.360 quarterback position or scenarios where he's just my second quarterback. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.880 I think he's going to be underdrafted, and I like 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.280 the surrounding talent here. 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:06.880 I think Las Vegas. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.560 Takes Ashton Genty in the with pick six, and that'll 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:13.240 that will make the whole offense better for sure. Let's 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.680 let's pivot to Justin Field, who goes to the Jets 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.760 as the presumed starter, right at least for the moment, Brian. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:24.319 Yeah, I mean who else would it be. I mean 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.360 the move up in the draft, but yeah, I'm I 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.840 think Fuels will be the starter, and I think drafters 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:35.760 do mentioned the early Bestball drafting, before Fields had a home, 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:41.120 he was going quarterback thirty. Yeah, and he's surging. Now. 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.760 You know, the ADP that I'm looking at hasn't even 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:45.960 like corrected itself. You know, it's in the midst of that. 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.080 He's already moved up the quarterback twenty one ahead of J. J. McCarthy, 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:53.360 Bryce Young, Anthony Richardson. He was going well after that 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.160 tier and kind of understandably so, I mean when he's played, 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.120 he's an elite from a fantasy perspective over the years. 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.120 Here is a Fantasy points per game where he's ranked 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.240 not overall points, but points per game. Starting in twenty 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.800 twenty one, QB thirty's a rookie then, but then QB five. 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.360 He really popped off in twenty two QB eleven and 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.880 twenty twenty three QB eight last year, had a great 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.719 start with the Steelers. Still kind of shocked they took 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.000 him out and or I'm shocked they didn't go back 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.320 to him, give him a chance. I mean, I'm not 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.360 a Giants fan anymore. I'd be pissed if I'm in 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.880 a Giants fan and they got Fields. I think Fields 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.440 is far more intriguing whatever the hell the Giants are 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.800 gonna end up with. But yeah, I mean it's been, like, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.160 you know, the passing has been the question mark with Fields, 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.960 but he's got Garrett Wilson. He's proven to be an 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.880 able passer in the past. He's never had an elite receiver. Really, 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.880 He's had DJ Moore, he had DJ Moore in twenty 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:53.480 three pickins last year. But Garrett Wilson better than those 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:59.920 two combined almost, so the Surgeon price is justified. I'm glad. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.480 I kind of packed my I was drafted him, knew 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.000 knowing he was gonna get a chance on one of 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:08.280 these bad teams. But the Jets are an exciting, uh 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.319 landing spot for him. They're very young, and they can 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.760 add talent through the draft, and they got Wilson as mentioned, 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:20.599 and so yeah, I think I like this spot for Fields. Yeah, 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:22.280 I guess I shouldn't have any competition, but. 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.680 Not really, Tyrod Taylor is not really a factor here, 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.120 and I don't think that anybody that they would land 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.400 in the draft would end up being a factor either. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:33.839 Garrett Wilson excited for the prospects of him not having 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.040 to share time is just like last year, not having 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.880 to share time with DeVante Adams at this stage last year. 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:40.480 But then of course they traded for Adams and that 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:46.160 nuked Garrett Wilson into orbit hopefully now as really, I mean, 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.840 there's nobody else to catch a pass there, So you know, 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.640 I'm very interested to see if can justin Field support 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.040 a very good receiver and get the most out of him. 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.560 And from a passing standpoint, it's not clear that he can, 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:00.679 but hope fully he could. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:06.120 Failed to mention Worth mentioning Field and Wilson played together 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:07.440 at Ohio State. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.960 You know what I had forgotten about that. That's a 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:11.439 great point. 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:13.720 Let's go to Daniel Jones and we'll just spend a 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.959 second on him. Colts needed a backup plan for Anthony 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:17.960 Richardson in an event that he does not get better, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.320 which through fifteen games he really hasn't. He is a 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.320 total wild card at this point. He has shown little 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.600 improvement through those fifteen games. But it's still only fifteen 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.960 games and he's still young, so you know, there's still 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.720 opportunity for Anthony Richardson to make good on his draft stock. 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.160 You know, for the Colts, you can see why they 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:41.240 needed Daniel Jones, right, you want, Shane Steichen probably loses 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.760 his job if the Colts tank and if they don't 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.280 make the playoffs, perhaps even and they had to get 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.240 depth behind Richardson in case he can improve on his 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:57.199 fifty percent career completion rating. And you know what I 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:00.600 think is kind of interesting about this Daniel Jones move, Brian. