1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 2: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 2: whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now, 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: here's your host, Paul Chargian. 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchie, and 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: my guest for this show and most of the shows 8 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: between now and the draft is Thor Nice Drum. 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 3: Hey, buddy, Yeah, Hey, how you doing. 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: Oh god, I'm so excited for the first awesome running 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: back draft we have had in many, many years. There's 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: a very real chance that this goes down as the 13 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: deepest best running back draft in like decades. 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean I've been doing draft work for 15 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: a decade now. This is the best running back class 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 3: during that time for sure, you know, and you'd have 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: to go back earlier than that. But yeah, this is 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: just a nasty, nasty running back class. 19 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: God, I love it. There's so many running backs that 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: we're we're actually gonna break this concept down. We're gonna 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: break down running backs. We're gonna break it into two 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: shows because there's just so many guys to talk about. 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: You like, last year, we're gonna do six running backs 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: deep dive on six running backs today. Last year there 25 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: were only about six guys worth even talking about. And 26 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: you know we're gonna cover between the two shows. We're 27 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: gonna do six today, We're gonna do like twelve next week. 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: It's crazy how many guys there are worth talking about 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: this year. 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: Thor Yeah, this is the year where if you have 31 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 3: multiple spots in your running back room, you probably want 32 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 3: to take two running backs in the draft if you're 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 3: an organization. But yeah, for dynasty owners out there, this 34 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: is the year to get your running backs load up. 35 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: It is. And you know, from a dynasty standpoint, thor Well, 36 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: I would love to have pick one overall, right, ashon Jety, 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: we'll talk about them with plenty. But you know, if 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: you got to make you need a running back, and 39 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: you got to make do it pick five, at picks six, 40 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: at pick seven, you're gonna get way better prospects in 41 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: the middle rounds of your dynasty draft than you would 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: have in most years. 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 3: Right, definitely, Yeah, I mean you you squeeze these two 44 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: classes together, the last running back class in this one, 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 3: you might have six or seven guys from this class 46 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 3: that would have gone before Jonathan Brooks last last April. 47 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's it's just a totally different animal. We're 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 3: dealing with the running back class this year. 49 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is. I thought that we would. I 50 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 1: would start here, for there's a lot of running back 51 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: and needy teams, and I've broken into two groups, and 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: you can feel free to disagree with me, into like 53 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: Tier one teams that really need a running back and 54 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: then Tier two teams that I think could spend equity 55 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: on a running back, especially in this deeper class, that 56 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: maybe just don't quite have exactly the backfield that they 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: want yet. So let me start here. I think Cleveland 58 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: is in business. Nick Chubbs got plenty of question marks 59 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: and free agency, and so I think Cleveland is in 60 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: business here, although they've got addressed quarterback. First, how about Pittsburgh. 61 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: Najie Harris is an unrestricted free agent. Houston to me, 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: I think is a sneaky running back destination. Joe Mixon 63 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: petered out hard after he remember remember thor when he 64 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: started the season so well and then in the middle 65 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: end of the season, it just didn't come together for 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon and he looked old. Yeah, Denver Javonte Williams 67 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: does not look like the answer. Nobody on that roster 68 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: right now looks like the guys that are ultimately the 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: answer for Sean Payton Las Vegas. Right now, the leading 70 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: running back under contract for this coming season of Las 71 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: Vegas is Sincere McCormick. That tells you plenty uh. And 72 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: then what do you think about the What do you 73 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: think about the Chargers what they had? You know, they 74 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: tried the Dobbins Edwards thing, the recycled Ravens, and while 75 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: it Dobbins looked good at the beginning of the season, 76 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: he wasn't able to get anything done. And you know 77 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh wants to run the ball. 78 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're you're not going to be able to prevent 79 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 3: Jim Harbaugh from taking a running back in the best 80 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: running back class. So we've seen the decades in the NFL, 81 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: so you can count on that, right. 82 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: Yes, Dallas is the team everybody points at, and I 83 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: think it's it's totally valid. And if there was one 84 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: team where you go, yeah, you know, Ashton genty will 85 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: never slip by that team, it's got to be Dallas, right. 86 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 3: Agreed, Yeah, his Ashton Genz's floor is picked twelve. Will 87 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 3: he get to pick twelve? That is the debate. 88 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think it will. The Bears, I think 89 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: are a sneaky running back destination. You look at the 90 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: improvements they made on their offensive line. I know they 91 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: have to get more productivity out of their running back room. 92 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: I think DeAndre Swift is just a guy in Chicago's 93 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: a destination. And then the Vikings Aaron Jones, unrestricted free agent, 94 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: Cam Akers unrestricted free agent ty Chandler doesn't look like 95 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: anything close to a reliable back. So I think the 96 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Vikings are also a Tier one team that could take 97 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: that it needs running back help. 98 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: I agree with both of those, I think at ten, 99 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: depending on the way that the board falls. For Chicago, 100 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 3: I absolutely think that there are scenarios where they would 101 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 3: take genty And do they feel like they have to 102 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 3: take a tackle They obviously just recently traded for two guards. 103 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 3: You probably could use a tackle across from Darnell, right, 104 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 3: But what if a tackle isn't there that you like? Yeah? 105 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 3: I mean Ben Johnson comes from the organization that shocked 106 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 3: everybody by taking Jamier Gibbs three years ago at twelve 107 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 3: or so. So yeah, I mean he wanted to build 108 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 3: up the offensive line. Do they feel like they have 109 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 3: built it up enough with the acquisition of those guards. 110 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 3: What's their feeling of Braxton Jones the new coaching staff. 111 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think Gent's in play for them for sure, 112 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: certainly in play for Las Vegas. And if he gets 113 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: through the wickets, that's where Dallas comes in. 114 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna give you some Tier two teams. 