WEBVTT - Rookie Running Backs With Thor - Part 1 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:07.080 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:13.640 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:17.720 source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:21.439 whatever stupid stuff they decide to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:23.200 here's your host, Paul Chargian. 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.680 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchie, and 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.639 my guest for this show and most of the shows 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:34.400 between now and the draft is Thor Nice Drum. 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:36.640 Hey, buddy, Yeah, Hey, how you doing. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:41.000 Oh god, I'm so excited for the first awesome running 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:46.520 back draft we have had in many, many years. There's 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.320 a very real chance that this goes down as the 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:53.800 deepest best running back draft in like decades. 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:56.920 Yeah, yeah, I mean I've been doing draft work for 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.040 a decade now. This is the best running back class 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.920 during that time for sure, you know, and you'd have 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:03.840 to go back earlier than that. But yeah, this is 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:05.880 just a nasty, nasty running back class. 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.240 God, I love it. There's so many running backs that 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.960 we're we're actually gonna break this concept down. We're gonna 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:13.600 break down running backs. We're gonna break it into two 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.600 shows because there's just so many guys to talk about. 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.959 You like, last year, we're gonna do six running backs 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:22.040 deep dive on six running backs today. Last year there 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.480 were only about six guys worth even talking about. And 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.440 you know we're gonna cover between the two shows. We're 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.640 gonna do six today, We're gonna do like twelve next week. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.880 It's crazy how many guys there are worth talking about 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:35.320 this year. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.520 Thor Yeah, this is the year where if you have 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.040 multiple spots in your running back room, you probably want 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:42.840 to take two running backs in the draft if you're 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:46.320 an organization. But yeah, for dynasty owners out there, this 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.400 is the year to get your running backs load up. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:53.800 It is. And you know, from a dynasty standpoint, thor Well, 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.800 I would love to have pick one overall, right, ashon Jety, 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.320 we'll talk about them with plenty. But you know, if 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.080 you got to make you need a running back, and 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:02.840 you got to make do it pick five, at picks six, 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.200 at pick seven, you're gonna get way better prospects in 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.360 the middle rounds of your dynasty draft than you would 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:10.440 have in most years. 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:15.239 Right, definitely, Yeah, I mean you you squeeze these two 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.480 classes together, the last running back class in this one, 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.200 you might have six or seven guys from this class 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.639 that would have gone before Jonathan Brooks last last April. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:26.960 So yeah, it's it's just a totally different animal. We're 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:28.760 dealing with the running back class this year. 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.359 Yeah, it really is. I thought that we would. I 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.679 would start here, for there's a lot of running back 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.760 and needy teams, and I've broken into two groups, and 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:41.000 you can feel free to disagree with me, into like 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.200 Tier one teams that really need a running back and 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:48.519 then Tier two teams that I think could spend equity 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.760 on a running back, especially in this deeper class, that 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:56.160 maybe just don't quite have exactly the backfield that they 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.320 want yet. So let me start here. I think Cleveland 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.560 is in business. Nick Chubbs got plenty of question marks 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.440 and free agency, and so I think Cleveland is in 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:10.079 business here, although they've got addressed quarterback. First, how about Pittsburgh. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:13.800 Najie Harris is an unrestricted free agent. Houston to me, 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.640 I think is a sneaky running back destination. Joe Mixon 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.359 petered out hard after he remember remember thor when he 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.720 started the season so well and then in the middle 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.440 end of the season, it just didn't come together for 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:32.359 Joe Mixon and he looked old. Yeah, Denver Javonte Williams 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.360 does not look like the answer. Nobody on that roster 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.320 right now looks like the guys that are ultimately the 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:41.800 answer for Sean Payton Las Vegas. Right now, the leading 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.160 running back under contract for this coming season of Las 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:48.960 Vegas is Sincere McCormick. That tells you plenty uh. And 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.560 then what do you think about the What do you 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.560 think about the Chargers what they had? You know, they 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:56.440 tried the Dobbins Edwards thing, the recycled Ravens, and while 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.160 it Dobbins looked good at the beginning of the season, 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.120 he wasn't able to get anything done. And you know 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:02.640 Jim Harbaugh wants to run the ball. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.720 Yeah, you're you're not going to be able to prevent 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.080 Jim Harbaugh from taking a running back in the best 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.760 running back class. So we've seen the decades in the NFL, 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:12.440 so you can count on that, right. 