WEBVTT - The Also-Ran Runner 0:00:01.080 --> 0:00:04.800 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.280 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.960 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:18.639 and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show. Now, 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:24.880 here's your host, Paul Charge. Welcome to our second Draft 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:27.520 day edition a Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charging 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:33.320 in My co host this week is Matt Harrison at 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:37.720 Explosive Output on Twitter. Hey Matt, Hey Charge, how are 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.600 you doing. I am doing well. Good to talk to 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.080 you and exciting to get back to the draft. Last 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.120 week we covered the first rounders. Because of the drought, 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.120 we tape on Fridays, and so the first round is over. 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.000 This is our chance to catch up with everybody else, 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.040 which is a lot of guys that we think are 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.920 that have a chance to be meaningful contributors here at 0:00:57.040 --> 0:01:00.760 least in the short term, and so our opportunity to 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.399 talk about everybody else and man the second round in particular, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.880 just loaded with fantasy factors. Is the second round of 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:14.800 this draft, the most loaded fantasy round of maybe any 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:19.640 draft ever, like better than better than many first rounds 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.160 that we've seen in the past few years. The second 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:26.240 round is bonkers. I'd go one step farther. I would 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:29.760 take the second round of this draft over from just 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:35.000 a fantasy standpoint, over the entirety of last year's draft. Yeah, 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.360 it's it's that good. It is. It's so many great 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.560 guys to talk about. Um, we're gonna begin at the 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:45.080 running back position, and and again for a little a 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:51.120 little bit of background on this discussion today, less oriented 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.440 and dynasty, more on redraft. We're gonna do full dynasty 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.360 editions of Fantasy Football weekly in the coming weeks, and 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.960 excited for that as well as we start really catering 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.160 to those people that are UM and some already having 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.200 their dynasty drafts. Let's start at the running back position, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.320 and I let you choose the order you wanted to 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.639 go with for the guys who were going to talk about. 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.320 And the first guy you had up to bat Matt 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.680 was DeAndre Swift. Well, I basically went in order of 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.359 how they were drafted in the second round. So it's 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.040 not like, not like DeAndre Swift is my favorite out 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.320 of all these guys, but uh he was the next 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.080 one up. He goes with the third pick in the 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:31.320 second round, and uh he goes to Detroit. UH carry On. 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.480 Johnson's contract still has two more years on it, but 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.679 he can't seem to stay on the field at all, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.360 and Swift probably takes over as the lead back in 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.760 at very worst, what should be a sixty forty split 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:47.480 DeAndre Swift when when we previewed the rookies, we had 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:50.920 him as probably the most complete running back in this 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.799 draft as far as what he can do all over 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:57.600 the field. So I really like DeAndre Swift to be 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:01.120 one of those difference makers right away in the fantasy world. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.840 I believe that it will be more like seventy five 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.560 DeAndre Swift because he's so good. It is arguably the 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:15.680 most elusive, shifty, difficult to tackle back in this draft, 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.880 and it's he's just shattering ankles of all these defensive players. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.400 And I just don't think Carrie On Johnson is anywhere 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:26.040 near as good as DeAndre Swift is. So I think 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:27.800 he's I think there's a real chance that he turns 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.720 into a three down back that gets a vast majority 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.080 of work. Even though lines aren't known for three down backs, 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.760 they also have an invested a great picker had a 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:36.520 guy nearly as good as DeAndre Swift there in a 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.760 long time, and I think you can just house that job, 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:43.400 and that's It's somebody I'm very intrigued by. Let's move 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.160 over to Let's move over to Jonathan Taylor going to 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:50.000 Indianapolis where he gets to run behind one of the 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:55.000 league's great offensive lines. Yeah, and I think that Marlon 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.600 Mack is just an ordinary running back who's had an 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.160 incredibly good line in front of him. But I think 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.840 Mac is kind of a perfect compliment to Taylor. Because 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:09.400 Taylor provides the thunder, he provides the lightning. Mac provides 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.440 a light drizzle and the ability to catch balls out 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.560 of the backfield, which is kind of Taylor's one thing 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:20.760 that he can't do. Uh super well. So um, I 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:25.680 think Taylor's in line to be, you know, on the 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.840 bell cow status here, and Mac figures in as a 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.359 passing down back and a third down back from now on. 