DRAFT or PASS Every Running Back in Fantasy Football - Part 2 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello, Nation. Welcome back to part two
2. 0:02of predicting every single running back
3. 0:05for the 2026 season. And if you're
4. 0:07confused because you're like, "Wait a
5. 0:09second, part two. Where was part one?"
6. 0:11That's because when we started recording
7. 0:13this video, it took way longer than
8. 0:15anticipated and we needed to split it
9. 0:17into [music] two sections.
10. 0:20So, if you're jumping into this video
11. 0:22for the first time, linked down below
12. 0:24will be part one where we talked about
13. 0:26every single AFC depth chart. Today's
14. 0:30video is going to be talking about all
15. 0:32of the NFC depth charts. This one has
16. 0:36been an absolute nightmare to record, so
17. 0:38make sure you hit the like button and
18. 0:40thank Taylor down in the comments below
19. 0:42because we made his life extremely hard.
20. 0:45Uh yeah, he's somewhere in a dark hole
21. 0:47piecing together 18 video files right
22. 0:50now. So # loveyouutay in the comment
23. 0:52section. If you missed part one, make
24. 0:54sure you do go back and check that out.
25. 0:56Again, linked down below. But the
26. 0:58categories that we will be assigning to
27. 1:00all the running backs today [music] are
28. 1:02as follows. If you're an RB1, if we feel
29. 1:05like you have that type of ceiling, then
30. 1:07we're going to list you as an RB1. If we
31. 1:09think you have a really solid floor, but
32. 1:11maybe lack a little bit of that ceiling,
33. 1:12we're going to list you as an RB2. For
34. 1:15those flex players, they could end up
35. 1:17being a starter or maybe they'll be more
36. 1:19of depth that rotates in and out of your
37. 1:21lineup. They'll be marked as a flex.
38. 1:23You'll be marked as a handcuff. if you
39. 1:25are a draft now player to protect your
40. 1:28investment in a starter that you may
41. 1:30already have or maybe we think that they
42. 1:32could have significant upside as a
43. 1:34starter if their number one goes down
44. 1:36they'll be listed as a handcuff for
45. 1:38those watch list players those are
46. 1:40handcuffs that maybe you don't need to
47. 1:43draft right now but you're going to want
48. 1:44to keep an eye on them add them to the
49. 1:46watch list just in case there's someone
50. 1:48that we need to be adding later on for
51. 1:51the waiverss of course we don't need to
52. 1:53worry about them at all you can leave
53. 1:54them on the waiverss for right now. We
54. 1:56are going to start with the NFC East and
55. 1:59the Dallas Cowboys. Javvante Williams we
56. 2:01have listed as an RB2. He is a must-have
57. 2:04running back for us. We absolutely love
58. 2:06him. We just know that maybe that
59. 2:07ceiling will not be nearly as high every
60. 2:10single week, but we know the floor is
61. 2:12going to be really good. Jaden Blue, I'm
62. 2:14not interested in drafting him right
63. 2:16now, but we are going to add him as a
64. 2:17watch list in case something were to
65. 2:19happen to Javvante Williams. And Phil
66. 2:21Mafa is on waiverss. Yeah, we love
67. 2:23ourselves some Javvante Williams. We've
68. 2:25been talking about him all off
69. 2:26seasonason long. It's where he's going
70. 2:27in drafts. It's the discount you get.
71. 2:29It's the way he's going to be utilized.
72. 2:31It's the volume he's going to see
73. 2:33weekly. You know, early downs, goal
74. 2:35line. It's going to be Javvante Williams
75. 2:37for majority of the season. Jaden Blue,
76. 2:39I think, kind of gets somewhat of a
77. 2:41split with Phil Mafa if something were
78. 2:43to happen to Javvante Williams. He'll
79. 2:44probably get a few touches here or
80. 2:46there, but Javvante, he's the guy to
81. 2:48definitely own in Dallas. for the New
82. 2:50York Giants. Will Cam Scataboo be
83. 2:53backflipping his way into an RB1 role or
84. 2:56to your injured reserve this year?
