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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation,

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Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now,

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Speaker 1: here's your host. Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am

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Speaker 1: Paul Charge and my co host today is Matt Harrison

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Speaker 1: Explosive Output on Twitter. Hi Matt hi Charge. This is

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Speaker 1: a very dynasty and Empire oriented podcast this week on

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly and UM. Now for those who don't know,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be freaking out our Empire leagues.

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Speaker 1: A lot of our listeners don't know what Empire leagues are.

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Speaker 1: Give people to quick rundown on Empire leagues and White

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Speaker 1: runs in tandem with dynasty. I am an Empire League

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Speaker 1: is a dynasty league. It's just got a couple of

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Speaker 1: special little uh tricks that are that's up at sleeve

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Speaker 1: uh the Empire League. UH. When you win in a

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Speaker 1: given year, you cannot make trades the following year because

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Speaker 1: if you win in that subsequent year two years in

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Speaker 1: a row, you win the Empire Dynasty Rolling Pot, where

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Speaker 1: each year we put about half of the pot aside

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Speaker 1: for the Empire Pot, I think we're in one that. Uh,

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Speaker 1: we're in the oldest, we're in the original Empire. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we're in year seven. Are our Empire Pot

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Speaker 1: has I believe nine thousand dollars in it right now?

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Speaker 1: Could and it's a one fifty dollar entry into that league.

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Speaker 1: So we're we're each contributing seventy five dollars of our

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Speaker 1: entry fee of this Empire Pot every year. So we're

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Speaker 1: we're nine grand in and uh, if I think it's

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Speaker 1: Christian Peterson who won it last year, If C wins

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Speaker 1: this year, the whole thing's over and he wins the pot,

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Speaker 1: he wins the nine thousand dollars, he wins the nine grant,

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Speaker 1: he wins that year's pay out, and the league ends

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Speaker 1: and the league ends. I love the fact that it's

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Speaker 1: a format in which a league ends. That's the Empire League.

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Speaker 1: But it's still a dynasty league. And so all the

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Speaker 1: stuff that we're talking about really we're for both here,

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Speaker 1: and we're going to focus our attention on contract year

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Speaker 1: running backs. I think next week will do the contract

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Speaker 1: year past catchers and um and so we're gonna contract

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Speaker 1: look at the players that are in the contract here

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Speaker 1: and whether or not and we're just gonna look really

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Speaker 1: a heady year, and you know, whether or not we

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna stay put, what their value is gonna

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Speaker 1: go down after this year for those people are already

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Speaker 1: starting to think about one um in the league in

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Speaker 1: which you're describing, I had been a good not great

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Speaker 1: team for many years, and I just bottomed out last year.

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Speaker 1: You sold all my assets, and and I know you're

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Speaker 1: in the same spot. You and I are just total

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Speaker 1: rebuilding mode in the league. And and so you know

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Speaker 1: a lot of my attention is and it might be

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Speaker 1: my year in that that league because I have three

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Speaker 1: picks in the top six. So I'm feeling I'm feeling

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Speaker 1: like I can I can maybe make a jump this year.

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Speaker 1: I think you probably can. But to frame this conversation, UM,

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Speaker 1: I want to start by saying that in one I've

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Speaker 1: got about fifteen teams in the NFL that could be

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Speaker 1: looking for running back next year, and I got about

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Speaker 1: ten really solid running backs who are set to hit

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Speaker 1: free agency this year. So the runners may have some

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Speaker 1: some power here. There may be a few landing spots

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Speaker 1: for these guys. But I also wanted to mention um

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Speaker 1: as we frame this conversation, there's currently only five running

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Speaker 1: dollars per year, and a lot of those teams regret

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Speaker 1: those deals. I mean, you know, look at David Johnson

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Speaker 1: getting chipped off and that's one, UM, So there's two

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Speaker 1: Christian mccaffers and McKay just recently signed, and and Derrick Henry,

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Speaker 1: who will be in this conversation which was on a

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Speaker 1: franchise tach Um. There's another five running backs and there's

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Speaker 1: making eight point four. He's the six highest paid running

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Speaker 1: and we're going to dive into those guys pretty quickly.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's begin with Dalvin Cook. He was running

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Speaker 1: next year where they're like, is it time to kind

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Speaker 1: So in my mind, Dalvin is not in a particularly

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Speaker 1: good bye low or sell high moment, but alex Alexander

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Speaker 1: Madison is in an excellent spot to buy right before

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Speaker 1: he may become the lead dog in this offense. Alexander

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Speaker 1: Madison will cost you almost nothing right now, correct and

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Speaker 1: in some in some dynasty leagues, he may be even available.

