Speaker 1: Duke Johnson to the Houston Texans in exchange for a
Speaker 1: conditional fourth round pick that could become a third round
Speaker 1: pick in the NFL draft. For General manager John Lynch
Speaker 1: told k NBR Radio in San Francisco that Nick Bosa
Speaker 1: has a significant ankle sprain and will miss the rest
Speaker 1: of the preseason, when said the hope is that Bosa
Speaker 1: will be ready for their Week one game against the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NBA. In his first interview
Speaker 1: since rupturing his achilles tended in Game five of the
Speaker 1: NBA Finals in June, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant said
Speaker 1: he does not hold the Golden State Warriors accountable for
Speaker 1: his injury. And in baseball, the New York Yankees and
Speaker 1: Chicago White Sox will play a game at the famed
Speaker 1: Field of Dreams in Iowa on August thirteenth of next season.
Speaker 1: A temporary eight thousand seat ballpark will be built at
Speaker 1: the site where nine, movie starring Kevin Coster and James
Speaker 1: Earl Jones was filmed. I'm Chris Bavona and this has
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Speaker 1: welcome your bait, your host Bye Bate from Mine bris Finn,
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Speaker 1: BFFs here on the Fantasy Sports or Radio Network. He
Speaker 1: is Frank Stamville. I am Gregg Sauceman. Frank. What's happening?
Speaker 1: But what's going on? Greggy? Happy Thursday to you before
Speaker 1: the show here. Earlier today we got some breaking news
Speaker 1: that obviously affects fantasy football and running backs and running
Speaker 1: backs overall. But outside of that, I'm doing well. How
Speaker 1: did you sleep last night, Buddy? I slept. I slept
Speaker 1: pretty well. Actually so. I was very tired, long day
Speaker 1: yesterday here, Um, but I slept well. It was good.
Speaker 1: It was great. Yeah, let me going on. I watched
Speaker 1: when I watched watch the Yankees just awesome. And I
Speaker 1: didn't get to catch much of the Yankees at a
Speaker 1: basketball game, right and Dodgeball tonight. Dodgeball tonight. Yeah, very
Speaker 1: busy week. I had two basketball games and dodgeball tonight,
Speaker 1: trying to trying to stay in shape, A little bit greggy,
Speaker 1: very cool, We're rather get in shape. I guess you're
Speaker 1: in great shape. Not really, all right, somebody who is
Speaker 1: in great shape. It's Eric Young hey man in me. Okay, shape,
Speaker 1: you're old man. You are an excellent shape. And you're
Speaker 1: not an old man, sir, You're you're a young man.
Speaker 1: Young is my last name something something like that. I
Speaker 1: guess is you're probably not gonna change it now, Eric
Speaker 1: to Eric median age, probably Eric Eric middle age exactly.
Speaker 1: It doesn't doesn't have the same ring to it. Okay.
Speaker 1: On the show today, we're gonna get into the running
Speaker 1: back conversation continue on e Y. We did last hour,
Speaker 1: we did a reveal for the eight House Draft. We're
Speaker 1: gonna air it live over the Frenzy BFS. We're gonna
Speaker 1: combine it all together in studio, e Yle. Join us
Speaker 1: from two to three ish like always, and we'll be here.
Speaker 1: We'll be doing the draft live. Will you're recapping the draft,
Speaker 1: we'll be cutting up posting it on YouTube, h and
Speaker 1: wherever you get your fantasy football videos. E Y We're
Speaker 1: proud to tell you what pick you have. It is
Speaker 1: number nine, number nine, lucky number nine. There you go.
Speaker 1: The BFFs had picked eleven. We haven't picked eleven in
Speaker 1: every draft that we do, so we're able to trade
Speaker 1: out to pick eleven to pick seven. Not for enough
Speaker 1: because it's better, because I don't think it is. I
Speaker 1: think eleven is better, but we did a seven because
Speaker 1: we wanted to not have the same players every draft. Right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's exactly right, Greg. I've done two drafts so far then,
Speaker 1: the scott Fish Bowl and the Flex League Draft, and
Speaker 1: both of them were firm pick eleven. We have another
Speaker 1: draft coming up that we share together where we are
Speaker 1: picked ten, so right around pick eleven at the end
Speaker 1: of the first round. So we wanted to change it
Speaker 1: up a little bit. We were shopping around and we
Speaker 1: were able to find a buyer in the form of
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Chazz Jim Day. So appreciated Jim. We swapped
Speaker 1: picks with Jim. Shout out to Jim Day, Thank you
Speaker 1: very much, sir. He would be taking pick eleven, we
Speaker 1: take number seven. It's just a good way to change
Speaker 1: things up. You know, you don't want too much exposure
Speaker 1: to all the same players, and if your draft pick eleven,
Speaker 1: it turns out you end up getting a lot of
Speaker 1: the same players. Not a surprise. Let's let's change it
Speaker 1: up a little bit here, Greg, we have picked seven now,
Speaker 1: looking forward to it tomorrow. It's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. Myself and Greg sharing a team. E Y
Speaker 1: is gonna be on Skype. He has a team in
Speaker 1: this draft, a few of the producers downstairs. We also
Speaker 1: have Davis Maddick joining us from Rhodo Experts, who is
Speaker 1: part of this draft. In the first hour during the frenzy,
Speaker 1: obviously you'll have George Kurrs, Jim Day, Chris Venture. They
Speaker 1: all have separate draft picks during that draft. So I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to It's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be pretty crazy. We're gonna have a
Speaker 1: lot of people up here in studio, a lot of
Speaker 1: people in the studio, but it's going to be awesome.
Speaker 1: Before we get into the running backs on today's sho
Speaker 1: let's talk about the running back trade that happened earlier today,
Speaker 1: and that was Duke Johnson getting his wish basically as
Speaker 1: soon as Drew Rosenas took over as the agent. He
Speaker 1: got what he needed and pushed that trade through. Rosenas
Speaker 1: Is probably was like, listen, you want my clients, you
Speaker 1: make this trade happen. It worked. He was traded over
Speaker 1: to Houston for a conditional fourth round pick could turn
Speaker 1: into a third base on playing time. Duke Johnston over
Speaker 1: to Houston. What do you think of that deal? Eric, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's good for Duke Johnson. This is what
Speaker 1: he's wanted. Uh. I feel like he's a player. I
Speaker 1: mean for at least four or five years now, you've
Speaker 1: always wondered what he could do in a bigger role.