85. 2:59Hopefully, he doesn't do that after any
86. 3:02touchdowns. Right now, we got him listed
87. 3:04as a flex. I do think he has RB2
88. 3:06potential, but with the injury, Tyrone
89. 3:09Tracy being there, Jackson Dar obviously
90. 3:11running the football as well, I think
91. 3:13it's safer to list him as a flex as of
92. 3:15right now. Tyrone Tracy Jr. is an
93. 3:18interesting handcuff to potentially add
94. 3:20just because Cam Scataboo is coming off
95. 3:23the injury. If you have deeper benches,
96. 3:25maybe take Tyrone Tracy Jr. right now,
97. 3:27but if you don't, probably no need to
98. 3:29draft him. Devin Dingleberry, as we like
99. 3:32to call him around here, he is on
100. 3:34waiverss, though.
101. 3:35>> Yeah, cuz he's always just hanging
102. 3:37around. Now, Cam Scataboo is somebody
103. 3:39who obviously we love. I enjoy watching
104. 3:42him on Sundays. There is a little bit of
105. 3:44concern with the way that he plays the
106. 3:46game from a injury standpoint.
107. 3:48Obviously, uh I would love for him to be
108. 3:50my flex play. I would be worried if he
109. 3:52was my RB2 even though I believe he
110. 3:55finishes as an RB2 just due to some of
111. 3:57those injury concerns. I would rather
112. 3:59have him just be my RB3 on my roster if
113. 4:01at all possible.
114. 4:03>> For the Philadelphia Eagles, we know
115. 4:05that Saquon Barkley has RB1 upside. Is
116. 4:08there a little concern just based on his
117. 4:10usage last year? Absolutely there is.
118. 4:12But we're still going to list him as an
119. 4:14RB1. Nonetheless, Tank Bsby for me is a
120. 4:17guy on the watch list. If you look at
121. 4:19his numbers in terms of overall
122. 4:21efficiency, if something were to happen
123. 4:23to Barkley, Tank Bsby could step in and
124. 4:26be a fantasy starter for your team right
125. 4:28away. I don't think you need to draft
126. 4:30him as of right now, but do keep him on
127. 4:32your watch list. If you draft Saquon
128. 4:34Barkley, Will Shipley, might be some
129. 4:36passing game work along the way, but
130. 4:38we're going to leave him on waiverss for
131. 4:39right now. Yeah, I mean they're not
132. 4:41going to have much of a role uh aside
133. 4:43from Saquon Barkley as long as he is
134. 4:45healthy. I think Barkley is even though
135. 4:47we saw a lot of inefficiencies last
136. 4:48year, there's an opportunity for him to
137. 4:50bounce back this year in a different
138. 4:52offense. It's an offense that's just so
139. 4:54full of weapons, right? So, how much
140. 4:56does he really get limited touch-wise
141. 4:59this year? How many goal line
142. 5:00opportunities does Jayen Herz get and
143. 5:02and take away from him? That's a
144. 5:04question mark. I think instead of a top
145. 5:06five running back, I feel a lot better
146. 5:08by saying he's a top 12 guy this year.
147. 5:10>> For the Washington Commanders, Jakori
148. 5:13Kroski Merritt at times looked really
149. 5:15good last season, but he was highly
150. 5:18inconsistent at times. So, is he just
151. 5:20going to be the starter or is he going
152. 5:22to be in a split backfield with newly
153. 5:24signed Rashad White? We're going to list
154. 5:26both of them as a flex option to begin
155. 5:29with because there is going to be
156. 5:30potential for fantasy points for both of
157. 5:32them. We like Chiggy Oo. We've got some
158. 5:35rookies there that could do some things.
159. 5:36Rashad White, though, is a veteran pass
160. 5:38catcher. Should be utilized quite a bit
161. 5:40off the bat. Kron Allen, put him on your
162. 5:43watch list. Newly newly drafted rookie.
163. 5:46He could be a guy that with any type of
164. 5:47injury could end up making an impact at
165. 5:49some point this year.