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Speaker 1: That's true now, So he cost you nothing and you've

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara next. He was running back fifteen in points

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Speaker 1: What's I think fascinating about Alvin Kamara? Matt Saints are

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Speaker 1: totally cash strapped season there in cap hell. They are

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Speaker 1: thirty four million over the cap over the cap right now.

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Speaker 1: exactly thirty six million next season, Drew Brees. Drew Brees. Okay,

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Speaker 1: a way to resign Alvin Kamara. Alvin Camara is not

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Speaker 1: a Saint next year. Think you're right. So the only

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Speaker 1: backup there is Lettavius Murray. He's signed through the two

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Speaker 1: that we double down on Latavius Murray as a possible

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Speaker 1: So what do we do about Alvin Camara? If you're

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Speaker 1: a Camaro owner right now, are you unloading him now?

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Speaker 1: Figuring that wherever he goes next probably won't be as

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Speaker 1: good as of an offense. Is what he's enjoyed to

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Speaker 1: this point? Or are you holding and just saying, you

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Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna enjoy Alvin Kamara for this year.

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Speaker 1: Are you gonna go try to acquire him? What's your

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Speaker 1: the the uncertainty is the thing that is terrible. If Tampa,

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Speaker 1: roll in one more year, Tampa's got a lot of

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Speaker 1: team that's just like, you know what, We're gonna go

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Speaker 1: get Alvin Kamara, like whoa all of a sudden, That

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Speaker 1: teams that would you know, might be in search of

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Speaker 1: sell high moment. I don't think he's gonna dip that much,

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Speaker 1: but I think the value is at a peak right now,

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Speaker 1: him and maybe try to acquire him back for a

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Speaker 1: little bit less in the future. That's Alvin Camara. Let's

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Speaker 1: go to Joel Mixon. He was running back sixteen in

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Speaker 1: all the bad quarterbacking that they had and the changes

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Speaker 1: by the way, still not great. But Bengals are eighty

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Speaker 1: million dollars under the cap for the fifth most cap space,

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Speaker 1: so they clearly can sign him if they want to.

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Speaker 1: And there's no apparent there's no apparent air apparent, no

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Speaker 1: are your thoughts on Joe Mixon and what should Dynasty

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Speaker 1: hold out through this camp for a contract extension. I

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Speaker 1: organization and they they played hardball with Carson Palmer. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so I don't know. I I think it's an interesting spot.

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Speaker 1: They obviously have the money to pay him, and and

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Speaker 1: Mixing could be a guy who holds out. I don't

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Speaker 1: think that they want to put their brand new number

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Speaker 1: So I could see I'm getting a deal done with

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon before the season starts. This might be something

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Speaker 1: that is it is a by low moment, and you

429
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: could have a running back who's a safe running back,

430
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: a respectable running back, and even though he might not

431
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,400
Speaker 1: be on Atlanta next year, Uh, he could probably find

432
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,680
Speaker 1: a good spot somewhere. If he's not Atlanta next year,

433
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,119
Speaker 1: something's gone wrong, probably in my opinion that you know,

434
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: or just they can't afford him. Well, there's that great

435
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: point because they're at you know, because they're already there

436
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: at the wrong side of the cap right now. He

437
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 1: might not be able to afford him. Good point. So

438
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,399
Speaker 1: you know, I think, girl, you gotta have stones, but

439
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: you might not. Girlies price might be so low right now.

