WEBVTT - Rookie Runners 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:05.160 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:10.640 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:15.320 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.279 and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:25.880 Now here's your host, Paul. Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:30.280 I'm Paul Chargy in my co host as usual Brian Johnson. 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.839 Good day, George. Good to talk to you as well. 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:39.280 It's another edition centered around rookies as the draft gets 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.479 a little bit closer. Last week we did quarterbacks. We 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.839 encourage people to go back and listen to that one 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.560 if you missed it. As we break down players at 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.519 a at a position leading up to the draft, and 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.680 then a couple of three weeks from now, we'll we'll 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.160 be talking about the first round as a record on Fridays. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.880 That'll be fun. Would you call this a shallow running 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:05.520 back class? Yeah, I don't know. We're gonna talk about 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.520 ten guys who I think all have a chance to 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.880 make an impact. I mean all ten of these I 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:15.559 think have pro level abilities to some degree. My temph 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.680 know the tenth guy, I've got guy number ten. Yeah, yeah, 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.080 that's crazy about him. But I think I think the 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.840 other nine I could could have an impact in the 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.480 right situations, taking a lot of hate overall, Yeah, I 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.160 think that. I think there's you know why, it's because 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:34.120 there isn't a There isn't a a or in Ezekiel 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.960 Elliott at the top of the first round to make 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.640 people who um. But there's still some really good running 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:42.640 backs in this class, and we're gonna break them down. 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.479 I want to start with this though. The I think 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:50.040 there's still four ideal landing spots where any of these 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:54.120 rookies could just walk in and become a workhorse back Miami. 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.960 You know, not like Miles Gaskin, but I think I 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:01.320 think if you know, the right guy falls there, you know, 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.200 I think he gets pushed to the background. I'm holding 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:07.080 my breath as a guy who's rostering Miles gascon in 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.959 hopes of leading me to the second year in a 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:10.520 row in our Empire League. So you can dig down 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.440 the whole pot. So I've survived free agency, right breath, 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.919 don't draft a running back Miami. But yes, that's a 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.919 great spot, like said the Jets, Well, Michael per Ryan 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.160 is not is not going to be a starter. I 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.600 don't believe somebody could walk in and take that job. Pittsburgh, 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.799 you know, Benny Snell is the only guy basically, and 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:34.680 Anthony McFarland roster, and unless they really show something different 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.919 than they had last year, that's a that's a spot. 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.600 And then you know, Atlanta did sign Mike Davis, but 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.280 I just think Mike Davis ideally is not the lead back. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.040 Probably not. So those are the four that I feel 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:47.720 like somebody could just walk in and be a workhorse. 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.679 Then there's a bunch of spots where somebody could walk 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:54.200 in and be like a change of pace back, a 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:58.720 regularly used number two back. Cincinnati they cut Giovanni Bernard, 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:00.840 so I think that somebody could walk into that spot. 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:05.640 Jacksonville needs somebody behind James Robinson. Denver signed Mike Boone, 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.720 but they need somebody behind Melvin Gordon. I think Mike 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.760 Boon can be a number two back. Kansas City, I 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:15.160 think Darryl Williams is totally ordinary, so I think that's 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.720 a candidate. Uh. The Giants cut Wayne Gallman, so they 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:25.000 need to they need somebody behind. Yeah, Philadelphia behind Miles Sanders. 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:26.840 I don't think Boston Scott is big enough to carry 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.120 that even as like a change of paceload bringing back 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:34.280 Jordan Howard. You hear about that though, whatever Carolina behind 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:38.160 Christian McCaffrey, uh, in part because Mike Davis gone. And 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.480 then you know, Arizona has really just got Chase Edmonds 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.320 right now, so some needs to walk into that. And 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.480 then San Francisco with they're always rotate, it always rotation 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.200 of backs, and they always need somebody healthy. And I 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.400 think they they've got to be frustrated with all the 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.520 injuries to reheem most Art and you know Wilson and all. 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.720 You know, that's been a frustrating situation. So I think 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.400 those are all all all teams that are in play here, 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.040 all right, So let's let's start with this from a 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:07.560 purely fantasy perspective. The guy that is going first in 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.240 rookie drafts that are being held now is Naji Harris. Yeah, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.640 tell us, tell us about him and what makes him 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:18.800 as a prime candidate for a strong fantasy season. Yeah, 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.080 most likely the first running back to go on the 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.960 NFL draft night to or maybe maybe Day two for 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.680 all we know. But Nagi Harris at Alabama right now 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.760 in best ball leagues, he's going around in the ninth round, 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:35.839 mid to late ninth round, which seems like no kidding, 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.440 we don't know where he's playing as it right now, 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:41.880 of course, but great size six to two thirty, absolute bruiser. 