166. 5:51>> Yeah, and we know at this point that
167. 5:53Bill JCM, he's not there for his pass
168. 5:56catching upside. That's why they brought
169. 5:57in Rashad White. He has former chemistry
170. 6:00with quarterback Jaden Daniels. They
171. 6:02were together at Arizona State. he's
172. 6:04going to have a role in this offense for
173. 6:06sure. More of a PPR option as a flex
174. 6:09play because I don't know if he sees
175. 6:10enough volume on the ground at least to
176. 6:12start the season. But I honestly would
177. 6:14not be surprised, Kyle, if somebody came
178. 6:16to me and told me that by week six,
179. 6:18Rashad White was the number one in this
180. 6:20backfield and JCM was the number two. So
181. 6:23having him right here as a flex play,
182. 6:25somebody that you get super late in
183. 6:26drafts. If you're drafting these guys,
184. 6:28they better not be your RB1, your RB2,
185. 6:31or your RB3. At best, they need to be
186. 6:34your your team's RB4. And even that's a
187. 6:37little bit pushing. Jumping into the NFC
188. 6:39North, let's kick it off with the
189. 6:41Chicago Bears. DeAndre Swift is a guy
190. 6:43that I don't think we talked about a ton
191. 6:45at the beginning of the off season, but
192. 6:47as our research progressed throughout
193. 6:49the months, we have come to like him
194. 6:52even more. and even more. We think he is
195. 6:54a really solid candidate as an RB2
196. 6:56option this year. Kyle Manangi though,
197. 6:59because of some of the work he got last
198. 7:01year, it might be a good idea to
199. 7:03handcuff DeAndre Swift with him in case
200. 7:06for some reason it does turn out to be a
201. 7:0850/50 split right away instead of kind
202. 7:10of the 6040 that we kind of anticipate
203. 7:13to begin with. Roshan Johnson, there's a
204. 7:15lot of people out there that have wanted
205. 7:16Roshan Johnson to be a thing for years.
206. 7:19He still isn't.
207. 7:20>> He's still not a thing, right? and I
208. 7:22have been on the DeAndre Swift bandwagon
209. 7:26I think it's two maybe three years now.
210. 7:28I love DeAndre Swift. I love him in a
211. 7:30Ben Johnson offense. Yes, he's going to
212. 7:32split some time with Kyle Manungi who's
213. 7:35going to have a role, but he's going to
214. 7:36be the more explosive guy. He'll be
215. 7:38involved in the passcatching game. He'll
216. 7:40score some touchdowns. they'll provide
217. 7:42touchdown opportunities as an RB2. Who
218. 7:45you are able to draft this year?
219. 7:47Probably as your team's RB3 is is is
220. 7:50fantasy gold in my opinion.
221. 7:52>> For the Detroit Lions, Jir Gibbs is
222. 7:54waiting for his payday. He's not
223. 7:57practicing as of right now, but we do
224. 7:59know that the Detroit Lions have not
225. 8:01been shy about giving out big deals to
226. 8:04their core of young players. Jir Gibbs
227. 8:06will get paid before week one. I do not
228. 8:08care that he is sitting out right now.
229. 8:10He is still a top two pick. So if you
230. 8:12are concerned, stop it. Knock off those
231. 8:15shenanigans right now. Jir Gibbs will be
232. 8:16just fine. We have him listed as an RB1.
233. 8:19Isaiah Pacheco is watch list at best
234. 8:22because we know that there is touchdown
235. 8:25potential right off the bat. Maybe not
236. 8:28enough to flex him every single week,
237. 8:31but enough that if anything were to
238. 8:32happen to Jir Gibbs, Pacheco could
239. 8:35instantly become at least a flex option
240. 8:38for your fantasy team. I don't
241. 8:40necessarily think you need to handcuff
242. 8:41him right now, but I do think that you
243. 8:43should pay close attention because if
244. 8:44something happens to Gibbs, he may be
245. 8:47the hottest waiverwire edition of the
246. 8:49year. And I've heard his name pronounced
247. 8:52several different ways. I'm going to go
248. 8:54with Cion Vakai on waiverss is the RB3.
249. 8:57I'm going to go with Cion Vaky.