440
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: Even if he's never going to be again be a

441
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,440
Speaker 1: twenty two touch a game, I ever will be. Um,

442
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 1: he could be every goal line situation for whatever team

443
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 1: he's on, and he could still be fifteen carries and

444
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,120
Speaker 1: four receptions in a typical game. And that's pretty good. Yeah,

445
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,639
Speaker 1: you take that, especially with a lot of black fields

446
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: going to the the Niners style split backfield. Now correct,

447
00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,119
Speaker 1: Let's talk about a couple other of the running backs

448
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: that are entering free agency after this year that are

449
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: at least notable. Yeah, the notable. Kareem Hunts fascinating. I

450
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: don't know that he leaves or not. I thought the

451
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: way they used him last year was very good. It'll

452
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: be different this year with Pat Shermer there, not Pat Chremer.

453
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: Excuse me. I got my Vikings, my former Vikings offensive

454
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:23,400
Speaker 1: coordinator Kevin Stefanski. He was actually yes, you go back

455
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 1: seven eight years. Uh, Kareem Hunt there with Kevin Stefanski.

456
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,720
Speaker 1: The usage of probably a little bit different, but you know,

457
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 1: part of that one to punch. If things continue to

458
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: work out for him there, he might be affordable and

459
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: then might keep him. I don't have a real good

460
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,480
Speaker 1: sense on this. How about this, What if he's a

461
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,119
Speaker 1: Bilow just for this season, because maybe the Browns are

462
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,440
Speaker 1: looking at him, going let's run him into the ground,

463
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,440
Speaker 1: him into the ground, and ye, we'll use Nick Chubb

464
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: next year. Got Nick Chubb next year? Get this. I

465
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,080
Speaker 1: just did my first real draft of this year for

466
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Index magazine. Sure, and we're not supposed to

467
00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 1: like disclose our whole roster, but I will tell you

468
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: that I had Kareem Hunt, who, by the way, running

469
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,120
Speaker 1: back from from the time he came back last year's

470
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: second half of the season he was running back fourteen.

471
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: I got him as the thirty second running back off

472
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,920
Speaker 1: the board. That's great value, right, that is great value.

473
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,640
Speaker 1: Did to do the opposite draft in you, well, I

474
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 1: had picked one. I had the first pick over because

475
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: I was because I was the champion or hold on

476
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,919
Speaker 1: old wait, oh, you gotta turn the volume from the

477
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: peacockes the peacock. Thank you, let's get because I wanted

478
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 1: I could pick any slot I picked. I picked one

479
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,639
Speaker 1: oh one. Now normally I go and I gave a

480
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 1: lot of thought to going Michael Thomas there in in

481
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: part just to prove that you could do it. It's

482
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: so contrarian. But and then I almost went, say Kwon

483
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: Barkley again, just to sort of say you can do it,

484
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: because I think Sae Kwon Barkley is a better I

485
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: think he's the best running back in the league just

486
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,919
Speaker 1: on talent. I think Kuon Barkley's the best running back.

487
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: So almost took him for that reason. But at the

488
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: end of the day, I just went, you know what,

489
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 1: the noodle armed Teddy Bridgewater is such a good compliment.

490
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 1: Dink and dunk dancing dunk to death. So I ended

491
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 1: up guy went, and I'm really I try so hard

492
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,160
Speaker 1: not to just replay last year. So anyway, I took

493
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. But but then I didn't take another running

494
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: back there until Kareem's right. It was a modified to

495
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: the anyway, So Kareem Hunt, what are your thoughts on

496
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 1: on buying lower selling? Hi don't know if he's going

497
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,399
Speaker 1: to stay or not, but I believe that there's a

498
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 1: good chance that he does. He does end up sinks,

499
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 1: and I'm not sure there'll be a big market for him.

500
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,120
Speaker 1: I really think he's a by low because I think

501
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,960
Speaker 1: that they could run him into the ground this year,

502
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 1: and I think that they could let him go and

503
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: he could walk into a new situation next year, and

504
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,360
Speaker 1: at worst he's staying in Cleveland, and at best he's

505
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: probably walking into an RB one situation, or maybe there's

506
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 1: a point there. There's a lot of different teams that

507
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go go through in a minute. There's some

508
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: teams that are really interesting that might be looking for

509
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: a running back next year, and Kareem Hunt could probably

510
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 1: fit that bill nicely. Nobody loves Chris Carson, and I

511
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 1: saw when I took Kaream hunting round six. I think

512
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: I went no. Actually, Carson Carson was went a couple

513
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: of picks before me. But Chris Carson's last thing like

514
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 1: the fifth round of draft. I don't understand it. Um,

515
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: he was a he was roughly a top ten fantasy

516
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 1: running back last year and he's into his last year.

