1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: Now along with the guys from fanball dot com. Here's 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: the host for Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome to Fantasy Football 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: Weekly in early March edition. I am Paul Charchy and 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: my co host today back after a a a vacation 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: holiday away from the show. Isn't that nice? A vacation 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: of sorts? Uh, Matt Harrison, good to have you back. 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: Get explosive output on Twitter. Um, it's uh, it's you know, 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: it's not It's nice to get away and not have 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: to prep for the show and you have to have 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: some free time and all that. You know. Let's dive 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: back in because the combine just got finished. You were 15 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: there there at the combine and um got a chance 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: to really get a lot of steam on a lot 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: of guys, which is great. While I was there, they weren't. 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: I was there for the first half of it where 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: they weren't running as many drills yet. But the important 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: stuff isn't the drills. It's all the conversations and the 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: side action and you know, all the all the all 22 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: the people you talk to and which you glean that's 23 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: the best I heard. There was a coaching staff that 24 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: had t shirts made that said coaches spring Break. It 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: feels that way because I hear the combines mostly about drinking. 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: It is a lot of drinking, man. You you will 27 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: see a lot of that. It's it's great. The combine 28 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: is We've we say it every year. The Combine is 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: the best place to go for sort of your unfiltered 30 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: access to everybody. It's just well because they're all drunk 31 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: and they don't care exactly exactly the focus of this 32 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: podcast is the rookie running backs, and Matt I asked 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: you to come up with the top six rookie running backs. 34 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Next week, myself and Brian Johnson will do the next 35 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: tier of running backs. You got, you got the you 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: got the the great guys. Well, yeah, I purposely took 37 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: the easy part. I I want to talk about the 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: guys I want to talk about. I don't blame it. 39 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: It's a lot more exciting to talk about Jonathan Taylor. Example, 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: he's my number one how about you? He's my number 41 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: one guy with a by a fair margin. Now we're 42 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: gonna do these top sixs. I asked you to do 43 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: the top six, so this is will discuss them in 44 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: your order. Jonathan Taylor from Wisconsin to me is is 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: by far the number one. Tell Us Tell listeners a 46 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: little bit about Jonathan ts Well, the impressive part was 47 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: his four point three ninety I didn't I did not 48 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: expect that. No, it was number one among running backs 49 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: and seventh overall at the combine. So he's a pretty 50 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: quick guy. And if you saw the tape of his 51 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: forty where he was running head on, you'll notice that 52 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: his head did not move the entire way. Did not 53 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: like but his head is laser focused the whole time. 54 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: UH did pretty well at a couple other drills as well. 55 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: Seven point oh one cone, three cone, which was number 56 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: four amongst running backs. That's good for the cuts. UH. 57 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: Four point to four twenty yards shuttle that was number 58 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: six for running backs. So that's the highlights there. Um. 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: The dude average two thousand yards a season Wisconsin. He 60 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: averaged seventy seven broken tackles a year. He's the big, strong, 61 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: fast back in this draft and he should be a 62 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: Day one bell cow. I mean, the knocks are that 63 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: he might not be a passing game stud. He dropped 64 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: sixteen per cent of his catchable passes at Wisconsin, so 65 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: that's not good. And the other Knaka guesses he had 66 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: nine D twenty six carries in three years. That's legitimate. 