Speaker 1: You found Fantasy Football Weekly Micro, a deep dive on
Speaker 1: one player in just five to ten minutes. Now here's
Speaker 1: your host, Paul Georgie. It's Fantasy Football Weekly Micro edition
Speaker 1: and experimental version of Fantasy Football Weekly in which we
Speaker 1: break down one player for five to ten minutes, and
Speaker 1: pretty much every time it's about ten minutes, So I
Speaker 1: don't know. The five minutes might have been just more
Speaker 1: of a goal than really a reality test. I am
Speaker 1: Paul Giargie and my co host is Guillotine, a Leagues
Speaker 1: dot Com writer Tyler Knabiley. Tyler, who do you want
Speaker 1: to break down today? I think we're gonna go with
Speaker 1: Nazi Harris a little running back action to say, Oh,
Speaker 1: I like it coming off a bad year that started
Speaker 1: horribly ended a little bit better, but didn't end up
Speaker 1: living up too close to where his ADP was last season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: not even close. I mean he finishes the RB four
Speaker 1: team last year, which actually feels a lot higher than
Speaker 1: like I had him roster on a team and it
Speaker 1: did not. No, Well, that's because I think his best
Speaker 1: games are at the end of the year when your
Speaker 1: team was out of it at that point. Exactly who
Speaker 1: was the RB twenty and average points for game for
Speaker 1: what it's worth. And it's funny because his ADP this
Speaker 1: year is actually around RB fourteen, exactly where he finished
Speaker 1: last year or so. Yeah, and there are people who
Speaker 1: felt like Jalen Waddle was at least as good as
Speaker 1: he was in limited action. I'm I don't know, Jane
Speaker 1: la Warren, excuse me, yes, so you know, I don't
Speaker 1: know that I would go quite that far. But let's
Speaker 1: let's dive into Naji Harris a little bit. What kind
Speaker 1: of um, what kind of advanced metrics should we know
Speaker 1: about Nagi Harris' season? So, according to the next Gen stats,
Speaker 1: Nagie Harris finished that's the worst running back in rush
Speaker 1: yards over expected with negative eighty one. So he's the
Speaker 1: things not good. I think what's most notable is the
Speaker 1: running backs that were finished below him. Here they are, well,
Speaker 1: he was worst. These couldn't have finished below him, well,
Speaker 1: I mean above it him, So okay, all right, I
Speaker 1: got it. So Letard Fournette all right, not on his
Speaker 1: current team, so dropped by the Bucks. Okay, Melvin Gordon
Speaker 1: not on it, not on his current team either, right,
Speaker 1: you know? And then he ended up on the Chiefs
Speaker 1: and then they never played him. Ezekiel Elliott not on
Speaker 1: his current team, Michael Carter on his current team at
Speaker 1: least for now, but might be like the RB three,
Speaker 1: He might be RB three for the Jets. James Robinson
Speaker 1: not on his current team and not on last year's team,
Speaker 1: and Dalvin Cook mystery in Minnesota, could be off his
Speaker 1: current team. Yes, yes, I suspect he will be it
Speaker 1: before everything is said and done, one way or another. So,
Speaker 1: out of that whole list of players that finished in
Speaker 1: the terrible yards over expectation, only one of those six
Speaker 1: were the teams bothered to even retain. So it makes
Speaker 1: you wonder is Nage Harris a part of the future
Speaker 1: plans for the Steelers. I mean, I think the one
Speaker 1: thing going into last season when we were talking about
Speaker 1: him and drafting him was the efficiency. Because the efficiency
Speaker 1: in his rookie season, he was not good, really at all.
Speaker 1: He had the twelfth worst yards per attempt in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one three point nine, and he was tied with
Speaker 1: Zeke and Cream Hunt this year for the fifth worst
Speaker 1: in yards twenty to a three point eight. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: doesn't bode well. Now, the offensive line has been a
Speaker 1: legitimate excuse for the failings of Naji Harris because the
Speaker 1: line is awful. It was awful two years ago. They
Speaker 1: didn't improve it last year. Hopefully it gets better this year.
