WEBVTT - Is Audric Estime Denver's RB1? | Fantasy Football Week 11 Waiver Wire Targets: Best Players to Add to Secure Your Playoff Push (Ep. 1439) 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:03.560 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy pros. This is the Fantasy 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.440 Football Podcast. It is be Joey p Joe Pi's Apia 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.000 and welcome to week eleven on the waiver Wire, of course, 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:13.120 to help us get all the right players on all 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:15.280 the right rosters. De Bro, Derek Brown and the King of 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.239 Bros and my Patty Cakes Pat fitz Morris. We have 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.040 a couple teams on by this week, and it was 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:26.520 another fun week of NFL football. Some odd quarterback play too, 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.760 and by odd, I mean bad. Lots of interceptions, lots 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.640 of guys under two hundred yards. It was ugly in 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.519 those passing streets. It looked like all the best football 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:37.839 seemed to happen on Thursday night. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:44.479 Pat It did soun interesting stat today, Joe about Jared Goff. 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.159 So he threw five interceptions the Lions still won. If 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.800 you had to guess, how many quarterbacks in the Super 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.760 Bowl era have thrown five interceptions in a game and 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:54.600 still won. 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:56.680 Oh, I'm gonna say one. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:03.920 Oh, de Bro, I'm gonna say Jared Goff is the 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:04.640 only one here. 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:08.520 You go, Because I believe it or not, Jared Goff 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:12.560 was the tenth quarterback to be I was shocked by that, 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.319 and hat tipped to the people at Good Morning Football, 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:17.959 they were the ones who dropped that stat. But you 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:22.200 would think that while won, five interceptions seriously derails your 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.680 chances of winning the game, and five interceptions would also 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.240 highly increase your chances of getting benched and not being 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:29.920 around for the end of the game. So yeah, I 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.040 was shocked the number was that significant. 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.840 I think that is the more interesting point, right there, 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:39.199 Guys under two hundred yards yesterday. Let's see Russell Wilson, 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.600 Daniel Jones, Drake may will Levs, Justin Herbert, Aaron Rodgers, 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:48.920 Nice Young Caleb Williams, Baker Mayfield, Mac Jones, Cooper Rush. 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:50.960 I don't think I need to go any further, but yeah, 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.200 it was not a great day for passing the football. 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:58.360 But that's okay everybody, because we press on and hopefully 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:00.320 week eleven we'll get a little bit more through the 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.360 air and certainly some more on the ground. Before we 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.400 get to the names to add and the waiver wire 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:08.040 pickup of the week, We've got something to give away, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.160 and that is the trophy Smack thirty six inch gold 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:14.359 Column Fantasy Football Trophy that is going to our good friend, 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.440 Hudson Hassan. 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A guy that we talked 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.520 about last week who was not available on a bye right, 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:26.320 but we said, hey, good time to add some people here. 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.240 See what you get and guess what, the roster percentage 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.200 did not move that much. He is just fifty four 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.640 percent rostered. He was back yesterday fourteen rushes, sixty six yards, 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:38.000 two catches for twenty nine. He is Jalen Warren of 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:42.680 the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, looking at Jalen Warren's schedule ahead, boys, 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:44.520 the reason why I was putting him at the top 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.600 of the list for me personally is I look at 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.000 some of these games ahead for the Steelers and I 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.040 know they're three and o with Russell Wilson. They're flying high. 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:55.320 Big win in Washington, you get Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Cleveland again, 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.800 Philly and Baltimore again. That's a lot of defenses you 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.840 can throw the football against. And he's also passed the 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:06.120 by now, which with weeks twelve and fourteen looming in 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.360 the near future, to me, that's a very valuable flex 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:10.720 slash RB two. 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:14.120 To have pat and Najie Harris to stay in some 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.400 sort of ankle injury yesterday, So that's going to enhance 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:19.760 Jalen Warren's role, you would think, at least for this 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:23.400 coming week. Certainly Corderol Patterson will help take up some 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.440 of the slack two. But you know, the Ravens are 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.680 a difficult matchup in the running game, not so much 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:30.960 in the passing game for running backs. They do really 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:35.000 give it up to pass catching rbs, and maybe more 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.120 so this coming week because they lost Kyle Hamilton to 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.360 an ankle injury and that Thursday night game Hamilton was 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.039 a big part of their pass defense against running backs. 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:48.320 So yeah, I mean, this is certainly a pretty bright 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.359 usage outlook I would say for Jalen Warren this week. 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.680 And I know he's not available in every league, but 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:56.920 if he is available in your league, you know, even 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.560 if it's a shallow ten team league, I think he's 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.760 worth string and maybe. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.000 You know, flexing even in a shallow league this week. Yeah. 