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.720 Yes, Dallas is the team everybody points at, and I 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:19.120 think it's it's totally valid. And if there was one 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.800 team where you go, yeah, you know, Ashton genty will 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.279 never slip by that team, it's got to be Dallas, right. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.120 Agreed, Yeah, his Ashton Genz's floor is picked twelve. Will 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.480 he get to pick twelve? That is the debate. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.160 Yeah, I don't think it will. The Bears, I think 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.280 are a sneaky running back destination. You look at the 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:39.400 improvements they made on their offensive line. I know they 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.760 have to get more productivity out of their running back room. 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.600 I think DeAndre Swift is just a guy in Chicago's 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:49.600 a destination. And then the Vikings Aaron Jones, unrestricted free agent, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.279 Cam Akers unrestricted free agent ty Chandler doesn't look like 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.640 anything close to a reliable back. So I think the 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.880 Vikings are also a Tier one team that could take 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:01.640 that it needs running back help. 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.000 I agree with both of those, I think at ten, 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.760 depending on the way that the board falls. For Chicago, 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.800 I absolutely think that there are scenarios where they would 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.560 take genty And do they feel like they have to 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:17.839 take a tackle They obviously just recently traded for two guards. 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.040 You probably could use a tackle across from Darnell, right, 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:24.359 But what if a tackle isn't there that you like? Yeah? 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:28.000 I mean Ben Johnson comes from the organization that shocked 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.360 everybody by taking Jamier Gibbs three years ago at twelve 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.240 or so. So yeah, I mean he wanted to build 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.360 up the offensive line. Do they feel like they have 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.200 built it up enough with the acquisition of those guards. 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.839 What's their feeling of Braxton Jones the new coaching staff. 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.160 But yeah, I think Gent's in play for them for sure, 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:48.120 certainly in play for Las Vegas. And if he gets 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.440 through the wickets, that's where Dallas comes in. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.200 All right, I'm gonna give you some Tier two teams. 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.960 I think New England's in player, even though you know 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:59.279 Thor I love Ramondre Stevenson, and I think in a 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.520 different unit where he hadn't been stuck playing behind this 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.240 terrible offensive line and terrible quarterbacking for his entire career, 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.960 Romandi would be just like a great a stud playing 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.599 somewhere else. But the reality is that he hasn't been 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.360 as productive as as the Patriots would want, and they 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.000 may put some of that blame on him. So I 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:20.560 think Patriots are in play. I think Kansas City could 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:24.000 be sneaky in play because Isaiah Pacheco. The fact that 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.920 they refused to use him in the in the playoffs 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.200 was just so telling, and maybe this injury that he suffered, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.680 even though he came back from it. You know, maybe 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.400 he's just not the same guy in Kansas City, could 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.640 have some question marks at running back and might be 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:42.640 able to find somebody that you know, they just for 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.000 whatever reason. What you know, if they're worried about Pacheco 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.880 that I think that's a possible destination for running back. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:49.680 Do you think that's accurate. Do you think they just 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:51.240 go right back to Pacheco this year? 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.560 No, I think it's accurate. And I think this where 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.360 we'll get into the depth of the running back class 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.400 with these Tier two teams, because both of those teams 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.120 could use a mix and match back and different kinds, 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:08.240 right like the Patriots. You could use an airback, I think, 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.520 an explosive back to pair with Remandre And we know 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.800 that the Patriots new head coach fetishizes running the ball. 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.160 He had that silly stat he put out of if 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.560 you run forty or more times, your record is this 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.920 and if you like that that Vrabel just loves it. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.360 So yeah, I would expect New England to dip their 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.680 toes in at some point with the complimentary back, and 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.320 then I think the complimentary back to Kansas City is 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.920 looking for. It's sort of the opposite where you're looking 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.480 for the meat and potatoes efficiency guy that you could 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.840 pair with Pachecko, And yeah, I mean, and then if 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.600 that guy ends up really really flashing, maybe you have 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.880 your starter of the future, but a guy where you 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.720 wouldn't have to give big time draft equity there and 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.280 you would get a viable, immediate guy that could mix 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:51.160 a match with Pachecko. 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:56.400 Yeah, and seeing Patrick Mahomes getting getting hit more than 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:00.800 ever last year, and you know you want if they don't, 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:02.960 if they don't end up trying to diversify their offense 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.640 a little bit more, the running game going Washington, to 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.080 me is a team that's in play. I've never I'm 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.600 not a Brian Robinson guy. I just I think he 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.960 takes whatever his offensive line gives you a little more. 