WEBVTT - Running Backs -- who's got the moves? 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:04.760 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:10.840 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.120 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.960 Now along with the guys from fanball dot Com. Here's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:25.920 the host for Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul in a scene 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:31.240 of chaos and change. There is your every week destination 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:35.519 for fantasy news and information, Fantasy Football Weekly. I am 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.919 Paul Charchy and my co host is Brian Johnson. Normally 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:41.720 um either in our studio or in my kitchen, but 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.920 now thanks to social distancing at the at an extreme level, 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.000 Brian is on the phone. Hi Brian, Hello from a 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:54.240 chart making history on Fantasy Football Weekly episode. I'm honored 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:59.120 to be a part of it. But absolutely, absolutely yeah, 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.160 we'll take any and all human contact at this point 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:06.520 is probably good human contact, right, no doubt, without a doubt, 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.280 in any any free agent move at this point is 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.880 the most captivating news in the NFL. But we've been lucky. 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:16.920 There's been some some haymakers. Last week. Ye last week, 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.280 Matt and I broke down the quarterbacks that moved and 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.399 there were a ton of them. Huge Quarterback Week. If 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.039 you missed that episode, we encourage you to go back 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:27.399 to the podcast, and then this week you and I 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.319 are going to break down all the running back changes, 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.959 including the guys who have new destinations and even the 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:33.959 guys who stayed in place in the fantasy value of 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.800 those guys whom who had the chance to leave, like 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:38.760 a Derrick Hennry but did not end up going anywhere. 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.240 We'll talk about those guys too. Let's kick it off 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:46.560 Brian with Todd Gurley. Last year, he was running back 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.960 seventeen in points per game, ultimately released by the Rams 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.000 due to the beloaded contract he had as much as 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.200 anything else, and I think probably they're ongoing concerned with 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.440 the me and subsequently signed by Atlanta where he replaces 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.360 DeVonta Freeman, who is currently a free agent. What do 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.200 you let's start here, what do you think of the 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:09.240 Rams without Todd Gurley? Well, everyone uh immediately started jumping 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.920 back on. I should say the Darryll. Is it the red? 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.400 He's a Darrell. I think he's a straight Darrell. He 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.480 got he basically was never mentioned on TV last season, 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.799 so we never got to hear his name. Never. Yes, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.720 but but you know he's the guy everyone's talking about now. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.519 For the Rams outside of their awful new logo, of course, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.040 But I'm not getting too excited for Henderson. They didn't 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.480 invested on a draft capital in him last year. He 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.840 was the seventieth overall pick in the draft. That's not bad. 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.320 That's not like a third or fourth running back taken, 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:48.079 I think, But he never had like that the air 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.960 apparent vibe to him, like you know, he was the 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.800 guy after Girley, like, and even after they release Girly, 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.240 it's not like because they have Henderson, I feel like 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.560 they're gonna invest in another running back somewhere in the 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:02.880 draft in the same region there, even though they don't 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.360 really have many picks left to do they or money 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.840 to pay players. But I don't know, he just doesn't 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.880 have bell Cow potential to me, and he's his A 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.639 DP is probably you know, crept up to two to 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.640 three rounds since the Girly news. But I'm just fading 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.720 it personally if it seems like it's gonna be another like, 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.760 you know, a three headed monster that isn't very dangerous 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.880 because that The running back usage was abysmal for the 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.400 Rams last year. They weren't used in the passing game whatsoever. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.200 We're not sure if that's going to change. It's just 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.400 like it's like the Patriots on the West Coast. You know, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.720 I hate the Patriots running back situation to always has 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.040 and I'm getting that same vibe from l A. So 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.400 I'm just out entirely on Henderson. I'm way more optimistic 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.480 on Henderson. And here's why. Malcolm Brown to me is 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.720 a middling talent. I don't think he's at all special. 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.280 Brian Darryl Henderson flashed some really nice stuff in the 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.680 preseason last year, and there's gonna be reps for him 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:55.720 to have now. Obviously, if they burn a second round 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.360 pick on at the running back position, you know, everything changes. 