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.320 I know on some of the other you know, football 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.719 services like Yahoo and some other places, that ross percent 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.040 is a little less again, especially coming off the buy 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.400 and check your league too, because a lot of people 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.400 had a lot of injuries this week where they had 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.240 to make these hard decisions like well, I need somebody 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.480 to stream right now when Jalen Warren isn't one of 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.040 those guys, so I need to drop him to pick 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:23.880 up somebody else that circumstance might be out there. He 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:25.560 also might be some you know, a piece you could 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.760 be re acquiring a trade too, But Warren a piece 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.120 where I think you see that role continue to grow 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.239 a little bit. And you know, as they added Mike Williams, 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.240 we'll talk a little bit more about him. You know, 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.799 certainly the offense is starting to open up a little 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.599 bit here and that's also a good thing for Jalen 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.760 Warren's future here. But Deebro, I want to get your 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.280 take on Warren. I know, a player that you're historically 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.599 high on and what his role might be here down 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:49.080 the stretch. 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:53.520 Yeh In he's a weekly flex play with RB two 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.760 upside if he gets in the end zone. Like last week, 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:57.680 look at the stat line that he had, guys, and 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.800 that was with Naji playing that type of stat line. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.840 You had a touchdown on top of that we're talking about. 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:04.560 He walks away as an RB two for the week. 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:08.520 So this is agnostic of he needs to be a 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.520 major pickup for people if he's out there, So scour 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.560 all your leagues see where he's at, and if he's not, 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.440 then try to get him included in a trade because 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.920 the deadline's coming up. 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Things were gonna go a little bit better 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.880 for him. And then this week against the Chiefs, a 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:36.080 very tough run defense. Audrich Estim really kind of was 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:40.040 the guy. Now, Javonte Williams isn't gone, He is not out. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.000 There's nothing like that. So Debro the schedule also good 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.400 for him. But for me, the big deciding factor between 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.760 Estimate and Warren, if they are both available in your league, 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.360 is one's already passed his buy and one in Jalen 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.240 Warren passed the by and you kind of know what 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.920 his role is in the offense. It's still some ifs 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.680 for me, although estime, I think is going to be 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.800 bit on very aggressively, especially by teams that need RB help. 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.480 So give me your take on estimate what you saw 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.360 yesterday and what you think you're gonna see from him 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:08.400 in these next few weeks. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.680 I mean, right now, he's an RB three like flex 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:14.800 play looking at the role that he got last week, 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.679 playing forty six percent of the snaps, he ran eight routes. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.000 Javonte still ran ten, So this wasn't a full takeover 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.040 the backfield, but it was pretty damn close to it. 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:24.560 He got all the short. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:28.400 Yardage work, finishing with fourteen carries and fifty three rushing yards. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.960 I mean, if he's going to be the early down 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.400 hammer for Denver's offense, I really like him. And I 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.600 know we were talking about this like before the show, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:38.880 and I was, I mean really kind of like pounding 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.959 the table for him because the schedule upcoming man is 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.960 fantastic and he's out there in so many different leagues 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.640 that yeah, I mean, he could be a plug and 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:52.680 play RB two down the stretch, Like, are you tell 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:53.440 me this guys. 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.679 You're so excited there for a second. You actually I 0:09:55.760 --> 0:10:02.160 know myself, I just myself. Okay for a little temperature checker, right, Okay, Well, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:03.679 I don't want you to get too excited. He's got 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:05.240 a lie of show left to do, That's all I'm saying. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:10.840 Look at this schedule, Okay, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Cleveland, and Indy. 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.199 Are you scared of any of those run defenses? Guys? 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.000 Are Do we think the Denver's run it like their 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.320 defense is going to put them in positive gamescripts? Those 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.559 are all good matchups. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.640 Yeah, and the Denver Broncos have exceeded. I think a 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.079 lot of people's expectations, especially early on, things were a 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.439 little rough there. Uh. Pat, I don't know if you're 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:31.320 quite as six to midnight as Derek Brown is on 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.040 audric Est to May. But are you of that same 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.120 mind in terms of aggression, Cause let's talk about it, like, 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.480 is this a player that you are? You know you're 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.319 looking at the stretch run here, You're emptying the clip 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.840 on this guy, because hey, if he does take over 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.319 that number one role in that backfield, this could be 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.000 a huge difference maker between making or missing the playoffs. 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.520 I don't think that Odric Estimae is a gift from 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.120 the fantasy gods. Like Tyrone Tracy was a guy who 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.000 you need to have in your lineup everywhere. Tyrone Tracy 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.199 is there for sure. I don't know if Audric Estime 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.440 is going to quite reach that threshold of fantasy value, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.240 but it does look like he has taken over as 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.720 the early down back. He outsnapped Javonte Williams twenty six 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.480 to sixteen on Sunday, and I carried him fourteen to one. 