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0:00You know how we do things around here.
0:01No half-assed opinions. We dive deep.
0:05So, we're not going to give you just
0:07one, two, [music] four, or six running
0:09backs. We want to talk about our
0:11predictions for every single running
0:14back for 2026 fantasy football.
0:18Headliner Nation, Jake and I want to
0:20dive deep and we want to talk about the
0:23predictions for every [music]
0:25single running back in the NFL this
0:28season for 2026 fantasy football. And
0:30today, we begin that journey.
0:33>> Yeah, absolutely. There's a lot of
0:35running backs to talk about, like
0:3690-some running backs. We wanted to do
0:38it in one show. It didn't work out cuz
0:40the video would have been 6 hours and 15
0:42minutes long. So, here is your part one
0:46of this series to go in here and really
0:48start breaking down every single depth
0:49chart at the running back position.
0:51>> And keep in mind, if you do not have our
0:532026 fantasy football draft guide as of
0:56yet, we do have a section in there where
0:58we rank the most important running back
1:00handcuffs for the 2026 season. So, you
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1:23>> Ooh, absolutely. The categories that we
1:25will be assigning all of these running
1:27backs to [music] are laid out into a few
1:29different areas. RB1s and RB2s. Those
1:33top-tier players, what guys do we think
1:35are going to finish super high? Who are
1:37going to be really safe RB2s?
1:39>> [music]
1:39>> The next category will be the flex spot.
1:42Could be a starter for your team, maybe
1:45depth that rotates in and out of your
1:47lineup as well. Next up, those really
1:50important handcuffs. Guys that maybe you
1:53should draft now to protect your
1:54starter. Or maybe you should draft them
1:57because they could have significant
1:58upside if their starter ends up going
2:00down with an injury. The watch list. You
2:03should be paying attention to these guys
2:05a handcuff that has solid value if a
2:08starter is injured, but maybe you don't
2:11need to draft them right now. And of
2:13course, all of those waiver wire players
2:15that
2:16we don't care about, you can leave them
2:18out there. No need to even pay attention
2:20to them as of right now. We are going to
2:23kick it off in the AFC East with the
2:26Buffalo Bills. Hey, and one of our
2:28must-have running backs is going to be
2:30up right away. It's James Cook. We've
2:31got him listed as an RB1 with Ty Johnson
2:34and Raheem Mostert Davis listed as
2:36waivers.
2:37>> Yeah, and that's the thing when you're
2:38looking at the backfield of of Buffalo.
2:41It is James Cook. Now, honestly, I love
2:44the opportunity potentially for a Ty
2:47Johnson or Raheem Mostert Davis if
2:48something happens, but it's not going to
2:50be like a one-for-one swap. It's going
2:52to turn into a committee-style
2:53backfield, so there really is no reason
2:55to roster one of these guys if you have
2:58James Cook. Obviously, we love ourselves
3:00some James Cook. Like you mentioned,
3:02he's one of our must-have guys here this
3:03year. Ty Johnson could see a couple
3:07receptions a game. Last year, he was
3:08averaging right around two receptions a
3:10game. Raheem Mostert Davis not utilized
3:13that much as long as James Cook is going
3:14to be healthy.
3:15>> And that's going to be important to note
3:16throughout this video that sometimes
3:19we're going to have guys listed as a
3:20handcuff or a watch list because we
3:22think that if the starter were to go
3:25down, then maybe it's not nearly as much
3:27of a committee. Maybe we're looking at
3:29like a 60-40 split. Whereas this,
3:32they're waivers for both of these guys
3:33because we're looking at more of a 50-50
3:36split if James Cook were to miss time.
3:38Staying in that division, moving on to
3:40the Dolphins, Devon Achane we have
3:42listed as an RB1, Ali Gordon as waivers
3:46with Jaylen Wright as a watch list
3:48because Jaylen Wright mostly resembles
3:51what Devon Devon Achane would do.
3:54>> Yeah, and I know there's been reports
3:55that have come out lately that they're
3:56saying Ali Gordon could be a three-down
3:58back. Of course, they want these guys to
4:00be. Every Every head coach in the NFL
4:03wants to have like three three-down
4:05backs on their roster. Does that mean
4:06it's actually going to translate?