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:06.360 It could be that Jones had learned enough about JJ 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.920 McCarthy that he was like, I'm never going to get 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:11.800 a start in Minnesota. 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.280 McCarthy's the good better shot in Indy. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:20.319 I mean, yeah, JJ McCarthy's prospects of being an NFL passer, 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.440 NFL quality starting quarterback to me are way better than 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.800 Anthony Richardson's and we've never seen JJ McCarthy play one 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.360 down of regular season football. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:34.040 Yeah, and uh, that's what you would lead leads me 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.800 to believe that as well, that yeah, he just saw 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:40.440 there was a definite road stop in Minnesota. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:41.120 I think that's it. 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:45.120 I think which is clearly the better position you want 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.080 to be in to be win a Super Bowl, be 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.400 successful in Minnesota over Indianapolis. Right now, all all that's 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.360 missing is the quarterback quote unquote missing. 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.320 Yes, yes, all right, let's go to the running back position. 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.640 I think that's the notable quarterbacks. Let's go to the 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:03.520 running and to me, there's only one that one running 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.560 back out of this list that looks likely to be 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.679 a starter, and that's Naji Harris who went to the Chargers. 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:10.360 You know, we all know Jim Harbaugh once to ruin 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.000 the ball, once to run it more effectively than he 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.319 did last year. Naji Harris, I believe, never missed a 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.679 game in his career. And that's one of the things 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.640 that I'm sure that you know, after the troubles they 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:23.320 had with JK. Dobbins and Gus Edwards constantly going in 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:24.840 and out of lineups, I'm sure, that's one of the 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.120 things that appealed to them with Najie Harris. 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.880 And now he's been durable for sure, but pretty pretty 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.600 meh to this point in his career. But the offensive 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.800 offenses he's played for in Pittsburgh have been very uninspired. 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:43.160 The offensive line never been good. Yeah for him, but 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:50.520 Harris shockingly efficient last year. Uh he uh ranked let's see, 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.200 among thirty seven running backs with two hundred plus touches, 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.840 he was eleventh and miss tackles forced per touch. He's 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.400 middle of the pack and explosive play rate and again 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:04.240 that wash a really bad offensive line. Things will improve 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:10.920 in Los Angeles. The Chargers JK. Dobbins still unsigned, So 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.360 it really looks like it's gonna be a whole lot 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:19.240 of nausey. I mean this, It seems like he stays healthy, 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.120 like he's gonna have three hundred touches type season. Don't 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:24.920 you feel that way. I think they're just gonna I 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:26.400 think they're gonna draft a running back. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.040 I think they're gonna draft another running back. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.080 But as it as it stands today, he's running back one, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.840 and he's better than anybody else on roster. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.280 I think, like every team's gonna draft a running back 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:39.240 for sure, but I don't know. I don't think if 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.880 they're gonna draft someone high enough to be an immediate 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:46.800 threat to Naji I think. But anyway, again, a guy 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.000 who's his ADP has gone up since finding a home 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.480 inside the top thirty running backs now and that ADP 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.920 is correcting itself. By the day he was outside of that, 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.000 he was kind of almost in the art be forty 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:05.960 range right around like h Tank Bigsby a month or 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.280 two ago. But yeah, people are excited about the the move. 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:10.840 We'll see how good he is. You know, he's in 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.880 a better spot. So hopefully the the efficiency numbers lead 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.240 to bigger fantasy stats would have been which have been. 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:18.400 Lacking they have. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.360 He's a you know he can catch and they don't. 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.480 You I'd like to see a team that actually throws 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.840 to him a bunch. And I don't have the numbers 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.920 in front of me. I wish I had, but I'd 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:30.480 like to see them. I'd like to see him used 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.400 more as a receiver than he has been to this point. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.360 And you know, if he doesn't have to share time 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.480 with Jaalen Warren, what would it look like if Najie 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.400 Harris got three hundred carries, you know, could he be 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.960 Does he have top ten running back upside on three 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:47.320 hundred carries which Jim Harbaugh could do well? Yeah, I 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.400 mean I think you know that that could come together. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.120 It's not out of the range of possibilities. 