67 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: You know, over nine hundred touches in three years is 68 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: a lot um. So he also fumbled eighteen times in 69 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: three years, so funny. I saw the stat I read 70 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: was was fifteen times. But either way, that's a lot 71 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: of fun I think he lost fifteen um. The Wisconsin 72 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: offensive line was elite. They opened huge holes for him, 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: and you saw it on tape, so he mostly was 74 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: running down on hill. His highlight reel is mostly line 75 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: opens up. He runs for sixty yards in a touchdown, 76 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: almost untouched half the time. Uh, he's getting really good 77 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: comps though, Nick Chubb, DeMarco Murray, who you'll remember had 78 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: some great years. Darren McFadden I thought when I watched 79 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: it a little bit of shades of Adrian Peterson, as 80 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: he's big, he goes right up the middle and he's 81 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: deceptively quick. I always thought that about Adrian Peterson, that 82 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: that next level speed you didn't quite expect it out 83 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: of a and I think Jonathan Taylor is very similar 84 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: to that. So, uh, he's probably my number one running 85 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: back and and maybe my number one pick in a 86 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: rookie draft. Right. I think there's no doubt he's the 87 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: top pick in a a rookie draft. I mean, there 88 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: are people who can make h make an argument for 89 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and we'll talk about him in just a second. 90 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: I think he had and all the key things with 91 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, it's just for a guy as physical and 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: and well built as he is, he should not be 93 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: that fast, and he should not have the lateral movement 94 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: that he's got. Um, and that's that that part makes 95 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: him really special. He's um, he's not a pile mover 96 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: and I but I just think he's He's just he 97 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: never had to move a pile, not often. It's I 98 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: think I think there is I think you you raise 99 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: a good point about the offensive line, which is legit, 100 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: but he also he also made a lot of his 101 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: own yards. Yeah, I'm I'm not ready to say he's 102 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: just a product of that line. So the worry I 103 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: have is what if he ends up in a place 104 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: with a terrible offensive line, Like what if he's an 105 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: early second round pick to one of those just terribly 106 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: bad teams up at the front of the draft. That's 107 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: where I'm nervous. I would love to see him go 108 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: at the tail end of the first round, where he's 109 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: going to an established playoff team that already has the 110 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: ability to block for people, and he can come in 111 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: and be a Day one starter there. Yeah, I think 112 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: you're not giving enough credit for for being UH, for 113 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: being a productive back on his own. I I ranked 114 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: him in my UH dynasty rankings. I have him as 115 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: the seventh raded back in the league right now, so 116 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: I it without landing spots, So I think he's he's 117 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: top ten for sure right now. UM potential bottom of 118 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: the first round spots for him. UH. If Tennessee doesn't 119 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: go with Derrick Henry, that they could go. They could 120 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: go right to Jonathan Taylor. You know what, they probably 121 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: should let Derrick Henry walk, have him spent that, save 122 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: that money, and and then go ahead and get Jonathan Taylor. 123 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: It would make it would make it would make some sense. 124 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: How about Miami A twenty six, You know, we don't. 125 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: It's not a great landing spot for him, but it's 126 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: a plausible one. It's a very plausible one because they 127 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: pick early in the second round two and my Miami's 128 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: got the three first round picks. Obviously they're probably going 129 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: to take a quarterback in the draft. Yeah, they want 130 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: a couple too many games. Um, I think two was 131 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: gonna go number two overall. Really well, so that was 132 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: that was some of the big buzz at the combine. 133 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: They there's there's no competition for Taylor if he ends 134 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: up in Miami though. That's that's the fantastic absolutely no. 135 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: Immediately he'll be a bell cower if he goes. I think, 136 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: all right, let's go to your second ranked running back, 137 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift. Tell tell listeners about him. Uh, Swift much smaller, 138 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: five eight to twelve four four eight forty. That was 139 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: good six among running backs. That was pretty good. Uh 140 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: didn't do a lot of the other tests. He did 141 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: the vert he did the broad jump. He he finished 142 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: average in those. Um but Swift stole carries as a 143 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: true freshman from the Sony Chub backfield in Georgia, says 144 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: a lot. That says something uh seven point six yards 145 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: per carry, four point four yards after contact. And the 146 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: thing that you gotta like about DeAndre Swift, especially if 147 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: you're in a PPR league and increasingly more people are 148 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: seventy three catches in college and only three drops in 149 