Speaker 1: I still think Lamar Miller is going to be the
Speaker 1: starter there, that's who they like. Duke Johnson will be
Speaker 1: the past catching down downs guy. But but I think
Speaker 1: it will be more of a split. I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna want to keep Lamar Miller because of his he's
Speaker 1: a little bit older back than They're gonna want to
Speaker 1: keep keep them both healthy. Houston is going to be
Speaker 1: a good offense. I believe in them. I believe in Watson,
Speaker 1: I believe in all three receivers. I'm really high on
Speaker 1: Kiki Qt this year. So yeah, this is a great
Speaker 1: landing spot for Duke Johnson. Houston is looking dangerous. So
Speaker 1: I was super high que is welcoming into this year,
Speaker 1: but Frank, this Duke Johnson trade may change that outlook
Speaker 1: a bit of a Kiki. Yeah, I've seen a lot
Speaker 1: of people talking about this on Twitter as well. And
Speaker 1: the compensation that they gave up to I mean, this
Speaker 1: is pretty decent compensation. This could end up turning into
Speaker 1: a third round pick, and normally, you know, you see
Speaker 1: a pick that high traded and it's normally for a
Speaker 1: starting running back. Now, obviously we don't assume Duke Johnson
Speaker 1: takes away Lamar Miller's starting job, but I mean, based
Speaker 1: on the round picked that they gave up, Greg, you
Speaker 1: should have a pretty legitimate role in the Houston Texans offense.
Speaker 1: So it could ultimately end up affecting Kiki QT. You
Speaker 1: brought that up, Kicky last year. I remember, you know
Speaker 1: a few of those games where they were all healthy together,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, will Fuller and Kiki. You ran a lot
Speaker 1: of short routes, like I'm talking right next to the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, a lot of stuff right underneath, quick
Speaker 1: slants in the slot. So I think Duke Johnson being
Speaker 1: there probably takes away at least a few of the
Speaker 1: projected targets that we had for Key QT coming into
Speaker 1: the season. Overall, when I'm more interested in Greg is
Speaker 1: what this does for Nick Chubb now on the other side,
Speaker 1: because as we talked about yesterday, we're all pretty excited
Speaker 1: about Nick Chubb, with e Y being the most excited.
Speaker 1: But now that Duke Johnson isn't there and there's no
Speaker 1: Kareem hunt for the first nine weeks or so for
Speaker 1: this team, Greg, we might see more receptions and targets
Speaker 1: overall for Nick Chubb. We've seen some other people thrown
Speaker 1: around potentially in that role, but I agree, I think
Speaker 1: Nick up is going to get the opportunity, for the
Speaker 1: most part, to be a three down back for the
Speaker 1: first ten or so weeks of this season. Nick's Chubb
Speaker 1: already very very high e wise rankings. I think for
Speaker 1: US UH just solidifies the spot for me. Remember yesterday
Speaker 1: when I ranked US my six. Now now I look
Speaker 1: even smarter. He's a good day to be you man. Alright,
Speaker 1: we'll take a break. When we come back, we continue
Speaker 1: our running back breakdown, and I want to get right
Speaker 1: into Philip lindsay, can he do it again? The sophomore
Speaker 1: slum or a sophomore renissence? No? Okay, Hey, thanks for
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Speaker 1: your BFFs s. Whatever you want about me in the chat, honestly,
Speaker 1: like how much I suck. I don't know crap about
Speaker 1: fantasy football. I'm terribly giving betting picks out. I'd tell
Speaker 1: Greg the same things and that's completely cool, and I
Speaker 1: have no issue. But you want to go to a
Speaker 1: certain place, it's not gonna fly. I'm just I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: like you can say anything you want. There's no place
Speaker 1: for certain things that people. You can say anything about
Speaker 1: how horrible I am at my job. That will never
Speaker 1: get me get me banned ever. Certain things, certain things, Okay,
Speaker 1: I agree, with all right, let me um, let's go
Speaker 1: back into the running backs. Let's let's not waste anymore
Speaker 1: a time. So Philip Lindsay last year had the greatest
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent season in the history of the NFL.
Speaker 1: Right running back rushafurt Ton of yards took over. It
Speaker 1: looked better than Royce Freeman all season long. But he's
Speaker 1: got a new coach, a new regime, everything has changed
Speaker 1: for him in Denver. Broke his hand toward the end
Speaker 1: of the year, but he's healthy now. Royce Freeman has
Speaker 1: the draft pedigree. So nothing that Philip Lindsay did was wrong.
Speaker 1: But here we are once again having the same conversation
Speaker 1: that we did midway through last year, Philip Lindsay versus
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman. If you look at the ADP right now,
Speaker 1: phill Lindsay obviously and rightfully so going a way ahead
Speaker 1: of Royce Freeman. But where, sir Eric, do you have
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay and Royce Freeman ranked? I got them super close.
Speaker 1: I actually have them back to back, Um, and I
Speaker 1: have Philip Lindsay in front. But I feel like I
Speaker 1: wanted to be Royce Freeman. Um, and I think there's
Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff. I know Brad Evans has been
Speaker 1: banging the drum all off season, um, talking about how
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman was just kind of statistically unlucky and if
Speaker 1: you really break down the numbers and the analytics of
Speaker 1: each run, UM, the box was stacked against him much
Speaker 1: more than Philip Lindsay. He ran much harder, harder UH runs,
Speaker 1: more difficult runs, UH, shorter yardage runs UM, and the
Speaker 1: big bang ones went to Philip Lindsay. I guess that's
Speaker 1: a that's a thing for Lindsay as well. But um,
Speaker 1: I've got the UH sixty four sixty five overall. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's real close. Yeah, you're very very close. You're buying
Speaker 1: to what Brad Evans is saying ultimately that it was
Speaker 1: a statistically unlucky year for Royce Freeman. And it's really
Speaker 1: it's awesome right now in that Denver backfield. Frank, I
Speaker 1: think you're high in general on the Broncos, right, you're
Speaker 1: a little higher on the Broncos office. I think, like
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders, I know you like you don't know a
Speaker 1: fan here. So are you in on this running game
Speaker 1: as well? And if so, which way are you leaning?
Speaker 1: I'm not nearly as much. To be perfectly honest, I
Speaker 1: don't really love this range of running backs that are
Speaker 1: going in like this early fifth round. I do like
Speaker 1: Chris Carson. I think you're getting him out of value
Speaker 1: right now. I have As of now, I have Philip
Speaker 1: Lindsay as my RB twenty five, and I have Royce
Speaker 1: Freeman as my RB thirty five. And you're seeing Lindsay
Speaker 1: go in that range early fifth round. He's dropped a
Speaker 1: little bit because the team has signed Theo Rittic as well.
Speaker 1: THEO Ritic one of the premier pass catching running backs
Speaker 1: in the NFL over the past, you know, handful of
Speaker 1: years or so with the Detroit Lions. So you know
Speaker 1: he comes in to Denver and what they've been talking
Speaker 1: about all off season. Now, this is a new regime.
Speaker 1: This isn't the same regime last year that drafted Royce
Speaker 1: Freeman and broad in Phillip Lindsay. They're going to run
Speaker 1: things the way that they want to run it. And
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio comes in. Was a defensive minded head coach.
Speaker 1: They bring in Rich Ganzarello to be their offensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: He was the QBS coach under Kyle Shanahan each of
Speaker 1: the past two years with the San Francisco forty niners,
Speaker 1: and everything that we've read so far says that they
Speaker 1: want Royce Freeman to potentially get more more touches than
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay this year. Uh, and for him to be
Speaker 1: that early down back and potentially that goal line back
Speaker 1: with Philip Lindsay being that change of pace, you know,
Speaker 1: third down maybe pass catching running back. But now they
Speaker 1: bring in theo ritic too. So let's break this down.
