WEBVTT - 12ish Rookies You Should Care About 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.080 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:09.600 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:14.240 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.960 and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:23.880 here's your host. The draft is less than one week 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.240 from today. Yes, I am Paul Geargy and co host 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:32.240 Matt Harrison. This week the jute, the draft juices are flowing. 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:35.800 I can't wait. They're flowing. Love it, man, I'm really 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.760 excited this time. Next week, it'll be you and Scott 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.920 Fish breaking down the first round of the NFL Draft. 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.239 It'll be maybe some of these guys that we're going 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.720 to talk about now are going to be involved. Several 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:54.960 of the receivers, and I think one running back is 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:56.680 going to make it into the bottom of the first round. 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.840 We'll talk about that who we think that might be 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.880 um and we'll probably have some different opinions on that 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.200 a little bit. And today we're gonna focus on rookies 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:09.640 and specifically Matt running backs and wide receivers because honestly, 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.120 the quarterbacks and the Titans are hugely down here for 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.440 tight ends quarterbacks. I don't think either position is gonna 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:20.560 be very impactful at least this season from a fantasy standpoint. 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.880 And this is Fantasy Football Weekly. Yeah, you know, Malik 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.399 Willis would be the one different possible guy that you 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.440 could talk about um, although I think everybody knows a 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.000 lot about them, just because the mobility will yield fantasy 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.480 points for him even if he can't pass um. But 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.080 I still I think there's a chance he ends up 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.080 on a team that doesn't start him right away. That 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:39.840 could be. And I know Kenny Pickett is kind of 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.199 the guy that Vegas thinks is going to be the 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.800 other quarterback, maybe the first quarterback selected. But I look 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.000 at a lot of rankings out there by guys who 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.640 are much smarter on the draft prep than I am, 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.440 and sometimes they have Kenny Pickett ranked is the fourth 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.560 best quarterback. And so it's kind of all over the 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.600 place on this quarterback thing this year. So I'm gonna 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.440 be I'll probably be wrong, but I'm just gonna put 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.760 this out here now. I don't think a quarterback will 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:13.080 go in the first fifteen picks first half of the draft. 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.600 I think sixteen is the first spot I think a 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.720 quarterback might go. I will bet you a big bore lunch. 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.720 That a quarterback because because a team could trade up. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.200 Now if we okay, here's okay, how about this, Let's 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.400 let's take a trade out of it, and I'll take 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.320 that deal. If you take a trade out trade, let's 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.840 just say a trade. A trade means we push on 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:38.440 this and otherwise I don't think. I don't think any 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.280 team drafting in its natural position before sixteen will take 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.400 a quarterback, so they just don't grade it. If like 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:49.000 Atlanta from eight trades up to go get Mali Willis 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:54.360 or something like to exactly, yes, I don't want to 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.440 push on that because they were in the top fifteen. Anyway, well, 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:59.560 I think that I would pay that bet. Okay, I 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.200 paid bet because they were in the top fifteen and 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.120 they stayed in the top fifteen. Honestly, either way, we 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:09.480 both win because we get to enjoy big barbecue. There 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:14.440 is that, um both. I think for both dynasty and 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:18.120 redraft fantasy players, I think you're you're focused on running 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.040 backs and wide receivers in this draft. So that's what 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.440 we're going to focus on here. And just for the 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:27.119 sake of keeping this podcast reasonably short and assumable, we're 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.200 going to limit our focus to the top six runners 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:32.520 and top six receivers, which does not mean that we 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.920 think these are the only guys who can make a difference. UM. 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.240 I just don't want to go turn this into a 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.360 one hour podcast and then um after you know, so, 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.000 then when the draft gets here next week, we'll talk 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:43.760 about the first round. The week after that, we'll talk 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.560 about all the other players that went in the draft, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.360 and and the other thing we're gonna do today, Matt, 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.040 that I'm really excited about. We'll tell you the one 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:55.880 ideal and realistic landing spot for a for each of 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.880 these twelve players. Were going to talk where we hope 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.480 they'll land at act, exactly before we get to that, 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.320 You've got a super cool draft game at Shock Fantasy 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.960 that people can play. I do. 