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:36.080 Uh kind of kills one of our favorite players, Nike minds. 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:41.640 Uh but uh yeah, one of your favorite players. I 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.640 would just because we like to play the nine times 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:49.480 drop because it rhymes. We do love that. We do 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:53.080 love that part. So Taylor, of course, a very complete 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:57.000 back who stunned people with this combine run of four 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.600 three nine. We knew he was fast. We didn't think 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.760 he was like track star fast, but it turns out 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.799 he is. And you still get a physical, thick, well 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.920 built back who's got better footwork and lateral movement dame, 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:12.960 but his side should have And I mentioned the great 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.320 offensive line for Indianapolis. Pro Football Focus ranked Indie's offensive 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.320 line is the second best run blocking line in the NFL. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.520 You're gonna give Jonathan. You're gonna give Jonathan Taylor like 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.360 five free yards on half his runs. I mean, that's oh, 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:31.120 it's It could be a fantastic opportunity for him. And 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.120 I think Taylor feels to me like he's gonna end 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:42.640 up fitting in. I think he's gonna end up fitting 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:47.320 into round two of fantasy drafts. That sounds about right 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.880 to you. Yeah, that's kind of where I got him. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.320 Um In my latest Dynasty trade value chart, I have 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:57.680 him as the twelfth overall player right now. Um So 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.680 I think he's right up there. And I want to 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.279 ask you, charge, if you're in the rookie draft and 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:06.039 you hold one one in a traditional dynasty rookie draft, 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.000 would you take Jonathan Taylor? Or would you take Clyde 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:14.480 Edwards Hilaire. I think I'm not gonna overthink it. I'm 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.839 gonna take Jonathan Taylor because I get the every down back, 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.479 I get the goal line back. I'm not sharing time 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.120 with anybody, and I can't be assured of that with 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.200 Clyde Edward Edwards Hilaire. As much as I love him, 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.960 I still feel like he's nobody. We're not talking about 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.880 Jonathan Taylor in a sixty forty split here. I mean, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.520 I think think Taylor takes that that offense over I 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.239 think so too. Now, Frank Wright, is it is part 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.880 of that you know the dreaded Eagles offense historically right 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.760 and where they did use a frustrating rotation back, so 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:47.760 you know, maybe it will be more more of a 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.360 rotation than we realize or that we want to believe. 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.880 But um, I think Damian Williams is a bigger threat 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:58.400 to Clyde Edwards Hilaire than um than Jonathan Taylor is well. 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.360 Frank Reich also was in the UH San Diego Charger 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.160 system where they've been known for Bell House for years 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.320 and years, so we could we could see it go 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.839 both ways here. Now we could see it about go 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.160 both ways. Um, very intrigued by Taylor obviously, and I 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.600 think almost anybody would feel that way. All right, let's 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.600 go to our next running back up. Cam Acres was 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.320 the next guy taken in the third round, and he 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.840 ends up going to the Rams. We figured the RAMS 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.040 would address this. I think it was earlier than I 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:28.080 expected them too, But um, they end up going with 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:32.320 the powerfully built cam Acres, presumably to take the role 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.400 of Todd Gurley. Yeah, it seems like he would slide 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:39.000 right into Todd Gurley's role. But last year the RAMS 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.920 often featured both Gurley and Malcolm Brown, and they sprinkled 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.000 in Darryl Henderson as well. And gosh, all those Darryl 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.280 Henderson truthers out there who were investing heavily in him 