250. 9:02We have no idea. And you know why we
251. 9:04have no idea? Because he's not fantasy
252. 9:05relevant. We don't really care right
253. 9:07now. Uh, when it comes to Pacheco, this
254. 9:09is how I look at it. We saw David
255. 9:11Montgomery, who was a Dan Campbell type
256. 9:13of guy, get his role reduced in this
257. 9:16offense enough to where now he's gone.
258. 9:19They've just replaced him with Isaiah
259. 9:20Pacheco. If Monty's role was diminishing
260. 9:23last year, I expect Pacheco to have a
261. 9:25diminishing role or that similar role
262. 9:27this year, which we saw was not really
263. 9:30much of anything. And with Jir Gibbs,
264. 9:32yes, he will get paid. He'll be out
265. 9:34there week one for sure. He's gonna have
266. 9:36the lion share of touches. See what I
267. 9:38did there? How the lion share of touches
268. 9:40in this backfield. Pacheco, like you
269. 9:42said, he'll be a massive waiverwire ad
270. 9:44at some point. If you have deep benches,
271. 9:47though, I'm not opposed to taking him
272. 9:49super late. You know what, Jake? Before
273. 9:51we move on to the Green Bay Packers
274. 9:53here, this is great timing because I
275. 9:55just got a notification on my phone from
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306. 11:03The Green Bay Packers.
307. 11:04>> Yes.
308. 11:05>> Some off-field things with Josh Jacobs.
309. 11:07H nothing really has come up since then
310. 11:10at this point. So is it still lurking?
311. 11:13Is it done? I don't know if anybody
312. 11:15knows at this point. That's how
313. 11:16off-field issues seem to be in the NFL.
314. 11:18As of right now though, we've kind of
315. 11:21had Josh Jacobs is a fringe RB1. I think
316. 11:23you can make the argument that he is an
317. 11:25RB1. I think you can make a better
318. 11:27argument that he is a safe RB2. However,
319. 11:31and because of that, that's where I'm
320. 11:32going to have him listed as an RB2.
321. 11:34Chris Brooks is on waiverss for us. We
322. 11:36already talked about it in a video.
323. 11:37We're not drafting Chris Brooks. For
324. 11:40Marshon Lloyd, though, he is an
325. 11:42interesting prospect. Keep him on your
326. 11:43watch list. Green Bay absolutely loves
327. 11:45him, but he has been injured the first
328. 11:47couple of years in the league. If he can
329. 11:49stay healthy this year, we might see
330. 11:50some more of him.
331. 11:52>> Yeah, agreed. It's all about health when
332. 11:53it comes to him. Josh Jacobs, as of
333. 11:55right now, is on the field right as of
334. 11:57right now. He should be out there this
335. 11:59season. Stay tuned. We don't really know
336. 12:01everything for sure in that situation,
337. 12:03but as of right now,
338. 12:06He's a discount in fantasy football as
339. 12:08of right now. If you get him on your
340. 12:09team now, obviously there's that unknown
341. 12:10there. But as an RB2, as a top 24 guy, I
342. 12:14think it's pretty much locked in as long
343. 12:15as he's playing football this year.
344. 12:17>> For the Minnesota Vikings, this is like
345. 12:19these are a couple of the players that
346. 12:20Jake and I are actually most divided on
347. 12:23and we understand each other's arguments
348. 12:25for both of them. Jake is a little bit
349. 12:27more of an Aaron Jones guy and I do
350. 12:29believe that Aaron Jones as the veteran
351. 12:31is going to have the first shot. we're
352. 12:32probably going to see him the most off
353. 12:34the bat and I do believe that he has the
354. 12:36most opportunity for passing game work.
355. 12:38So Aaron Jones for me is listed as a
356. 12:40flex right now. But if you're drafting
357. 12:42Aaron Jones, it'll be interesting if you
358. 12:44should also draft Jordan Mason just in
359. 12:47case. Aaron Jones, another year older.
360. 12:49He has had some injury concerns, but
361. 12:52we've also mentioned that Dean
362. 12:53Claybourne could be a guy that could end
363. 12:55up seeing time this year. So we're going
364. 12:57to put him on the watch list.