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Lots of 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.920 different questions like that, things that you can't totally predict, 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.760 but you know a fair amount of fun and levity. 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.679 There's even one will anybody jump in the Bellaggio fountain 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.440 like from the players standpoint after after they get drafted, 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:28.920 it's possible. Cannonball, Let's let's go. I hope they cannonball. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.080 I hope the cannonball is way better than the jack knife. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.120 And it's not even close the cannonball, you get the waves, 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.360 you get the full three degree splash. I mean that 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:43.679 jack knife is I believe, vastly overrated because most people 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.680 don't have the skill to pull it off. And the 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.840 advantage of it is you can get the directional spray 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.599 on the jack knight. If I needed to go straight 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.400 or you know, some direction, you can do that with 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:58.680 a well executed jack knife. But most people can't do it. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.400 You know, after cove it, I gained a few pounds 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.800 here and there, you know, like everybody did. But when 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.000 we were on spring break with my kids, I was 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.800 doing cannonballs in the pool and they thought it was 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.119 absolutely awesome. You know, you get a little more weight, 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:19.400 you get that. So there's that absolutely Also we should 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:23.479 mention we have a Fantasy Football Weekly Twitter community. Now, yeah, 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.960 and how do people find that? Well, I I just 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.080 tweeted it not too long ago. So if you go 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.320 to at Explosive Output on Twitter, it's going to be 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.400 at the top of my page. I think you retweeted 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.000 it as well. So you can just find Fantasy Football 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.160 Weekly community. You can join it. You can ask us 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.880 questions each other, questions each other questions, questions find a league. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.560 Maybe maybe you got a league mate that you know 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.000 left your league and you need somebody else. You're gonna 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.560 find some quality candidates right there, and maybe maybe even 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.600 start dabbling into guillotine leagues. Absolutely, let's talk about the 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.159 running backs there. We'll talk to that what we believe 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.320 at the top six, and we're gonna start with controversy. Right, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.279 you made the list that I was like, what the hell? Yep, 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.599 I put my favorite running back at the top of 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.599 the list. Although really it's a one A and one 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.320 B scenario, but for me, I have the slight edge 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:16.800 to Kenneth Walker, not Breecee Hall. So we'll talk Walker first. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.920 But this is not again it's one A and one B, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.920 and I'm not trying to be really like, we're not 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.560 going to talk about these guys necessarily, although I think 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.280 they are roughly in order, but that's not what we're 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.800 here to do. We're here to talk describe the player 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:32.840 and where they could be a good fit. So let's 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.160 talk Kenneth Walker from Michigan State. First. I think I 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.280 think I did not expect him to run a four 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:43.840 three eight at at the combines fast. That's really fast, 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.800 and what I love about Kenneth Walker is you know, 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.320 four three eight, we're talking about track star fast, but 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.920 it doesn't run like a track star. So many times 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.160 you get track star running backs. They are north south 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.200 runners and they are upright runners, and you know what 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:04.360 either of those that's right. Um, he is far more flexible. 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:06.600 He doesn't have to run north south. In fact, his 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:10.680 lateral running is maybe the best part of Kenneth Walker's game. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.560 So they do these stretch plays at Michigan State where 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:18.840 he's going laterally. Going laterally, sees his whole cuts instantly, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:23.000 the great vision. Then he finds lanes and he is gone. 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:28.080 His long speed is ridiculous. If you don't catch him 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.000 by the second level, forget it. He's just not running 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:35.080 everybody so fast. But and unlike most track stars turned 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.600 running backs, he's got the big enough frame to be 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:42.559 durable absorbed tacklers, and Michigan State used him in every 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:47.079 way inside guy, outside guy. Um, there's almost every he 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.880 can do almost everything you want a runner to do. 