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.640 when they got rid of Gurley, they gotta be freaking 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.840 out right now, because this is not good for his 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.200 numbers at all. I do think that the Rams learned 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.040 something because of the overuse of Gurley, and I have 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.400 a feeling that this is now going to be a 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.200 shared backfield. I still like Acres the best out of 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:10.160 this bunch, but right off the bat, I would say 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.320 he might be a fifty percent snap right kind of 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.520 guy with Malcolm Brown and Darryl Henderson eating up the 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.239 other half um together. So I'm a little nervous about 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.040 the usage that he'll get there. But I do like 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.680 the player and I do like the offense, so there's 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.760 gonna be some uh, some bright spots ahead for cam Akers. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.120 Do you think cam Akers gets the goal line work 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:36.400 for the Rams. I do, because he's just it's he's 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.400 he's just so physical and he's so powerful, and I 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.280 don't think they've got that on roster right now. I 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.960 believe cam Akers is gonna gonna get the goal line carries, 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.840 do you Yeah? And Todd Gurley was that goal line 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.440 back last year, so they obviously don't see that out 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.240 of Henderson or Malcolm Brown because they gave it to 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:57.200 to Gurley. So I think Acres does have that the 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.400 opportunity to be like a double digit touched down kind 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.640 of guy, just with that Rams offense getting close to 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:07.160 the stripe. Yeah, I agreed. That's what makes cam Akers awfully, 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.760 awfully intriguing here. It's a Ram's offense, as we know, 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.920 can be very explosive. Cam Akers could be sitting on 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:18.680 twelve touchdowns and I wouldn't be at all surprised could 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.080 be higher. I mean, I'm not saying that's the absolute ceiling, 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.040 but I think, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:24.720 he if he hit the twelve touchdown mark, and that 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:29.040 makes him a significant Fantasy contributor. Sure, let's go to 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.200 J K. Dobbins, the fourth running back taken in the draft. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.480 He ends up in Baltimore, and this was a at 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.480 least the short term, this was a frustrating landing spot 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.160 for an awfully good player in j K. Dobbins. Well, 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:46.280 I mean, if you consider that mark Ingram was it 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.240 was kind of the lead back in New Orleans and 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:53.120 then this dynamic playmaker named Alvin Kamara showed up and uh, 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.280 you know, really cut into Ingram's production there. I think 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.040 Ingram probably works best in a shared back field. It 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.800 hurts Ingram, I think more than anybody. And I think 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:07.080 Dobbins is a perfect replacement for Ingram eventually, because mark 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.160 Ingram does turn thirty this year, but he does have 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:15.079 two years left on that contract, so I don't foresee Dobbins. Yeah, 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.520 he was great last year, but I do look at 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.280 this as probably an even split between these two, which 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.560 is going to be frustrating for fantasy owners for sure. 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.679 It is. It's gonna be very frustrating. And and and 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.599 he's got to deal with his own quarterback housing a 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.920 lot of runs and potentially uh potentially goal line run 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.480 situations away from him. To the funny thing about j K. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:39.720 Dobbins Man, when we broke down the rookie running back 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.959 six weeks ago, when we were prepping for the draft 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.600 and we were doing these shows, his comparable that we 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.719 talked about was mark Ingram. And now look he ends 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.640 up in Baltimore running with mark Ingram. So I mean, 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.120 clearly they liked the skill traits that Ingram brings and 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:57.120 they're just doing some succession planning already. And I wonder 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:02.120 if they're not gonna grind up mark Ingram and force 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.760 a bunch of carries through him now at the end 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:07.960 of his at the end of his his deal is 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.240 is coming up through just the last couple of years here, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.800 and just grind him up and then just keep JK. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:16.880 Dobbins more fresh. I could see that happening if Baltimore 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.680 wasn't so close to being a title contender. I think 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.000 the talent will win out and they're gonna probably play 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.120 it pretty balanced and try to, you know, win the 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.960 Super Bowl this year could be although mark Ingram's plenty talented. 