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.480 But I'm very intrigued by Anderson. We've seen a lot 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.000 of cases where a young rookie running back doesn't get 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.880 a lot of reps and then year two it all 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.000 blossoms together. Devanta Freeman, who is relevant to this argument, 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.400 is one of was one of those guys who blossomed 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:17.440 in year two. Todd Gurley now goes to Atlanta and 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.560 the Falcons have only got Edo Smith and Codrea Allison 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.760 and Brian Hill. I mean, you know, the all those 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.280 guys who did nothing last year. How do you see 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.800 Todd Gurley working his way into the Falcons rotation here? Well, 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.280 just a one year deal, correct, So it feels like 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:35.560 they're just gonna sort of run him into the ground 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.800 and see what they got. But listen to this. This 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.880 is brutal for Atlanta running back. Since two thousand and twelve, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.040 Atlanta's lead back is averaging only eight hundred and thirteen 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.400 rushing yards. Only twice has the lead back top the 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:53.159 thousand yards, and that was DeVonta Freeman. And and he 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.440 didn't even top eleven hundred yards in those years. So 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.880 it's never been a real money spot for a lead 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.440 back in Atlanta. They were ranks four and run blocking 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.520 by Football Outsiders last season. For what I recall, they 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:07.919 spent a couple of early picks on offensive line and 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.039 those guys got hurt early that that old line was 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.360 kind of ravaged by injuries. But you know, it's an 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:19.040 exciting offense. Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley. Uh Now, 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.159 I guess it's elite side and no Austin Hooper, but 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.760 I hated Hirst. It seems pretty comparable, so I'm you know, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.000 I'm bullish on Gurly. I think, you know, it's just 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.240 his home state. He's gonna be motivated. He's got money 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.560 motivated again for for whatever. Although he's gonna come off 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.160 a year in which he will have been paid by 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.520 both teams. They bade him twenty million dollars to leave, 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.960 and now he also gets paid by Atlanta. He's Todd 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.479 Gurley is having a pretty good financial year. Yes, definitely, 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.320 And you know it's I'm it's I'm a contender in 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.680 a Dinasty or Empire league. Imn't willing to hold the 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.039 dice on I'm short term in redraft. I think he's 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:56.279 back up in like late second early third round tier 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.280 right now, could creep up, you know. So, uh yeah, 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.080 I'm optimistic for Girly. I hope he I hope he 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.720 does well all right. I mean the part that you're 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.960 not touching on with Gurley is the knee, Brian, Yeah, 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.080 for you to touch on the actual body part, right 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.760 if there's there's nothing I like better than touching body parts, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.880 does Todd. The worry for me is that Todd Gurley 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.880 just is never going to be a workhorse back again ever. 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.680 And if they if he really could be, then I 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:25.320 think the Rams would have been a lot more open 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.320 to keeping him. If um, you know, I think we're 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:29.880 gonna see a lot of what we saw last year. 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:34.240 Twelve carry games, fifteen twelve touch games, fifteen touch games, 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.120 eight touch games, stuff like that. That's gonna make him 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.080 really up and down for fantasy owners. But I do 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.840 agree with with what you're saying about that offense as 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.000 a whole. It's gonna be a very healthy offense. And 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.279 he'll get the goal line work for sure. And you know, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.960 with Matt Ryan throwing balls to Julio Jones and and 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.760 Calvin Ridley, there's there's certainly room for Todd Gurley to 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.159 get some get some touchdowns, and I like that part 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.440 of it. So if ore to summer, I se Girly 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.200 this way, I'm gonna ask you this, does he have 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:07.279 more or less fantasy value this year than he had 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.480 last year? Well? I just know, you know this time 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.960 last year, everyone was way down on Girly leading up 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.960 into the summer, So I mean those feelings aren't the 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:18.640 same right now for whatever reason, him going to a 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.200 new team, So I'm just gonna go with more. I 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:22.720 think that he's going to have more value, even though 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.640 I think he quietly was still an RB two last 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:27.400 year and where it was an awful year, but I 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.360 do think, uh, we see some more production from Girly 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.400 this year. Of course you can stay healthy. Who will 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.080 cross their fingers for that? Yeah, let's hope. So reminder, 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.720 he went off the board last year at the as 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.680 ADP wise in the in in August, the preseason of 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.040 last year, he was going off the board at roughly 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:48.520 positioned ten, So there was there ended up being a 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.600 lot of downside in Girly last season. Let's shift over 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.360 to Melvin Gordon, who ends up signing a two year, 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.880 sixteen million dollar deal after one of the dumbest holdouts 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.720 in the history of the NFL and ultimately now gone 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.280 from San Diego. He scored nine touchdowns last year despite 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:08.280 missing those first four games, But Brian Melvin Gordon only 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.520 averaged three point eight yards per carry. And I think 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.520 I saw a stacko by my Twitter feet along the 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.280 lines of this. So if I don't get this perfect um, 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.280 I apologize, but it's close. I think it was. Pro 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:23.520 Football Focus showed him as the league's worst starting running 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:28.680 back on inside carries in the NFL. Yeah, I saw 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:32.800 a similar stat uh, and again you gotta feel bad 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.720 for Philip Lindsay here. It just feels like a region 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.719 of last year where Gordon wasn't the best running back 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.240 on his team, when Austin Eichler was the best running back. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.040 But when Gordon came back, he laws continually eight into 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.680 echoed his touches. And that's what's gonna happen with Philip 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.800 Lindsay right now is essentially the backup, which is insane 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.120 because he's like a top twelve running back in the 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.520 NFL running back and Lindsey is better. Yeah, don't you 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.880 think the same thing can happen again, where you know, 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.160 we roll into a season and thinking Melvin Gordon's gonna 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:02.680 get most of the work and then you know, the 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.120 the other guys sort of the backup and Ekeler ends 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.360 up being the better back. I don't know that that 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.680 doesn't happen again. That God, Gordon gets the first crack 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:13.679 to show that he's good, but then Philip Lindsay is 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.960 ultimately the better back and they go back to him. Hopefully. 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.400 I think that's how it will play out, and we 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.720 should quickly mention that Royce Freeman is non existence anymore. 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.400 I think he is right now, Let's get the name 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.280 for the border right now, Let's get the name right 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:31.920 Royce dropped the piano freeman. Finished last year, I was 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:37.200 running back fifty two in points per game. Royce dropped 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.360 the piano freeman. What do you think about l A 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.680 now with Austin Ekeler and Justin Jackson. I remember during 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.360 the regular season on the show towards the end of 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:50.000 the season, for premature speculation, we kind of we you know, 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.080 we're recommending guys or a good dynasty stash if you're 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.520 dead in the Dynasty League and grabbing a guy with 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:58.960 virtually no value at the time, but if the cards 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.160 following his favor, he might to have some value come 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.080 start of twenty. And that's Justin Jackson right now, who's 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:08.120 the number two behind Ekeler. And they like Justin Jackson, 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.680 and Justin Jackson has looked good in his limited actions. 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.800 So um Ekeler is right now in PPR leagues of 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.880 borderline late round one pick, I think he is now. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.960 He finished last year's finished last year's RB six in 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.200 PPR UM. I don't see why he wouldn't be RB 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.920 six necessarily again this year. Offense can't be any more 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.720 dysfunctional than it was last year in general, right, so 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.280 you would think that this would be an opportunity for 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.720 Austin Ekeler to potentially get even even better than what 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:42.480 we saw last year, if that's possible. No, Melvin Gordon there, right, 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:44.600 who's to say that at the one yard line that 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.360 it's called gonna be Justin Jackson? You know, Austin Ekeler 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:52.200 is not a scatback, definitely not. Yeah, So I'm excited 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.200 for Echuler's prospects and Justin Jackson. I think it's a 0:10:55.280 --> 0:11:00.320 mustinkuff for Echler owners going into the season, throughout draft 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.640 season and um. But yeah, and it's you know, there's 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.440 it's gonna be a lot of playing from behind, most 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.640 likely from the Chargers, which usually goes well for fantasy production. 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.760 So I like the running back situation from a fantasy 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.800 perspective in l A for the Chargers. I don't like 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.200 it in Denver though. From the fantasy perspective, it's it's 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:21.120 a great real life situation with Gordon and Philip Lindsay 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.840 running behind uh an old line that was ranked ten 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.040 and run blocking by Football Outsiders and all of those 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:30.880 sudden this Broncos offense is pretty sexy with uh so 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.880 and then Noah Fans, and they could they have the 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.440 fifteenth overall pick. I think they're either gonna bolster that 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.280 line or take one of these elite wide receivers there 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.720 with Sutton and then I like Drew Locks. So all 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.400 of a sudden, you got a really fun offense. And 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:46.839 when it comes to the running back situation, one of 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.040 these guys that has to go down really for uh 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.640 for me to get excited about him. I'll probably be 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.920 looking to pick up Lindsay on draft day because you 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.120 know his ADP is gonna plummet a little bit with 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.760 the Gordon signing. But I'll take the discount on him 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.240 all day. Ten have a ten times overboarded, it's going 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.840 to be heavily discounted. Melvin Gordon finished actually in points 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.640 per game, and again, so this is after he missed 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.720 those first four games, and actually I think he missed 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:13.559 the fifth game too. Uh in points per game, he 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.640 ended up BARB fift, which is not that bad in PPR. 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.079 And so based on that, do you believe Melvin Gordon 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.120 will have more or less fantasy value this year than last? 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.360 If you're taking everything to account from last year, the 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.720 fact that he missed, you know, the first hand full 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.960 of games. But on a point three game basis, it 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:37.319 almost feels like a lateral move because I feel like, uh, Windsley, 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.240 you will eat into Gordon's numbers, as Ekeler did, rightfully. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.559 So so I'm on the fence here, but I'll say 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.080 a little bit more because I think it's a better 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.040 offense and I just think he'll score more touchdownts with 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.559 the Broncos. And let's not forget this angle charge to 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.000 guaranteed revenge games from Melvin Gordon the next two seasons. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.800 Right there you go in the division, so you got 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.760 a lot of that. He'll be running hard for those games, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.440 right I like it. Let's go to David Johnson. He 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:06.560 was a disaster last year, clocking in as RB thirty 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:10.199 eight in points per game. But really it was worse 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:14.640 than that, Brian, because after about week five he brought 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.280 nothing to the table. He topped forty rushing yards two 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.959 times last year, none of them after and by the way, 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:23.959 that's it he started. You can stop right there. David 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.719 Johnson top forty rushing yards twice last year. I mean, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.480 that's a disaster by itself. None of them were after 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.600 Week five, so he was. He was a guy you 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.199 could have dropped in early October and been better off 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:40.040 having dropped him. Arguably Fantasy Football's biggest bust last year, 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:45.880 David johnson average draft position was pick seven for David 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:50.959 Johnson last year. He leaves Arizona with Kenyan Drake and 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:52.959 Chase Edmonds. Let's start there. What do you think of 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:57.040 the Arizona backfield now that David Johnson's out. Oh, Kenyan 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:01.640 Drake is right up there with Austin ekelo almost in 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.200 that an elite pier of late first early second round 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.839 running backs. I think he's easily in PPR Top ten 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.320 running back. Kenyan Drake and that Arizona offense without a doubt. 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.440 We'll address their offensive line in the draft, starting with 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.000 the eighth overall pick. If they don't go old line there. Uh, 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.000 something is seriously in this. You know they added DeAndre Hopkins. 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.840 That's gonna be a very fun offense. Uh. Kyler Murray 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.280 just spreads the field almost like no other. Last year, 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:31.920 Drake faced eight plus men in the box on just 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.000 eight percent of his carries with Arizona. That's the third 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.720 lowest rate they did the opponent. Opponents aren't gonna be 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.720 able to afford to stuff the box against Arizona with 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.960 Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins now Christian Kirk, so it's 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.440 gonna be a very fun offense. And now, yeah, Kenyan Drake, 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.720 I couldn't fault anyone for if taking him as their 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.080 lead back in the late first, early second round of 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.600 Chancy drafts. Really, I don't think I think Kenyan drakeson 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.240 okay running back. They that offensive line has to get better, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.600 and Brian they just it's it's one of the four 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.280 worst in the NFL. So hopefully this draft, and they 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.600 have a ton of defensive need as well Arizona does, 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.000 but hopefully in this draft they're serious about addressing their 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.320 offensive line deficiencies. And if they do that, um, then 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.320 I'm starting to listen to Kenyan Drake that high. But 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.240 right now I'm not quite as enthusiastic as you are. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:25.160 Let's talk about where this puts David Johnson in the 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:30.720 Houston with Houston where at least at at least he's 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.480 he's gonna have to deal with Duke Johnson and what 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.240 will likely be another situation where we'll have a split 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:39.680 backfield right right. And just to talk reality football for 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:43.080 a quick second, Bill O'Brien head coach and GM such 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.840 a qualified to run a fantasy football team when he 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:51.320 could have signed god Gurley or Melvin Gordon a couple 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:55.320 of days later and then kept kept one of the 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:59.120 five best wide receivers in the league. We have money 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.400 and what a contract leastored with David Johnson. So for 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.800 that reason talking about getting run into the ground, they 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.800 are going to make do everything in their power in 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.480 Houston to make that trade look like a good idea, 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:13.760 which is impossible. It's never gonna happen. But as long 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.760 as Johnson can stay healthy, he's gonna get used like 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:21.400 a workhorse back duke Johnson into We're not so, but 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.560 it's not. You know, running back hasn't been a great spot, 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.800 uh since Arian Foster for the Texans. Last year. They 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.560 were ranked in the bottom third when it comes to 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.960 one block one blocking by Football Outsiders. David Johnson turns 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:39.880 twenty nine this season. I'm out on Johnson pretty much, 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.880 even though he just traded for him in an Empire 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.280 league that I basically got him for free, because that's 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.560 that's the general perspective that is, that's all you have 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.040 to give up, That's all you have to give up 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:52.160 for David Johnson is basically air um. We shaid know 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:56.240 Carlos Hyde and Lamar Miller both unsigned free agents right now, 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.720 and you know, as time goes on and neither there's 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.280 not going to be a lot of value for these guys. 