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: three years. That's none of them, so he should compete 150 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: for three down work a lot. Um. He's not as 151 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: big as some of the other backs in this class, 152 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: but he's compact, he's muscular. He's probably the first running 153 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: back taken in the draft. I would say, you think 154 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: in the actual draft, I think he'll probably get the 155 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: Taylor head of Taylor. I wouldn't. That could be for 156 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: if if people feel like schematically he's a better fit 157 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: for what they want to do. I think, especially if 158 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: there's a team that say, has another running back that 159 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: they like and is gonna get touches. I think DeAndre 160 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: Swift is a guy who probably in his first year 161 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: will probably split carries a little bit more, maybe be 162 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: the sixty forty back. UM on tape, he looks so 163 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: much quicker than Jonathan Taylor, but that's mostly due to 164 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: his cuts. His shift nous is it's absolutely elite. Um. 165 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: He looks like Dalvin Cook when he runs, like that's 166 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: my comp forum and I've seen a couple other people 167 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: say Dalvin Cook also Frank Dore and Piterre Thomas was 168 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: was bandied about for DeAndre Swift. But he looks like 169 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook right now, and I think that that's a 170 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: that's a pretty elite guy to get near your offense. 171 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is is elusive and he's got shifting nous. Uh. 172 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: Swift is got some uh is that I think a 173 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: whole other level that way, And I don't think he's 174 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: the same kind of patient runner the Dalvin Cook is. 175 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: But um, just the the shattered ankles and that that 176 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: he leaves behind these defenders, it's it's ridiculous, and I think, yeah, exactly, 177 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: I think it's plenty of I think John DeAndre Swift 178 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: has got enough size to be in every down back 179 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: and a lot of times with these elusive guys, the 180 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: shifty guys, they're smaller backs that don't maybe don't have 181 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: don't have the ability to be twenty carry guys. Deandrey 182 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: Swift does. Yeah, I think he does. I do too. Um. Now, 183 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: there are some knocks on him here. Past protection is 184 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: not great. He's not a pile mover. That's just not 185 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: his that's not his bit. If you know, if you 186 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: get your arms on him. If you can get your 187 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: arms on DeAndre Swift, He's probably gonna be tackled. It's 188 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: tough to get your arms on that. That is the catch. 189 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: And then he doesn't have the breakaway speed that Jonathan 190 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: Taylor's got. I mean Jonathan Taylor with his four three 191 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: nine speed. If he gets into open if he gets 192 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: an over space, he's you know, now, now you've got 193 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 1: a real problem. Um I I think I think you're 194 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: I think you're right about where where he will end 195 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: up going as well. I think is going to be 196 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: the end of the end of the first round, beginning 197 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: of the second round, somewhere in there, somewhere in that 198 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: in that range would probably make some sense. Washington at 199 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: the top of round two is a possibility. With all 200 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: the running back woes they had. They got Darius guys 201 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: who they say they still love, and they just let 202 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson come back for another year. They guaranteed his 203 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: contract for one more year. Why not for Ron Rivera, 204 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: who really, for what he's worth, he kind of doesn't 205 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: commit fully to one running back. He played a lot 206 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: of two running backs in Carolina in the past. Christian 207 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: McCaffrey obviously and that kind of forced his hand recently. 208 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: But Man Washington would be a weird spot. Lions, what 209 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: about Detroit to Channel they haven't been able to get 210 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: a healthy production out of carry On Johnson. That might 211 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: be a spot as well. And then back to Miami again. 