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.360 But that's not his only that's not the only ace 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.040 up his sleeve, only tricking up bag. He's had a 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.240 whole bag of tricks. Uh. He's not just in good hands, yeah, 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.920 great hands as a receiver. Did you hear how he 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.600 told Todd McShay recently to kiss his ass, not indirectly, 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.960 but he's getting interviewed and someone told him how Todd McShay, 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:04.919 He said he improved as a receiver, kiss my ass 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:09.000 like he's got but like mcshaven said he was. He said, 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.800 he's really good and he got even better. But he's 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.800 got a chip on his shoulder already, which I really like. 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.160 But um, the most rushing touchdowns in college football last 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:21.200 year twenty six rushing touchdowns in thirteen games and not. 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.400 Don't you think that's the thing that fantasy owners are 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:28.240 really highlighting with Harris is he is a goal line 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:31.320 back for sure, he is, but like you said, though 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.359 he can catch the ball. He was third in target 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:37.080 share among running backs in this year's draft class last year, 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.040 so he's got bell cow potential written all over him. 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:44.599 Now when it comes to dynasty, he sort of old 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.760 in March, but he's the most complete back in this class. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:52.600 And uh yeah, right now, if I'm doing the best 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.840 ball draft or even a redraft league, I'm getting in 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.640 the ninth round. I don't care if he goes to 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.400 the Jets, which is probably the least ideal landing spot. 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.440 But yeah, nausea, Harris going to be the first running 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.560 back taken in most fantasy drafts and most likely in 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.039 uh in the reality draft, depending on where lands, which 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:10.960 is a huge X factor for all these guys. If 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:12.880 you go into the wrong spot and you're gonna be, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.240 you know, in a workhorse situation like a J. Dillon 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.360 last week, that really would change the last year. That 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.640 would change things a lot. Now, the guy I think 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.960 can out potentially I'll perform. Harris from a fantasy standpoint. 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.880 Is one of the two University of North Carolina runners, 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.640 and the first is Javonte Williams, who set up much 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:36.719 more like Harris. Javonte Williams is a brutally hard running, 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:43.159 violent attacking back who welcomes contact and leaves defenders battered 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:48.680 for having insulted him by trying to tackle Javonte Williams. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.359 He's got remarkable balance. So you have these big contact 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.360 moments where Williams lowers his shoulder, but he just powers through. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.719 I mean, he's just the balance, is unfazed by the 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.240 hits that he takes and and doles out, and then 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:05.760 he just keeps going. He's got remarkable burst in acceleration 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.680 for a full bodied runner. And he is a he 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:10.960 is a bigger back. It's not gigantic. He's not a 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.320 bowling ball um. He led all of college football in 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:18.640 broken tackles last year per Pro Football Focus, seventy five 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:22.320 broken tackles last year. You know he only played seven games. 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.440 I mean, you know, he's breaking ten tackles a game. 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:30.040 It's crazy, and just ideal size for a power running back. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.800 He isn't He's just he's well built and he's strong, 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.400 and he's but he's not overly huge, which is I 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.680 just think perfect. And there's so much to like about 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.240 Javonti Williams. Now. The only knacks on him he only 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:46.720 performed at this level last year. And he can catch, 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:51.560 but he's not a natural you know, ball catching back um, 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.200 and I think his top end speed is just okay. 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:58.680 He's better with the short the short burst and acceleration. UM. 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.560 When he gets into the open field, he's not necessarily 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.240 just going to run away from a cornerback or a 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:09.080 safety and still uh, Javonte Williams will get goal line 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:13.320 carries and Brian I think ideally suited for fantasy play 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.440 and if he falls into the right spot, he could 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.360 be the first overall running back taken in fantasy drafts. Yeah, 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.800 talk about a discount right now in bestball, he's uh 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:26.440 RB right now, we want a couple rounds after Nase Harris, 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.760 after Melvin Gordon right now, who would you rather have 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:30.720 right now? I know if you're a draft of Melvin 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:35.640 Gordon or vant William Williams all day, I agree with that. 