115 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: I think New England's in player, even though you know 116 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: Thor I love Ramondre Stevenson, and I think in a 117 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: different unit where he hadn't been stuck playing behind this 118 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: terrible offensive line and terrible quarterbacking for his entire career, 119 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: Romandi would be just like a great a stud playing 120 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: somewhere else. But the reality is that he hasn't been 121 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: as productive as as the Patriots would want, and they 122 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: may put some of that blame on him. So I 123 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: think Patriots are in play. I think Kansas City could 124 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: be sneaky in play because Isaiah Pacheco. The fact that 125 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: they refused to use him in the in the playoffs 126 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: was just so telling, and maybe this injury that he suffered, 127 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: even though he came back from it. You know, maybe 128 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: he's just not the same guy in Kansas City, could 129 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: have some question marks at running back and might be 130 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: able to find somebody that you know, they just for 131 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: whatever reason. What you know, if they're worried about Pacheco 132 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: that I think that's a possible destination for running back. 133 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: Do you think that's accurate. Do you think they just 134 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: go right back to Pacheco this year? 135 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: No, I think it's accurate. And I think this where 136 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 3: we'll get into the depth of the running back class 137 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: with these Tier two teams, because both of those teams 138 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 3: could use a mix and match back and different kinds, 139 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 3: right like the Patriots. You could use an airback, I think, 140 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: an explosive back to pair with Remandre And we know 141 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: that the Patriots new head coach fetishizes running the ball. 142 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: He had that silly stat he put out of if 143 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 3: you run forty or more times, your record is this 144 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: and if you like that that Vrabel just loves it. 145 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: So yeah, I would expect New England to dip their 146 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: toes in at some point with the complimentary back, and 147 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 3: then I think the complimentary back to Kansas City is 148 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: looking for. It's sort of the opposite where you're looking 149 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 3: for the meat and potatoes efficiency guy that you could 150 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: pair with Pachecko, And yeah, I mean, and then if 151 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: that guy ends up really really flashing, maybe you have 152 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: your starter of the future, but a guy where you 153 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 3: wouldn't have to give big time draft equity there and 154 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 3: you would get a viable, immediate guy that could mix 155 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 3: a match with Pachecko. 156 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and seeing Patrick Mahomes getting getting hit more than 157 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: ever last year, and you know you want if they don't, 158 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: if they don't end up trying to diversify their offense 159 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more, the running game going Washington, to 160 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: me is a team that's in play. I've never I'm 161 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: not a Brian Robinson guy. I just I think he 162 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: takes whatever his offensive line gives you a little more. 163 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: Austin Eckler obviously at the very end of his career. 164 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: So this is a that's an opportunity for Washington. See 165 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: as the Pollard Spears thing and it was okay, I 166 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: thought Pollard was a little better than I expected last year. 167 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: That might be an opportunity. New Orleans needs to start 168 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: thinking about the succession plan. To Alvin Kamara, I think 169 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: they're in play, and then I'll give you one sneaky 170 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: one and tell me you think San Francisco Christian McCaffrey 171 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: plenty of question marks. Thoor. We you know, we saw 172 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: them have to go deep into their roster. Maybe San 173 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: Francisco is a is A is a not not like 174 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: the first round, second round. But I think San Francisco 175 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: might make a move at running back at some point 176 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: in the in the middle part of this draft. What 177 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: do you think? 178 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, San Francisco, they sort of have the remember back 179 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 3: in the day with Green Bay with Ron Wolf where 180 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 3: he had that thing off he wanted to take developmental 181 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: quarterback every year in the draft and they take the 182 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: one in the sixth or seventh round. San Francisco started 183 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 3: like that with running backs and and Kyle Shanahan. He 184 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: has his flavor of running back that he likes for 185 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 3: that that zone system there were you know, just like 186 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 3: we were talking about with those other teams to mix 187 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: and match kind of guys. There will be his zone 188 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 3: back available that that I think that they'll be attracted 189 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 3: to fifth, sixth, seventh round. There's there's going to be 190 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 3: attractive UDFA running backs in this class. But yeah, I 191 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 3: would expect San Francisco to dip their toe in and 192 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 3: the only other team from that group but Washington. I 193 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 3: think Washington fans would would advocate for you bumping them 194 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: to the Tier one. When I've been on the Washington 195 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,599 Speaker 3: radio shows, every single time they're asking me about the 196 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,599 Speaker 3: running back class. They are not looking for a complimentary 197 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 3: back for Brian Robbinson. The fans of that organization, they 198 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 3: are looking for someone to replace. Yeah, totally, Yeah, I 199 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 3: think Washington's in play potent one of the teams that 200 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 3: could take a running back. 201 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: On day two, I am moving Washington into my Tier 202 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: one spark part of my notes of this show not 203 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 1: and you know what, nobody will ever see it again 204 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: except me, But I'm with you on that. I am 205 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: absolutely with you. All right. So let's we got six 206 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: guys to talk to, talk through in the show, Let's 207 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: dive in. I almost feel like the guy we should 208 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: spend the least amount of time on is Ashton Genty 209 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: because he's so popular and he's so good that I 210 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: think that people know the most about him, and he's 211 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: depending on the landing spot we could be talking about. 212 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: Ashton Genty is the first overall player taken in redraft leagues, 213 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: so let's talk about the guy who had more yards 214 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: after contact than any other running back had in total. 215 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, Ashton Genty is insaying that comp that some people 216 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 3: had for him in college was was Michael Myers from 217 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 3: the Halloween movies, because he's a killer, and and the 218 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 3: way he stands in the backfield, like right before the snap, 219 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: it kind of looks like Michael Myer's standing. So it's 220 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 3: kind of funny if we have to keep it to 221 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 3: a football camp minus Ladanian Tomlinson gent five eight, two 222 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 3: hundred eleven pounds. He is impossible to tackle. He's the 223 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 3: hardest guy to tackle. Since I've been doing the draft 224 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 3: work over the last decade. You mentioned the broken tackle numbers, 225 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: the yards after contact numbers. They they're like video game numbers. 226 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 3: That the next closest guy in misstackles forest was forty 227 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 3: nine away. That was Cam Skatabu. It was forty nine 228 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 3: broken tackles away from what Ashon Genty did last year 229 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 3: and nine only forty nine. And he proved it against 230 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: the better teams, right like against Oregon. Initially, Oregon was 231 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 3: the only power for a team that finished the regular 232 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 3: season undefeated. In twenty twenty four, the Boise State came 233 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 3: as close as anybody to knocking them off. They only 234 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 3: lost by a field goal because Ashton Genty was doing 235 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: his thing against Oregon, against Penn State and the College 236 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 3: Football Playoff. Penn State had that nasty, nasty defense and 237 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 3: they loaded the box up against gen T and Genty 238 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 3: was still getting his yards there. There was one run 239 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 3: in that game where he either broke six or seven 240 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: tackle attempts, like you're talking about, just absolutely ridiculous stuff. 