Speaker 1: We have three running backs, a three headed monster on
Speaker 1: an offense that is questionable. Like, let's be honest, Joe
Speaker 1: Flacco got bench last year for a rookie quarterback who
Speaker 1: basically could not pass the ball. That that was the
Speaker 1: case for Joe Flacco last year. He's a statue in
Speaker 1: the pocket. He's getting paid a ton of money. Yes,
Speaker 1: he won a Super Bowl that they win two super
Speaker 1: bowls inner Joe Flacco. One super Bowl with Joe Flacco.
Speaker 1: That's perfectly fine, and he got paid because of it.
Speaker 1: But he has a shell of his former stuff. Like,
Speaker 1: I really don't know how much upside the Broncos offense
Speaker 1: has overall, And now we have three different running backs
Speaker 1: that are splitting time in this backfield I am worried. Greg.
Speaker 1: That is the word that I would use to describe
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos backfield. Are you start a bit by
Speaker 1: Alex con and some last year in the same scenario
Speaker 1: with Joe Flacco. Not necessarily. Um, we've seen like the Ravens,
Speaker 1: there's so much turnover in the running backs from year
Speaker 1: to year. Uh. And you know Alex Collins was going
Speaker 1: into the third round, middle of the third round, maybe
Speaker 1: like fourth round in some drafts. Philip Lindsay, you are
Speaker 1: getting a little bit later. Lindsay was awesome last year. Like,
Speaker 1: I don't want to take anything away from him. I
Speaker 1: think he's a really, really talented football player, and what
Speaker 1: he did last year was extremely efficient. I just don't
Speaker 1: know that he's going to be able to come close
Speaker 1: to that type of production again. I mean last year
Speaker 1: he did it on a hundred and ninety two carries.
Speaker 1: He also had forty seven targets thirty five receptions. I mean,
Speaker 1: with all of those things kind of split up among
Speaker 1: three running backs now, Greg, it kind of seems like
Speaker 1: it's gonna be one of those situations where they all
Speaker 1: kind of cannibalize each other. From a fantasy perspective, and
Speaker 1: maybe that we won't really get you know, one top
Speaker 1: twenty four running back room, maybe even a top thirty
Speaker 1: running back out of this backfield. It's going to be
Speaker 1: interesting to see how these guys are used. Who is
Speaker 1: the pass catcher, Who is the goal line back? And
Speaker 1: I don't know, And I really I want to avert
Speaker 1: risk as much as possible in these drafts, and I
Speaker 1: realistically I'm not high enough on Denver that I'm investing
Speaker 1: anywhere here. What I'll say about Royce Freeman is that
Speaker 1: you're getting him in the eighth, ninth round. So where
Speaker 1: they're talking, you know, the way that they're talking him
Speaker 1: up right now in camp is that he's going to
Speaker 1: be the starter. And a lot of things that we've
Speaker 1: said that we've seen in the off season. For example,
Speaker 1: James Palmer of NFL Network had to sit down interview
Speaker 1: with John Elway, who is the it's like GM there
Speaker 1: with the with the Denver Broncos, and he said that
Speaker 1: Freeman would out carry Philip Lindsay this season. Out carry
Speaker 1: that's the words to pay attention to, which means Lindsay
Speaker 1: could get more targets, more receptions. We expect that to
Speaker 1: be the case, but now you know theoretic being there
Speaker 1: just throws an extra wrench in this mixed Craig. I
Speaker 1: don't know that I really want to get involved if
Speaker 1: you get Lindsay as like your RB three or RB
Speaker 1: four and an eighth ninth round range, I don't hate,
Speaker 1: but Philip Lindsay at his price tag too much, probably
Speaker 1: not going to get a lot of that too much. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: now going around the same range as Philip Lindsay is
Speaker 1: a guy that I really like, or maybe I probably
Speaker 1: pushed him with the board, But you really like mark Ingram.
Speaker 1: We talked about him a lot right in Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson in that same back field, Greg Roman,
Speaker 1: the whole deal. But I also have in this range
Speaker 1: as my twenty second ranks running back my guy Tevin Coleman,
Speaker 1: because if you knew that Tim and moved him up, damn,
Speaker 1: please do tell Preach when do you have him? I
Speaker 1: have him as my RB twenty eight. He's the start
Speaker 1: of my next tier. All right, Well, he's in this
Speaker 1: tier for me because the same thing as we say
Speaker 1: all the time, you want the Kyle Shanahan running back.
Speaker 1: Everything we read, everything we know it's Tevin Coleman. Tevin
Speaker 1: Coleman will be going even higher than or so if
Speaker 1: you knew he was the guy. If we're gonna invest
Speaker 1: in a running back committee of sorts, I have him
Speaker 1: behind mark Ingram because Marketingham was the guy without question.
Speaker 1: But if you're gonna go into all of these committees, right,
Speaker 1: you want the committee that's going to have the best
Speaker 1: running attack, that's Kyle Shanahan. That's the zone read offense.
Speaker 1: They don't go out and signed Tevin Coleman and he
Speaker 1: doesn't choose to sign there unless he knows he's the guy.
Speaker 1: He could do a little bit of everything. Yes, you'll
Speaker 1: be frustrated at times like Matt Breda. Yes you'll be
Speaker 1: frustrated at times by Jack McKinnon, but Tevin Cowan, you
Speaker 1: won't be frustrated. He's gonna be the guy. I really
Speaker 1: like Tevin Coleman. This year, I liked Tevin Coleman. But
Speaker 1: you know, he's starting to climb up draft boards a
Speaker 1: little bit. He's going in that sixth round range. Feel
Speaker 1: better about him as my flex running back rather than
Speaker 1: my r B two and overall, I get what you're saying, Greg.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, We're talking about two different backfields, and
Speaker 1: the Broncos and the forty Niners who potentially have three
Speaker 1: running backs on their respective teams that they're going to use.
Speaker 1: But the difference is the San Francisco forty Niners offense.
Speaker 1: We expect that to be better than the Denver Broncos offense.
Speaker 1: And Kyle Shanahan led teams have been really good in
Speaker 1: terms of producing productive fantasy running backs, and we saw
Speaker 1: that aast year with Matt Brita basically playing with one
Speaker 1: ankle average over five yards per carry. Everyone was excited
Speaker 1: about Jack McKinnon this time last year as a you know,
Speaker 1: borderline second third round pick, and everything that I've read
Speaker 1: so far says that we could potentially see one of
Speaker 1: McKinnon or Brita inactive on alternating weeks. The one person
Speaker 1: who is a comment fresh is Tevin Coleman. I don't
Speaker 1: know that we're going to see a lot of games
Speaker 1: where you know, he's in that eighteen to twenty touch range.