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.600 Let's go to our Let's go to our next running back, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:43.280 Travis E. T N And for Travis, it's he was 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.560 a highly publicized, well known commodity coming out of Clemson, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:55.320 and boy the speed yeah remarkable. He's uh, probably not 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.120 the fastest running back when it comes to Peter speed 0:08:58.120 --> 0:08:59.600 in the draft, but at four or four in the 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.160 forty he's very pretty close and he most people thought 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.719 he was going to turn pro last year, but he 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.720 he came back for his senior season at Clemson UM 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.800 where he set the it was over the course of 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.679 his career. But he's the n C double as all 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.240 time leader now in total games with a touchdown for 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:21.920 skilled players. And uh, he's got pretty good size to 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.760 five ten to fifteen. He's not a he's not a house, 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:28.360 but he's not undersized. And then like you said, great speed, 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.920 um career seven point two yards per carry, an excellent receiver, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.559 pretty much the whole package. There are some concerns around 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:39.640 his past protection, but we hear that about plenty of 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.880 most even he's even seasoned vets. So uh E t 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.400 N with Nagy Harris and Javonte Williams, they're kind in 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:51.120 that top three, the top three tire and uh Javonte 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.360 Williams or you really could pick any one of these 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.120 guys first overall among rookies. E ten is actually going 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.360 a little earlier than Williams and right after Nagy Harris. 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.920 But like we said, they're they're lumped uh right there together, 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.439 and uh they can all immediately produce this here in 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.640 the right spot, and they're their future outlooking dynasty is 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.320 very very break e t N is just the the 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:14.080 acceleration and the burst. It's track star level stuff, Brian. 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:18.199 And you know you where I think where he's not 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:22.440 as great as moving laterally, is not as strong suit. 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:26.520 He's more of a track star, you know, straightforward runner, 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.960 north south runner. But he's gonna be good everywhere. And 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.400 just he's got some special traits that suggests he's going 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.640 to he's going to break a lot of big plays 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.400 in the NFL. Meant to throw in most yards after 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.400 contact over the last two seasons in college football. Et 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.760 N was second. That's amazing, and I won't mention who 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.679 was first. I'm gonna he's gonna be a bonus guy 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.719 at the very end you're not going to expect. I'm 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.560 very intrigued by this guy, by the way, but anyway, 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.440 we'll get to him later now. I just uh, I 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.160 was just earlier talking about Javonte Williams from University of 0:10:56.160 --> 0:11:00.120 North Carolina. They have another running back who's fascinating in 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:04.880 this is not a case where North Carolina had like 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.760 the big, bruising back that Javonte Williams is. And then 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.360 the scat back though they had. They had two pretty 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.680 well put together, solidly built backs, Michael Carter being the 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.040 second of those. Now he's short, he's five ft eight, 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:20.280 he's two hundred pounds um. But at five two hundred 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.439 that two isn't spread across like a guy who's five 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:27.079 ft eleven, So he's still actually pretty well built despite 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.640 being on the shorter side. Michael Carter is um still 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.760 a tad lightweight for the position, but he is so 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:39.280 shifty and the amazing footwork that he's got. He's got 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:43.480 a hip swivel that unlocks just this crazy elusiveness and 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.559 he's very hard to get a clean shot on. Michael Carter. 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.760 He's got a compact running style with short strides and 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.400 a remarkable jump cut that I think gets released by 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:57.440 that compact running style. Great in traffic and when things 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:01.440 are really hairy, he's got this great He picks his spots, 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.160 he changes his direction, he makes his jump cut, and 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.000 he comes out of this pack of defenders. You know, 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.360 how did that even happen? Great top end speed, he 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:13.600 will run away from other players and he catches really well. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.040 North Carolina would throw down field to Michael Carter and 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.280 I don't mean like five yards in the flat. I 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.720 mean twenty five yards down field they're throwing to Michael Carter. 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:29.559 And um, worst case, worst case to me about Michael 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:33.720 Carter's he is a Tarikohen And I think that's a 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:38.760 I think that's a fair NFL comparison. But his best 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:40.960 case is that he gets a lot more running work 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.440 than Cohen has ever gotten and ends up being a 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.840 better And I think he's just a better pure runner 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.600 than Cohen is. Yeah, Now, Carter's only really produced at 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.520 a high level one year last year, and same with 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.679 Javonte Williams from U n c UM. But and he's 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:57.560 a senior here, But I still think he's got some 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.600 really special traits and I love what he could do 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.960 for PPR leagues. And Michael Carter is a guy that's 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.800 going really late in drafts and I think as the 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:12.840 potential again to be a PPR stalwart. Nice Michael Carter. 