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.600 Austin Eckler obviously at the very end of his career. 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:20.200 So this is a that's an opportunity for Washington. See 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.520 as the Pollard Spears thing and it was okay, I 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.640 thought Pollard was a little better than I expected last year. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.920 That might be an opportunity. New Orleans needs to start 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.480 thinking about the succession plan. To Alvin Kamara, I think 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.120 they're in play, and then I'll give you one sneaky 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:39.920 one and tell me you think San Francisco Christian McCaffrey 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.480 plenty of question marks. Thoor. We you know, we saw 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.360 them have to go deep into their roster. Maybe San 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:50.679 Francisco is a is A is a not not like 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.200 the first round, second round. But I think San Francisco 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:54.960 might make a move at running back at some point 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.080 in the in the middle part of this draft. What 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:57.520 do you think? 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.680 Yeah, San Francisco, they sort of have the remember back 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.440 in the day with Green Bay with Ron Wolf where 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.920 he had that thing off he wanted to take developmental 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.360 quarterback every year in the draft and they take the 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.000 one in the sixth or seventh round. San Francisco started 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.840 like that with running backs and and Kyle Shanahan. He 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.160 has his flavor of running back that he likes for 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.080 that that zone system there were you know, just like 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:21.920 we were talking about with those other teams to mix 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.040 and match kind of guys. There will be his zone 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:27.679 back available that that I think that they'll be attracted 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.719 to fifth, sixth, seventh round. There's there's going to be 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.079 attractive UDFA running backs in this class. But yeah, I 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.320 would expect San Francisco to dip their toe in and 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.599 the only other team from that group but Washington. I 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:42.240 think Washington fans would would advocate for you bumping them 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.120 to the Tier one. When I've been on the Washington 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.599 radio shows, every single time they're asking me about the 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.599 running back class. They are not looking for a complimentary 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.960 back for Brian Robbinson. The fans of that organization, they 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:57.439 are looking for someone to replace. Yeah, totally, Yeah, I 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.920 think Washington's in play potent one of the teams that 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:01.839 could take a running back. 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.200 On day two, I am moving Washington into my Tier 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.520 one spark part of my notes of this show not 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.959 and you know what, nobody will ever see it again 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.560 except me, But I'm with you on that. I am 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.920 absolutely with you. All right. So let's we got six 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:16.960 guys to talk to, talk through in the show, Let's 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:20.120 dive in. I almost feel like the guy we should 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.800 spend the least amount of time on is Ashton Genty 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:27.839 because he's so popular and he's so good that I 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.320 think that people know the most about him, and he's 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.640 depending on the landing spot we could be talking about. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:39.000 Ashton Genty is the first overall player taken in redraft leagues, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.600 so let's talk about the guy who had more yards 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:47.440 after contact than any other running back had in total. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.640 Yeah, Ashton Genty is insaying that comp that some people 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.040 had for him in college was was Michael Myers from 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.440 the Halloween movies, because he's a killer, and and the 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.199 way he stands in the backfield, like right before the snap, 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.160 it kind of looks like Michael Myer's standing. So it's 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.320 kind of funny if we have to keep it to 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:10.000 a football camp minus Ladanian Tomlinson gent five eight, two 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.680 hundred eleven pounds. He is impossible to tackle. He's the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.280 hardest guy to tackle. Since I've been doing the draft 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.679 work over the last decade. You mentioned the broken tackle numbers, 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:23.080 the yards after contact numbers. They they're like video game numbers. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.880 That the next closest guy in misstackles forest was forty 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.079 nine away. That was Cam Skatabu. It was forty nine 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.719 broken tackles away from what Ashon Genty did last year 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.840 and nine only forty nine. And he proved it against 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:41.240 the better teams, right like against Oregon. Initially, Oregon was 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.600 the only power for a team that finished the regular 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.520 season undefeated. In twenty twenty four, the Boise State came 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.760 as close as anybody to knocking them off. They only 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.160 lost by a field goal because Ashton Genty was doing 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.920 his thing against Oregon, against Penn State and the College 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:59.000 Football Playoff. Penn State had that nasty, nasty defense and 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.280 they loaded the box up against gen T and Genty 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.920 was still getting his yards there. There was one run 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.800 in that game where he either broke six or seven 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:12.400 tackle attempts, like you're talking about, just absolutely ridiculous stuff. 