212 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: Amy could end up being another another team that's in 213 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: play with I think the fifth pick of the second 214 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: round um another interesting landing spot. I think the Chargers 215 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: picked near the top of the second round as well. 216 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: And let's top five, six, seven, Um, but Austin Ekeler 217 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: is so good. Austin Ekeler is good. But Austin Ekeler 218 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: has been a part of a shared backfield. And if 219 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,599 Speaker 1: that philosophy doesn't change and Melvin Gordon is going to 220 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: be shipped out, we got surprised me. If DeAndre Swift 221 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: is the next guy, just the next man up there? Um, 222 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: I think Justin Jackson's gonna be He's one of my 223 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: favorite sleepers. I think he's gonna be the other man. Okay, 224 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: let's go to your number three running back, cam Acres 225 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: from Florida State. Tell people about cam so cam Acres 226 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: five ten to seven. Uh, notably Jonathan Taylor five ten 227 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: twenty six. So cam acres another big back. Uh. He 228 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: ran a four four seven, that's good number five amongst 229 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: running backs. UM. So his tests combine, we're just pretty 230 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: good overall. That really helped us stop. I think. And 231 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: by the way, that's how we see cam Akers pretty 232 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: good overall. To me, he's not on the plane of 233 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: Taylor and Swift. I see a guy when I when 234 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: I watched cam Akers who looks good at almost everything 235 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: and excellent at nothing. Um, that's kind of what I had. 236 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: UM with him as well. Um, he has all the 237 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: tools to be a three down back, but he's just 238 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: kind of average with the hands, average with the elusiveness, 239 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: a little bit above average with the speed. UM. But frankly, 240 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: he played behind a pretty bad offensive line at Florida State. 241 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: He's still topped a thousand yards and two of his 242 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: three seasons had five point zero yards per carry. Last year, 243 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: most of that was just him. He broke Dalvin's freshman 244 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: record for running backyards at Florida State. Um. He was 245 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: a high school quarterback as well. He can throw. I 246 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: saw a couple of plays that he was involved in 247 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: that was pretty cool. When you see his physique, you 248 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: don't ever think that guy was a quarterback. It's powerfully built. Um, 249 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: his comps are his comps aren't great. Duke Johnson, Terence West, 250 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: Chris Johnson, Chris Johnson was generous. In my mind, I 251 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: don't see it at all. But uh, I mean I 252 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: feel the Duke Johnson. I don't see either of the 253 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 1: Johnson's And how would those two ever even be in them? 254 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: Let's let's say that cam Akers ends up in a 255 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: good situation. Let's say he's an end of the second 256 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: round or maybe the middle of the third round kind 257 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: of guy, which he ends up in a good spot. 258 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: Maybe he ends up Atlanta, Atlanta where he could be 259 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: a bell cow right away, or or maybe maybe Kansas 260 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: City is in the market for a running back and 261 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: they're not fully enthusiastic about Damian Williams. If he ends 262 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: up in the right spot, I think that he can 263 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: be a really big fantasy contributor right away. That's why 264 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: I have him at number three. I think he's got 265 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: all the tools to be good. It's just is it's 266 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: gonna be very landing spot dependent with him for cam Akers. Uh, 267 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: strong powerful back who welcomes contact. He might be the 268 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: toughest the straight up toughest back in this in in 269 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: this rookie class. And um, and for those kind of guys, 270 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: goal line work will never be a question. That's one 271 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: of the things that I like about cam Akers is 272 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: whatever team that he finishes on, um, he should be 273 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: the goal line guy. Now, he did have some fumbling 274 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: issues at school and and you know, God forbid he 275 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: fumbles at the stripe or something. But UM, I still think, 276 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: I still think he's gonna be a fantasy contributor because 277 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: of the power that he will bring. You know, he'll 278 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: probably end up on the Patriots, let's hope not for 279 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: you never want to be the first guy to fumble. 280 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: Uh with the Patriots. That is a that that'll that'll 281 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: be a season ender if you're not careful. All right, 282 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: your number four back is J. K. Dobbins from Ohio State. 