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.200 And it's a running back rich draft. I think both 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.919 of these guys have an excellent chance of being unsigned 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.879 until after the draft when teams can you know, teams 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.600 look and go, well, all right, we didn't walk out 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:13.000 of the draft with any of the running backs we 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.399 had hoped to get, so you know, we'll make do 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.760 with Carlos Hide or whatever whatever is left of Lamar 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:23.399 Miller's career. So it is it's David Johnson's job to take. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:28.080 And now the question is is he going to be 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.800 in so much better shape now that they can actually 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.840 get something useful and get some useful reps out of 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.119 David Johnson. And you know, because if he if he 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.080 shows up looking like he did last year, it doesn't matter. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.080 Guy can't play football at that size. Let's take a 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:45.280 quick break then, I want to talk about two other 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:48.600 guys that have that have moved Jordan Howard and Peyton Barber. 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.399 I don't even spent a lot of time in either one, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:51.639 but we'll talk about those, and then some of the 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.320 guys have stayed in place, like Damian Williams and Derrick 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:59.960 Henry and Kenyan Drake back in moments, welcome back, Paul 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.520 Charge and Brian Johnson with you. We are talking through 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.159 the running backs in new places we've done Todd Gurley 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.439 and Melvin Gordon and David Johnson. Let's turn our attention 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:09.239 to briefly to two other guys that I don't think 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.159 I have nearly as much impact and ultimately won't. That 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.600 includes Jordan Howard. He was running back twenty eight in 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:19.320 points per game last year. He goes to Miami where 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.520 he's effectively the lead back for the moment. But let's 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:26.359 start here, maybe more saliently than than Jordan Howard. This 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:30.600 leaves the Eagles with Miles Sanders and Boston Scott. Now 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.080 that becomes pretty intriguing. What do you think of those 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:38.320 two players without Jordan Howard there in Philadelphia? Well, Miles Sanders, 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:42.880 people are you know ringing the bell cow bell for him? Already? 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.879 And uh, justifiably so. He looked he looked like he 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.440 could play that role in the later later parts of 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.760 the season last year, you know, and Boston Scott looked 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.679 great when Sanders got hurt dead, he really did. He 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:57.000 certainly has carved out a role for himself. He's gonna 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:01.760 get at least of the touches agree with the Eagles. So, uh, 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:05.640 you know, Sanders again, right with the other running backs 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:07.760 we mentioned to have stayed put, he's right in that 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.720 tear with Eckler and Kenyan Drake. He might even be 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.040 viewed higher than those guys right now. I don't know 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.840 how I would rank those three, but they're all safe 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:20.960 RB twos with RB one upside. Yeah, and for Sanders, 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.840 who's getting goal line carries? Not Boston Scott, that's for sure. Right, 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:27.720 So I think I think the upside that Sanders springs 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:31.480 is tremendous Brian from that standpoint that he never really 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:33.480 you know, didn't have all Jordan Howard was there to 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.399 a great extent with the Eagles. Now for the Dolphins, 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:39.639 they have very little depth at running back. Patrick Laird 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.119 and Miles Gascon, who proved themselves to be you know, 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:47.320 completely ordinary at best last year. Where is I think 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:49.960 Miami will bolster the running back position at some point, 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:51.960 probably in the draft where they've got a billion picks, 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:54.840 But assuming they don't, for the moment, what do you mean, 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:56.239 just what we know right now? What do you think 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:00.640 of Jordan Howard with the Dolphins. Jordan Howard turns in November, 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:04.320 still pretty young, third, the third most rushing yards and 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:12.359 seventh most rushing touchdowns since team So no, no, you know, 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.480 he didn't lose his job last season with the Eagles. 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:18.680 He got hurt. Now he's still starting running back. It's 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:21.360 not like he was playing bad. But he isn't an 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:24.160 exciting back fan. He means he's certainly is not known 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.320 for his his past catching prowess. In his four seasons 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.480 in the league, he owns a sixteenth percent drop rate, 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:33.960 which is very high. Only he generates less than win 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:37.600 eight yards per route run. Only two of his two 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:40.040 career catches have gone for touchdown, so he's not really 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:45.040 a bell cow type guy. And I can't envision Miami. 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:47.679 I know you said, try to envision them not drafting 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:50.240 running back. That's that's virtually impossible with four sick So 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:54.560 definitely got to take it's not one made me maybe two, 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:56.760 says how many and when? And I think they're gonna 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.760 take one of these elite backs to the first round 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.280 to be on raced Raft or Dobbins or you know, 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:05.680 one of those guys. So I know, I know Howard's 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:09.280 ADPs has left UH invest malls right now because he's 0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:11.240