241 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 3: And then the other thing with him, you know, in 242 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 3: addition to this stuff, it's a guy who is a 243 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: tremendous receiver, and I think that's the aspect of his 244 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 3: game that people sleep on, people that are just getting 245 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 3: exposure to him off twenty twenty four because Boise they 246 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 3: changed his usage in twenty twenty four where they wanted 247 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 3: to funnel the touches he was getting as a receiver 248 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 3: all into rushing because they wanted him to make a 249 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: run at Barry Sanders's record. It was a part of 250 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: their pitch for Genty to return to Boise State as 251 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 3: a true junior, you know, which they ended up doing. 252 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: I think Gents's going to be the last G five 253 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 3: first round pick at the skills that we ever see 254 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: stay his entire career in the G five. So this 255 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 3: is sort of a dinosaur, But in twenty twenty three 256 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 3: he was a killer as a receiver. They motioned him 257 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 3: out into the slot to the boundary I think he took. 258 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 3: It was something like ten percent eleven twelve percent of 259 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: his snaps were taken out wide, and he was awesome 260 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 3: with that. He was awesome with his his routes out 261 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 3: of the backfield. And it's no surprise that he is 262 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 3: a really, really good receiver because as a junior in 263 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 3: high school he took over Marvin Mims's job on his 264 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 3: high school in Frisco, Texas as the slot receiver on 265 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: that team. Yes, it was only it was only Genti's 266 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 3: second year back in America. This is a guy who 267 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 3: learned to play the sport in Italy. He was living 268 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 3: on an Italian naval base and he played there through 269 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 3: ninth grade and his team entered in ninth grade. They 270 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 3: ended up winning like the euro title, you know, like 271 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: they went around to other naval bases and we're playing 272 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 3: those teams they you know, Germany and like all these 273 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 3: other different ones. They ended up winning it. Or whatever, 274 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 3: But yeah he was. He goes to America Frisco and 275 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: as I'm sorry, as a junior, he shifted out to 276 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 3: the slot, replaced Mims, like I said, because that team 277 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 3: had a guy who ended up signing a scholarship to 278 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 3: P four at running back, this kid named jad and 279 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: Nixon who went to Okahoma State and then Western Michigan. 280 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: But Genty was All conference in Texas high school football's 281 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,719 Speaker 3: highest level as a receiver as a junior, and then 282 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 3: he ends up as a senior just went utterly ballistic 283 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 3: replacing Nixon as the running back there. That's what you know, 284 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 3: between living in Italy before that, between having to play 285 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 3: receiver as a junior, which is your most important recruiting 286 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 3: season in high school, that's why he was under recruited. 287 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 3: Boise got an early Boise the team that had developed 288 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 3: the last star running back from Frisco, Texas, a guy 289 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: named Jay a Jai and so Geny, yeah, I mean 290 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 3: Jaya Jay's picture is hanging all over the facilities there 291 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 3: in Frisco at high school whatever. So Genty, it was 292 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 3: a dream come true. That's how he ended up at Boise, 293 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: and and and the rest was history. But yeah, this 294 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 3: is the best running back prospect entered the NFL. Sin 295 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: Saquon Barkley. 296 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: I love it. You in people can see follow your 297 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: work at at fantasylife dot com. And you've got a 298 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: rookie running back article, A gravy trained, a bunch of 299 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff from But you mentioned that last 300 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: year at Boise State, Uh, when he was when he 301 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: was asked to go as a receiver, he cut forty 302 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: four or forty eight targets. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's 303 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: why I mean, yeah, year before, two seasons ago. I 304 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: guess I should say. So he's going to help out 305 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: it through the air, you know, potentially depending on his 306 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: landing spot a lot more than maybe people realize. And 307 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: he's the obvious first pick in dynasty leagues and might 308 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: be the first pick and redraft as well. 309 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: Agreed. 310 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: All right, Now, let's go to a player that that 311 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: you and I might disagree a little bit more on. 312 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Amarian Hampton is your number two running back right now? 313 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: And your comp here is a guy who I loved 314 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: in during his playing days. Deuce McAllister, Yeah, talk to 315 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: me about Omarian Hampton? 316 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 3: Yeah? Him? And do is they they have the same 317 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 3: frame and they have the same running style. Like it 318 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 3: sort of eerie watching them, you know, and thinking back 319 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 3: to Deuce McCalister because it's it's the upright type runner 320 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 3: in the in the well fortified frame. McCalister was six 321 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 3: one two twenty two coming out. Hampton was five to 322 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 3: eleven two twenty one. McAlister ran a four to four 323 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 3: to one with the thirty seven and a half vertical 324 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 3: and Hampton was four four six thirty eight inch vertical. 325 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 3: But with Hampton, it's a bullet trained guy. Once he 326 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 3: gets into the open field, you're you're talking about legitimate 327 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: sprinter wheels on, you know, at two hundred twenty one 328 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 3: pounds or he can get up to two hundred twenty 329 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 3: five the playing weight. He's good between the tackles. You're 330 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 3: not going to get him with an off angle attempt 331 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 3: or an arm tackle attempt, So you get sort of 332 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 3: the meat and potatoes efficiency with him, with the possibility 333 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 3: for dingers. As a receiver, He's not going to run 334 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 3: any you know, super impressive routes beyond the line of scrimmage, 335 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 3: but he will give you value between checkdowns, screens and 336 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 3: swings running with the ball apt for the catch. That 337 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 3: the idea basically on those latter two things is just 338 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 3: get him the ball in space with the convoy in 339 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 3: front of him, and then let him do the hit. 340 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 3: You know, his thing of good luck trying to tackle 341 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 3: me in space defensive bat. So that's that's the thing 342 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 3: with the Marian Hampton. 343 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: I was really impressed with his balance at the point 344 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: of contact and his his his hips and thighs are gigantic, 345 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: and he is so strong lower body that he is 346 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: a he is a really really tough tackle. 347 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, he sure has. This is someone who is has 348 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 3: you could say, maniacal work ethic. You could also just 349 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 3: say he was obsessed with the weight room, like from 350 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 3: a really early age. If you go into the weight 351 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 3: room of his high school, you'll see Omar. They have 352 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: like a record board or whatever Omar and Hampton's name 353 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 3: is all over it. For every single lift that they 354 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 3: had there, they had to get him to stop lifting 355 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: some of the thing because he with the squad rack. 356 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 3: I think it was he had gotten up enough with 357 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 3: it in high school where it was starting to bend 358 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 3: the bars and they were like, oh, Marion, you need 359 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 3: to stop putting weight on there or it's going to break, 360 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 3: so so he he could lift more than than their 361 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 3: weight room could handle. But yeah, you know, he's just 362 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 3: been maniacal with that forever and charge to your point 363 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 3: that the lower leg drive is crazy, right, and you're 364 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 3: going to have to get him on the ground for 365 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 3: those legs to to stop churning. And you're talking about 366 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 3: a speed to power conversion thing there, and I think 367 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 3: that goes in with the contact balance. It's that bullet 368 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: train thing that I'm talking to, the locomotive thing. Once 369 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 3: he gets on that straight line, he's got the acceleration 370 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 3: or you know, and starts to build up to that speed. 