4:08Probably not. If something were to
4:10happen to Achane,
4:12probably not one of those one-for-one
4:14swaps, either. There is a lot of concern
4:16surrounding Devon Achane all this off
4:17season. It's a player we'll probably
4:18dive into a little bit more here in the
4:20coming weeks cuz nobody knows what to do
4:22with him. It's not a talent issue. It's
4:24What is he going to be this year in a
4:26brand new offense, a lack of weapons, a
4:29new quarterback. Can we expect the same
4:31old thing? We have him a little bit
4:33lower than in years past, but still an
4:35RB1.
4:36>> Moving on to the Patriots, maybe one of
4:38the most debated backfields this off
4:41season, and that's because Rhamondre
4:42Stevenson and Treyvion Henderson both
4:45have fantasy value. Now, they're going
4:47to vulture each other a little bit, so
4:49we both have them listed in the flex
4:51category with Land Lairson in the RB3
4:55being on waivers. Now, if something were
4:56to happen to either running back, we
4:59could easily see these guys being
5:00high-end RB2s, maybe a little weekly RB1
5:04upside baked in throughout the season,
5:05as well. But when they are together, you
5:08can probably utilize both of them.
5:11>> I mean, you got to be a master debater
5:13to go out there and try to figure out
5:14which one of these guys is the guy to
5:16have to start the year. Obviously, the
5:18hype surrounds Treyvion Henderson. The
5:20production supports Rhamondre Stevenson.
5:23And that's where it really gets
5:24confusing is because you want both of
5:26them to succeed. Hopefully, when you
5:28have your draft, you are not reliant on
5:31either one of them as somebody that you
5:32have to start week one. Hopefully, we
5:35get a little bit of time. Hopefully, you
5:36have a little bit of depth. But yes, to
5:38start off the season, flex plays at best
5:41until we really see what that split is
5:43going to look like. As far as Land
5:44Lairson is concerned, I don't even know
5:46if I've heard that name before, Kyle, so
5:48I'm not too concerned about him.
5:50>> You know what? For the job that I have,
5:53I do consider myself a master debater,
5:56but I'm not really a fisherman, so I'm
5:57certainly not a masterbater. Moving on
6:00to the Jets, Breece Hall we have listed
6:02as an RB2.
6:05While Braelon
6:06While Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis,
6:09we've got Braelon Allen as a watch list.
6:12Some really good things.
6:12>> [laughter]
6:15>> I don't even know if I can cut I think I
6:17stopped listening to you like 30 seconds
6:19ago.
6:20>> For the Jets, oh man, I debated just
6:22stopping so that I could be cut out, but
6:24we're just going to keep it rolling
6:25because that's what we do around here.
6:28For the Jets, Breece Hall we've got
6:30listed as an RB2. If he was with a
6:32better team, maybe he would be an RB1,
6:35but we still think he has some decent
6:36floor. Braelon Allen is going to be a
6:38watch list player for us. He's looking
6:40really good in training camp right now.
6:42Isaiah Davis on the waivers.
6:45>> Yeah, Breece Hall I feel is like a a
6:47wasted talent there with the Jets. It's
6:49not a Breece Hall issue. It's a the Jets
6:51can't find leads and really rely on the
6:53running game type issue. Plus, Braelon
6:56Allen
6:57he is a solid backup. I mean, he is not
7:01somebody where they take a big hit when
7:02he comes into the game. He is very
7:04underrated. He is definitely somebody to
7:06pay attention to. I know he's coming off
7:07of an injury as well. Hopefully, Breece
7:09Hall can at least give us those top 15
7:12to 18 weeks in a bad offense once again.
7:15>> And the AFC North starting with the
7:17Ravens, obviously King Derrick Henry.
7:20Now, we have him listed as an RB2. Do we
7:22think he can be an RB1? Absolutely, but
7:24we've talked this year about how even if
7:27the upside isn't as good in the past,
7:29the floor is still going to be really
7:31solid, and that's why I have him listed
7:32as an RB2 and not an RB1. Not because we
7:35don't necessarily think that he can't
7:36get there. For Justice Hill and Adam
7:39Randall, though, we're going to list
7:40both of them as a watch list. Obviously,
7:43if something were to happen to Derrick
7:44Henry, someone is probably going to have
7:46to take over. If Justice Hill hadn't
7:49received the passing game work that he
7:51had in the past, we would probably list
7:53him as just waivers. But, if something
7:55were to happen to Henry, both of these
7:57guys could actually have a little bit of
7:59value. Hill maybe more than Randall.