Speaker 1: Keevin Coleman is probably more so suited for a twelve
Speaker 1: to sixteen touch range, but that's been exactly what he's
Speaker 1: been his entire career with the Atlanta Falcon sus, so
Speaker 1: he's used to that role. It's a better offense with
Speaker 1: the with the forty Niners than it is with the
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. So I'm with you, Greg. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: kind of talking myself into this. I might move Tevin
Speaker 1: Coleman up myself. Where we come back, We'll find out
Speaker 1: exactly where e Y has Tevin Coleman, and then I'll
Speaker 1: ask a couple of questions regarding Coleman, which you know,
Speaker 1: may bring him back down a little bit. We'll not.
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Speaker 1: try and become a millionaire tonight. Greig playing some preseason dfs.
Speaker 1: I've already set my line up. How about you really,
Speaker 1: I really have no. I have some sources. I've been
Speaker 1: reading some stuff that you're working hard to that. Are
Speaker 1: you playing DFS preseason tonight? No, I'm I'm enough of
Speaker 1: a psycho. I'm I think I'm probably in around forty
Speaker 1: best balls already this year or um for sure will
Speaker 1: be at least twenty more of them. So yeah, I
Speaker 1: gotta I gotta cut it. I gotta cut the line
Speaker 1: some ways. But I will watch the preseason. I actually
Speaker 1: will watch every single snap of the preseason. I get
Speaker 1: game pass every year now and it is amazing. So
Speaker 1: for me, I have a have dB orders said I
Speaker 1: promised they would the Giants game tonight. Check out Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: I mean the Jets game, right, Okay. So I'm going
Speaker 1: out to dinner with my mom for a birthday tonight.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Leslie. Happy birthday Leslie today. Oh there
Speaker 1: you go, Happy birthday, Leslie. So we're going out to
Speaker 1: dinner with hers. So I get home to my apartment,
Speaker 1: turn the Giants watching the football Jets both. How much
Speaker 1: do you anticipate, Let's say Daniel Jones, for example, playing tonight,
Speaker 1: and then you see a lot of at least an
Speaker 1: entire quarter at least two. I think you got two
Speaker 1: quarters two quarters out of Daniel Jones, all right, so
Speaker 1: that would make him sneaky in DFS. How about this
Speaker 1: in fan Do I notice there? Everyone has the same
Speaker 1: price because you don't know why anyone's going away or
Speaker 1: how they're going to be used. Everybody just six thousand dollars.
Speaker 1: You can put anybody in your lineup. Just good luck
Speaker 1: trying to figure out who's going to play. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's the craziest. Who's like the guy tonight? So
Speaker 1: from what I've read, you're gonna love this Joe Webb
Speaker 1: as the quarterback because it's it's literally just him on
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans depth CHARTI like DeShawn Watson is not
Speaker 1: playing tonight, and I think they just signed someone yesterday
Speaker 1: to be their third train quarterbacks because what's the name
Speaker 1: that hurt? So Joe Webb is yeah, whoever their backup
Speaker 1: was there? Yeah? Yeah, So Joe Webb is going to
Speaker 1: play probably like an entire half or maybe even three
Speaker 1: quarters of football twig Web, That's what I've read. Alright, cool,
Speaker 1: alright there you um where do you have Tivin Coleman
Speaker 1: ranked here? You Coleman is actually one above Philip Lindsay, yeah,
Speaker 1: um so yeah. I want to believe in San Francisco. Uh,
Speaker 1: they're one of those tricky teams this year. I want
Speaker 1: to believe in Jimmy g I want to believe in
Speaker 1: Dante pet Us. I got him all over the place.
Speaker 1: Um Kittle, I mean is being drafted very high, and
Speaker 1: I really like him as a player. But what I
Speaker 1: think is going to make you nuts is that they
Speaker 1: have three backs there that they're going to use. They're
Speaker 1: going to use all of them. They paid McKinnon a
Speaker 1: bunch of money and people are way down on him. Um,
Speaker 1: and I mean, you can throw me in that pile.
Speaker 1: I'm down on him, but I don't think I'm as
Speaker 1: down as most people. They paid him a bunch of
Speaker 1: money and he didn't play like he did. He wasn't
Speaker 1: good last year because he didn't play. We can't decide
Speaker 1: that he's a bad running back because he didn't play.
Speaker 1: We can say that he gets hurt all the time
Speaker 1: and it's not super reliable that way. But having three
Speaker 1: backs there, uh, you know, if he plays fourteen games,
Speaker 1: McKinnon is a freak freak freak athlete. Better athlete than
Speaker 1: either of the other two running backs by a long shot.
Speaker 1: Is he a better running is he a better running
Speaker 1: back or a better football player? I don't know. Brito
Speaker 1: was unreal, but he's tiny and its constantly hurt, but
Speaker 1: plays anyways. So I think this is gonna be kind
Speaker 1: of like a Patriots style thing, like they're just going
Speaker 1: to pick a guy and you know, do the hot
Speaker 1: hand or or someone's better at this. We're gonna do
Speaker 1: that this game, and it's gonna be super frustrating, super frustrating.
Speaker 1: So the update I've made to the rankings throughout the break, Greg,
Speaker 1: was basically what I I was just talking about. I
Speaker 1: I moved Philip Lindsay down below Tevin Coleman. So I
Speaker 1: didn't move Coleman up. He's still the number one running
Speaker 1: back in my Tier six. He's RB twenty seven, but
Speaker 1: I moved Philip Lindsay just behind him as well, and
Speaker 1: just kind of piggybacking up what I was saying before
Speaker 1: in terms of Tevin Coleman is gonna be the one
Speaker 1: constant this year for the forty niners. I'll ask you this, Greg,
Speaker 1: and we can kind of talk it out on any
Speaker 1: given day, game day? How many running backs are they
Speaker 1: going to have active? Because as of now they have
Speaker 1: five on the roster. They have Tevin Coleman, Jerick McKinnon,
Speaker 1: Matt Brita, they have Kyle Check, and they have her
Speaker 1: Heem Moster, and they like Moster as a special teams player,
Speaker 1: so he's probably going to be active. And Kyle you Check,
Speaker 1: they like him in that fullback role as someone who
Speaker 1: can also catch the ball out of the backfield. So
Speaker 1: are they really going to have five running backs active
Speaker 1: on any given game day? I am really starting to
Speaker 1: believe that one week it will be Matt Breda off,
Speaker 1: one week it will be McKinnon off. To try and
Speaker 1: keep these guys fresh, and again, the one guy who
Speaker 1: will be the constant is Tevin Coleman. I don't want
Speaker 1: to use that to like talk him up too much
Speaker 1: because I again I still do think he's in that
Speaker 1: like twelve to sixteen touch role. I don't really see
Speaker 1: him getting more touches than that on a weekly basis.
Speaker 1: Here's the thing, right, Like he's you can trust Tevin
Speaker 1: Coleman to be the one that's active more often than not,
Speaker 1: but the other guy is still going to get time.
Speaker 1: Whoever that other player is, whether it's Matt breed Up
Speaker 1: or whether it's Sherrick McKinnon, that's fine if we have
Speaker 1: like a two headed backfield on a weekly basis for
Speaker 1: the forty Niners. But we know Tevin Coleman is going
Speaker 1: to be the constant for what we expect to be
Speaker 1: a pretty good forty Niners offense. Like when you talk
Speaker 1: about Kyle Shanahan, he is an offensive mastermind. Last year,
Speaker 1: they finished sixteenth in total offense without Jimmy Garoppolo on
Speaker 1: this team and without Jack McKinnon, who they just signed.