371 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: It is. 372 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 3: It's really really difficult he gets on his path because 373 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 3: you have to be you know, it's the thing of 374 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 3: you got to step on the train tracks and the 375 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 3: train's coming through. To get him on the ground, you're 376 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 3: going to need multiple guys. You need to make sure 377 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 3: that you have Omari and Hampton dead to rights are 378 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 3: on the line of scrimmage or it's it's a problem. 379 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 3: It's it's the Trannosaurus Rex breaking containment at Jurassic Park 380 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 3: and all the sirens are going off. What he gets 381 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 3: into the second level, you got a problem. 382 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: Now here's the only thing I saw, and I watched 383 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: through every snap of two or three games of his 384 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: I didn't see the long speed and I didn't you know, 385 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: he had some long runs, but he would get tracked 386 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: down a lot on the in the least in the 387 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: games that I watched. And so do you feel like 388 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: a Marion Hampton has got the explosive big playability or 389 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: is he more of the guy that I saw where 390 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: he's breaking a tackle or two and then gets pulled down, 391 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: you know, eight yards downfield rather than making those you know, 392 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: long stretch runs. 393 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the speed that we saw more or 394 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 3: less plays on the field, like where he I saw 395 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: him got tracked. I mean, famously he was tracked down 396 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 3: by Nate Wiggins the Clemson corner the burner, right like, 397 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 3: and Nate Wiggins came from I don't know, twelve fifteen 398 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 3: yards behind him and ended up catching up doing the 399 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 3: length of the field. But Nate Wagans, of course was 400 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 3: what something like that. Yeah, just an absolute burner. But yeah, 401 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 3: I mean, like you know, anyone four or five or less, 402 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 3: certainly he's gonna be out running and the power element 403 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 3: with him allows him to access that speed, right, like 404 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 3: getting through the line and stuff like that. You're, like 405 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 3: I said, you're gonna need the flush tackle at time. 406 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 3: You're you're probably gonna need multiple guys. But yeah, I 407 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 3: mean it's it's he's not he's certainly not four to 408 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 3: three speed. And the other nitpick on him with the 409 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 3: running style is the hips in the lower half while 410 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: they're pistons, right, I mean, the strength it speaks for itself. 411 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 3: There is some stiffness there and that goes you know, 412 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 3: it's the thing we talk about with like you know, 413 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 3: in the UFC with bodybuilders, the guys with all the muscles, 414 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 3: it's you know, you can punch yourself out a little bit, 415 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 3: you can get a little bit tight. That's his lower 416 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 3: half is a little bit tight where you don't get 417 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 3: certainly not the joystick agility. This is not someone who 418 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 3: is trying to evade. You will get the one cut 419 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 3: with him, but you're not getting many more direction changes 420 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 3: than that. Yeah, he's trying to he's trying to blast 421 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 3: through and then like I said, get into the open 422 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 3: field and get on a straight line and then you know, 423 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: good luck. But yeah, that's you're not getting a ton 424 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 3: of evasion with Omri and Hampton, and Hampton. 425 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: To me looks as a receiver. He he can catch. 426 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: He doesn't look like a naturally gifted fluid pass catcher 427 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: to me. 428 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that that's right. Yeah, I mean, you know, 429 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 3: certainly the route running is not there, right, Like it's 430 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 3: just the leak out to check down the screen, the 431 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 3: swing that he has. But yeah, the ball it's not 432 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 3: the most natural ball skills either. He is clearly most 433 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 3: comfortable getting that ball from the quarterback and then he 434 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 3: can pick the attack plan after that and start rumbling 435 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: downhill or whatever. But yeah, there's guys in this class 436 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 3: where they have that extremely smooth it's not just the 437 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 3: good hands, but like the extremely smooth conversion from receiver 438 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 3: to runner, you know where you don't lose a beat 439 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 3: in there and you can just go upfield and fluidly 440 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 3: and now you're starting to chew up the yards. Like Hampton, 441 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: there is a click with it right where okay, we 442 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 3: got to make sure that balls and okay, we got it. 443 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 3: Now we're looking upfield. So yeah, it's it's it's limited. Ish. 444 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 3: I think he probably gets a little bit more credit 445 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 3: for a receiver than he actually is without the context 446 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 3: being explained. He is the yards after the catch threat 447 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,479 Speaker 3: every single time. But yeah, there there are contextual things 448 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 3: you have to keep in mind there. 449 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: Okay, let's that's what Mari and Hampton. Let's go to 450 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: your number three running back and somebody who honestly I 451 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,719 Speaker 1: like more than Hampton from a fantasy standpoint, it's Travion Henderson. 452 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about Ohio state backs today in this show. 453 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: Let's talk. Let's talk about Travon Henderson. And your comp 454 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: for him. 455 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 3: Is Clinton Portis. 456 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, baby, Yeah, we're a monster for most of his career. 457 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: We're hopping in the time machine for some of these comps. 458 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 3: But yeah, Travion was a tough guy to comp because 459 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 3: he has sort of a unique game where at the 460 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 3: NFL combine and he waited at two h two, but 461 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 3: in college he was playing closer to the threshold size 462 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: two twelve, two thirteen, which basically, like we used to 463 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 3: consider two fifteen threshold for running backs, it's come down 464 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 3: a little bit, you know now it's it's sort of 465 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 3: two twelve. So Trevion Henderson is a threshold size back, 466 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 3: but he has the ridiculous explosion. So you're talking more 467 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 3: athletic than your typical threshold size back. And for the 468 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 3: game that he has with the the the athletic explosion, 469 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 3: the outside the tackle stuff that receiving utility, Generally those 470 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 3: guys are more dancers or their their game. It's more 471 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 3: you have more agility there. Henderson is unique where it's 472 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 3: the straight line bullet thing he is. He he is 473 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 3: not looking to evade. I mean even between the tackles, 474 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 3: it's the shout out of a cannon thing. And and 475 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 3: he has a unique game between the tackles because this 476 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 3: kid is not afraid of contact whatsoever. It's gotten him 477 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 3: in trouble a couple of times. But there are there's 478 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 3: a whole bunch of backs in this class. I could 479 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 3: point you to where they don't even try with pass 480 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 3: pro or they just kind of ten and then they 481 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 3: play paddy Cake and they stink at it. Tradyon Henderson 482 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 3: loves to scrap that guy like when he gets an 483 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 3: upper the free blitzer coming through a gap. That that's 484 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 3: one of the guys in this class who was licking 485 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 3: his jobs and he gets down in his stands and 486 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 3: he is looking to blast people and he did his 487 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 3: his That tape is fun. He had some fun run 488 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 3: blocking tape as well, getting up in front of Will 489 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 3: Howell on quarterback around the edge. Yeah, I saw him 490 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: blast a few guys with with that as well. But 491 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 3: it's it's a more physical game than you're accustomed to 492 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 3: from from a back like this. But the athletic explosion 493 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 3: plays at that size four four three At the combine, 494 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,719 Speaker 3: he had the nine to four to three ras. All 495 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 3: that stuff was good. The the acceleration speaks for itself. 