365. 12:59Deont Claybourne, I believe, is the
366. 13:01future of the backfield. I think he's
367. 13:03the predecessor to uh Aaron Jones. Uh I
368. 13:07don't love Aaron Jones. Honestly, I
369. 13:08don't think I would I would roster both
370. 13:10of these guys. I don't know if I want to
371. 13:11handcuff my RB4 on my team. I do think
372. 13:15that Jordan Mason is probably a safer
373. 13:17option, but when I think of an offense
374. 13:19in Minnesota with Kyler Murray under
375. 13:21center and check down passes, we saw him
376. 13:23do that to James Connor in the past in
377. 13:25Arizona. I could see something similar
378. 13:27to Aaron Jones. for that passcatching
379. 13:29work. That's just why I prefer Jones
380. 13:31over Mason.
381. 13:32>> And don't handcuff him. Then what you
382. 13:34should do is do your research, figure
383. 13:36out which one you like, and if you want
384. 13:38to bet on one, bet on just one, and then
385. 13:40go from there. We're going to go down to
386. 13:42the NFC South where Bejian Robinson just
387. 13:44became the highest paid running back in
388. 13:47the NFL. He gets his deal, I would say,
389. 13:50as of now. That locks him in as the RB1.
390. 13:53while we wait on Jamir Gibbs. He was
391. 13:55really already kind of the RB1, the
392. 13:57number one overall pick. He's been paid.
393. 14:00He'll make it back onto the field a
394. 14:02little bit quicker than Gibbs. Bejian
395. 14:03absolutely deserves it. Brian Robinson,
396. 14:06he should be on your watch list. I don't
397. 14:08know if we need to handcuff Bean
398. 14:09Robinson, but Brian Robinson is
399. 14:12absolutely a guy that would end up
400. 14:13seeing a ton of work right off the bat
401. 14:16if something were to happen to Bejon.
402. 14:18But I do have to wonder Tyler Goodson
403. 14:20who we have on waiverss if he wouldn't
404. 14:21work his way in a little bit as well.
405. 14:24>> Yeah, I think Brian Robinson we get the
406. 14:26the bulk of the touches if something
407. 14:27were to happen to Bejon right away. My
408. 14:30biggest takeaway here for those of you
409. 14:32who do in-person drafts and you like to
410. 14:34put the stickers up on the board, make
411. 14:36sure you're selecting the right B
412. 14:37Robinson this year because there's Brian
413. 14:40and there's Bejon and the last thing you
414. 14:42want to do is draft Brian Robinson first
415. 14:44overall. Uh, if you are drafting in a
416. 14:47league where you have a buddy that
417. 14:48drinks way too much before you're draft,
418. 14:52>> give them the number one overall pick
419. 14:54and then try to convince them that the
420. 14:56Brian Robinson sticker is correct and
421. 14:58then you all laugh at it the rest of the
422. 14:59season. for the Panthers. Chuba Hubard.
423. 15:02We have made our case this season that
424. 15:05Chuba Hubard could be a dangerous trap
425. 15:08because Jonathan Book Brooks is waiting
426. 15:11and ready to potentially take over a
427. 15:14larger role. I don't know if you need to
428. 15:16be handcuffing Chuba Hubard right now.
429. 15:19If you draft him, you may want to have
430. 15:21Jonathan Brooks. If you don't believe in
431. 15:23Chuba Hubard, just pass on him and maybe
432. 15:25go with Brooks instead. Trevor ETN. I
433. 15:28wonder he hasn't said anything about how
434. 15:30you pronounce his name. He hasn't come
435. 15:32out.
436. 15:33>> Yeah. And he's Travis's brother. He's
437. 15:36going to be on waiverss.
438. 15:37>> Yeah. No interest in him when it comes
439. 15:39to fantasy for sure. I'm more of a
440. 15:41Brooks guy than a Hubard guy at this
441. 15:43point. Probably because he's going to be
442. 15:44slightly cheaper. Uh we haven't really
443. 15:46seen what his ceiling could be, but we
444. 15:48know they absolutely love him and he
445. 15:50could provide a little bit more of that
446. 15:51home run ability. If I had to gamble on
447. 15:54one of them, even though Chuba probably
448. 15:56is safer, especially to start the year,
449. 15:58Brooks is somebody who I'd probably
450. 15:59invest in later on and just kind of turn
451. 16:01it into a potential lottery ticket on my
452. 16:03team.