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.360 Quickly. On the other side of the coin, you're you're 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:59.080 mentioning Jalen Warren. Interesting what's left behind? But I mean, 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.800 Jalen Warren. Pittsburgh just signed Kenneth Gainwell, but we're not 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.840 going to talk about that so right now. I mean, 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.199 if Warren can survive the draft in terms of the 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:13.359 Steelers draft a high profile running back or multiple running 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.960 backs man, right now, he looks like a league to 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.680 the opposite winner. If you were at drafted early like me, 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.160 he's going up in price as well. 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.560 Yeah, and he should. And he's a pretty good player too. 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:26.920 We don't know that he can be a three hundred 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.760 carry guy as well. Can he carry a backfield? And 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:31.840 the other thing I want to mention about Kenneth Gainwell, 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:36.120 just to my eyes visually, I thought he looked way 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.840 better last year than he had the previous years, and 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.359 he had some eye popping runs that made me go, Wow, 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.600 that doesn't look like the same guy. I don't know 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.920 that we've heard the last of Kenneth Gainwell, we'll find out. 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.400 Oh no, he'll be uh, he'll be utilized, and he'll 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.720 be he'll be a ta com one or two weeks. 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:56.119 He will be. 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.800 That's exactly we're gonna get a little We're going to 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:00.800 get some some peak cocking out of that. 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.879 Later on, I looked this up really quick. The Chargers 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.879 running backs as a whole last year dead last in 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.679 catches forty three. Well on the season. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.639 Well, was it because they didn't have guys who caught 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:17.760 the ball naturally like Gus Edwards no catching ability or 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.200 or is it just you know, you know, the Greg 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:24.120 Roman offense, I mean Greg Roman's offenses. They just never 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:25.919 throw to running backs. 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:26.879 JJ. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:31.360 Zacharyson and I, actually Zachariason and I were going back 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:32.399 and forth on Twitter. 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:33.800 Today about this very topic. 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.600 He noted that Greg Romans running backs in all of 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:39.960 his years his offensive coordinator have never ranked higher than 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:45.440 nineteenth in receptions. So from a PPR standpoint, those Charger 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:49.639 running backs will always probably languish. Let's go to Elijah Mitchell. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:50.840 I don't even think we need to spend a lot 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:52.720 of time in this. He went to Kansas City. The 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.359 story on Elijah Mitchell always injured, including the entirety of 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.919 last year. He was kind of electric in San Francisco 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:03.200 in brief moments before Christian McCaffrey got there, and then 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.680 periodically when Christian McCaffrey would get hurt, but just again 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:10.240 constantly hurt. Kareem Hunt just resigned with the team today, 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:14.320 So there's I don't see much here for Elijah Mitchell 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.480 and the and I believe they're also a candidate to 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.000 everybody's a candidate, draft a runner, But I don't think 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:27.480 Kareem hunts metrics last year were terrible, and Elijah Asaiah 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:30.600 Pajeco's knee injury just an ongoing question mark. I just 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.840 I don't know that Mitchell even survives to the final 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.240 roster here, so I don't think we need to spend 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:37.720 a lot of time on him. Let's pivot over to 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:42.200 Rico Dowdell, who got to the point where at the 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.600 end of last year he was he was a weekly 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.120 fantasy starter. Now finds himself in Carolina. 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:52.840 Brian, Yeah, and you know, people, I was assuming you 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:54.800 know it kind of seemed like Dallas was, you know, 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.399 saying they're not gonna draft a running back high, and 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.840 it just seemed like doubt all they shouldn't go back 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:02.200 to because you looked good, as you said last year, 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:06.080 last year, especially in the second half. But uh, we'll 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:09.080 talk about who the Cowboys decided to go with in 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:11.840 a minute. I presume him, so dowdle to Carolina where 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:15.000 he will back up Cuba Hubbard. You know, it's it's 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:18.879 a pretty meh landing spot at the one angle here. 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:23.400 You know, Cuba suffered the season ending knee injury late 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:26.159 last year, so this feels like a you know, go 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:29.040 if Cuba was fully healthy going into the season, he'll 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:31.080 probably be near one hundred percent, but he's not going 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:33.359 to be a bell cow by any means. If he 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:36.679 was in that state of health, you know, he'd probably 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:40.000 like seventy thirty in favor of Cuba. But I feel 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.720 like it might be a little heavier reco you know, 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:44.800 to start the season as Tuba's coming back from the 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:48.320 knee injury, which will present a cell high window. And 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:51.680 right now stock on Dowdell down big time because he's 0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.000 you know, just presumed back up to Cuba Hubbard, but 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:56.359