283 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: Let's talk about him. Um. Yeah, Dobbins only did one 284 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: test at the combine. That was the bench press, right 285 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: he had the ankle injury. Um, he did on the 286 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: bench which was at UM. So he gets the comparisons 287 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: to the strung backs like Eddie George and Ezekiel l 288 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: It's who both went to Ohio State and by the 289 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: way he outran them. He still season rushing records at 290 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: the Ohio State. You know, that's pretty impressive when you 291 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: outrun Eddie George and Ezekiel Elliott at school. He's a 292 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: He's a pretty compact bruiser, good acceleration. He's really a 293 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: one cut runner um, but a pretty reliable pass catcher, 294 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: and it makes him a good third down option even 295 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: if he ends up on a roster with an established 296 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: running back. Doesn't have like an arsenal of really different 297 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: stop start moves. He just kind of has the one 298 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: cut and he goes um. But his cuts were always good, 299 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: and his first cut, specifically behind the line on like counterplays, 300 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: was absolutely awesome. He he had people moving one way, 301 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: He's showing up on the other side of the field 302 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden. It looked like he's playing portal 303 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: or something along those lines. Uh. Comps of muscle Hamster, 304 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs and a pul Charchy and favorite Ryan math Oh. 305 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: I like that Ryan Matthews in the rare moments of health. 306 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: That's that's pretty good. I think he's he's the cutting 307 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: is is amazing for him, and laterally, you know, if 308 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: we can get him on a team that likes to 309 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: run zone blocking with stretch plays. Oh man, I really 310 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: like Dobbins as a lateral runner. Waits, waits, and then 311 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: makes that cut accelerated. Yeah, it's gonna be one cut, though, 312 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: It's not like the super deeks like DeAndre Swift has 313 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: where he'll he'll stop, start, make two or three cuts 314 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: and then and then be out of there. He'll be 315 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna set you up, I'm gonna cut you out 316 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: of your jockstrap, and then and then I'm going um. 317 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: I I think he's got a little more Dalvin cooked 318 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: to him than others. So for me, that was my 319 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: comp and uh and mark Ingram as well. J K. 320 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: Dobbins is uh is is somebody that I think in 321 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: the Again, it depends a lot in the landing spot, 322 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: where like Jonathan Taylor, I think you go anywhere and 323 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: be productive. I want to see Dobbins running behind a 324 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: zone blocking offense, so we'll se where he lands. You 325 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: want to see him in Minnesota, Well, they got they 326 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: got a really good runner. Maybe Denver for a while, 327 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. We'll find Houston, Houston, Houston art like that. 328 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: That would be great. Yeah, let's uh let's let's take 329 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, I want to talk 330 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: about the final couple of running backs that we want 331 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: to touch on for our rookies, including Zack Moss and 332 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire coming up next. All right, welcome back, 333 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: Paul Charge and Matt Harrison with you. We're talking rookie 334 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: running backs, landing spots. What we like about these guys. 335 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: This is our top six we've already covered Jonathan Taylor, 336 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift this is your number one, two or three 337 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: guys so far, and cam Acres oh and j K. Dobbins. 338 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: We got on our top four. We did our top four. 339 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: By the way, at some point throughout Fantasy Football Weekly, 340 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to call Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Taylor Thomas from 341 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: Home Improvements. It's going to happen. I'm just gonna refer 342 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: to him as Thomas one time because I can't get 343 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: it out of my brain, and now you've got it 344 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: in my brain. So what has he been doing? Nothing? 345 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: It's absolutely nothing. If I'm gonna I'm gonna search him out. 346 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: Taylor Dash, right, he was a dash, and I don't 347 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: think he was a dash. Taylor Thomas, Jonathan Taylor. You're 348 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: right there, don't know dash um. Let's see what he's 349 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 1: been up to. He was, he was, you know, big, 350 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: big and popular on on the team, beat magazines. When 351 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: not nine The answer is not a lot. Now. He 352 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: kind of quit. He think he did quit acting. He 353 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: did not act for ten years. His last acting role 354 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: was two thousand six, and then nothing until fifteen when 355 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: he was on Last Man Standing, the Other Tim Allen Show, 356 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: the Other Tim Allen Show. So yeah, how about that. 357 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: I wonder if you know a lot of kids, kids, 358 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: they go through all the you know, the the kid, 359 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: the child actor, and he did his get away. I wonder, 360 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 1: I wonder what he's doing, where he's living. Where is 361 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor Thomas today. Well he's not in the draft, 362 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: that's for sure, because it's just Jonathan Taylor's I'm gonna 363 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 