8:02>> Yeah, and
8:03here's the thing, a lot of people may
8:04not even know who Adam Randall is. Adam
8:06Randall is who I would consider one of
8:08those spicy fantasy nuggets as a name to
8:11just pay attention to because he's his
8:13running style, I can't say he's Derrick
8:16Henry 2.0. I think that there's only one
8:18Derrick Henry. But, he is oddly similar
8:21in a bunch of different aspects, a power
8:23runner, and if they wanted to just
8:25insert him if Derrick Henry were to go
8:27down, he may not get the full workload.
8:29Justice Hill is going to be involved a
8:30little bit more, but he is definitely
8:32somebody that in this offense
8:34could find some success just due to the
8:36similar running styles of Derrick Henry.
8:38Henry is probably somebody I'm still
8:40higher on than a lot of people. Maybe
8:41it's cuz we got that old dude thing in
8:42common. You know what I mean? Like we're
8:44just like we're connecting as old dudes
8:46um because he's got a lot of mileage on
8:48him, and so do I. So, Derrick Henry, I
8:50still think he's verge RB and RB1
8:53territory, top 10 to 12 on the season.
8:55But, like you said, if you're looking
8:56for the safety, RB2 at worst for Derrick
8:59Henry.
9:00>> For the Cleveland Browns, Dontrell
9:01Hilliard [clears throat] is one of our
9:02favorite values so far this season. And
9:06depending on what happens over the
9:08course of the next few weeks as we get
9:09closer to the beginning of the year,
9:11maybe his ADP starts to rise a little
9:13bit. But, right now, he's still going in
9:16a great spot. And we think that he has
9:18the ability to be a solid RB2 this
9:21season. I went back and forth on whether
9:23he'd be an RB2 or a flex. But, I believe
9:26if you're drafting Hilliard, you believe
9:28in him enough that he would be an RB2 on
9:31your team. I've got Dylan Sampson on the
9:33watch list because we did see him give
9:35some really solid passing game value and
9:38as of right now, it looks like Shedur
9:41Sanders is the leader to be the starter
9:44for the Cleveland Browns come week one.
9:46That would be great for Dylan Sampson,
9:49Raheem Sanders. We have him on waivers.
9:51>> Yeah, not interested in Raheem Sanders.
9:53I think I am probably one of those
9:55Quinshon Judkins truthers out there.
9:57Coming off the injury, he looks still he
9:58still looks explosive. He looks great in
10:01camp. He looks quick.
10:03And we broke it down in a video a couple
10:04weeks ago, Kyle, where
10:06where he's going in drafts as like verge
10:08RB 20 area, what he needs to do to
10:11return draft value is so attainable that
10:15we're not going into the season just
10:16overly relying on him having some
10:18massive season. If he goes out there and
10:20gets anywhere near like 1,200 yards,
10:22we're going to be in good shape and
10:23that's not a huge ask cuz he will still
10:26be involved at times in the passing
10:28game. Maybe not as much as a Dylan
10:29Sampson, but still somebody we can rely
10:32upon. The biggest question mark when it
10:33comes to Quinshon Judkins, can he get
10:36touchdown opportunities in the Cleveland
10:38offense? If Shedur can move the ball or
10:40if it's Watson down the field through
10:42the air at all, I'm talking any type of
10:44success through the air,
10:46Quinshon Judkins is going to end up
10:48eating this year.
10:50>> For the Steelers, Jaylen Warren, Rico
10:52Dowdle both listed as flex. I would say
10:55this is another highly debated backfield
10:58this year just because we don't really
11:00know who the starter's going to be. Does
11:02does Jaylen Warren deserve it?
11:04Absolutely. We have talked about how
11:07insanely efficient this guy was last
11:10year and how great of a value that he
11:12could end up being this year for your
11:13team, but we also know that Mike
11:16McCarthy brought in his former boo thing
11:18from the Dallas Cowboys, Rico Dowdle. We
11:21know that these two are probably going
11:23to eat away at each other's volume.
11:25Don't love to see that. Have them both
11:28listed as flex options right now, but
11:31Caleb Johnson, who was a higher draft
11:33pick last season, we're going to keep
11:34him on the watch list just in case
11:36something were to happen. I am not a
11:38Caleb Johnson truther or believer, but
11:41you never know.