Speaker 1: So with Nick Mullins, who was like an undrafted quarterback,
Speaker 1: they finished in the middle of the packing offense. I mean,
Speaker 1: he is an offensive mastermind. Greg, I want exposure to
Speaker 1: that offense. Do you have Tevin Coleman ahead of the
Speaker 1: Patriots deal with James White and Sony Michelle in the
Speaker 1: half point BBR, I have him ahead of Sony Michelle.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not really a Sony Michelle guy. I'm
Speaker 1: just kind of worried about all the knee issues that
Speaker 1: he's had. And you know, if you just read into
Speaker 1: everything that they've done in the all season, the fact
Speaker 1: that they drafted a third round back, third down running
Speaker 1: back in Damian Harris, but someone I believe to be
Speaker 1: a three down player. At least he was in college.
Speaker 1: So I'm not really a Sony Michelle guy. But I
Speaker 1: do have James White ranked ahead of Tevin Coleman because
Speaker 1: I trust him in this Patriots offense, especially now without
Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski on the team, his role is secure. I
Speaker 1: have both Sony Michelle and James White back to back
Speaker 1: right after Tevin Coleman. For me, I think they're all
Speaker 1: together in a tear ultimately, and admittedly I've been the
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle guy here on this program. I like Sony Michelle.
Speaker 1: He's healthy, he's back at camp, he's practicing. There's been
Speaker 1: very few limitations. I think Sony Michelle is gonna be fine.
Speaker 1: I have James White one spot ahead, but I think
Speaker 1: I'm happy with both of them. It's kind of a
Speaker 1: roster construction thing for me. Where do you ey have
Speaker 1: the Patriots running BAX? Yeah, I actually have them back
Speaker 1: to back to just behind. Uh, it goes Philip Lindsay Freeman,
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman, Rashard Penny, then Sony Michelle, James White. We're
Speaker 1: gonna get to Penny and cars in just one second.
Speaker 1: But yeah, James White, Sony Michelle in there as well.
Speaker 1: Are you comfortable taking them as I guess he's back
Speaker 1: into ORB to a high end or B three. I
Speaker 1: would take James White in a PPR. I'd really think
Speaker 1: about him in a half point. But I just I
Speaker 1: don't think I'm touching Sony Michelle. I mean, the reality
Speaker 1: is everyone wants to talk about Todd Gurley and his
Speaker 1: arthritic knees. I believe that Sony Michelle's knees are twice
Speaker 1: as bad as girls ums. Bone on bone. It's not
Speaker 1: a good thing. I mean, Frank Gore's like with that
Speaker 1: his entire career and still somehow playing. UM. So, I mean,
Speaker 1: I I don't know for sure. I'm not a doctor,
Speaker 1: I'm not a trainer, I'm not on the team, but
Speaker 1: I'm worried about Sonny Michelle. The Patriots don't don't invest
Speaker 1: in a position if they believe in you. Um and
Speaker 1: the Damien Harris pick in the third round. And he's
Speaker 1: a guy that can do everything, like like Frank said,
Speaker 1: he's not, you know, not gonna wow you and anything.
Speaker 1: But he's a prototypical Patriots player. He can kind of
Speaker 1: do everything. So I feel like Damian Harris. Harris could
Speaker 1: really threaten Sonny Michelle this year if he gets out
Speaker 1: with an injury, and we'll pay attention to cuts as
Speaker 1: well as we go further along in training camp. But
Speaker 1: let's not forget Rex Burkehead is still on this team too,
Speaker 1: so we know that he has been a long time
Speaker 1: favorite of Bill Belichick. Obviously, they brought him over a
Speaker 1: couple of seasons ago. He was someone who was getting
Speaker 1: really hyped up for fantasy football purposes, uh this time
Speaker 1: last year. Ultimately that he didn't live up to expectations.
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle is a really talented player, Greg, I don't
Speaker 1: want to take that away. I understand why you like him.
Speaker 1: His usage in the red zone last year he was
Speaker 1: top seven and is inside the twenty, the ten, and
Speaker 1: the five. And he had a monster post season. I
Speaker 1: mean there's no way around it. He had six rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the postseason alone. So you know, they leaned
Speaker 1: on him and he produced for them, and I think
Speaker 1: that that means somebody to build Belichick. But again, the
Speaker 1: fact that even after all of what he did in
Speaker 1: the postseason, they went out and they drafted another running
Speaker 1: back in the third round. I get it, it was
Speaker 1: in the third round, but a lot of people had
Speaker 1: Damien Harris as you know, one of their best running
Speaker 1: backs coming into this draft this year, if not their
Speaker 1: best running back. And ultimately he slips to the third round,
Speaker 1: the Patriots scoop him up. And you know that's one
Speaker 1: year after taking Sony Michelle in the first round. Why
Speaker 1: do they do that if they're not at least somewhat worried,
Speaker 1: they're trying to cover themselves a little bit. Why why
Speaker 1: can't they be worried about rex burkehead? Why you wanted
Speaker 1: about covering Sony Michelle? Why can't you worried about covering
Speaker 1: Rex Burke? Why are we sure the Rex Burken even
Speaker 1: makes his team because well, rex Burkett, Well that's exactly it, right,
Speaker 1: Like Rex Burkett is not expected to have a huge role.
Speaker 1: Now Sony Michelle probably was, but there if they're worried
Speaker 1: about it, then that's why they bring into Damian Harris.
Speaker 1: Why they're worried about Sony Michelle because he has he
Speaker 1: has he spots knee injuries. He wasn't out there for
Speaker 1: O T A s he had a late start to training.
Speaker 1: He's training camp right now, is he not? Is he
Speaker 1: not healthy? He's not practicing in training camp right now.
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll see what happens in the preseason. But
Speaker 1: I don't think one year after drafting a running back
Speaker 1: in the first round, the Patriots come back the next
Speaker 1: year running back in the third round for no reason.
Speaker 1: You don't do that. For no reason. The Giants arre
Speaker 1: the running back every year. Giants suck, no doubt, absolutely
Speaker 1: they suck. But the drafting a midround running back almost
Speaker 1: every year, all these teams in the middle round get talent.
Speaker 1: They believe Damian Harris talented. Rather have James White of
Speaker 1: the two, that's fine. A half point as well, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's fine again, I have James White ahead of Sony
Speaker 1: Michelle by one spot. I'm not disagreeing with that because
Speaker 1: because you trust James White, his role is as secure
Speaker 1: as they come. I totally agree. However, they have no
Speaker 1: issue if Sony Michelle is the next out my board
Speaker 1: drafting Sony Michelle, do you think it would be the
Speaker 1: most consistent Patriots running back James White. I agree, That's
Speaker 1: why I'm mad, But I'm telling you, Sony Michelle's usage
Speaker 1: this year, Greg could potentially be very, very frustrating. We
Speaker 1: see this every single year with Patriots running backs, some
Speaker 1: of the Marrin Blood scot Tony touchdowns. It's true, but
Speaker 1: like Garrett Blunt was also fully healthy that year. We'll
Speaker 1: see if Sony Michelle be able to say the same
Speaker 1: thing about Sony Michelle. It's a legit question, mark, of course,
Speaker 1: it is all right, we'll come back. I mentioned Roshan Penny.