1: call he's not. He's not the same guy, for sure. 364 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: Did you know he was of Dutch and Portuguese ancestry. No, 365 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: I bet you didn't. I mean, why would Taylor Thomas do? 366 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: Sounds sound like it sounds very Portuguese to me. Let's 367 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: talk about Clyde Edwards Hilaire Portuguese. It does. Actually it 368 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: sounds French to me. I assume that, you know, because 369 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: he was from New Orleans, played at l s U 370 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: that Laire is some Frenchy, you know, Cajun sort of name. 371 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: But I I really I don't know. I'm just gonna 372 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: end up calling him Clyde. How about Frenchie? Uh? Maybe 373 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: maybe the raging Cajun. Maybe that maybe it's gonna be 374 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: the case. Here the bed on Clyde Edwards Hilaire. He's 375 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: five foot seven. He's a little. He's a little. He 376 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: is he's short. Two oh seven. Yeah, he is two 377 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: oh seven, so he's got some meat on the bone. 378 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: He's not he's not fragile. I My comp is Maurice 379 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: Jones droop that what that one of them? I had 380 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: a Ray Rice and DeVante Freeman for the others. Um 381 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: He ran a four six forty that was seventeenth among 382 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: running backs. A little probably got him moving down a 383 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: lot of draft slots. But here's the deal. Thirty nine 384 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: and a half inch vert. The dude can jump. His 385 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: vert was number four among running backs. That dude can dunk. 386 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: He's thick, compact, he's more quick than fast. His cuts 387 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: are elite, very very elusive. Has to be one of 388 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: the smaller backs in the draft. UH forced eighty four 389 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: miss tackles in his final year at l s U 390 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: gained seven d eighty two yards after contact according to 391 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, UH true three down back with above 392 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: average pass catching ability, good ball security. Um on tape. 393 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: He's not the elite burner that will break off long runs. 394 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: He's gonna get caught in the open field by some 395 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: fast corners, but he's tough to catch and he'll turn 396 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: four yards into ten or eleven. I think that's kind 397 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 1: of his game. Uh. And and we said what the 398 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: comps were, and I think that those are the kind 399 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: of runners that that did that kind of thing in 400 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: their career. And by the way, fantasy productive guys, all 401 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: of them fantasy productive. And he can be too. I 402 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: don't know at five ft seven that Clyde Edwards Hilaire 403 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: is going to be a workhorse back now. Marie Jones 404 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: Drew was, Demant Freeman was. It can happen. It's gonna 405 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: be a landing spot. Depending is like and where his 406 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: draft stock is probably now, I'm guessing he's probably maybe 407 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: an early third day pick or very late second day pick. 408 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: Um so Man he could really end up on on 409 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: any team in the NFL. And if he ends up 410 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: on the wrong one, uh, that would be scary. If 411 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: he ends up in a great situation, maybe he's the 412 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: guy who ends up in Miami with all of their picks. 413 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: Could be and and that would be a pretty nice spot. 414 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: What I like about Clyde Edwards Hilaire, And there are 415 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: a lot of things alike. Um, the tackle breaking you mentioned, 416 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: the yards after contact. He's he is because he's small 417 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: and compact. It's it's hard to get a good shot 418 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: on that guy. Easy to hide him because well, I 419 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: think that there's something that he said about that he's 420 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: running behind lineman that are a foot taller than him. Um. 421 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: And I just I just the balance you met. He's 422 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: got good cutting ability. What you meant to spend the footwork. 423 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: The footwork to me is the defining ability of Clyde 424 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire. He is um. He is able to get 425 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: He's got the short, choppy steps that allows him to 426 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: turn quickly. He's really good in crowded environments. And then 427 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 1: he's chop chop, chopped, and now he's out and he's 428 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: he's got daylight and the guy's good. Um. Now he 429 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: can catch a little bit. He was a kick returner 430 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: in L s U. He's so, he's super versatile. He's 431 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,959 Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating to watch. I think the the forty time, 432 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,719 Speaker 1: I'm the four six forty time. I suspect he'll improve 433 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: upon in his pro day a little bit and maybe 434 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,199 Speaker 1: that maybe get him get him back to uh an 435 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: earlier draft spot. But I on the tape, I saw 436 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: a couple of breakaway runs where you know, a really 437 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: fast running back gets away and scores the touchdown. But 438 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: he was caught a handful of times in the in 439 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: these runs, and and and that's the that's the only 440 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: real knock I have on him. Is not very big, 441 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: and he's not the Bernieest of Burners, berniest. He's not 442 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: the Berniest of burners. He's not like Barry Sanders where 443 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: Bernie Sanders whatever. Garth. Yeah, I hope he's I hope 444 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: he doesn't have Bernie Sanders speed. Catch him from behind. 