496 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 3: The question ish with Trevion Henderson is as a true freshman, 497 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 3: he was a five star recruit coming out of Virginia. 498 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 3: He was the belcoyw back for Ohio State as a 499 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: true freshman, and he was great as a sophomore and junior. 500 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 3: They wanted him to be the same. Both years were 501 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 3: injury ravage. It was stopping started is one nagging injury 502 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 3: after another. So they went out and they got Quinjohn 503 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 3: Jenkins and the transfer port Ohio State did about a 504 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 3: year ago to pair with him, and it turned out 505 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 3: to be perfect on the national title winning Ohio State Buckeyes. 506 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 3: Judkins took the meat and potatoes type work and then 507 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 3: it freed Henderson to do his thing. And Henderson he 508 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 3: averaged it was like eleven touches per game, so it 509 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 3: was greatly cut down from a couple of years before 510 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 3: that when he was on the field. However, he played 511 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 3: sixteen games during that national title run and he was 512 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: not injured one time, so that was really good for 513 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 3: the evaluation. I think it's also instructive thinking about the 514 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 3: way that his NFL team should think about him. I 515 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 3: think Trevion Henderson also in the NFL, should be paired 516 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 3: with in early down sort of meat and potatoes type guy, 517 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 3: where you save Trevion Henderson the wreckage of his you know, 518 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 3: straight ahead bullet game and all the punishment that he takes, 519 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 3: try to prevent him from getting the nagging injuries that 520 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 3: we saw his the middle two years in college, and 521 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 3: leave him healthy for the end of the season. Where 522 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 3: for instance, Church, you remember the semi game against Texas 523 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 3: where it was really close. Right before halftime, Texas had 524 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 3: just scored a touchdown and it appeared as though Ohio 525 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: State was going to kill the clock and then get 526 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 3: into halftime. They decided to run a delayed screen to 527 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 3: Travon Henderson, and Travian Henderson took it seventy five yards 528 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 3: for a touch. It was all him. He caught that 529 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 3: ball behind the line of scrimmagers, all Travion Henderson, and 530 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 3: flipped that entire game Texas instead of going into halftime 531 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 3: where the game it's you're right there and you know 532 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 3: you have the momentum. Now you go into halftime year down. 533 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: I think it was by ten points at that point, 534 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 3: just utterly demoralized in Ohio State obviously pulled away. You 535 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 3: know after that, if you're the NFL team at Travion Henderson, 536 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 3: you have to take some of that between the tackles 537 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 3: work from him. He would love to do it. He 538 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 3: would love to beat the bell callet there. The whole time. 539 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 3: You have to protect him from himself so that you 540 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 3: have access to him later on in the season and 541 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 3: in the playoffs to create those game flipping plays like 542 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 3: he did against Texas. 543 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: So I want to highlight a couple of things that 544 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: I noticed about tre Von Henderson that that I'm really 545 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: interested in. First, he's this upright track star runner. Usually 546 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: those guys have our long striders, and long strides are 547 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: a mixed bag in the NFL. What I loved about 548 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: him is he's got choppy footwork that lets him instantly 549 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: cut hard because when he needs to cut, he's not 550 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: in the middle of some loping stretch, right, He's got 551 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: a foot on the ground and he can make that 552 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: cut really quickly. And then, as you already mentioned, the 553 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: acceleration is just remarkable for him, and they Ohio State 554 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: used him on a lot of stretch plays. And the 555 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: other thing that I noticed, in addition to his ability 556 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: to cut hard and accelerate on the stretch play, when 557 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: he sees his whole he almost never chooses the wrong 558 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: lane thor he knows instinctively where where to go on 559 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: those stretch plays. And that's not an automatic in the NFL. 560 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, and this is you know, a lot. We 561 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 3: don't go off the field a lot with some of 562 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 3: these evaluations. But I think it's important to bring up 563 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 3: Trevion Henderson. That kid could have gotten academic scholarships almost 564 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 3: to anywhere that he wanted to go. He was a 565 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 3: straight A student in high school. There's a funny story 566 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 3: where his mom wanted him and his brothers to you know, 567 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 3: get out of have a key to get out of town, 568 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 3: you know, after their high school graduation. So she offered them. 569 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 3: It was like one hundred bucks for straight A report cards. 570 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 3: Trevion Henderson never gave her anything less than a straight 571 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 3: A report card, and I believe in Ohio State he 572 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 3: finished with a four point three. This is an extremely 573 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 3: extremely bright young man and you can tell that to 574 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,479 Speaker 3: your point charts that he sees the game slower than 575 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 3: other people. He gets the information quicker and he synthesizes 576 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 3: it quicker. And that has to do. You know, you're 577 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 3: talking about the thing of we con track the movement 578 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 3: of the second level defenders while we simultaneously paying attention 579 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 3: to the flow of the line of scrimmage right and 580 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 3: what's going on there and the opening of the holes 581 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 3: and stuff like that. And he can do that well, 582 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 3: paying attention, like I said, to the flow of the 583 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 3: second level guys and start doing interesting things as far 584 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 3: as setting them up. But you see this as well 585 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 3: with the pass blocking, where there's some guys where even 586 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 3: if they try, the guys that give effort, they don't 587 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 3: denote the danger right away. You know, It's like they're 588 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 3: like a sparkle. They'll they're like a butterfly and they'll 589 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 3: get distracted by that and they take a couple steps forward, 590 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, they're not a depth to 591 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 3: complete the block of the most present danger. There's a 592 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 3: guy who's looped around that you know, the right tackle 593 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 3: who's coming in now, but you don't have the depth 594 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 3: to make that block. Henderson has a really good sense 595 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 3: of all that stuff, of where every piece is on 596 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 3: the chess board, you know, no matter if he's the runner, 597 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 3: if he's the blocker, whatever it is. And the other 598 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 3: thing that you said charge that I wanted to hit 599 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 3: on really quick, that thing you're talking about with the 600 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 3: sprinter thing, with the way that he runs, you know, 601 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: you were talking about those shorter, choppier steps with the 602 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 3: guy who is sort of the angular runner. I thought 603 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 3: of him. It's like springy, right, like that, you know, 604 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 3: like the guy who got in trouble for others stuff. 