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.840 A couple of things I don't love. First, just nineteen 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.600 catches in three years, so he's not does not look 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:58.679 like he's going to be much of a factor through 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:03.400 the air um and that's about it. That Other than that, 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.960 I mean, there's nothing not to like about Kenneth Walker 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:10.800 does everything well. So ideal landing spot for somebody who 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.839 grades out by most people. As top of the second round, 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.520 I'm gonna go a couple of picks early and put 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:22.079 him on the Kansas City Chiefs. What a freaking nightmare 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:26.840 he would be in the backfield with Patrick Mahomes. Now 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.319 here's why we all know Clyde Edwards A Layer is 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.160 still there, but we also know that he's not anybody 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.920 that can power this running game at all. It's a 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.960 lost pick, and it's a lost cause. I was super 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:42.000 optimistic three years ago and it's over. It's over for 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:46.280 Clyde Edwards A Layer. The Chiefs lost some explosiveness with 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:49.360 Tyreek Hill. Now they get it back in a different position, 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.280 but they get back a game changing, big play, explosive 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.480 player in Breece Hall. And of the first round, well, 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.160 you mean Kenneth Walker. Sorry, thank you, Kenneth Walker. We 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.480 don't have the full uton bar here, but the eye 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.720 was wrong. Fonzie was was right there for the picking. 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:11.440 For yes, let's talk about Bruce Hall. Since you yea 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:13.920 let's transition. Most people think Breese Hall will be the first, 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.160 the first running back taking Yeah. I I went to 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.000 the tape. Uh started watching some of the highlights. He 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.120 didn't look incredibly fast and highlights, which was kind of 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.440 strange to me. But he's a super long strider and 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.400 he outruns so many defenders that I was like, wait 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.520 a minute, my eyes are deceiving me. He must be 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.680 incredibly fast. And then he ran a four three nine 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.199 at the combine, So yes, it's just an optical illusion. 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.120 He's very fast. But the reason he doesn't look fast 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.600 is he runs super upright and the strides are just 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.480 so long and all these short, little water bug leg 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.000 defensive backs are chasing them around and you know, taking 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.200 three steps to his one. So but he kind of 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.520 reminds me a little bit of Adrian Peterson and his 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:57.480 rushing style. Not saying Bruce Hall is going to be 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:02.960 in nearly the body, but tough to tackle, kind of slippery, 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.800 but not a lot of cuts in his game unlike Peterson. 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.000 Well above average hands. Uh. The knock on him is 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.000 he's not a good route runner. Yeah, just more of 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:14.960 kind of a safety valve. So while he's good at 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.960 catching passes. They might not be schemed catch a lot 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.120 the we see Bruce Hall catch a lot of behind 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.120 the line of scrimmage, at the line of scrimmage wheel routes. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.840 It's not like he's a downfield receiving no, not like that. 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.040 But his cousin, his former NFL running back Roger Craig, 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.000 did not know that. Okay, that's kind of fun. So 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.000 he's got a little bit. I wish I wish he 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.560 had the knees. The knees. Remember, Roger Craig had the 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.360 most super upright runner as well, but he had the 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.240 huge knee lift he had. You know, I've never seen 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:48.400 a running lifted his knees as high as Roger Craig 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:52.640 did in his running gate. I don't remember that very vividly. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.960 I was, you know, when Roger Craig was writing about 0:11:57.000 --> 0:12:00.400 him in Fantasy Football Week. That's right. Ideal landing spot 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.679 for Breese Hall for me would be Houston at the 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.719 fifth pick of round two, or maybe Seattle, who has 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:10.480 picked forty and forty one for both teams. He's instantly 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:14.480 the best offensive weapon on the team. Yeah. Uh, maybe 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.800 DK metcalf in Seattle. But you know, Bruce Hall would 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.079 would really take over. And I think that he has 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.640 a chance to be one of the rare bell cow 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.719 backs in this UH in this thing, so certainly a 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.600 work horse back in college's for sure. I think he'll 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.160 be the first running back drafted. I also think he'll 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:34.800 be the first player drafted in standard rookie drafts this year. 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:37.719 It depends a lot in the landing spot, but yeah, 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.560 that's possible, and I think it's probable that Breese Hall 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.880 will be the first player taken in most UH in 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:49.040 most rookie drafts. For fantasy players, let's go to Isaiah 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.559 Spiller from Texas A and M. I like a lot 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:54.920 of what I saw, but I've got some concerns here. 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:59.040 He's got he's a patient runner. He's got a surprising 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:03.800 amount of nim boldness for a guy who's well built. Uh. 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.080 He is deceptively strong. When you see him, you don't 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.439 look at him and go, well, that guy's Romandre Stevenson, 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.440 who's just gonna bull bowl people over. But man does 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:18.600 he finish hard. Dragging tacklers, creates a lot of yards. 