Speaker 1: Is it for you, Chris Carson, ra shot Penny. Let's
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Speaker 1: Frankie Staffle, Gregg Susman here breaking down the running back
Speaker 1: position for you. And we continue on because we get
Speaker 1: to the Seattle running backs and when I was mentioning
Speaker 1: this crew, he put in Rashant Penny and Eric Hanna.
Speaker 1: Throw this out there to you, who do you have higher?
Speaker 1: Chris Carson or Shot Penny. Yeah, Chris Carson. I got
Speaker 1: him number thirty overall. Um, I believe in Chris Carson.
Speaker 1: I mean this was a guy like completely unknown. Then
Speaker 1: you hear all these people talking about him, you know,
Speaker 1: beat writers, analysts and stuff saying, I don't know, man,
Speaker 1: Chris Carson. He looks really good. He looks really good.
Speaker 1: I was like, no, no, we're sharp Penny. He was
Speaker 1: drafted so early, they're gonna go with him. Look at
Speaker 1: if we know anything about Pete Carroll's one, he's super positive,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe freakishly Paul, that of which can be irritating
Speaker 1: for fantasy owners. But what we do know is that
Speaker 1: the best player is going to play. Chris Carson was
Speaker 1: the best running back of the team last year, and
Speaker 1: he played. When he played, he was super, super effective.
Speaker 1: They're gonna want to run the ball um that they
Speaker 1: always do. I I do believe that the passing is
Speaker 1: increased there this year because their defense is not what
Speaker 1: it used to be. UM. So, yeah, but Chris Carson's
Speaker 1: number thirty. Richard Penny is sixty six overall. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: have Chris Carson as my RB twenty two and I
Speaker 1: have Rashod Penny as my RB thirty three, and I
Speaker 1: do like both of these guys. I think, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I think both our solid discounts. Right now, you're getting
Speaker 1: Chris Carson in the fifth round. You're getting Rashond Penny
Speaker 1: sometimes two rounds later, maybe even three round rounds later
Speaker 1: than that. And Mike Davis is no longer with this team,
Speaker 1: and he led the running backs in targets and receptions
Speaker 1: last year. And there was a report that came out
Speaker 1: either yesterday or two days ago that what Chris Carson
Speaker 1: has seen from Brian Schottenheimer's playbooks so far in training
Speaker 1: camp is that they want to throw the ball to
Speaker 1: the running backs more this season. So we could be
Speaker 1: looking at more targets and more receptions for both Chris
Speaker 1: Carson and Rashad Penny. I think they're both capable of
Speaker 1: catching the ball out of the backfield. I think they're
Speaker 1: both very talented to right. Like when it comes to
Speaker 1: Chris Carson, last year, you know, we kept pounding the
Speaker 1: table for Rashad Penny. Why won't they use Rashad Penny
Speaker 1: and E Wise? Exactly right, Pete Carroll is going to
Speaker 1: use the player that is performing the best now. Rashad
Speaker 1: Penny also performed very well. I believe it was from
Speaker 1: week ten on every six point three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: He was a very efficient running back. They're talking him
Speaker 1: up in training camp. Chris Carson was also really really
Speaker 1: good last year and really really efficient. People forget he
Speaker 1: had two hundred forty seven carries, that was seventh most
Speaker 1: among running backs last year. He played fifty two percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps. It was only seven among running backs,
Speaker 1: but that was still good enough for him to finish
Speaker 1: this a top fifteen running back. Last year in Fantasy
Speaker 1: he was top seven and carries inside the twenty, the ten,
Speaker 1: and the five yard line. You saw eighties seven percent
Speaker 1: of his team's carries inside the five. That was the
Speaker 1: second most in the NFL last year. So the Seahawks
Speaker 1: gave Chris Carson a ton of work. They rewarded him
Speaker 1: with that, and he paid off. He basically cashed in
Speaker 1: everything that they wanted him to do. Why are they
Speaker 1: going to go away from him last this upcoming season? Yes,
Speaker 1: for Shot Penny was a first round pick, but Chris
Speaker 1: Carson has done nothing to lose the job. I like
Speaker 1: both of these guys. I wouldn't mind getting you know,
Speaker 1: Chris Carson as my you know, a low n RB two.
Speaker 1: I feel better about him as my flex. Uh And
Speaker 1: the same thing goes for a Shot Penny. Obviously, I'd
Speaker 1: rather have him more so as my flex. But I
Speaker 1: think based on how much they run the football in Seattle,
Speaker 1: greg they were number two in rushing attempts last year,
Speaker 1: number one in rushing overall, both of these guys can
Speaker 1: be fantasy relevant this season. Exactly where I was gonna
Speaker 1: go with that as well. I've said it before over
Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks. I really like Chris Carson
Speaker 1: for all the reasons that you mentioned, all the reasons
Speaker 1: that you did to Eric that they want to run
Speaker 1: the ball, and they want to get had the running
Speaker 1: back to catch the ball. More. Fine, let's move a
Speaker 1: Shot Penny up. You said it just a moment ago
Speaker 1: with Tevin Coleman that if there's two guys, we're okay
Speaker 1: with that. You're giving me just two players in a backfield. Cool,
Speaker 1: that's fine. I can manage that. But in Seattle, where
Speaker 1: there are just two guys, no more Mike Davis. We're
Speaker 1: not doing the c J. Pro Sise thing anymore. There's
Speaker 1: two guys, and it's an offense that runs the ball
Speaker 1: more than any offense in the NFL. You have to
Speaker 1: love both of these guys. You have to exactly right, Greig,
Speaker 1: and I think you know, Chris Carson is probably gonna
Speaker 1: be in like that fifteen sixteen touch per game range.
Speaker 1: But even with their just being two running backs on
Speaker 1: this team, again, like they still have c J. Pro Sise,
Speaker 1: they still have J. D. McKissick. I don't really think
Speaker 1: that those guys are going to factor into the game
Speaker 1: plan all that much. With Carson getting let's say fifteen
Speaker 1: and sixteen touches a game, there's still going to be
Speaker 1: enough for Rashad Penny to get ten to twelve touches,
Speaker 1: maybe even tend to fourteen touches per game. And on
Speaker 1: a team that has Russell Wilson and defenses have to
Speaker 1: respect Tyler Lockett deep down the field and DK Metcalf.
Speaker 1: Now on this team, it's going to create a lot
Speaker 1: of rushing lanes this season. We know how much they
Speaker 1: want to run the football with Brian Schottenheimer. I really
Speaker 1: really like both of the Seattle running backs and where
Speaker 1: they're currently going according to a DP. Again, that's Carson
Speaker 1: in the fifth round and Rashad Penny you know, in
Speaker 1: the seventh eighth round. I really like both of their
Speaker 1: values absolutely. I think that both of their values is
Speaker 1: very very strong. Let's continue this combination, Uh, Tier if
Speaker 1: you will have two running backs, because that brings me
Speaker 1: to Chicago where you have both Tarik Cohen and David Montgomery.