605 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 3: But that sprinter that had the you know, the the 606 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 3: what do you call it, like the springs for legs 607 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: or whatever. And there was like a Pastoris there. 608 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: There was like that oh yeah, yeah, yeah, killing a guy. 609 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 3: Who ended up killing a guy. Yeah, So I almost 610 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 3: didn't bring him up, but it was like this. There 611 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 3: was a debate in the sprinting community for a while 612 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 3: of like, oh, the springs are those unfair, But that's 613 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 3: like how Treyvon Henderson runs like. His legs are absolutely 614 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 3: like that. You have to upbraak torso and then you 615 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 3: have the bent knees and it's just super springy. And 616 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 3: that's how he can just shoot off, you know, speaking 617 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 3: to the acceleration. You have all that lower body strength 618 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 3: and and just push off really quick and and and 619 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 3: access his top speed really quickly. 620 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: I can't wait to talk about an next runner. It's 621 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: Caleb Johnson. And when we take a quick break, when 622 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: we come back, we're going to talk about what I 623 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: think is one of the best fantasy prospects for this 624 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: coming season. When we return to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome 625 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charchie and throw An Eystrom 626 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: with you. We are breaking down the rookie running back class. 627 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: It's so deep, it's filled with so many people. We're 628 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: doing deep dives on six different runners. We've already done three. 629 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: I want to turn my attention thor to the guy 630 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: who carried the entire Iowa offense, Caleb Johnson. Yes, your 631 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: comp for Caleb Johnson is drool worthy and accurate. Tell 632 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: people who it. 633 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 3: Is it's Larry Johnson from Penn State back in the day. 634 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 3: And for people that meet you know, and then the 635 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 3: chiefs of course in the NFL, like people that don't 636 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 3: remember Larry Johnson. It was the tall, well built kind 637 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 3: of zone runner who want He ripped off a whole 638 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 3: bunch of explosive runs, you know, the ability to get 639 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 3: through the line, that good vision, the good patients, and 640 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 3: then once he got up to top speed, that's where 641 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 3: he became the locomotive. And Caleb Johnson is very very 642 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 3: similar six to one two twenty four pure zone runner 643 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 3: Iowa Tim Lester, their new offensive coordinator twenty twenty four. 644 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 3: He had come from the Packers and the Iowa rushing offense. 645 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 3: The concepts they use between the inside zone, the middle zone, 646 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 3: and then the stretch outside zone type concepts. Those were 647 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 3: ial to what the Packers run, which is very very 648 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 3: similar to what the Rams run with the forty nine 649 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 3: Ers run a couple other teams in the NFL. So 650 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 3: there's gonna be plenty of shooters that are interested in 651 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 3: Caleb Johnson and the outside zone system. He will evoke 652 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 3: for you a lev On Bell type with the patients 653 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 3: picking down the line his ability to force linebackers to 654 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 3: declare their gap before he does, which is the thing 655 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 3: that allows him to get through more open holes than 656 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 3: I think other analogous type zone backs, and it's the 657 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 3: thing that allows him to get the runway to access 658 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 3: the high end top speed. Now, Caleb Johnson only ran 659 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 3: a four to five to seven at the NFL Combine. 660 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: And surprised me because he plays faster than that. 661 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 3: Well, let's break this thing down because it actually makes 662 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 3: sense and in a way that shouldn't kill his evaluation 663 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 3: for folks where it jives with his profile on the field, 664 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 3: even though he had the ninety eight percent i'll breakaway 665 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 3: rate in college, et cetera. Yeah, the four to five 666 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 3: to seven on that run, Caleb Johnson actually hit twenty 667 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 3: two miles per hour max speed, which was high end 668 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 3: for the running back clad the entirety of it. The 669 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,479 Speaker 3: interesting thing is IOWA was GPS. They clocked him at 670 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 3: twenty two point two miles per hour max speed on 671 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 3: one of his runs last year, so it was actually 672 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 3: equivalent to that, and you're wondering if you hit that 673 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 3: top speed And also he had it was something like 674 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 3: the sixth of the seventh fastest max acceleration on that 675 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 3: run as well, so it's like counter then he finished 676 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 3: with a four or five seven he fished doesn't add 677 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 3: up exactly. It's because he had a one six two 678 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 3: ten yards split, which was seventh percentile at the NFL combine, 679 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 3: you know, going back twenty five years or so. He 680 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 3: needs the three, four or five steps to get too 681 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 3: top speed. And that's the thing on those stretched one 682 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:16,280 Speaker 3: concepts when he has given himself that gaping hole because 683 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 3: he has sucked the linebackers into the false doors and 684 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 3: now they're caught up in the muck of humanity there 685 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 3: where he then threw there. Once he is into the 686 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,800 Speaker 3: second level, and certainly when he is approaching the third, 687 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 3: he has now gotten up to his top speed, which 688 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 3: again is high high end. It's that stuff initially, but 689 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 3: the zone concepts itself and how good he is, the 690 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 3: decisions he makes, and the manipulation of the second level defenders, 691 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 3: it's what allows him to access that high end speed 692 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 3: more than I think. 693 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: You know, some people might think, but we're not drafting 694 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,480 Speaker 1: Caleb Johnson in my mind for his speed. It's the 695 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: big thing here is he's so hard to tackle. His 696 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: balance is so good, so powerful, he breaks so many tackles. 697 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: You noted that Caleb Johnson ninety fourth and percentile in 698 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: yards after contact per attempt. Yep, Yes, this is what 699 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: he's got. He is a true power back. He's a 700 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: goal line back, and I feel like he's just built 701 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:21,720 Speaker 1: for fantasy points. 702 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's This is another similarity with with Larry Penn 703 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 3: State's Larry Johnson, where Larry Johnson ran upright even though 704 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 3: he was tall, but he broke a ton of tackles 705 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 3: and it was the contact balance and then the power thing. 706 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 3: It's the same thing with Caleb Johnson, and it's really 707 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,799 Speaker 3: deceiving because he runs so upright, So it would seem 708 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 3: like it would be pretty easy to get a guy 709 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 3: like that down. It's not. It's I think I compared 710 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 3: him to a light pole caked in grease, like when yes, 711 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 3: it's great phrase, Yeah, they just can't. Like there was 712 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 3: this one explosive reception that he had against Nebraska last year. 713 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 3: There was like three guys who had their arms wrapped 714 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 3: around him something like five yards upfield, and none of 715 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 3: them could impede his forward progress, Like they just kept 716 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,280 Speaker 3: flipping off of him like he was this enormous banana 717 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,919 Speaker 3: peel and all of a sudden, you think the play's over, 718 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, he's now running in the 719 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 3: secondary and it's like, oh my god, no one's gonna 720 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,439 Speaker 3: catch him, right, and then he just runs the rest 721 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,920 Speaker 3: of the way. And that's what it is. You're not 722 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 3: gonna It's the same thing where you're not gonna get 723 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 3: him with an arm tackle attempt or an off angle attempt. 