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.160 I mean, the issue here is not that that he's 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.160 not good. No, absolutely, Dobbins is plenty of talented too, though, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.440 So I don't know if they can go you know what, 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.440 We're gonna just ride mark Ingram forever this year and 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.160 and see how it goes. But uh, because Dobbins is 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.480 just too talented, and they invested a pretty high draft 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:49.440 pick in him. Zack Moss went to Buffalo next, and 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.440 this is a this this is a tricky spot for 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.240 him because we all loved what we saw from Devin's 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.920 Singletary at the end of this year. Now Moss brings 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:02.840 a very different game to the table. Uh. He's two 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.120 hundred twenty three pounds, you know, Singletary well, not a 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.160 lightweight scat back. He's also more built to be elusive, 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.240 wherea Zack Moss is your North South more of a 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:17.320 power runner. Yeah. They're definitely a complementary backs to each other. 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.280 And I think everybody really liked what we saw out 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.280 of the out of Singletary and the tail end of 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.880 last year, But the knock on him was always that 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.600 he's much smaller than you want in a bell cow back, 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.600 and people don't think that he can shoulder the bell 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.880 cow touches. Hence, they had a whole bunch of running 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.880 backs there in that depth chart last year in Singletary 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.880 eventually one out because he's talented, but Zack Moss has 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:46.280 talent of his own, and uh, it just seems like 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.960 it's a miserable fantasy fit for both of these guys. 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.160 It makes me not really want to invest at what 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.200 Singletary was on his high end last year because I 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.360 don't think he can hit the high end with Moss there. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:01.520 And Moss, if he walked into say Tampa Bay where 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.720 there was a little bit more of an open hole 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.840 for uh some some game time, I think I would 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.680 have liked him better. So it looks like a split 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.400 backfield here, and uh, we're gonna have to see how 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:16.720 they situationally use these guys. And also, and I think 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.880 this will be frustrating for fantasy owners, Zack Moss is 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:24.959 Utah's all time rushing touchdown leader at the goal line, 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.080 I think I think they're gonna give Zack Moss the 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.240 ball a lot, and that's gonna really hurt Devin Singletary, 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:35.559 who now has to score at distance and score on passes. 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.720 And we've seen running backs that that that don't get 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.679 those goal line carries, they don't get those easy touchdowns 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:45.600 from inside the five. Those guys can have like four 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:49.600 touchdown seasons that really really end up torpedoing you. And 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:53.600 it adds a lot of variable to Devin's Singletary season. 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:59.959 That I that worry me. Yeah, that one's bad all around. Next, 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.959 and this was the first, I think real head scratcher 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:09.480 of the draft, Derrington Evans going to Tennessee in the 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:14.040 third round. Now, Pro Football Focus had him graded out 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.600 as an undrafted free agent, and here was the summary 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:22.480 that Pro Football Focus had on Darrington Evans. Undersized and 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.640 unable to break tackles is a bad combo when projecting 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:29.480 to the NFL. Two hundred pound backs with good but 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.560 not great shiftiness or a dime a dozen in this league. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.240 That's the new Tennessee back up behind Derrick Henry. I 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.760 think he has zero value while Derrick Henry is healthy, 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:44.720 and even after if something were to happen to Derrick Henry, 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:50.080 I don't trust Derrington Evans to be a significant contributor. Well, 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:54.360 maybe the Titans just have some inside information because they're 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:59.360 obviously from Tennessee, uh, Darrnton Evans from nearby Appalachian state, 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.120 and maybe they just needed somebody who could run at 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.840 the approximate altitude of five feet, which is where Nashville 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:12.600 is located. So I don't quite understand this one. They 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.720 spent a third round pick on him, and it just 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.080 doesn't quite make sense. But just a reminder, Derrick Henry 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.880 is on the franchise tag right now. So if you're 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:26.000 in a deeper dynasty league, Darrnton Evans is the backup 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.360 running back. He is RB two in Tennessee right now. 