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:23.680 Very aggressive. Um, he's got pretty good hands. They threw 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.160 to him a lot in wheel routes super productive and 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.520 the thing I liked best about Isaiah Spiller simply never 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.840 left yards on the table. Does every run You look 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.120 at it, you look at how that run develops, and 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.120 you say to yourself, could anybody else have gotten more yards? 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.040 You're like, well, probably not. There's just the guy was 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:48.000 The guy just earns every yard and he he maximizes 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.000 every carry. I love that. Super durable too for a 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.960 guy who doled out a lot of punishment. Isaiah Spiller 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.720 never missed a game. We always like that as well. Um, 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.960 what worries me about Spiller? He ran a four six 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:08.280 three forty yard dash. Um, his blocking needs some help. 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.440 Doesn't have a lot of open field moves, you know 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.320 the second level. He's just gonna punish guys and try 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.320 to break tackles. But he's not an elusive runner. I 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.600 like that. We like parse these things out on a 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.920 guy's forty yards. He's running forty yards and we're like, uh, 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:29.560 this two tenths of a second is? I mean? I 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.520 never seen you know, the guys who were talking about 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.840 their four three eight and a guy who's four six three. 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:40.280 It's the second that's the way this game works. Um, 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.640 I also have used to as the ideal landings challenge. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.480 You on one though, Okay, I think he should go 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.200 to Buffalo. He can take the same number C. J. 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.440 Spiller had, and a whole bunch of people already have 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.560 his jerseys in the in the in the stands, and 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.880 and we're good to go there. Plus Buffalo I think 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.200 would be a really really good landing spot for one 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.880 of these running backs. Well, and you he's so he 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.480 is so different from the runners that they've got, now 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.880 that you know, he could he could walk into that. 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.280 He could walk into a unique role there, but it 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:12.320 would almost certainly be a part time role because you're 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:16.040 Steven Singletary. Singletaries earned the right to get ten to 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.200 twelve touches every game. Josh Allen is going to run 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.520 the ball times a game, and that means is gonna 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.200 get cut Zack Moss Market Cup. That's another I was 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.560 wrong moment right there. Let's go to our next running back, 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:32.520 James Cook. Yeah, so I looked him up and according 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:37.200 to Wikipedia, James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:41.680 and captain in the British Royal Navy. Super famous pirate hunter. Yeah, 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.080 also died of a stab wound while attempting to kidnap 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:50.240 the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii. A great 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:57.360 kidnapped the indigenous population and I dive from a stab wound. Wow. 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.400 The Georgia running back he's very different. He's the brother 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:05.360 of Dalvin Cook. Uh. Very quick, looks like a very 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.640 capable pass catcher and route runner. Uh. My worries on 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.840 watching the film is he was tackled at the second 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.640 level just a lot. His line opened up a lot 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:17.960 of huge holes for him because he was in Georgia 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.120 and had a great line in front of him, But 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.160 he was often tackled like eight to ten yards downfield 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.440 and not a lot of big, huge, forty to fifty 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.960 yard runs in the highlight package for him. So it 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.280 makes me worry a little bit about his vision and 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.840 makes me think he needs to go to a spot 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:35.920 that has a good established offensive line. And when I 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.160 read some of the pro scout opinions, they share some 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.960 of those sentiments. Sentiments. He's a little undersized for the NFL, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:47.520 inconsistent open field moves, his second level level vision is spotty. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:52.800 So my ideal landing spot for him is the Cincinnati Bengals. Um, 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.000 they've already got some pass catching ability on roster. They do. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.600 They got Joe Mixon in front of him, of course, 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.840 but I think it's a big improvement over Soma, J p. 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.720 Ryan or Chris Evans if Mixing were to miss time, 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.920 and Mixing generally does miss a few games here and there, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.560 but they had a huge upgrade to the offensive line. 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:17.080 He's not going to be forced into being like the guy, 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.479 and I think that frees him up to be like 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:23.200 the best version of himself in the NFL. Alright, that's 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.439 James Cook from Georgia. I think he goes fourth round 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:31.160 my hunch. I think it's late third, early fourth. Probably. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.680 Damian Pierce plays for Florida or played for Florida. Um, 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:43.560 he is a powerful, thick framed runner with a compact build, 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:46.640 a lot of balance and footwork on that frame, ton 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:52.719 of burst, good blocker, instinctive runner who sheds tacklers. Really 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:56.439 impressed with that part of his game. Uh. Surprisingly agile 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.440 for a bigger back as well. And what I loved 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.600 about what Lorida did with him, you know, so here 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.439 he is, you know, a bigger back who's uh, you know, 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:09.040 super physical. They found ways to get him open fifteen 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:15.679 twenty yards down field and they're throwing seam passes and 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:20.360 then they're like trying to tackle him. Right, It's crazy. Now, 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.880 you know, if you just watch his highlights, you're gonna 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:27.000 be like, dang, this guy is good. But if you 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.320 watch a full game, you're gonna see some things. They're 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.080 gonna raise some eyebrows. Does not have top end speed 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:36.600 rut of four sixty um only one season is the starter, 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:40.960 which is weird. And even then, he only at one 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.760 game in which the coaches gave him fifteen or more touches, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.080 which is also weird. So you know, here we are 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:49.879 a guy who's going to get drafted in the NFL 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:54.800 and Florida didn't manufacture touches for him. And it makes 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:57.520 you wonder what the Florida coaches know about Damian Pierce 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.440 that we don't know. Maybe the he's just better as 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:06.040 a ten to fifteen kind of touch guy, maybe throughout 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.240 the game could be. So my ideal landing spot for 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.480 Damian Pierce was Philadelphia as part of a one two 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:15.760 punch with Miles Sanders. Sanders will continue to get the start, 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:20.160 He'll he'll be more of your outside runner. Another good 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.479 guy with a path as with past catching ability, they 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.840 both can and but not a goal line finisher. I mean, 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.359 Sanders never scored. So here's your goal line finisher. And 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.480 Damian Pierce for Philadelphia. I'd love to see that landing 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:36.200 spot for him. Our sixth and final running back that 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:42.040 will discuss Brian Robinson from Alabama talk about big framed 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.840 guys who could make an impact. Yeah, dude is huge 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:50.960 six to two. Had several big highlight runs for Bama. 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:55.800 But I noticed the big highlights came against non SEC 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:59.760 teams like Mercer and New Mexico State. But when you 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.760 SEC highlights where all the defenders are a lot better, 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.879 he still pops off for some fifteen twenty yards. But 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:11.080 he doesn't have the huge sixty. Uh. He's not very 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:13.719 easy to tackle. Uh. It looks like it really hurts 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.280 to bring him down. Um, there's some punishment there are 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.480 there guys wincing. Yes, they take their helmets off and 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:21.959 you're like, oh, it looked like they just sucked down 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:25.399 a lemon after trying to tackle him. Um played five 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:29.120 years at Alabama, backed up Damian Harris for a few 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.520 years and Nagy Harris until last year, where he finally 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.480 got the nod as the starter. Uh not super quick, 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:38.800 doesn't have overwhelming speed. I think he's going to need 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.560 a good offensive line in front of him. I thought 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.320 Philly would be a good landing spot as well, for 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:48.160 many of the same reasons. But how about this, how 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:53.200 about Minnesota? How about as a backup to Delvin Cook, 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.960 Brian Robinson might last till the fifth, maybe sixth round. 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:00.879 This is kind of an intra sting guy that you 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:04.040 could pair with Dalvin Cook and even pair with Alexander 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:09.240 Madison and have just a third bruising weapon out on 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:12.520 the field. That just changes the dynamic of that Vikings offense. 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:14.280 You don't want to put Dalvin Cook with his brother 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.840 James Cook on the same team we're gonna have. I 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:20.200 mean you would, but it could. You could. But I 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:24.840 think I think I'm not as high on Alexander Madison 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.680 as many people are. UM who, I don't think it's 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:30.480 I think there's a commonly held belief that Madison is 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:33.800 like of Dalvin Cook. I don't think he's close to them, 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:35.920 So I'm more open to this than many would be. 0:21:36.400 --> 0:21:38.480 But I think the Vikings may have too many holes 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:40.720 to uh. That's why that's why I think it's a 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:43.280 it's a fifth, sixth round. It's definitely a Day three 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:45.240 kind of pick. And he if he's sitting there and 0:21:45.280 --> 0:21:47.239 the Vikings are like, hey, you know what this this 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:49.720 could really bring a different element to our offense. Let's 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:51.600 take a break. We can back. We'll talk about our 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:56.000 favorite six wide receivers in this draft and where we 0:21:56.040 --> 0:22:15.720 would like them to go. Stay tuned. Fantasy Football Weekly 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:18.560 Segment number two. Paul Charchi in Matt Harrison with you 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:22.399 Guillantine leagues dot Com. We're getting reaped. 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