724 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 3: So you got to get him. And this is this 725 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,560 Speaker 3: is a you know, I was mentioning this with Hampton, 726 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 3: it's all the more true with Caleb Johnson. You need 727 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 3: to get this guy around the line of scrimmage. You 728 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 3: cannot allow him to access that top speed that is 729 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 3: where he is a true, true problem. But because of 730 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,360 Speaker 3: how good he is in his zone concept with the 731 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 3: patients and the vision, that's what makes it really difficult 732 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 3: to be able to confront him with linebackers or descending 733 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 3: defenders around the line of scrimmage, you know, especially on 734 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 3: those outside zone concepts. 735 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's move to your your next running back. 736 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: We've mentioned earlier with Travon Henderson that he would not 737 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: be the last Ohio State running back. We would talk 738 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: about in this show. Your number five ranked running back 739 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 1: is quinch On Judkins from Ohio State, who posted that 740 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: his RASS score was a nine point eight nine crazy y. 741 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 3: I certainly was not expecting it, although I started get 742 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 3: a hint from it when the day before this was 743 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 3: last Friday in Indianapolis, the day before the running backs test, 744 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 3: that I asked Quinn John Jenkins at his podium session. 745 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,799 Speaker 3: I said, you know, you are known for having such 746 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,879 Speaker 3: good bursts and acceleration, but people have questioned your long speed. 747 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 3: Is that is that? Because he had already said he 748 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 3: was going to test do all the tests, and I said, 749 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 3: is that something you're looking forward to going out? A 750 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 3: question that you're looking forward to going out and answering 751 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 3: and and and he just smiled at me, you know, 752 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 3: and and you know, was like absolutely, you know. And 753 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 3: and he goes out and test better than we thought. 754 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 3: You mentioned that the nine to eight nine RASS five 755 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 3: eleven two twenty one is extremely impressive. That ridiculous burst 756 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 3: of his that he is famous for. That that was 757 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 3: a parent out there. He had a one to five 758 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 3: to one ten yard split, which was number two among 759 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 3: running backs four foot eight forty yard dash was was 760 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 3: really good at his size, thirty eight and a half 761 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 3: vertical inch was top five for the running backs, and 762 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 3: as eleven foot broad jump led the group right and 763 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,320 Speaker 3: that goes into the explosion on the first couple steps, 764 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 3: you know, and and the acceleration there. I love him 765 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 3: as a as a natural runner. I mean, that's like 766 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 3: the thing that all of his coaches you talk to 767 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 3: Lane Keffen, Ryan Day, that they just in his high 768 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 3: school coach, that they go nuts about. It's his vision. 769 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 3: He just has really really good vision and feel, and 770 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 3: then he naturally toggles the tempo and then the clean footwork, 771 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 3: you know, depending on what he is perceiving and the 772 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,720 Speaker 3: planning has at that time. It's just really really natural. 773 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,840 Speaker 3: The thing that you ding him for it's on the 774 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 3: passing downs. He does have good hands, he doesn't drop 775 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 3: the ball, but it's another thing where he's not great 776 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 3: running the routes and he is not a great pass 777 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 3: blocker either. I think the thing that Ohio State had 778 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,400 Speaker 3: going last year that we were talking about with that platoon, 779 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,279 Speaker 3: that's what you're looking for for Judkins at the next level. 780 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 3: He can handle a heavy workload, especially the first two 781 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,120 Speaker 3: years at Ole Miss when he was the bellcout back, 782 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,560 Speaker 3: and it was they run the hyper tempo offense that 783 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,320 Speaker 3: you know at Ole Miss, So be like, you know, 784 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,799 Speaker 3: six yard run for drunkins, sprint back to the line, 785 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,919 Speaker 3: immediately handle the ball again. You know, now five yard runs, 786 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 3: sprint back to the line. So he the the carry 787 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 3: numbers just accelerated there. We know that he can handle 788 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 3: that without getting nicked up. So a team that could 789 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 3: use a bellcout back but like you know, can give 790 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 3: him is the quote unquote rests on obvious passing downs 791 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,320 Speaker 3: because you have that air back. That's what he should 792 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 3: should be going to in the NFL. 793 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's I I saw a lot of things I like. 794 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: By the way, I didn't give you a chance to 795 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 1: mention your comp for Judkins, it is Joe Joe Mixon, 796 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: and I can I can see it originally when you 797 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: when I was when I was watching Judkins' play, I 798 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: was like, I didn't see it at first, But the 799 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,680 Speaker 1: more I looked at him, the more the more I 800 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: can see it. Especially uh this, especially because of how 801 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 1: sort of light on his feet he can be despite 802 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,800 Speaker 1: the fact that he's carrying two hundred and twenty one pounds. 803 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 1: I mean, with everything that you just described, he should 804 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: not be able to do that at two hundred and 805 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: twenty one pounds. You know, these are the these are 806 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,800 Speaker 1: the traits of somebody who's carrying like fifteen fewer pounds. 807 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 3: Yeah. The feet there on that kid, Yeah, it definitely 808 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 3: you don't think you're dealing with a back that bag with. Yeah, 809 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 3: how light on his feet he is, and how precise 810 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 3: and sudden the footwork is. And you forget this guy. 811 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 3: He's in the same sort of size phylum as Omari 812 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 3: and Hanton and Caleb Johnson, just a little bit shorter 813 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,640 Speaker 3: but than Caleb. But yeah, at the two hundred and 814 00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 3: twenty one pounds and then testing as well as he 815 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,239 Speaker 3: did that size, I just thought it was super impressive. 816 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,200 Speaker 3: That tape speaks for itself. With Judkins, he's gonna be 817 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 3: He's gonna get a lot of carries in the NFL. 818 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: And right from the get all right, our final guy, 819 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:11,680 Speaker 1: it's time to rock Chuck. 