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:34.520 Dion Lewis left that team. So if something does happen 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.880 to Derrick Henry, Darrenson Evans is the next guy up. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:41.760 And if something catastrophic happens to Derrick Henry, he might 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.920 have the opportunity to try to run away with this 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.320 job if he can. Doesn't sound like he will be 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:51.120 able to run away with this job. But there we go. 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.160 We're gonna take a break when we come back where 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.360 I want to touch on the next pick, which was 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.320 also a head scratcher, that went to a t without 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:04.200 obvious need and another player that was graded out to 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:07.880 be an undrafted free agent really weird. We'll talk about 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:13.200 a J. Dillon when you come back. Welcome back to 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.000 Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchion and Matt Harrison with you 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.760 were breaking down the key players that went after the 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:24.200 first round, so second round and beyond. Next up A J. Dillon. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:29.720 It was the second pick for the Packers and another 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:33.680 head scratcher, a position of really no need for for 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:37.520 the Packers, and with better running backs on the board, 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.840 I think they went with the player that Pro Football 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.720 Focus had ranked in the in the seventh round or 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.520 as an undrafted free agent, and A J. Dillon who's 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.360 got a battle through at least two people on the 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.640 depth chart ahead of him to get any kind of time. Church, 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:55.520 we could probably do a whole episode on why Green 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.000 Bay drafted like they did this year, because it made 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:03.280 no sense at all. Um, unless the Packers are already 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.440 planning on moving on from Aaron Jones when his contract 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.320 is up after this season, that's the only way I 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.880 can think that this makes any sense whatsoever, because he's 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:15.879 certainly third on the depth chart behind Aaron Jones and 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:19.760 Jamal Williams, who, behind Davante Adams, was probably the best 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.400 pass catcher on the field for the Packers last year. 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.000 So I don't know how A J. Dillon finds the 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:31.280 field unless an injury happens. So he's basically shelved until 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.840 something like that does happen. Yeah, and you know what, 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.399 I didn't love him. I didn't love him as a 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:41.280 runner anyway. Um he's he's a big body north south runner, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.439 and he does have some prospects for goal line use. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.399 But they got guys who can score touchdowns already, So 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.000 I think to me, A J. Dillon is only draftable 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.679 in Dynasty and Empire formats. We are already planning for 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:56.119 coming years. Let's move. Let's move to our next. The 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.560 next player drafted who drops into really the perfect spot, 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.520 and that's Keyshawn Vaughn, who goes to Tampa Bay and 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.879 will take a well presumably end up taking over the 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.200 running game, as they've got to be ready to turn 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:12.480 the page on on Ronald Jones and Peyton Barber's already gone. Well. 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.200 I mean, wouldn't we all have felt a lot better 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.159 if Tampa Bay, which was really has been the best 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.840 landing spot for a running back. For about three years now, 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.760 we've all been just salivating for the Buccaneers to take 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.960 a top flight running back there because it's just been 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:33.119 wide open. But then they take Keyshaw Vaughn and he 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:35.840 provides a lot of interest there. I think we all 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:37.840 would have preferred one of the top five backs landing 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.439 in that offense. And maybe the death of Ronald Jones 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.479 has been greatly exaggerated because he played all right at 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.440 the tail end of last year. It still feels like 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.840 a split back field to me, um especially if let's 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.880 let's see how Keyshawn Vaughan can block for Tom Brady, 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.200 because if he's not blocking for his forty three year 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.920 old quarterback and he's getting run out of town, I 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.480 imagine Ronald Jones is going to be in the backfield 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.879 on any high leverage situation. I think you've hit the 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.199 nail on the head with Keishaw Vaughn, and we have 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:12.320 I've seen I'm seeing fantasy experts on Twitter talk about 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:18.160 Keyshawn Vaughan as an elite level fantasy producer this year. 