445 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is catching him from behind right now. Wow. 446 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: Topical coming for the Fantasy Football Weekly, Stay for the 447 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: political commentary. Here you go, the final running back. We're 448 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: gonna break down in this episode. Zack Moss from Utah. 449 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: He's five foot nine, two three pounds. He is a bigger, 450 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: beefier straight ahead runner. Talked to me about Zack Moss, 451 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,880 Speaker 1: so we talked about a couple of bigger, beefier straight 452 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: ahead runners, as in Jonathan Taylor and Cam Acres, who 453 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 1: were both pretty similar sized to Moss. They ran good forties. 454 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: Zack Moss did not four point six five UM. His 455 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: his other stuff, his other tests at the combine weren't 456 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: particularly elite as well average at best UM. However, per 457 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, his yards after contact per attempt increased 458 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: from three point five eighteen to four point four in nineteen. 459 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: So he's grown, he's gotten better. UM. I saw a 460 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: quote on Twitter that Moss's quads would impress se Kwon Barkley. UM. 461 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: His speed obviously not top end, but he runs aggressively. 462 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: He tosses the side runners. So but he's been so 463 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: aggressive that he needed meniscus surgery in eighteen. I honestly 464 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: didn't think most of his highlight real tape was that 465 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: imp said, it seems like he was able to overpower 466 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: some lesser competition for Utah. UM, but he has comps 467 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: of Marshawn Lynch, Marion Barber and Kareem Hunt. What that's 468 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: a terrible I don't know if that I don't know 469 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: if I agree with the Kareem Hunt thing. Hunted much faster? Um, 470 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: can I give you my Complttavius Murray straight ahead north 471 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: south runner, absolutely, because Zack Moss has no lateral speed 472 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 1: whatsoever and he needs to run run, needs to run 473 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: north south, Um. And that's I think Latavius Murray's the 474 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: guy that I'm watched him going that I've seen that guy. 475 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: You know what, I'm gonna add one in le Roy Horde. 476 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: You want one, I'll get you three. You want five, 477 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: I'll get you three. Right. Um, yeah, maybe that's more 478 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: Zack Moss right there is. I'm I didn't love him. 479 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: I think he's got to be on a team that 480 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: has a powerful offensive line, straight, straight ahead, bulldozing offensive 481 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: line that's gonna open up holes for him to get through. 482 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: And then I think he's got a little he's got 483 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: a little bit of wiggle. He can he welcomes contact, 484 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: he can break some tackles at the second level. I 485 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: think I think he needs to be he needs to 486 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: have just the right fit or I'm not interested in 487 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: Zack moss It would be interesting to see Moss. I 488 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: think he's a split backfield kind of runner um where 489 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: he's going to end up in a spot with a 490 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: guy who can be the pass catcher and the elusive back. Uh. 491 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: Maybe he's somewhere like Cincinnati or something like that where 492 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: they have Joe Mixon and and Zack Mosses is the 493 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: second running back to come in and spell him and 494 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: and just give a little bit of different flavor to 495 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: that offense. I wouldn't be surprised if Zack Moss is 496 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: it finds himself not as a bell cow but in 497 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: some kind of a time shire. And I'm almost sure 498 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: that he's in a time share. And frankly, there's not 499 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: a lot of running backs in the rest of this draft. 