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:17.280 Let's go to the poorly named Cuba Hubbard. Now he 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.760 should have been Chubba Hubbard. How do you not name 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:21.200 if you if you've got to the point where you've 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.319 got c h U b A, how do you not 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.560 go see it? You b B A and let him 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.600 be Chubba Hubbard. That'd be the coolest name ever. You 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.680 know why they fail because he's Canadian. They don't do 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.800 it exactly right when it comes to Noman cleature up 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:40.800 in Kanada. But Canadian born Cuba Hubbard out of Oklahoma 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.520 State six ft two pounds. Now, this is the track star, 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.720 literally a former track star. Ran a four three six 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:52.079 forty on his pro day. Uh, lightning fast. The fastest 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.400 time clocked by a running back, probably by any player, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.080 I would imagine um most yards after contact of the 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.280 last two seasons I just mentioned, Travis et N was second, 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:06.000 Tuba Hubbard was third. Uh, so great player. There are 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.800 some concerns with him, not only in his past protection 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:13.640 but also his past catching abilities. He's not an elite receiver, 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:19.240 maybe average at best, so there's some concerns, uh with 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.360 his bell cow potential there. And right now in fantasy 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.440 he's going off the board around RB five and re 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:29.320 draft in the mid fifteenth round. But I don't like 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.200 to put a whole lot of stock into mock drafts 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.760 for the NFL. But I've been seeing him sliding recently 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.640 in favor of some other guys, so there are some concerns, 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.840 like I said, with the past protection the past catching 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.880 little undersized. Six ft is tall and the two ten 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.520 is a little light for running it is, which is 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:50.000 a little concerning. But he's blazing fast and uh he 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:53.240 he probably is not a guy who's gonna total ball 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:54.960 eight percent of the time for a team, but he 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.160 can be a factor in a one two punch and 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.920 if given significant touches, he he has the potential to 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.160 be a He's got breakaway he's got breakaway speed. What 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.680 I worries me about Chuba Hubbard is that he runs 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.120 upright like a track star, because he is a track star. 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.360 And when you're six foot and you're running upright, you're 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.680 giving defenders a lot of body to hit you with 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.160 and and two and I think, and he's not that 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.880 physical of a guy, so I think he's going to 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.800 I think he's going to absorb a lot of hits. 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.680 And I don't know that. I don't know that he's 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.200 a tackle breaking type of player. A comp I've heard 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.280 a lot and you're you're gonna hate this, but it'll 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.480 it'll be a blast. In the past is a tap 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:41.560 dancing Nancy Chris Johnson Chris Johnson had a pretty solid career. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.360 He did, but he was a tap dancing Nancy. He 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.440 peeked and he certainly fell off a cliff pretty quick, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.120 peaking at that two thousand yard rushing season. But uh, 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.560 that's one of my favorite ff W nicknames of all 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.200 time is the tap dancing Nancy Chris Johnson. We'll take 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.760 a break when we come back. The other five running 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.400 backs you need to know fantasy relevant running back, so 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.760 you need to know heading into the draft. It's Fantasy 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:10.440 Football Weekly, Welcome back, Paul Charge and Brian Johnson with 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:14.440 you talking through the rookie running backs fantasy owners need 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.280 to know, get familiar with. And the next one up 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:21.840 is a guy I'm fascinated by Kenneth gaine Well from Memphis. 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.760 He was an opt out from last year. Where he's 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.200 really interesting is that he's going to be a jack 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.760 of all trades type guy. And a lot of times 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.400 these guys don't end up handing out into anything. If 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.280 you don't have a position you're great at, sometimes you 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.520 just don't get on the field. Lynn Bowden from last 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.320 year right was a guy that was hey, is he 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.960 running back or is he receiver? Really don't know for sure, 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:47.000 and that's that worries me a little bit about Kenneth Gainwell, 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:48.680 that he could fall into that. But he's got some 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:52.680 really special traits and he's such a good receiver that 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:56.520 I think he gets on the field and can be 0:16:56.640 --> 0:17:00.440 a PPR helper in the right spot. So he looks 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.560 and runs like a track star, but he doesn't quite 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.640 have track star top end speed. But he's another upright 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.159 runner like Chewba Hubbard. Uh. He's got the burst of 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.240 a track star, and he's got really good footwork and 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.280 lateral movement, which you don't always get out of tracks 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.720 star rutting runners who oftentimes are really very north south oriented. 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.159 Ganewell can go move laterally very well. He's got a 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.199 nice one cut move. But the big thing here is 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.280 that he catches so well. And they lined him up 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.080 at wide receiver in Memphis. He has tons of game 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:33.080 breaking plays against you know, suspect defenses that Memphis played. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.400 But um, a lot of people think he's just gonna 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.040 play the slot. He might end up being a slot 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.160 receiver in the NFL. Well, that's where Antonio Gibson went. 