453. 16:04>> For the New Orleans Saints, we have we
454. 16:06have not hidden the fact that we believe
455. 16:07Travis ETN could end up having a really
456. 16:10>> or HN depending on who you are and if
457. 16:12you want to say it.
458. 16:14>> We have made no mistake about it. We
459. 16:16really like him in New Orleans. He goes
460. 16:18back home. He gets paid a ton of money
461. 16:20in free agency to go to the Saints. He
462. 16:22is clearly the RB1 there and he has RB1
463. 16:25potential as well. It will be
464. 16:28interesting to see what happens with
465. 16:29Alvin Kamara. As of right now, I am not
466. 16:32going to list him as a flex option. I'm
467. 16:33going to list him not even as a
468. 16:35handcuff, but as a watch list. He's not
469. 16:37really being drafted in fantasy leagues.
470. 16:39If he is, it is super late. But we have
471. 16:42mentioned this off seasonason how we
472. 16:43would love for him to move to the slot
473. 16:46wide receiver position and kind of
474. 16:48change up what he has done. And if that
475. 16:51happens, you have to wonder if we should
476. 16:53be taking a look at him in fantasy.
477. 16:56>> Yeah, it's so hard to like look at Alvin
478. 16:58Kamar's name and be like, "Oh, he's
479. 16:59basically going undrafted right now."
480. 17:01And if I take Travis ETN, am I
481. 17:04automatically taking Alvin Kamara? No,
482. 17:06I'm really not. I think Kamar still has
483. 17:08a role on this team. He'll still be
484. 17:10utilized, but I think we've seen over
485. 17:11the last couple years that role is
486. 17:13diminishing yearbyear. uh he's going to
487. 17:16be in town it sounds like but for right
488. 17:18now there's no way that they bring in
489. 17:19Travis ETN HN make him a top five paid
490. 17:22RB in in in football and not utilize
491. 17:25him. They're not going to pay him all
492. 17:26that money to not play him on a weekly
493. 17:29basis. So for right now yes Travis ETM
494. 17:31probably more Verge RB1 RB2 range for me
495. 17:34probably somewhere in that 11 to 15
496. 17:36range as well for the Tampa Bay
497. 17:38Buccaneers. Bucky Irving. I mean, he
498. 17:41looked poised for an absolute monster
499. 17:43season last year. And unfortunately,
500. 17:45some injuries kind of derailed that, not
501. 17:47just for him, but for the entire
502. 17:48Buccaneers roster. Instead of looking at
503. 17:51him as a high-end RB1, though, we're now
504. 17:54looking at him as an RB2. And we think
505. 17:56that he could end up hitting that value
506. 17:58if he ends up getting the type of
507. 18:00workload, at least on the ground and at
508. 18:03the goal line that would be deserving of
509. 18:05an RB2. But Kenneth Gainwell is there
510. 18:07and lurking signed in free agency is
511. 18:09absolutely going to have a role in the
512. 18:11pass game as well. Going to list him as
513. 18:12a flex. Shawn Tucker, we have seen him
514. 18:15get some touchdown potential if players
515. 18:17are banged up. If for some reason Bucky
516. 18:19Irving were to go down, we know Kenneth
517. 18:21Gainwell takes on a huge role at that
518. 18:23point, but Tucker may still have
519. 18:24touchdown potential.