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.520 And then the other thing with him, you know, in 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.120 addition to this stuff, it's a guy who is a 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.120 tremendous receiver, and I think that's the aspect of his 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.920 game that people sleep on, people that are just getting 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:26.480 exposure to him off twenty twenty four because Boise they 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.920 changed his usage in twenty twenty four where they wanted 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.199 to funnel the touches he was getting as a receiver 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.760 all into rushing because they wanted him to make a 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.400 run at Barry Sanders's record. It was a part of 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.640 their pitch for Genty to return to Boise State as 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.040 a true junior, you know, which they ended up doing. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.360 I think Gents's going to be the last G five 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.839 first round pick at the skills that we ever see 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.240 stay his entire career in the G five. So this 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.680 is sort of a dinosaur, But in twenty twenty three 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:57.319 he was a killer as a receiver. They motioned him 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.840 out into the slot to the boundary I think he took. 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.560 It was something like ten percent eleven twelve percent of 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:07.040 his snaps were taken out wide, and he was awesome 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.480 with that. He was awesome with his his routes out 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.720 of the backfield. And it's no surprise that he is 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.640 a really, really good receiver because as a junior in 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.679 high school he took over Marvin Mims's job on his 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.480 high school in Frisco, Texas as the slot receiver on 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.760 that team. Yes, it was only it was only Genti's 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.520 second year back in America. This is a guy who 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:31.040 learned to play the sport in Italy. He was living 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.200 on an Italian naval base and he played there through 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:37.320 ninth grade and his team entered in ninth grade. They 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.720 ended up winning like the euro title, you know, like 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.000 they went around to other naval bases and we're playing 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.480 those teams they you know, Germany and like all these 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.720 other different ones. They ended up winning it. Or whatever, 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.240 But yeah he was. He goes to America Frisco and 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.640 as I'm sorry, as a junior, he shifted out to 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.640 the slot, replaced Mims, like I said, because that team 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.880 had a guy who ended up signing a scholarship to 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.800 P four at running back, this kid named jad and 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.120 Nixon who went to Okahoma State and then Western Michigan. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:08.839 But Genty was All conference in Texas high school football's 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:12.719 highest level as a receiver as a junior, and then 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.360 he ends up as a senior just went utterly ballistic 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.680 replacing Nixon as the running back there. That's what you know, 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.880 between living in Italy before that, between having to play 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.960 receiver as a junior, which is your most important recruiting 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.200 season in high school, that's why he was under recruited. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.680 Boise got an early Boise the team that had developed 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.520 the last star running back from Frisco, Texas, a guy 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.760 named Jay a Jai and so Geny, yeah, I mean 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.120 Jaya Jay's picture is hanging all over the facilities there 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.600 in Frisco at high school whatever. So Genty, it was 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:45.840 a dream come true. That's how he ended up at Boise, 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.320 and and and the rest was history. But yeah, this 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:50.480 is the best running back prospect entered the NFL. Sin 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:51.360 Saquon Barkley. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.840 I love it. You in people can see follow your 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.640 work at at fantasylife dot com. And you've got a 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.080 rookie running back article, A gravy trained, a bunch of 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:05.520 a bunch of stuff from But you mentioned that last 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:10.480 year at Boise State, Uh, when he was when he 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.200 was asked to go as a receiver, he cut forty 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:19.520 four or forty eight targets. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.080 why I mean, yeah, year before, two seasons ago. I 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.560 guess I should say. So he's going to help out 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.400 it through the air, you know, potentially depending on his 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.800 landing spot a lot more than maybe people realize. And 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.200 he's the obvious first pick in dynasty leagues and might 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:33.720 be the first pick and redraft as well. 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:34.320 Agreed. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.400 All right, Now, let's go to a player that that 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.480 you and I might disagree a little bit more on. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.880 Amarian Hampton is your number two running back right now? 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.920 And your comp here is a guy who I loved 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:51.040 in during his playing days. Deuce McAllister, Yeah, talk to 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.600 me about Omarian Hampton? 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:56.360 Yeah? Him? And do is they they have the same 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.720 frame and they have the same running style. Like it 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.000 sort of eerie watching them, you know, and thinking back 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.800 to Deuce McCalister because it's it's the upright type runner 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.880 in the in the well fortified frame. McCalister was six 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.560 one two twenty two coming out. Hampton was five to 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.800 eleven two twenty one. McAlister ran a four to four 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:18.720 to one with the thirty seven and a half vertical 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:22.200 and Hampton was four four six thirty eight inch vertical. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.200 But with Hampton, it's a bullet trained guy. Once he 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:29.560 gets into the open field, you're you're talking about legitimate 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.640 sprinter wheels on, you know, at two hundred twenty one 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.200 pounds or he can get up to two hundred twenty 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.840 five the playing weight. He's good between the tackles. You're 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:40.600 not going to get him with an off angle attempt 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.720 or an arm tackle attempt, So you get sort of 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:47.120 the meat and potatoes efficiency with him, with the possibility 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:50.200 for dingers. As a receiver, He's not going to run 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.560 any you know, super impressive routes beyond the line of scrimmage, 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:57.760 but he will give you value between checkdowns, screens and 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.840 swings running with the ball apt for the catch. That 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.720 the idea basically on those latter two things is just 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.720 get him the ball in space with the convoy in 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.399 front of him, and then let him do the hit. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:11.879 You know, his thing of good luck trying to tackle 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.919 me in space defensive bat. So that's that's the thing 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:15.760 with the Marian Hampton. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.320 I was really impressed with his balance at the point 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:24.480 of contact and his his his hips and thighs are gigantic, 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:29.600 and he is so strong lower body that he is 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.679 a he is a really really tough tackle. 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.440 Yeah, he sure has. This is someone who is has 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.840 you could say, maniacal work ethic. You could also just 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.120 say he was obsessed with the weight room, like from 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.480 a really early age. If you go into the weight 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.199 room of his high school, you'll see Omar. They have 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.560 like a record board or whatever Omar and Hampton's name 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.400 is all over it. For every single lift that they 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.720 had there, they had to get him to stop lifting 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.080 some of the thing because he with the squad rack. 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.560 I think it was he had gotten up enough with 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.680 it in high school where it was starting to bend 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.439 the bars and they were like, oh, Marion, you need 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.760 to stop putting weight on there or it's going to break, 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.680 so so he he could lift more than than their 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.920 weight room could handle. But yeah, you know, he's just 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.359 been maniacal with that forever and charge to your point 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.920 that the lower leg drive is crazy, right, and you're 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:21.159 going to have to get him on the ground for 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.320 those legs to to stop churning. And you're talking about 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.680 a speed to power conversion thing there, and I think 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.639 that goes in with the contact balance. It's that bullet 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.000 train thing that I'm talking to, the locomotive thing. Once 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.320 he gets on that straight line, he's got the acceleration 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:36.840 or you know, and starts to build up to that speed. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:37.680 It is. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.000 It's really really difficult he gets on his path because 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:42.760 you have to be you know, it's the thing of 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:44.520 you got to step on the train tracks and the 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.919 train's coming through. To get him on the ground, you're 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:49.400 going to need multiple guys. You need to make sure 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.879 that you have Omari and Hampton dead to rights are 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.639 on the line of scrimmage or it's it's a problem. 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.960 It's it's the Trannosaurus Rex breaking containment at Jurassic Park 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.400 and all the sirens are going off. What he gets 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.000 into the second level, you got a problem. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:04.960 Now here's the only thing I saw, and I watched 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.720 through every snap of two or three games of his 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.480 I didn't see the long speed and I didn't you know, 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.240 he had some long runs, but he would get tracked 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:15.560 down a lot on the in the least in the 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.040 games that I watched. And so do you feel like 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:22.119 a Marion Hampton has got the explosive big playability or 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.520 is he more of the guy that I saw where 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.760 he's breaking a tackle or two and then gets pulled down, 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.320 you know, eight yards downfield rather than making those you know, 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:31.560 long stretch runs. 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.000 Yeah, I think the speed that we saw more or 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:39.400 less plays on the field, like where he I saw 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.240 him got tracked. I mean, famously he was tracked down 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.399 by Nate Wiggins the Clemson corner the burner, right like, 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.359 and Nate Wiggins came from I don't know, twelve fifteen 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:50.560 yards behind him and ended up catching up doing the 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.320 length of the field. But Nate Wagans, of course was 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:56.760 what something like that. Yeah, just an absolute burner. But yeah, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.920