11:42>> Yeah, you never know. And this is like
11:45really similar to the Patriots, right?
11:47Like we just don't know. We like both
11:48options. We just don't know which one
11:50it's going to be. And
11:53I have a feeling we're going to find out
11:55fairly quick. I we're going to see how
11:57how soon into the season does Rico
11:58Dowdle really get close to a 50% role.
12:02We know that Rodgers is familiar and
12:04used to Jaylen Warren back there.
12:07It's going to be interesting. But yeah,
12:08as a flex play, it's probably about as
12:10high as I would go. Now, I think that
12:12Jaylen Warren probably has a slightly
12:15higher upside than Rico Dowdle in this
12:18offense, but it's all going to come down
12:20to Mike McCarthy and how much does he
12:22want to use the former running back that
12:24he had when he was with the Dallas
12:25Cowboys. So yes, flex play is probably
12:28the safe play all season long as long as
12:31these two are both healthy.
12:33>> Now, to finish off the AFC North, we've
12:36got the Cincinnati Bengals. Chase Brown,
12:39RB1. We've talked about how good he
12:42could end up being this season, the
12:44ability to put together a lot of volume
12:46on the ground paired with a lot of
12:48volume through the air. We have him
12:49listed as an RB1. But Samaje Perine and
12:52Taj Brooks, we have them both listed as
12:54waivers. We've talked about one of the
12:56reasons that we love Chase Brown is
12:58because of just the lack of competition
13:00behind him, the lack of guys that could
13:02take significant touches away.
13:05>> Yeah, there's no reason to to get the
13:07handcuff for Chase Brown in Cincinnati
13:09because it would be a a cluster, if you
13:11know what I'm talking about, with Samaje
13:12Perine and Taj Brooks if he were to go
13:14down. Chase Brown's ability to rack up
13:17receptions in one of the league's most
13:19explosive offenses, on an offense in
13:22which, you know, Jamarr Chase and Tee
13:24Higgins are pulling defenders outside of
13:25box every single snap, That's why Chase
13:28Brown is finding so much success and
13:30nothing has really changed in the
13:31negative to make you expect anything
13:34else. The biggest knock on Chase Brown
13:35is his slow starts the last couple of
13:37years. Two years ago, it's because he
13:39was earning the job. Don't forget that.
13:41It's not like he just had a slow start.
13:43He had to work his way up into a role.
13:45He got it. He didn't let it go. Last
13:47year, some of that had to do with the
13:48injuries to Joe Burrow. Joe Flacco is
13:50already in town. He already understands
13:52the offense. So, if something were to
13:53happen to Burrow, I think things pick up
13:55and like we see what we saw from Chase
13:57Brown at the end of last year, which was
13:59almost league winning.
14:00>> We're moving on to the AFC South
14:02starting with the Houston Texans. New
14:05face on the team, David Montgomery,
14:07expected to be the RB1 as of right now.
14:10We've talked about how much we like him
14:12as a really solid depth piece, like a
14:14guy that you can draft as your flex
14:16option this season. But, we think that
14:18he has the floor of an RB2 as well,
14:22giving you a really solid depth piece a
14:24little bit later on in drafts. But, I am
14:26going to list Woody Marks as a handcuff.
14:28Now, do you need to handcuff David
14:30Montgomery? You don't have to. But, if
14:32you have some deeper benches, I probably
14:35would recommend it as of right now
14:37because there is talk that Woody Marks
14:39could see some work in the passing game.
14:41And until we know for sure, just because
14:44we know the NFL can be a little bit of a
14:45crazy place, if you have the option to
14:48add that piece behind David Montgomery,
14:50it might not be the worst thing in the
14:51world. Now, if you don't draft David
14:53Montgomery, I'm probably not drafting
14:54Woody Marks later. So, you can probably
14:56forget about that. But, Juwan Johnson,
14:58who is the RB3 as of right now, we'll
15:00leave him on waivers.
15:01>> Yeah, and I kind of I'm one of those
15:02guys Kyle that looks at the X factor of
15:04things like a lot. And David Montgomery
15:07to me, I feel like has that chip on his
15:09shoulder to prove that he can be a lead
15:13back, a top running back once again in
15:15the NFL and that he doesn't need a a 1B
15:18there with him like he has had with
15:19Jahmyr Gibbs. I feel like he's going to
15:21come out, he's going to run hard, and
15:22people are going to be surprised with
15:23the production they see from David
15:25Montgomery.