520. 18:26>> Yeah, Bucky Irving, we're getting a
521. 18:27discount this year because of the injury
522. 18:29concerns. So, as long as he's healthy,
523. 18:31it's gold to draft him where he's going
524. 18:33because you're not overly reliant on him
525. 18:35as your RB1. He should be your team's
526. 18:37RB2 at worst or at best, I guess I
527. 18:40should say. We don't want him. Please,
528. 18:43please, for those of you who take wide
529. 18:44receivers early, don't just gamble on
530. 18:47all these mid-round running backs and
531. 18:49just expect them to pop off and really
532. 18:50produce. What a lot of people don't
533. 18:52realize is when you take a hit at the
534. 18:54running back position. Sure, you get a
535. 18:56bonus at wide receiver, maybe some
536. 18:58additional points because the players
537. 18:59are higher tier, but it's just a wash
538. 19:01because you're making up for the lack of
539. 19:03production at running back. So, Bucky
540. 19:06Irving is a great discount this year and
541. 19:07we like him as that discount because
542. 19:09you're not as reliant on him as maybe
543. 19:11you would have been going into your
544. 19:12drafts last year. Heading out to the
545. 19:14west coast to finish off the video in
546. 19:16the NFC West. Jake's team and his
547. 19:19favorite backfield to predict this year,
548. 19:21the Arizona Cardinals. He is rooting
549. 19:24hard for this Cardinals team. He thinks
550. 19:26they are Super Bowl contenders. Okay,
551. 19:28maybe I'm pushing it there. Jake doesn't
552. 19:30think any of that. Jeremiah Love, I
553. 19:32mean, we have to list him as a flex. He
554. 19:35was drafted super high and he's been
555. 19:38given a ton of guaranteed money because
556. 19:39of that. But they also signed Tyler
557. 19:41Algier in free agency. Oh, and by the
558. 19:44way, they still have James Connor on the
559. 19:45roster. Oh, and also, by the way, Trey
560. 19:48Benson is still there, who from an
561. 19:50efficiency standpoint, unlimited touches
562. 19:52the last couple of years, has looked
563. 19:53really, really good. I really don't know
564. 19:56what's going on here.
565. 19:57>> Yeah, I don't think anybody does. And
566. 19:58they've already come out and said, "Hey,
567. 19:59we're going to utilize all these guys."
568. 20:01They're excited for James Connor. Tyler
569. 20:03Algier is getting first team snaps. And
570. 20:05Jeremiah Love is making big catches down
571. 20:07the field. They're all going to be
572. 20:08utilized. They're all going to be used.
573. 20:10It's going to be a fantasy nightmare.
574. 20:12Now, on the field, they may be, and I
575. 20:15hate to say this, one of the highest
576. 20:18producing backfields out there for the
577. 20:20simple fact that I don't know if there's
578. 20:22much of a drop off from their first,
579. 20:24second, and third options on their
580. 20:25roster. Obviously Jeremiah Love being
581. 20:29the the youth that he is is probably a
582. 20:32little bit better than James Connor, but
583. 20:33we've seen James Connor do great things
584. 20:35in this backfield before behind worse
585. 20:38offensive lines. So they may go out
586. 20:41there and and have a three-headed
587. 20:42monster that maybe doesn't get a lot of
588. 20:45fourth quarter opportunity because
589. 20:46they're always losing, but it's going to
590. 20:48be impossible to guess every single week
591. 20:50which one of these guys is getting the
592. 20:51touchdown opportunities. I would rather
593. 20:53be wrong about Jeremiah Love and watch
594. 20:56him be successful on somebody else's
595. 20:58team than be too excited for him and be
596. 21:01wrong and watch him crash and burn on my
597. 21:03own team. I'm willing to eat that here
598. 21:05in 2026. For the Rams, Kairen Williams,
599. 21:09we've been a fan of Kairen Williams for
600. 21:10a while now. This season though, instead
601. 21:13of some of that high-end RB1 kind of
602. 21:17touchdown ability that we've seen in the
603. 21:19past, we're looking at him more as a
604. 21:21safe RB2 option. If you draft Kairen
605. 21:24Williams personally, I'm drafting Blake
606. 21:26Cororm because if something were to
607. 21:28happen to Williams, Blake Corm may end
608. 21:31up being the fantasy football league
609. 21:33winner in 2026. Yeah, Cororm is probably
610. 21:36one of the main handcuffs right now in
611. 21:39fantasy football to own because a he's
612. 21:41going to have a weekly role starting
613. 21:43week one. Probably not fantasy
614. 21:46startable, but could develop enough of a
615. 21:49role where he could be flexorthy in
616. 21:51deeper leagues, even with a healthy
617. 21:53Kairen Williams. And if Kairen Williams
618. 21:55were to go down, Blake Corm gets a
619. 21:57massive jump and could be a top 12 guy.