Speaker 1: Talk to me about the impact from the offensive line
Speaker 1: standpoint in Pittsburgh. Well, it's funny because I just remember
Speaker 1: I remember two seasons ago it being a huge problem,
Speaker 1: and yeah, they cannot run the ball. It's like this
Speaker 1: running this old line cannot run block. So in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one they were the twenty seventh and run blocking
Speaker 1: for PF, and last year they actually got to sixteenth,
Speaker 1: which that seems like a marrage to me. It didn't
Speaker 1: seem like they were they middle the pack run blocking unit.
Speaker 1: To me, I don't know. I feel like that's where
Speaker 1: PF can conna sometimes be like, what are they seen
Speaker 1: that we're not? So yeah, yeah, didn't. It didn't feel
Speaker 1: that way to me. Now, where Naji Harris helps is
Speaker 1: he can catch. Oh, he can catch for sure. I
Speaker 1: mean that was the thing in twenty twenty one which
Speaker 1: made him like I think he was the RB five,
Speaker 1: RB eight something like that in working season and he
Speaker 1: had seventy one catches on ninety four targets. He was
Speaker 1: first in receptions among running backs, which I think is notable. Well,
Speaker 1: I think the reason he did it was with big Ben.
Speaker 1: Big Ben is just dump off king. Yeah he was,
Speaker 1: that's right two years ago, right, because he couldn't throw downfield.
Speaker 1: The arm was totally watched. UFF think there was a
Speaker 1: game he like for Ben thirteen catches and something or something.
Speaker 1: With Big Ben, I remember that distinct leave. So it's
Speaker 1: kind to take the other grand Soul's kind of like
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, Matt Ryan. Those guys just dump off, dump
Speaker 1: off basses. So Big Ben leaves, Kenny Pickett comes in,
Speaker 1: flash Mitchel Trobisky, and he has forty one catches on
Speaker 1: fifty three targets, about half as many exactly time for
Speaker 1: fifteenthrough receptions a running back. And I think this hurt
Speaker 1: Naji Harris owners more than anything else. You felt like
Speaker 1: you could bank on the receptions, Like you know, the
Speaker 1: running game. It might not be there all the time.
Speaker 1: Steelers is gonna behind in some games, but you know what,
Speaker 1: we know he can catch. He was coming off that
Speaker 1: season with the most receptions of any running backs. You're like,
Speaker 1: you know, my worst case scenarios. He falls off to
Speaker 1: like fifth in receptions and he's still gonna help my
Speaker 1: PPR leagues. But that didn't come That really did not
Speaker 1: come together either for this offense. It also feels like
Speaker 1: Jalen Warren was on the field quite a bit for
Speaker 1: them last season. I mean the rookie season, it felt
Speaker 1: like Naja Harris was the guy and he was the
Speaker 1: only guy. Last season, Jalen Warren kind of made a
Speaker 1: bit of an impact where this steve. I mean he
Speaker 1: was I think he's a rookie YEP undrafted free agent
Speaker 1: and they really liked him. They put him in the
Speaker 1: game and he played pretty well. Yeah, and that's that's
Speaker 1: some more here too. Um. It feels like you're certainly
Speaker 1: gonna pay a lot lot less for Naji Harris this
Speaker 1: year than the mid first round pick that he costs
Speaker 1: you last year. But is that still a good value?
Speaker 1: Where's he going in drafts right now? Right now? He
Speaker 1: is going as the RB fourteen, RB fourteen third round.
Speaker 1: Are you buying him there looking at some of these
Speaker 1: other running backs around him? I don't think I am,
Speaker 1: just because I feel like I said that RB fourteen,
Speaker 1: It doesn't feel like he was that last season. I
Speaker 1: think he was the beneficiary of just some some okay
Speaker 1: games down the strets, some good games, I guess, But
Speaker 1: I just I don't know why. The offense is terrible,
Speaker 1: the old lines good, Kenny Pickett's ninety good. I just
Speaker 1: I can't get myself behind the draft him in front
Speaker 1: of some of these other guys, like do you would
Speaker 1: you who would you draft Najie Harris or Romandre Stevenson
Speaker 1: Because I'm the leader of the Romandra Stevenson fan club
Speaker 1: and Damian Harris is gone. So I'm taking Romandra Stevenson
Speaker 1: for sure. Okay, it's not even close. What about Jimir
Speaker 1: Gibbs if he gives it's also landing spot dependent, but
Speaker 1: in the right place. He's an electrifying runner. So exactly
Speaker 1: if he looks like he's going to be the lead back,
Speaker 1: I'm taking Gibbs for sure. If Gibbs looks like he's
Speaker 1: drops into a timeshare spot, then I would probably lean.