Speaker 1: The Bears the best in early round draft pick in Montgomery.
Speaker 1: They've talked him up, he's looked good in camp, and
Speaker 1: Tarik Cohen has the role he always has. You compare
Speaker 1: it a lot to roles in New England. We talked
Speaker 1: about Mike Davis. That's where he ends up here in Chicago, Eric,
Speaker 1: how do you break down David Montgomery with Cohen? Got
Speaker 1: David Montgomery my thirty four overall and Tarik Cohen my
Speaker 1: seven overall. I believe Montgomery is going to be the
Speaker 1: guy there. Uh It's it's been nothing but positive drum
Speaker 1: beats coming out of camp. Um, look like this could
Speaker 1: all change as we go. Like you said before, Davis Is.
Speaker 1: Their training camp is just getting started. No preseason games,
Speaker 1: you know, they're they're starting tonight basically, so it's very
Speaker 1: early on. But from what we can speculate, that's where
Speaker 1: I have them ranked as of now. Yeah, I have
Speaker 1: David Montgomery as my RB twenty three, which is pretty aggressive.
Speaker 1: I have him just behind Chris Carson, just ahead of
Speaker 1: James White, and then I have Tore Coon at RB.
Speaker 1: So I am bullish on the Bears rushing attack. I
Speaker 1: think that they want to run the football. That's what
Speaker 1: they wanted to do last year as well, when they
Speaker 1: had the sixth highest run percentage in the NFL and
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard leaves behind two and fifty carries. You know
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard for Fantasy last year. Yes, he was frustrating,
Speaker 1: he was inefficient, he didn't catch passes. You have the
Speaker 1: sixth most running carries amongst running backs last year. Those
Speaker 1: are now gone, So I don't think David Montgomery necessarily
Speaker 1: just gets all of them. But we're starting to get
Speaker 1: some of the height now with David Montgomery and training camp,
Speaker 1: we're starting to see the videos of him trucking people
Speaker 1: and he is a really, really talented running back man.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think among the running backs that were
Speaker 1: available in this draft, you know, I think he was
Speaker 1: probably the best running back in terms of complete skill
Speaker 1: set and and how we've seen him used in his
Speaker 1: college career at Iowa State. But you know, he can
Speaker 1: make opponents miss. I mean, he forced the most miss
Speaker 1: tackles in college football last season. That that's David Montgomery.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited about him. And you know the difference
Speaker 1: between him and Jordan Howard is that David Montgomery can
Speaker 1: actually catch the ball. He had seventy one career receptions
Speaker 1: in his three year career at Iowa State. And remember
Speaker 1: when we had Derek Brown on the show here when
Speaker 1: we were previewing the Chicago Bears, he basically gave us
Speaker 1: his whole breakdown about how when Matt Naggy took over
Speaker 1: the play calling of the Kansas City Chiefs two years
Speaker 1: ago and that second half of the season, that's when
Speaker 1: we saw them start to use Kareem Hunt more and
Speaker 1: really lean on a workhorse running back. What that tells
Speaker 1: us is they drafted David Montgomery decently early in the draft.
Speaker 1: Craig believe it was the third round, and I think
Speaker 1: that they want to have a guy that they can
Speaker 1: lean on as a workhorse running back. Torecon will still
Speaker 1: get his touches, and he's electric and he could score
Speaker 1: from anywhere on the field. Yes, they signed Mike Davis,
Speaker 1: which is a bit of a wild card, but ultimately
Speaker 1: I don't think that he's going to be used in
Speaker 1: the offense all that much. I think we probably see
Speaker 1: David Montgomery and that two two two and thirty carries
Speaker 1: this year, maybe thirty to forty receptions on a pretty
Speaker 1: damn good Bears offense. Craig So, yeah, I'm bullish on
Speaker 1: the on the Bears running backs for good reason. I
Speaker 1: I get it with David Montgomery, how talented he could be,
Speaker 1: and what good coaches do is utilize the talent that
Speaker 1: they have, and I think Terrico and represents that talent,
Speaker 1: that talented piece for Chicago, that Jordan Howard. They tried
Speaker 1: to go with him early and often early on last season.
Speaker 1: It was clearly wasn't the same guy that we had
Speaker 1: seen in years prior. I think David Montgomery's talenting. I
Speaker 1: like him. I like him, not more than some of
Speaker 1: the guys that we mentioned a day like I have
Speaker 1: Chris Carson ahead of them. I have a man's Havin
Speaker 1: Coleman ahead of them as well. But I can get
Speaker 1: behind drafting David Montgomery as my r V three. I'm
Speaker 1: okay with that. The problem is right now he's going
Speaker 1: in the fourth round of the With that, you're ending
Speaker 1: up with David Montgomery as your RB two. So let's
Speaker 1: say you start off your draft with, you know, two
Speaker 1: wide receivers and a running back and whatever order that
Speaker 1: might mean. Let's let's say you go running back in
Speaker 1: round one, and then rounds two and three you go
Speaker 1: with wide receiver, and especially in that mid'st late fourth
Speaker 1: round range. Once you miss out on mark Ingram and
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, then the next man, the next man up
Speaker 1: that you're looking at, are the David Montgomeryes of the world.
Speaker 1: That's where I rather take James White. James all right, well,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know we're splitting hair soon. You want
Speaker 1: James White, that's perfectly fine. You know, I have him
Speaker 1: ranked a little bit behind David Montgomery just because I
Speaker 1: trust the volume a little bit. When it comes to
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, that's close to I mean, that's finally, if
Speaker 1: you want Chris Carson over him, I just I'm betting
Speaker 1: on David Montgomery being used similarly to how Jordan Howard
Speaker 1: was used in terms of how many carries he got
Speaker 1: last year. Plus I think that he'll actually catch the
Speaker 1: ball out of the backfield. The difference between him and
Speaker 1: Howard is that he can actually catch the ball, and
Speaker 1: when he's on the field, you don't necessarily know what
Speaker 1: they're going to do. Are they going to run the football?
Speaker 1: Are they gonna throw it to him so that that
Speaker 1: ultimately gives their offense some more versatility. I think David
Speaker 1: Montgomery's gonna get a decent amount of work this year.
Speaker 1: There's a few more guys that I have in this year,
Speaker 1: and I want to mention before we wrap up here,
Speaker 1: in the next ten minutes of the Fantasy Hour, that
Speaker 1: starts with Austin Ekeler, right don't exactly know what to do.