820 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 3: You ready, Yes, Yes, let's do it. 821 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 1: Devin Neil. Now, I think he's better than the sixth 822 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: the best back in this class, And I worry that 823 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,279 Speaker 1: you're so concerned about a perceived personal bias for your 824 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:29,839 Speaker 1: alma mater, that you've overcompensated and you're actually underappreciating Neil. 825 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: I love how shifty he is. Tacklers have got Devin 826 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: Neil dead to rights and they don't get a hand 827 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: on him. They they they completely whiff on him. His 828 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: footwork is so good, and I love that he's a 829 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,000 Speaker 1: good pass catcher. And I'll let you expand on all 830 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,680 Speaker 1: of that. You know way more about it than I do. 831 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,400 Speaker 1: But I love this kid and I feel like he 832 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,400 Speaker 1: is he is a three down back who's going to 833 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 1: be a big fantasy factor in the right spot. 834 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely agree with all that. It's it's at 835 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,080 Speaker 3: his size, the footwork, because he was two hundred and 836 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,400 Speaker 3: twenty pounds at the Senior Bowl. He at the combine 837 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,280 Speaker 3: two hundred and thirteen. He cuts seven pounds for the testing, 838 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,600 Speaker 3: but you're talking about a two hundred and twenty pound 839 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,880 Speaker 3: back and just absolutely ludicrous footwork, you know, and and 840 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,320 Speaker 3: the thing of making people miss. He does that in 841 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,400 Speaker 3: the second level and out in space. But the footwork, 842 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 3: it also plays between the tackles and around the line 843 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 3: of scrimmage with sort of these micro cuts that he 844 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,279 Speaker 3: does that where it just sort of it's hard to 845 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,359 Speaker 3: tell where he is going. Because of that, he can 846 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,120 Speaker 3: change the direction so quickly and so fluidly, like and 847 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 3: sometimes behind the line. You'll see it a couple of 848 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,800 Speaker 3: different times where it's like is he gonna go outside, No, 849 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,120 Speaker 3: he's going inside. No, actually he's it's going between the 850 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 3: gard and the tackle, like just because of these these 851 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,600 Speaker 3: contortions of his footwork and his upper body. It's you know, 852 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,879 Speaker 3: behind the line is just changing where the direction where 853 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 3: he's had his pointed. It's really really cool watching that 854 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,280 Speaker 3: guy run. You have that, and then the receiving utility. 855 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 3: He was a good receiver at Kansas. They used him, 856 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 3: they didn't use him enough. I'll say that, like as 857 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 3: a receiver, they had three Kansas did three veteran seniors 858 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 3: starting receivers and a starting senior tight end. They used 859 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,719 Speaker 3: their passing concepts to go to those guys. And then 860 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,359 Speaker 3: Neil was always the checkdown too, so he would get 861 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,680 Speaker 3: the checkdowns where you know, typically it was you know, 862 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,879 Speaker 3: the quarterbacks under duress and then you know you don't 863 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,600 Speaker 3: have a lot to work with there once you end 864 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 3: up getting the ball. The times where we have seen 865 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,640 Speaker 3: Devin Neil allowed to run routes down the field. It's 866 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 3: the footwork. You can't stay with the guy's footwork, right, 867 00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,200 Speaker 3: So it's like, by definition he is a good route 868 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,839 Speaker 3: runner because but he's going to create the separation every 869 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,480 Speaker 3: time you literally cannot stay with his footwork. So he 870 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 3: got to do more of that stuff. At the senior ball, 871 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,520 Speaker 3: the routes five, seven, ten yards downfield and he was 872 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 3: always open. Again, a linebacker or a strong safety, you're 873 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:52,800 Speaker 3: not staying with the footwork. So I think at the 874 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,680 Speaker 3: NFL level you were gonna see a much better receiver 875 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,000 Speaker 3: than you saw Kansas, where it was sort of the 876 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:00,600 Speaker 3: part back type concepts and he got the ball. 877 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: What I liked about seeing seeing Devin Neil's a receiver 878 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: or he's just so natural and fluid as a receiver. 879 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,279 Speaker 1: It looks like he was born to catch the ball, 880 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,239 Speaker 1: and I love I love to see running backs who 881 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,200 Speaker 1: look that way. And I think that's ultimately going to 882 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,120 Speaker 1: unlock a lot more productivity than what Kansas had with 883 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,080 Speaker 1: Devin Neil and some team. You know, I'm not do 884 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:28,880 Speaker 1: you have a do you have a rough estimate for 885 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 1: the round Devin Neil is going to go in is 886 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,399 Speaker 1: he trending to round two? Round three? 887 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,920 Speaker 3: I think he's going to go in round three. 888 00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:40,000 Speaker 1: Okay, round three, some team Minnesota is going to find 889 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,680 Speaker 1: a three down back in the third round. That it 890 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:48,160 Speaker 1: can be. Absolutely, he's just NFL traits and I I love, 891 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,319 Speaker 1: I'm really really optimistic on Devin Neil. 892 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you don't have to you know, you mentioned 893 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,440 Speaker 3: a three down thing, you don't You don't ever have 894 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,359 Speaker 3: to take him off the field because he can now 895 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,919 Speaker 3: pass block as well. That's an area of his game 896 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,160 Speaker 3: that's getting better. His Initially in Lawrence, he was not 897 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,120 Speaker 3: a good pass blocker. He told us at the Senior Bowl, like, 898 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,400 Speaker 3: heading into last season, he knew, He's like because I 899 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,799 Speaker 3: know in the NFL, like you have to pass block 900 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,160 Speaker 3: to stay on the field. And he got a whole 901 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:18,480 Speaker 3: lot better at it. And with the frame, the footwork, 902 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,960 Speaker 3: the strongholder half, you can project additional improvement after what 903 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,120 Speaker 3: you saw last year. So I think that that's a 904 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,400 Speaker 3: guy who, if nothing else, is going to be passable 905 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:30,520 Speaker 3: in that phase in the NFL, if not develop into 906 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,799 Speaker 3: a solid one. The receiving we're talking about that really 907 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,719 Speaker 3: really good and pretends well to the NFL and such 908 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,280 Speaker 3: a natural and fluid runner. 909 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:43,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, your comp for Devin Neil is durable. 910 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:48,680 Speaker 3: Ja the aforementioned j guy, he's out there. He's like 911 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,520 Speaker 3: man in my second shout out of Fantasy Football Weekly 912 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 3: this week, but you know, recalled j Jaii coming out 913 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,360 Speaker 3: of Boise State. I love that kid's game. It was 914 00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,279 Speaker 3: just a thing of like he didn't have cartilage and 915 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,560 Speaker 3: his knees. Knew that there was a you know, like 916 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,799 Speaker 3: a sand timer on his time in the NFL. Think 917 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:08,000 Speaker 3: about if Jay Jay coming to the NFL with perfectly 918 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:12,160 Speaker 3: healthy knees without durability concerns. I think that's what Devin 919 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,200 Speaker 3: Neil is. It's it's the big guy with the really 920 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,640 Speaker 3: really really smooth feet. 921 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:21,560 Speaker 1: Great work on part one of our running back breakdown. 922 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,200 Speaker 1: We're gonna hit even more players next week on next 923 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,760 Speaker 1: week's Fantasy Football Weekly, and more running backs in particular. 924 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:32,719 Speaker 1: I mean, so a deeper dive on more guys. And 925 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,399 Speaker 1: just because we've got like the what's the draftable pool 926 00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,360 Speaker 1: here of playoff running backs store for this draft class? 927 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,000 Speaker 1: What are we talking about guys who have like a 928 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,440 Speaker 1: draftable great? How many oh. 929 00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,600 Speaker 3: Man around thirty? 930 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:54,239 Speaker 1: That's insane pretty potentially draftable running backs. We're not gonna 931 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 1: hit We've done six, we're not gonna hit twenty four 932 00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,719 Speaker 1: next week, but we will have a lot of fun 933 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,600 Speaker 1: hitting maybe like a dozen guys. How does that sound 934 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:04,880 Speaker 1: for now? 935 00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,000 Speaker 3: That sounds great to me. We have to it's this 936 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:08,960 Speaker 3: historic running back class we got to. 937 00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:13,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds great, and I will try to hit 938 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,799 Speaker 1: you with what I think is the best running back 939 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,879 Speaker 1: class of like the last thirty years. When we talk 940 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,520 Speaker 1: next week to great job thor thanks for listening, everybody, 941 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,680 Speaker 1: Please stay tuned next week more Fantasy Football Weekly coming up. 942 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,479 Speaker 1: Then in part two of our rookie running back draft 943 00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 1: class coming up,