500 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I really like those top five. When I 501 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: when I got to six and I was ranking him, 502 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: I was like, who's next, And I think Moss is 503 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: the best of them. I see him ranked in the 504 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: top fifty and some overall prospect list. I'm not seeing 505 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: it either, And I think he's destined to be a 506 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: split backfield, time share kind of a back. So if 507 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: if you didn't if you think this draft is five 508 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: guys deep, Matt, that means you're really jammed up. Brian 509 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: Johnson and I for next week. Sorry, we have to 510 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: We're going to do the next six guys. But you 511 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: know what Brian is great at. Brian is great at 512 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: uncovering these diamonds in the rough. He always finds two 513 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: or three guys that really are way off my radar 514 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: and he goes, no, check this dude out. This guy 515 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: is really good, and he's absolutely great at that. You know, 516 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: at this time three four I got four years ago, 517 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt was not in anybody's top five or six, 518 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: and you know, but eventually we got around to looking 519 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: at Toledo tape and we're like, wow, you know, by 520 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: the time the draft rolls around and you got a 521 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 1: whole different opinion. Philip Lindsay is a guy like that too. 522 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: Where he wasn't he wasn't on anybody's radar at all, 523 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: not undrafted. We we went into the season not even 524 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: talking about him, and then Week one boom, Hey, Philip Lindsay, 525 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: I want to be a fantasy A couple of fantasy 526 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: leagues after Week one, the best Week one pickups in 527 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: in recent memory. All right, thanks for thanks for introducing 528 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: a lot of our listeners to the top six rookie 529 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: running backs. And frankly, I don't have a problem with 530 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: the order you've got him. I expected to do battle 531 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: with you on the but I think I think you 532 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 1: got the order right. Jonathan Taylor is just if the 533 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: wear and tear isn't too much for him. The nine 534 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: hundred touches in three years, man, he's going to be special. 535 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: The question I think for Dynasty and Empire owners is 536 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: going to be, are you going to get four good 537 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: years out of him? Five six? I don't mean I 538 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: don't win. Do the when? Do all the carry when? 539 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: When the contract runs out? That's when I'm starting to 540 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: shop guys. Yeah at four years. Yeah, that's really it. Um, 541 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you charge. Let's we're in a 542 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: Empire league together where we draft rookies and it's a 543 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: super flex league. In a super flex league right now, 544 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: if you had the first overall pick, and if you 545 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: have the first overall pick, obviously your team has some needs, 546 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: probably running back, wide receiver, and quarterback. Who are you 547 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 1: taking number one? I'm still taking probably Taylor, maybe Swift. 548 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,719 Speaker 1: I'm not going even in super flex. I'm not going 549 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow yet. Um, I think I think you can 550 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: still find quarterback help later and so for me, I wouldn't. 551 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: I wouldn't take Joe Burrow in the top two for 552 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: sure at this point. I think it's going to be 553 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: one of the deepest wide receiver classes and years too. 554 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: And both Jerry Judy and Ceedee Lamb I think I 555 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: am better. I do too. I think both of those 556 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: guys are going to be in the conversation as the 557 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: number one overall rookie pick as well. Um, it's a 558 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: great year to be in a dynasty or Empire rookie draft. 559 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: It's a great year to to have be in the 560 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: middle of the first round. Absolutely, we're gonna get better 561 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: guys in the middle of the first round than we 562 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: got at the beginning of the first round last year. 563 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,479 Speaker 1: I don't mind trading some of the draft picks that 564 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: you have next year to get into the first round 565 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: this year either. That could that could be the values 566 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: only going up. The value is only going up. I 567 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: tend to agree with you on that. Um, we'll do 568 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: We'll do more Empire dynasty strategy talk throughout throughout the 569 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: course of the prefets it the other day. Yeah, we're 570 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: Scott Fish as a frequent co host of mine as well. 571 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: Here's the listeners. No, great job, Thanks Matt. We'll talk 572 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: to everybody. Next week. We'll have we'll have more rookie 573 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: running back Chatter with Brian Johnson. Talk to you then, 574 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: bye bye. Fantasy Football Weekly is a production of I 575 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit 576 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: the i heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 577 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.