517
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 1: They've got d J. Dallas and Rashad Penny. I don't

518
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 1: I'm just not seeing those guys. So, um Seattle has

519
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: sixty three million in cap space next year, seventh most

520
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: in the league. Um. D J Dallas, as you said,

521
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 1: was a fourth round pick. He'll be on a rookie

522
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 1: deal through three. And Rashad Penny, who was a first

523
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: rounder in eighteen, could end up getting a fifth year

524
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: that still got one if they give him the fifth

525
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,440
Speaker 1: year option he's got. So I don't think they will.

526
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 1: Penny's there though, yes, and DJ Dallas is there. I

527
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 1: think that they let Chris Carson, who had a hip

528
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 1: injury late in the season, and if he gets dinged

529
00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,679
Speaker 1: up again this year, I think he just becomes one

530
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: of those guys who kind of ends up on the Jets,

531
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,439
Speaker 1: because that's that's where all these running backs end up

532
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: for a year, like it just ends up on the

533
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: Jets for a year and uh, you know has some

534
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,399
Speaker 1: fantasy value, But yeah, I don't think that. Uh, I

535
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: don't think it's a by moment on Chris Carson. James

536
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 1: Conner is in the last year of his deal, and

537
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,199
Speaker 1: that's another team that doesn't have an obvious workhorse to

538
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: take his place. I mean, they struggled trying to fill

539
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: that role last year when James Conner was constantly hurt.

540
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 1: Get this, They've been struggling to fill that role for years.

541
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: In seventeen, they picked James Conner in the third round.

542
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: In eighteen, they picked Jalen Samuel's in the fifth round.

543
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,879
Speaker 1: In nineteen, they picked Benny Snell in the fourth round.

544
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: They picked McFarland in the in the fourth round. So

545
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: they have a lot of guys some real draft equity

546
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: against that position, but they haven't gotten production outside of

547
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: I mean, James Conner has been good ish when healthy,

548
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: he's been pretty good, just he's rarely healthy. And now

549
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: you can't look at what's happened with James Conner and

550
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: feel like you dare give him more than twelve carries

551
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: in a game. So what would you do if James

552
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,719
Speaker 1: Conner was on the trade block in one of your

553
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: leagues with no chance, no chance, no chance between the

554
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 1: injuries and the fact that again the team can't give

555
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: him more than a handful of carries a game. No

556
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 1: way do I want to invest a roster spot, let

557
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: alone give up equity for him. I think, well, I'd

558
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: rather go get Anthony McFarland. We don't have anthamly farends

559
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: any good yet, um, but I think he's at least okay,

560
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 1: and he I think he's got a better chance to

561
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 1: turn it to a workhorse and any of the other

562
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: guys on roster. So Pittsburgh might be one of those

563
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: teams that are on the do not Touch list this

564
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: year and maybe for Dynasty for a little while, because

565
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: we don't know if Ben Roethlisberger stays after this year

566
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: problem ju Ju Smith Schuster's contract is kind of coming

567
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: up here. We don't know who's going to be running

568
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: the offense in that town, uh at anytime soon. So

569
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of different names going out.

570
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: It's gonna be pretty weird. It is gonna be weird.

571
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: Let's talk about teams that need runners. Yeah, you've identified

572
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 1: any teams. Fifteen teams that next year could be in

573
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: the market for a new running back. Let's start off,

574
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: I went through the Vision's Uh a f C East,

575
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: I got Jordan Howard in Miami. Uh, he could be

576
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: a guy who's easily to play more. Uh. New England

577
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: they're in the market now. Yeah. New England could move

578
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: on from Sony and James White very soon agree. Uh

579
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: the Jets if they move on from Levy on Bell

580
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: and I'm almost certain they will at the end of

581
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 1: this year. Yeah. Um, in the a f C North Cincinnati,

582
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: if Joe Mixon ends up leaving after this year, we

583
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: both think he's gonna stay. I think he's gonna stay,

584
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: and that would fill one of the spots obviously. And

585
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: then Pittsburgh that we just talked about a little bit.