Speaker 1: We talked about Melvin Gordon and being nervous about him
Speaker 1: and dropping and dropping him, but at that point you
Speaker 1: have to raise Eckler up. Would you take a shot
Speaker 1: on Austin Ekeler right now? I'm not um and I
Speaker 1: have this sneaky suspicion that Eckler is going to remain
Speaker 1: in the same role, and Justin Jackson is going to
Speaker 1: be the guy that they lean on. Um. Justin Jackson's
Speaker 1: a guy that I like a lot. Um Eckler, Uh,
Speaker 1: he's good and and spot use. But when last year
Speaker 1: when he was leaned on when Melvin Gordon missed a
Speaker 1: couple of games in the middle of the season due
Speaker 1: to injury, Eckler didn't really show up. He's in a
Speaker 1: better complimentary player, a better complimentary role being the past
Speaker 1: catching guy. Um. He has he has ran the ball
Speaker 1: before and done it efficiently, but he didn't do it well.
Speaker 1: And Justin Jackson at the end of the year showed
Speaker 1: us a little bit. I mean like he wasn't spectacular. Um,
Speaker 1: but I believe that's going to muddy the waters and
Speaker 1: I think Justin Jackson will be the guy there if
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon doesn't play. And I don't think Melvin Gordon
Speaker 1: is gonna play bullish is e y when it comes
Speaker 1: to Justin Jackson over Austin Ekeler. No name that you
Speaker 1: have to bring up, in my opinion is Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: We talked about him on the FanDuel hurry up, you
Speaker 1: want to talk about Frank rookie's rising up draft boards.
Speaker 1: It's been nothing but positive out of Eagles camp. In
Speaker 1: regards to Miles Sanders, we talked about Jordan Howard a
Speaker 1: little while ago with Chicago. He's now in Philadelphia. How
Speaker 1: high do you have Miles Sanders and do you trust
Speaker 1: him in this range? Yes? So I have Miles Sanders
Speaker 1: as my RB thirty four, and I have this tier
Speaker 1: from RB twenty seven to RB thirty seven, which are
Speaker 1: running backs that I would like more so as my
Speaker 1: flex obviously than my RB two. And it starts with
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman, and it includes players like Latavious Murray and
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle, Austin Ekeler, as you mentioned, Rashad Penny, Miles Sanders. Normally,
Speaker 1: I don't get involved with Philadelphia Eagles running backs. Everything
Speaker 1: we've seen out of Doug Peterson the past couple of
Speaker 1: years has been they want to run in a running
Speaker 1: back by committee, and they trade for Jordan Howard in
Speaker 1: the off season, they signed Miles Sanders the draft Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: so they still have a ton of running backs there.
Speaker 1: Corey Clement is still on this team. They bring back
Speaker 1: Darren's Browls. I think that's probably more so for special teams.
Speaker 1: But when it comes to Miles Sanders, they moved up
Speaker 1: in the draft to pick fifty three to take him.
Speaker 1: This is the highest a Doug Peterson led Eagles team
Speaker 1: has drafted a running back under this regime. That is
Speaker 1: the highest Eagles have drafted a running back since Lashawn McCoy,
Speaker 1: who also went fifty three overall in the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: So when it comes to Miles Sanders, I'm starting to
Speaker 1: get a bit of a carry on Johnson field from
Speaker 1: last year Greg Whereas I think he's probably gonna get
Speaker 1: off to a slow start. They're probably going to run
Speaker 1: that bike committee approach the first month of the season.
Speaker 1: But I think as we the further along that we
Speaker 1: go into the season, I think that Doug Peterson is
Speaker 1: going to realize that they don't really have much versatility
Speaker 1: on the field. When Jordan Howard is on the field,
Speaker 1: maybe they he still kind of mixes in on some
Speaker 1: early down, short yardage, maybe some goal line stuff. Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders is the most versatile back in this backfield. He
Speaker 1: can run, he can catch passes out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: He had one year after taking overs for set Kwon Barkley.
Speaker 1: He rushed for more yards than sat Kwon Barkley at
Speaker 1: Penn State. They're impressed. He's impressing so far in training camp.
Speaker 1: Normally I don't do the Eagles running back thing, but
Speaker 1: when we're talking about in that seventh eighth round range,
Speaker 1: who has upside the second half of the season, Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders is one of those players who has big upside.
Speaker 1: Greg Miles Sanders one of the guys you may want
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Speaker 1: So tomorrow night, we were deciding between uh see who
Speaker 1: need in the Bluefish Live or going to see the
Speaker 1: Meat Loaf Broadway show. Yeah, I would say you made
Speaker 1: the right toys. Cray about it all right, Three questions,
Speaker 1: three minutes. Let's do it. Dude. Johnson was acquired by
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans earlier today. So Frank Standfeld, does Lama
Speaker 1: Miller still suck? That is a very fair question. And
Speaker 1: and the one week of loving Lamar Miller is now
Speaker 1: gone because I moved Lamar Miller up to RB twenty six,
Speaker 1: Greg right now, and now I dropped him back down
Speaker 1: to RB thirty one. With Duke Johnson coming over to
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. It just overall it limits the upside
Speaker 1: for Lamar Miller. He's not really someone that was going
Speaker 1: to ever catch that many passes, but Duke Johnson being
Speaker 1: there limits that upside a little bit more. Now for
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller, still a really good offense and he's fine
Speaker 1: as like your flex running back. But overall I have
Speaker 1: moved him down to RB thirty amazing Lamar Miller seven,
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be any of my teams. I can
Speaker 1: show you that, alright. Question two goes to e Y
Speaker 1: Eric Young, Kenny and Drake has still been taking the
Speaker 1: second rep in practice behind Caitlin Milage. Where do you
Speaker 1: have Kenny and Drake Um Kenyan Drake? He? I mean
Speaker 1: it is going down. I mean the fact that that
Speaker 1: stilled being the number one ball carrier in Miami. It's
Speaker 1: just it's so frustrating, Like Callin Blage is not half
Speaker 1: the football player that Kenyan Drake is. Definitely not half
Speaker 1: the athlete that Kenyan Drake is. You just want this
Speaker 1: guy to get a workload. When when Gaye finally collapsed
Speaker 1: and and got off his stance of not using him
Speaker 1: and used him, he proved that he is what we
Speaker 1: all thought he was. There must be something. Is it mental?
Speaker 1: Is it discipline? Is it? Is he a basket case?
Speaker 1: Is he hard to talk to? I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: know what's going on. There's something obviously going on because
Speaker 1: this has gone on every year and everywhere he's played football.
Speaker 1: So yeah, for me, I mean, he's he's sliding down.
Speaker 1: I probably won't have him on many teams. It's just
Speaker 1: too scary of a situation. Final question here, it's question three.
Speaker 1: Tell me who you'd rather have Frankie Littavius Murray or
Speaker 1: Dary's Guice. I'd much rather have Lettavius Murray in that
Speaker 1: mark ingram role this year when we did our Saints preview.
Speaker 1: Go back and listen to that pretty bullish on let
Speaker 1: Tevious Murray. He's going to score a ton of touchdowns
Speaker 1: this year alongside Alvin Kamara, not changing Kamara's role, so
Speaker 1: he's gonna still get his touches, but Tavi Murray steps
Speaker 1: into that marking him Roll Greagy t second, same question. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is uh Murray for me, but Geys is interesting.
Speaker 1: Get interesting. I just I saw this interview where he
Speaker 1: was yelling, rejoins us tomorrow for the draft. We appreciate
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