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:21.120 And you would think Javonte and possibly Julia McLoughlin won't 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:25.720 disappear completely because the running backs as pass catchers have 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.760 always been so essential to the Sean Payton offense, although 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.640 maybe a little less so this year simply because bo 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:36.280 Nicks scrambles and scrambling quarterbacks check down to their running 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.600 backs less, and obviously bo Nicks is a lot more 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:42.559 mobile than Drew Brees used to be. So I don't 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.600 think Javante and McLoughlin are going to disappear completely, but 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.800 there is still a lot of value to having a 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.480 thumper like Oudric estimated boy, he is a thumper. That 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.679 final college season at Notre Dame thirteen hundred rushing yards, 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.160 eighteen touchdown runs. This guy knows what to do when 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.360 he gets inside the five yard line. So that's got 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.120 a lot of appeal. And you know, Joe, some people 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:05.760 are really up against it at running back with the 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.080 bye weeks. I know in one league where I didn't 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.400 have Brian Robinson this week, I just start Blake Koram 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.320 in a league this week. So if you're in a 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.719 position like that, yes, I would have loved to have 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.200 Audric Estimee chiming in with what he gave me versus 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.640 what I expect to get from Blake Koram on Monday night. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.160 There's another guy, And I'm glad we have all these 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.320 running backs to talk about because it's been kind of rough, 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.760 like last week was not a great weekday adding running backs. 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.120 But this week seems much better. Trey Benson, I want 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.800 to talk about him for a second. He is available 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:33.839 in seventy five percent of leagues right now. Over on 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.719 sleeper Benson rush the ball ten times for sixty two, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.120 caught two passes for twenty five. James Connor wasn't really efficient, 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.040 right He had just two point eight yards per carry 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:46.120 on Sunday, So Benson was finding a little bit more 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.559 success against the Jets defense, which we've heard a lot 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:52.280 of tales about how good it is. So Benson seems 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.559 like another guy too that you talk about the stuff 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.280 in a cuff and season we're getting very close. Now 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.920 we're in we'll see the eleventh of November as of 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.360 recording is Benson seems like a guy there should be 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.640 rostered in a higher percentage than he is if something 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.000 should happen to James Connor, or if James Connor might 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.559 be running out of gas at this juncture in the 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.520 season too, because as a guy who has missed some time, historically, 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.200 full seasons in James Connor don't always go together. So 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.760 I'm not sure exactly what the future holes for Trey Benson, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.160 but Patt, it seems like that ross percentage, just on 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:20.920 principle should be higher by now. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.280 High end handcuff Trey Benson should be considered, and I 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:29.079 don't think their standalone value. Although this was not entirely 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.800 garbage time production in the Cardinals decisive win over the Jets, 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.600 there was some of that, but I think they do 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.000 sort of want to spell James Connor a little bit 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.680 since he's an older back with as you mentioned, Joe 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.360 that extensive injury history, so makes sense to not, you know, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:49.840 work James Connor for twenty five touches every week. And 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.040 earlier in the season there was some ambiguity about who 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.280 actually was the backup because Imari di Mercato was either 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.080 playing ahead of Benson or sort of splitting the backup 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.000 duty with him. I think I think now Benson is 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.400 the guy. Like they still give de Mercado a few snaps, 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:07.040 but it's pretty much the Trey Benson show behind James conn. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:08.880 And they are the first place Cardinals. This is a 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.800 team that right now has designs. You know, when I 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.720 did the on the Playoffs, when I did the Black 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.079 Book this year, we talked about the offensive ecosystems and 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.480 I was looking for the outlier, and the one outlier 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.120 to me that the team that didn't have all the 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:26.240 right pieces necessarily but could outperform was the Cardinals, and 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.600 so far they have. Benson was also deebro the guy 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.880 that I remember Ladanian Tomlinson talking on an interview and 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.320 he circled him as that was his favorite back and 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.240 I always listen little things like that kind of you know, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.280 percolate in my head when I hear somebody of greatness 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.360 see somebody and give you a take on them because 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.960 they know what it looks like. I don't know what 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.800 the future holds for this player long term, but when 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.680 greatness says that guy is one to watch, I want 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.520 to listen and want to keep that in my back pocket. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.240 Is Benson a guy you want the back pocket a 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:56.920 year roster? Oh? 