15:26>> Yeah, moving on to the Indianapolis
15:27Colts, Jonathan Taylor. Obviously, he's
15:29the guy that has top five running back
15:31potential. He's being drafted in the
15:33middle to the beginning of the first
15:35round. We've got him listed as an RB1.
15:37DJ Giddens, we did a video on running
15:40back handcuffs that we have no interest
15:42in drafting. If you've missed that
15:44video, make sure you go check it out.
15:45We'll link it down the description
15:46below. But for DJ Giddens, we are not
15:49drafting him. But we will keep him on
15:51the watch list because if you spend a
15:53really high pick on Jonathan Taylor, you
15:56may just want to keep an eye on who that
15:58backup is going to be. Seth McGowan is
16:00the RB3 is on waivers still.
16:03>> Yeah, no surprise there with Jonathan
16:04Taylor. It's kind of what you expect
16:06every single year. Giddens is definitely
16:08somebody just to pay attention to. I am
16:10not making it an absolute must to draft
16:13either one of these guys behind Jonathan
16:14Taylor if I take him early. If it falls
16:16that way, I have deeper benches, sure,
16:19maybe. I'm not going to go out of my way
16:21to do so because of what you just said.
16:23Like, we really broke it down like in
16:24depth in that video. And if you if you
16:25want to go back to the channel and check
16:27it out, you can find out the running
16:28backs that we have no interest in
16:29drafting. And that's that's one of them.
16:30And that's for the reason that even if
16:33JT goes down, it's probably going to be
16:34a split once again. So,
16:36I I'm not going to even worry about it
16:38if there's no Jonathan Taylor.
16:40>> For the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ryquell
16:42Toin. Breakout candidate for a lot of
16:44people this season. We are not as
16:47bullish on him. We do think it's a good
16:49opportunity. However, we know that that
16:52Jacksonville schedule to begin the
16:54season could be really tough. And Chris
16:56Rodriguez, who we have listed as a
16:58handcuff here, could end up eating into
17:00some of that workload. Laquon Allen Jr.,
17:03the RB3 we have on waivers. For Toin,
17:06only have him listed as a flex right
17:08now.
17:09>> And that kind of fits for where he's
17:10going in drafts. So, it's not like
17:12that's crazy. I think what a lot of
17:14people see is they see that Travis
17:15Etienne is gone, and that Byard Toin
17:18that role, which he for the most part
17:21is. Now, obviously, we've seen a little
17:24bit of him last year, not a huge,
17:26you know, sample size from him, but what
17:27really concerns me the most about Byard
17:29and really the Jaguars
17:31as a whole is the schedule for them to
17:33start the season. The first eight weeks
17:35of the year is
17:36super tough. And I can see them really
17:39relying on their explosive passing game
17:42more so than the running game to start
17:44the year. Not saying he's not going to
17:46be used. I just don't know if he goes
17:48past that flex opportunity. When I'm
17:50looking at Byard, I really immediately
17:51go to I really immediately go to
17:53somebody hopefully I can buy low after
17:55the first month or so of the season, and
17:57then utilize the second half of the
17:59year. As for Chris Rodriguez, I think
18:02he's involved as well. I think he sees a
18:03large workload if somebody goes down to
18:05Byard as long as he's 100% healthy. Like
18:07you said, keep him on waivers. No no
18:07need to roster him at this time.
18:11>> For the Tennessee Titans, we talked
18:12about Tony Pollard in a couple of videos
18:14this offseason. Have him listed as a
18:16flex option. Decent floor ceiling is
18:19probably not there, but you never know
18:21if Cam Ward takes another step forward,
18:23if the addition of Carnell Tate in the
18:25passing game really helps open a lot of
18:27things up. Maybe Tony Pollard we see a
18:29little bit of that ceiling that he used
18:31to have. Tajae Spears, again, one of
18:33those guys we have absolutely no
18:35interest in drafting. And one of the
18:37reasons why is because we do believe
18:39Nicholas Singleton, even though he could
18:41be a better option in 2027,
18:44he might not take away anything from
18:45Tony Pollard this year, but he could
18:47absolutely unseat Tajae Spears as the
18:49RB2.