Speaker 1: I might lean Harris. Aaron Jones, Well, we know he's
Speaker 1: in a timeshare spot, but we've seen but we've seen
Speaker 1: what he can do at times, Yeah, which is good,
Speaker 1: not great. I mean, there was a lot of frustration
Speaker 1: as a as somebody that was investing in a lot
Speaker 1: of Aaron Jones last year. There was plenty of frustration there.
Speaker 1: But I still think i'd rather bank on that Packer offense.
Speaker 1: That's Steelers offense. I think I'd take Aaron Jones, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, is great and it was vastly I
Speaker 1: felt under you, Spike green Bay last year. Yea, all right,
Speaker 1: I got one more player for you, but two different situations.
Speaker 1: All right. Dalvin Cook on the Vikings, Uh, as the presume,
Speaker 1: even though they paid Alexander Madison, what is in today's
Speaker 1: market starting running back money? I think I'd go Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook under the presumption that he's going to be the
Speaker 1: starter and get most of the work. All right, What
Speaker 1: about this Dalvin Cook on the Dolphins. I just made
Speaker 1: that team up. It is a potential landing spot. So
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook on the Dolphins, Well, now I'm a lot
Speaker 1: more interested. Uh, that would be a that'd be a
Speaker 1: tremendous landing spot for him, and I'd be I'd be
Speaker 1: a lot more interested in Dalvin Cooking. And definitely Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook there, I mean, wouldn't be close Dalvin Cook ends
Speaker 1: up on the Dolphins given all the other weapons on
Speaker 1: that offense, I think he'll he'll go in the second
Speaker 1: round in most drafts. So you think so do you
Speaker 1: like Dalvin Cook on the Dolphins more than on the Vikings? Yes,
Speaker 1: for sure, all right, because there's no competition for carries
Speaker 1: in Miami and that whole offense. No, it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: right now. I'm not scared to write you boasted, no um,
Speaker 1: all right, to let me, let me, let's frame it.
Speaker 1: Let's frame up the conversation this way. And I want
Speaker 1: to get to dynasty as well. But percentage chance Nazi
Speaker 1: Harris starts and finishes the season as the Steelers number
Speaker 1: one running back. He's the first round running back. He's
Speaker 1: still seemingly the guy. I don't think Jalen Warren's gonna
Speaker 1: take a spot from him. I think the numbers, and
Speaker 1: some of them you hit on here, the terrible efficiency numbers.
Speaker 1: I think he's vulnerable more than you think. We talked
Speaker 1: about the old line being bad. How much how much
Speaker 1: do you how much of the blame would you give him?
Speaker 1: Percentage wise? It's his fault? Uh? Probably half? Okay? I
Speaker 1: mean you know, I think if he had been running
Speaker 1: behind the Browns offensive line, Nazi Harris would be a
Speaker 1: first round pick, or the Falcons offensive line for that matter. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Falcons have a sneaky good offensive line. Yeah, um yeah,
Speaker 1: so yeah, I think that's part of it. Uh, where
Speaker 1: would you how do you value Najie Harris in a
Speaker 1: dynasty league? I actually just traded it away in a
Speaker 1: dynasty league. Okay, so you don't Yeah, so would you
Speaker 1: get So what's the what's the going rate on him?
Speaker 1: I think I got a twenty twenty four first, okay
Speaker 1: for Naji Harris, and I feel like I sold him
Speaker 1: decently well yeah, just because I mean, you can't get
Speaker 1: more than the first right now, especially not that I'm in. Yeah,
Speaker 1: probably not. I don't think you could get this year
Speaker 1: a first this year for him. Yeah, I was just
Speaker 1: too scared about Like obviously, I sold kind of low
Speaker 1: on him because his his his stock right now, it
Speaker 1: seems to be an all time low. But like you said,
Speaker 1: I think it could I could get lower than this.
Speaker 1: It could be Yes, it could be great. Job Tyler.
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