586
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: Um a f C South Jacksonville if they move on

587
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: from Leonard four Nett and they've been Tennessee. If Derrick

588
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: Henry is not the guy, so there's a there's another

589
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: one moving over to the NFC. How about the Washington

590
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: Professional Football team if no one emerges from that crowd,

591
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: no kidding, and you know it's you know, if Darius

592
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: Guys does not put it all together here. They could

593
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: cut they could cut him. Adrian Peterson gone, um, yeah,

594
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: there's there's a real they may be looking for They

595
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: may be looking for help in Washington seeing guys on

596
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: on that depth chart right now at the running back position,

597
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: and they do. But you know, when you look ahead,

598
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: I don't think there's that many guys that fill the

599
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: bill though. As a workhorse style back. They got Antonio Gibson,

600
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: who's a is a new Chris Thompson. But I don't

601
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: think they've got another They've got another workhorse. They could

602
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: be one of those teams that's in the market for

603
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: Dalvin or Aaron Jones if they hit the market Green Bay,

604
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: if they move on from Aaron Jones. I think the Vikings,

605
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: if they like, if they if they don't to fully

606
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: trust Alexander Madison, or they want to have a second

607
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: running back Atlanta, Todd Gurley in his last year, New Orleans,

608
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, uh Tampa. If no one emerges, yeah, I

609
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: think that they would be a super interesting spot. Everybody

610
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: thinks Keishaw Vaughn. All the fantasy guys think Keishaan Vaughn's

611
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: a a money in the bank, money in the bank.

612
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: I'm not. I just think the opportunity is perfect, and

613
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: that's so much a fantasy football is the opportunity, and

614
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: I love his opportunity. When I look at his talent

615
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: and I look at when I look at Keishawn Vaughn's

616
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: UH tape from his collegiate career, I'm like, he's just

617
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: a guy. Final two Arizona if they move on from

618
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake, but I think they got two guys there

619
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: that they could split the workload with. And then finally

620
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: this was the one that I think is interesting. San Francisco.

621
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: He mostred as sneaky old. He was well as as

622
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: well documented during the Super Bowl. It was like his

623
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: eighth team. And Tevin Coleman is just a guy. He's

624
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: He's not good. That's gonna be. It's one of my

625
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: big strong takes this year is I'm banking on mostart

626
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: because I don't think Tevin Coleman is a factor. Um,

627
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Wilson is still there, but he's not a factor either,

628
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: And it's Jerick McKinnon. Derek McKinnon is never healthy, right,

629
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: so he's not he's out. Matt Breed is on a

630
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: different team, so so yeah, there's an opportunity there, and

631
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: who wouldn't want a lead dug running back in a

632
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan offense. Just think of Kareem Hunt ends up

633
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: in San Francisco next year and you could buy water.

634
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: You could buy Kareem Hunt for pennies on the dollar

635
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: right now. Maybe get a great season out of him

636
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, and maybe he could turn it into Hey,

637
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: maybe he's in San Francisco. You know. I think out

638
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: of all the things we've talked about, my biggest takeaway

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Speaker 1: is I love I love Kareem Hunt's talent, and I

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Speaker 1: think you've got me pretty energized to go try to

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Speaker 1: find a way to get curry Mount right now. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and then draft eligible players. I'll mention in one these

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Speaker 1: in the top three rounds. So that's Travi et En

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Speaker 1: from Clemson. He's gonna go early, he's really good. Shuba Hubbard,

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Speaker 1: which is a fun name out of Oklahoma State, Naji

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Speaker 1: Harris out of Alabama, Kennedy Brooks out of Oklahoma, and

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Speaker 1: Kylan Hill out of Mississippi State. Those are kind of

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Speaker 1: the top five guys that should be going high in

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Speaker 1: the draft next year, and UH we had ten guys

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Speaker 1: on the free agent market, we had five rookie eligible guys,

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Speaker 1: and we have fifteen open teams. That math works out perfectly.

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Speaker 1: Great job on this, as we break down all the

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Speaker 1: contract runners, Matt. Next week, we are going to look

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Speaker 1: at the past catchers will be wide receivers and tight

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Speaker 1: ends UH in their contract here as we do similar

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Speaker 1: speculation for one and beyond. Thanks for listening everybody. We'll

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