18:50>> For sure. And if the Titans come out
18:52this year and there's an injury or
18:54whatever and they're not going to
18:55compete, I could see them wanting to see
18:57what they have in the younger running
18:59back in Singleton. Tony Pollard,
19:01probably he's like vanilla ice cream,
19:03Kyle. Like he's probably not going to go
19:05out there and win you a ton of things,
19:06but he's probably not going to be a bad
19:07option for your team, either. He's going
19:09to finish top 24. Flex play is great for
19:12the most part. Um, he's not somebody
19:14that you want to really rely on to be
19:16one of your starting top two running
19:18backs. Make sure if you go into the
19:20season with Tony Pollard as somebody
19:22that you have to start that it's the
19:24flex play and nothing and nothing more.
19:26>> Yeah, Tony Pollard is like you take the
19:28kids to Dairy Queen and you don't really
19:30want [music] like a Sunday or something
19:32big and heavy. Maybe you're a little bit
19:33more full than the kids at that point.
19:35So you just get a small vanilla cone. It
19:37just hits the spot.
19:39>> that?
19:39>> And the AFC West for the Denver Broncos,
19:42another highly debated backfield here.
19:45JK Dobbins was brought back for another
19:47year. RJ Harvey, he scored a ton of
19:50touchdowns last season. And then they
19:52drafted Jonah Coleman as well. We're
19:54going to list Dobbins and Harvey as flex
19:57options right now, but Coleman should be
19:59on your watch list.
20:01>> 100% 100% for sure. I mean, Jonah
20:03Coleman is going to have a much larger
20:04role next year, right? But JK Dobbins is
20:09probably one of the most underrated
20:10running backs in fantasy football
20:12because when he's on the field, which I
20:14know he misses a lot of time, but when
20:16he's out there, he has been one of the
20:18most consistent running backs in fantasy
20:20averaging right around 11 fantasy points
20:22per game for multiple years now. We just
20:24need to keep him on the field. RJ Harvey
20:27earned a little bit more of a role this
20:29year. Maybe they utilize him a little
20:30bit more early on to keep JK Dobbins
20:32fresh. But if Here's the the beauty of
20:34it. If either one of these guys go down,
20:37Jonah Coleman I believe can fill that
20:39role and have a role right away. Is it
20:42going to be one that you all of a sudden
20:43want to throw up into the the top of
20:45your lineup? No, probably not, but he is
20:48somebody who has definitely got the
20:49skill set to be usable if there's an
20:52injury in this backfield.
20:54>> Moving on to the Kansas City Chiefs,
20:56Kenneth Walker, got him listed as an
20:58RB1. You could argue that he should be
21:00an RB2 instead and I would totally get
21:02that. I think we can all agree that if
21:04he were to stay healthy, his upside
21:06though is inside the top 12 running
21:08backs, so we'll put him at RB1. Emari
21:11Demercado, Breashaad Smith, we have both
21:13of them listed as waivers right now.
21:16If something were to happen to Kenneth
21:17Walker, which we absolutely know could
21:20end up happening, it's probably going to
21:22be a little bit of of a mess in the
21:24backfield because Emitt Johnson, who
21:26they just spent a fifth-round pick on,
21:28he is another guy that could end up
21:30seeing time as well. So, if anything
21:32happens to Kenneth Walker, it's probably
21:33going to be a hodgepodge behind him.
21:36>> 100%. And honestly, I have zero interest
21:38in Emari Demercado and Breashaad Smith.
21:40Emitt Johnson, I do love the prospect of
21:43Emitt Johnson. Now, can he leapfrog
21:45these two guys? Potentially.
21:48Uh hoping that Kenneth Walker can stay
21:49healthy cuz obviously the upside there
21:51with Eric Bieniemy as his offensive
21:52coordinator is top 12 at the position.
21:56Aside from that though, more than
21:57likely, unless you have deep rosters
21:59once again, I'm not taking a stab on any
22:01of these guys or if I am, I would almost
22:04rather take a stab at Emitt Johnson as
22:06like a free last-round pick and just to
22:08see what happens. If nothing happens,
22:10you can drop him and you really didn't
22:11invest anything.
22:12>> For the Raiders,
22:15Ashton Jeanty, another guy that you
22:17could argue RB1, RB2. I listed him as
22:20RB2. I know if Jake were to put these
22:22notes in here, he would probably list
22:24him as RB1. And again, one that I
22:26probably would not disagree with. So, if
22:28you'd like to put him as RB1, I'm
22:30totally on board with that because we
22:32know he has that potential.