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.399 If I'm not mistaken, to Memphis and there was the 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:48.040 same concerns with him just fine. Well, so far, so far, 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.400 so good for him. Um only three drops on sixty 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.600 targets last year, which is a pretty good rate for 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.280 a running back, and so he's got the hands to 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.240 be a requisite of it. Just not sure where he's 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.040 going to fit in that way again, I think he 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.679 needs the right spot and then he needs to get utilize. 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.040 So Kenneth Gainwells got upside in the right in the 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:10.520 right place, but he's got the downside of lin Bowden 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:12.960 from last year. Let's go to our next runner, which 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:17.040 is Jermar Jefferson and Jamar Jefferson out of Oregon State. 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.359 UH declared for the draft a year early, will forego 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.399 his senior season. One of the youngest running backs in 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.080 this class. Turns twenty one next week, so that's great 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.720 from a Dinosty perspective. Like most he only played in 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.919 six games last year, but started out hot four straight 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.199 games over one rushing yards. Finished with more rushing yards 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.679 than he had his entire sophomore season, which was a 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.160 full season. So he really produced last year in those 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.600 six games for really bad Oregon State team. By the way, 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:49.040 UM Jefferson's no gain slash loss run percentage. This is 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.320 a stat that depicts the percentage of runs that are 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:56.000 stopped at the loss was fourth best among draft elegial 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.520 running back So it's pretty good. He's great among the 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.919 leaders and positive runs on his UH attempts. Some worry 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:06.720 about his size five ten pounds a little like a 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:09.840 little put on like five more pounds hopefully, But he's 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.960 a pretty sound all around back. Good vision, good lateral speed, 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.119 can get to the edge quick, he has good bursts. 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:19.480 But some are concerned with his long speed in terms 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:21.480 of someone's gonna catch him from behind on a long run. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.560 But he's a very able receiver as well. He does 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:26.879 have bell cow potential. I don't think he has the 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.320 talent to go in and like usurp a starting NFL 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.480 running back, but if given the opportunity, I think he 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.040 can be a fine producer. And uh again, you hear 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.480 this a lot. Some concerns about his past protection. Per 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:43.040 Pro Football Focus, Jefferson ranked seven in past protection efficiency 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:46.120 for running backs like in Oregon States a really bad team. 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:48.320 I don't care how good your past protection is a 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.440 running back. If you're the rest of the offensive line, 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.199 you know, but everyone everyone else get free run at 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:58.480 your quarterback. So Jefferson is a guy that little polarizing 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.560 in the sense he's way down on some people's list, 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:02.880 maybe like RB twelve, they're teend right now. He's going 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:06.239 off RB eight in Bestball League. So a guy I'm 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.960 keeping eye on eye on more than most Jumarin Jefferson. Okay, 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.800 My next running back is Kylin Hill from Mississippi State, 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:17.439 currently projected to go in probably uh, he'll be a 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:19.560 Day three guy, maybe the back end of day three. 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:22.720 But that doesn't mean that he can't that Kylan Hill 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:24.879 can't play a role in the NFL. Now. He's a 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:29.760 slimmer back, and he's a and and and for a 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:34.680 slimmer back, he's got remarkable tackle breaking and even physical playabilities, 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.679 and he has the explosiveness to be a factor in 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:40.840 the NFL. When I looked at his game, I'm like, 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:43.160 you know, you're looking for these guys that are gonna 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:45.240 go round six, round seven. I'm trying to find is 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:47.600 there any one thing in their game that can keep 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:51.280 them on the field. And it's the explosiveness for Kylin Hill, 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:53.800 because he's got he's got a lot of that. He's 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:56.720 super creative when he gets to the second level, and 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:58.560 you'll see these runs when you look when you look 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:01.720 through Kylan Hill's tape where when he gets past the 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:04.680 line of scrimmage and he's in that linebacker level, he's 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.760 so fast and he's making people miss and it's creating 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:10.320 all kinds of chaos and confusion. Is he's as he's 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:13.280 changing and cutting and players are running around just trying 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:16.119 to find him, and it's he was really good at 0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:19.720 the next level. Now, he only played three games last 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:23.040 year with Mississippi State, but he caught twenty three passes 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.880 in the three games. You know, for it eight catches 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:29.159 a game. That's another special trait that tells me that 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.720 Kylan Hill can get on the field. He's got a 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:35.760 very good stiff arm move as well. Um, there are 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.080 parts of games that that are that are not great. Um, 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:40.800 he gets moved laterally, he runs high, he gives defenders 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:42.280 a big target. There things that I don't love about 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:45.200 his game. But he's got some trades. Kylan Hill has 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:47.399 trades that can get him on the field. And again 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:50.720