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:22.720 We saw Bruce arians run a split backfield all year 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.480 and Peyton Barber was giving him very little, and neither 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:28.600 was Jones for that matter, and he kept he kept 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.760 running a split backfield. And you're absolutely right. If Keyshawn 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.880 Vaughan mrs a block early in the season and Tom 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:37.760 Brady takes a big hit, that might be at that 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.360 might be over right there. And I there's a lot 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:43.000 more downside I think too Keyshawn Vaughn than people are 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:46.000 not necessarily recognizing. I think they just really want a 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:50.160 part of the the Tampa the now thrilling Tampa Bay offense. 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.720 I I you know, I think for what you're gonna 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:55.800 have to pay for Keyshawn Vaughn. And it's too early 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:57.760 to know where he's going in fantasy drafts yet, but 0:19:57.800 --> 0:19:59.880 I think you're gonna see him go like fourth round. 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:03.080 You can get Ronald Jones in the twelfth round, and 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:04.840 I think that's gonna end up being a better value. 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:08.080 And I don't even like Ronald Jones particularly. We've had 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:11.320 a split backfield in Tampa Bay since Warwick Dunne was there, 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:18.040 so I changing anytime soon. Anthony McFarland was the next 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:22.200 player taken for Pittsburgh. UM McFarland another guy that Profo 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:25.080 Ball Focus had as an undrafted free agent. He's a 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:29.000 small guy, but he's a tough, hard nosed runner, but 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:33.520 middling measurables um not a Lucifer, shifty, mostly untested through 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:37.200 the air. I honestly I didn't love the pick, but clearly, 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.000 when when you look at what happened to that running 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.199 game with James Conner hurt for most on and off 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:43.520 for most of all the last year, the team felt 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:47.160 like they needed to have had a little better backup plan. Yeah, 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:49.960 James Conner is only twenty four years old as of taping. 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:53.720 He turns twenty five on Cinco de Mayo. His body 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:56.440 might be about thirty five years old with all the 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:59.800 stuff that he's gone through in his life, with with 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.760 all the injuries and and he's he's battled through cancer 0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:05.400 and and all that stuff. So, uh, last year when 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:09.320 Connor went down, converted tight end Jalen Samuel's filled in admirably, 0:21:09.400 --> 0:21:12.439 especially in the passing game, but the run game was 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:15.240 kind of thrown in the ditch when when James Conner 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:18.520 went down. So McFarland provides that running option and he 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.880 could be a replacement, uh sooner than people think, if, 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:24.960 especially if Connor can't stay healthy. And uh, they just 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.840 want to use Jalen Samuels as kind of a gadget 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:32.520 running back tight end player. The next player taken was 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:36.760 another one that provoball focus had as an undrafted free agent, 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:40.359 and that's DJ Dallas from Seattle who went to who 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:44.040 ends up going to Seattle. Um d J Dallas was 0:21:44.600 --> 0:21:47.080 a player that profoball focus did not like much. They 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:50.960 mentioned good balance and a powerful lower body who welcomes contact, 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:54.399 but he's average speed, slow to get up to full speed, 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:57.720 low agility, slow news cuts, he was not productive in college. 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:01.080 There's um, I don't think DJ Dallas really is a 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:04.240 factor that fantasy owners need to sweat as they're thinking 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:08.240 about the starting rotation here in Seattle. Well, Seattle always 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:12.000 drafts weird guys, like they find their own guys and 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:14.080 and they just they draft weird and it seems to 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:16.720 kind of work out for them for the most part. Uh. 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:19.959 Dallas went in the fourth, fourth round. And the reason 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:22.239 that you have to kind of pay attention to this 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:25.679 guy is that depth chart. While there's two guys in 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.360 front of him, both of those guys got injured. Both 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:32.119 Chris Carson and Rashad Penny both had big injuries right 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.680 before the playoffs began, and Penny had an a c 0:22:34.960 --> 0:22:37.720 L which prompted the return of Beast mode in the 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:42.239