22:34We just don't like the Raiders offense
22:36as much as we like the Chiefs offense.
22:38That's why Walker was RB1 and Ashton
22:40Jeanty was listed as RB2. Mike
22:42Washington, a big-time playmaker in
22:44college, keep him on your watch list if
22:46you own Ashton Jeanty. Wouldn't
22:47necessarily draft him right now though.
22:50And Dylan Lobbe is on waivers.
22:53>> Yeah, I mean, more so it's the the
22:56change in head coach to Clint Kubiak and
22:58how yes, he has utilized a two-back
23:01system the majority of his career. So,
23:03many people are like, "No, he hasn't. He
23:04never did it. It was just Kamar." Like,
23:06just go back and just research some
23:08stats before you leave those types of
23:09comments cuz he has done it for multiple
23:11years. Nothing again against Ashton
23:13Jeanty, but can he score the touchdowns
23:16in a below-average offense? And what is
23:19the split in the backfield like? Those
23:20are my only two questions with Ashton
23:22Jeanty. It's not a skill or a talent
23:24issue. I do believe he's going to be
23:25right there verge RB1 RB2 somewhere in
23:28that RB 10 11 12 13 14 range or so come
23:32end of season.
23:33Uh love the potential of Ashton Jeanty.
23:35I'm just not quite sold on the offense
23:38in Las Vegas just yet, even though it
23:39will be better than last year.
23:41>> For the Los Angeles Chargers, if you see
23:44Jake and I out in public, do not start
23:47talking to us about the potential for
23:49this Chargers offense
23:51because it could get really embarrassing
23:53really really quick. We would not be
23:54able to contain our excitement. Omari on
23:56Hampton list him as an RB1. We think
23:58this is a guy that could be locked into
24:00the top 12 with top five upside with
24:03Mike McDaniel's running the offense now.
24:06Keeton Mitchell, I am going to list him
24:07as a handcuff. I do think that he is a
24:09guy that is going late enough that you
24:11if you have enough room, it wouldn't
24:13hurt to grab him up at the beginning of
24:15the season, see how things shake out,
24:17how they plan on utilizing him, and then
24:20because you spent such a late round pick
24:22on him, you could really toss him back
24:23to waivers if nothing materializes and
24:25he's not used as much as what you think
24:27he might be. Zamani Vidal, yeah, he's
24:30filled in well in the past, but he'll be
24:32on waivers for now.
24:33>> Yeah, I I see a lot of people saying,
24:34"Aren't we worried about Keeton Mitchell
24:36with Omari on Hampton?" And as much as I
24:38like Keeton Mitchell and how he fits
24:39this style of offense, we're still
24:41talking about a guy who's never played a
24:43full season and has never had more than
24:4470 touches in a season, either. So, like
24:47there's a lot of unknown there still.
24:48He's going to be involved. He's going to
24:50have a role. If Omari on Hampton goes
24:53down, I think the role increases enough
24:55to make him fantasy viable to be a
24:57handcuff, but it will not just be Keeton
24:59Mitchell. More than likely that's when
25:01Kamani Vidal would have a little bit of
25:03a role, too, as well. We've seen that in
25:05the past just last year. Keeton
25:07Mitchell, the more explosive guy, that
25:09could probably get you a little bit
25:10higher of a ceiling on a week-to-week
25:11basis.
25:12>> Hello RotoBaller Nation. Like I said at
25:13the beginning, no half-assed opinions
25:16here. So, this video did end up going a
25:18little bit longer than we anticipated.
25:20So, we are going to make a part two
25:22instead where we cover all of the NFC
25:26depth charts. Now, when you're watching
25:28this video, that video may not be out as
25:30of yet. We are going to put them both
25:32out on the same day. So, if you're
25:34watching right away, make sure you have
25:36your notifications on and you're ready
25:37to catch that video [music] as soon as
25:39it drops. If you're watching this and
25:41that video is already out, it will be
25:43linked in the description down below, as
25:45well, with the rest of the timestamps
25:47for everything [music] else in this
25:49video. But, for now, Jake, let's go
25:51ahead and get out of here and get ready
25:53to record part two.
25:54>> Listen, I'm a headliner.

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