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.720 Absolutely, He's a high end handcuff And like we've talked 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.400 about the the show plenty of times, we've reached the 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.960 point of the season where you need to be insulating 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:09.240 rosters with high end handcuffs. Yeah, as far as like 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.520 handcuffing your own running backs if you have the bench 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.360 space and stuff. And I mean, if anything happens to 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:18.680 James Connor, Trey Benson's league winner. Looking at his schedule 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:25.400 Seattle Seahawks, the Vikings, Seahawks, Patriots, Panthers, and Rams, there 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.160 isn't a team left on that schedule that you can't 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.560 run the ball against. And Trey Benson would be getting 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.600 workhorse opportunity now. 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.240 Speaking to run the ball, the Chargers like to run 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.480 the ball. Gus Edwards came back and Gus Edwards got 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:37.720 a lot more work than I think a lot of 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.280 us might have thought. Ten carries for fifty five yards 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.920 looked fresh, which is good because Dobbins has looked not 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:45.960 so fresh. I would say in the last couple of 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.600 games he is only nineteen percent roster. Would you put 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.600 him in this whole? You know, like, hey, you could 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.400 do worse than Gus Edwards in these next couple of 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.040 weeks if you have to flex him and he's going 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.560 to get some work because of the style of this offense. 0:15:56.200 --> 0:16:00.640 Hebro Yeah, I think he falls into he's a little 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:02.800 bit lower than these other guys only because we know 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:04.960 that Gus Edwards is not going to get passing now 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.880 work and this backfield would be split up. So I 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.400 think there's a division of tiers for these guys, and 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.520 I think Gus is like that second or third tier 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:16.280 kind of guy only because we know those are limitations 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.400 and full stop limitations to his game. So the upside 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.280 is kind of capped. But to that point, Joe, like, 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:26.040 I mean, over the next few weeks, the Bengals Baltimore, Atlanta, 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.080 Kansas City, Tampa Bay, there are matchups in there where 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.320 the Charges wan to run the ball they can. 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.040 So Dobbins just to be clear too, really good game 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:38.120 against Cleveland. Then this past week against Tennessee fifteen for fifty, 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.680 So the arts per carry we're down a little bit 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.680 three point three. So the outlier seems like that Cleveland game, 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.040 PAP because before that you had three point four against 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.520 New Orleans, you had two point nine against Arizona and 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:50.960 three point eight. Like Dobbins really, you know, he had 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.440 some big explosive games to open the season in Week one. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.520 In Week two, then's kind of been a little up 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.200 and down. I know the Cleveland game was a good 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.320 one most recently, but if you look at the month, 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.600 you know, work load, it's been a little spotty. Can 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.000 Edwards eat into that and is that also gonna hurt 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.960 JK Dobbins down the stretch run From a fancy perspective. 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.800 I think that's mostly the effect here, Joe. It's more 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.960 about what he does to JK. Dobbins value than about 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.400 really creating a lot of fantasy value on his own. 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.240 I just what I worry about is that Dobbins still 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:26.560 out snapped Gus Edwards thirty nine to fourteen this past week, 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.959 but gust had ten carries on fourteen snaps. When he 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:31.600 was in the game, they were handing him the ball, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:36.080 so maybe that continues. But as Debro mentioned, like, there 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.400 is not a lot of pass catching upside here, and 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.280 I maybe worry about that schedule a little more than 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.120 Debro does for a guy who doesn't catch passes out 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.280 of the backfield. The Ravens aren't a good matchup, and 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:49.400 we know the Chiefs aren't a good matchup for any 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:53.960 running back, even Derrick Henry. So two of their next 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:58.160 let's see three matchups are pretty terrifying. So that would 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:00.720 kind of throw a little cold water that and the 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.240 snap count. I guess that's the reason I'm not ready 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.679 to drop a lot of money on Gus Edwards in 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:06.800 waivers this week? 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.760 Are you ring that point at Like it's the Bengals, 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.879 the Falcons and the Buccaneers, I'd be looking at his 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:15.080 plush rushing matchups for Edwards, I'd be staying away with 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:15.600 the other ones. 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:17.760 Just to clarify, you have to make some room on 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.040 rosters if you're gonna add anybody like Benson or Estimate 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.919 or Warren Jordan Mason one carry for five yards. Pat 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.959 you saw McCaffrey yesterday. I know he's the insurance policy, 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.080 so maybe if you have McCaffrey, he's still a keep. 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:32.480 But if you don't, do you drop him and chase 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:33.480 some of these guys on the wire? 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.600 Oh man, look, I know some people are in shallow 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:38.879 bench leagues show where they've got like four bench spots. 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.880 In that case, yes, but otherwise I don't know. Man, 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.359 this is arguably the most valuable handcuff running back in 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.720 the game, and he's handcuffed to a guy who's been 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:51.359 flying around to Germany for weird medical procedures. So I 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:53.400 kind of don't want to give up on that. 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.879 That is the trick. I know a lot of this 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.240