620. 22:00probably one of the biggest handcuffs to
621. 22:02own right now in fantasy
622. 22:03>> for the San Francisco 49ers. If you're
623. 22:05willing to deal with the risk, then
624. 22:07you're drafting Christian McCaffrey
625. 22:08within the first five picks. And that
626. 22:10could end up working out great for you.
627. 22:13It could also end up being a disaster,
628. 22:15coming off a plethora of touches in
629. 22:192025. They've already made the comment
630. 22:21that they would like to dial those back
631. 22:22a little bit, but we've heard that in
632. 22:24the past and it hasn't happened. We also
633. 22:27talked about Jordan James. We are not
634. 22:28interested in Jordan James at all
635. 22:31because if something were to happen to
636. 22:32Christian McCaffrey, there's a really
637. 22:34good chance that we're going to see a
638. 22:36lot of running backs get a lot of
639. 22:37touches. Kaylin Black on the watch list.
640. 22:40He could actually end up being the
641. 22:42starter over Jordan James at that point.
642. 22:44And don't forget Isaac Gando is still on
643. 22:46the roster. I know that he has been hurt
644. 22:48and he's not really a guy that we might
645. 22:50be anticipating to begin the season, but
646. 22:52maybe at some point in time he pops up
647. 22:54this year as well.
648. 22:56>> Yeah. And we already know that Jordan
649. 22:57James, he's banged up in camp. I
650. 22:59personally, if I'm if I'm drafting CMC,
651. 23:03I will handcuff him personally on my
652. 23:05team in a very last round with Kayn
653. 23:08Black more so than I would do with
654. 23:10Jordan James. Now, am I automatically
655. 23:12saying I have to get Kalin Black if I
656. 23:14get Christian McCaffrey? No. But if it
657. 23:15works out that way and I have to take a
658. 23:18stab on one of these guys, it'll be
659. 23:20Black over James just for the potential
660. 23:21that he could have. I I I just don't
661. 23:24believe in Jordan James that if they
662. 23:26believed in Jordan James, they would
663. 23:27have drafted Kaylin Black this year. So
664. 23:28there's there's just a lot of other
665. 23:30questions, you know, concerning.
666. 23:31Hopefully CMC stays healthy. I mean,
667. 23:32he's as of right now, he is one of the
668. 23:34healthiest guys on the team as of right
669. 23:36now. So let's hope let's hope that
670. 23:38stays. for the Seattle Seahawks. They
671. 23:40could end up bringing us one of the
672. 23:42biggest discounts on a safe flex RB2
673. 23:45type option and Jadarian Price, but it
674. 23:48could also end up being a disaster
675. 23:50because apparently Zack Charbanet who's
676. 23:52barely 6 months removed from ACL surgery
677. 23:56looks like he might go in week one,
678. 23:57which I don't get and I still do not
679. 24:00anticipate. To me, that is a ton of
680. 24:02media whatifs and it is not what is
681. 24:05going to happen. And I expect Jadarian
682. 24:06Price to be the starter to begin the
683. 24:08season. And at some point in time, we
684. 24:10might see Zack Charbanet work his way
685. 24:12back in. If you draft Jadarian Price, I
686. 24:14don't know you necessarily need to
687. 24:16handcuff him with Zack Charbanet because
688. 24:18their ADPs are very close together right
689. 24:21now. George Helani though will stay on
690. 24:23waiverss.
691. 24:24>> Yeah, I I love Jadarian Price. I love
692. 24:27it. And I think as the offseason goes
693. 24:29on, Charban's ADP will fall further down
694. 24:31because I don't anticipate him being
695. 24:34100% week one. Is he gonna suit up
696. 24:36potentially? Is he gonna get 15 touches?
697. 24:39No. I just there's just no way I can see
698. 24:41that until I I'm saying at the earliest
699. 24:45October, right? Get let's get through
700. 24:47the first month of the season and then
701. 24:48they slowly start to ramp him up. It's
702. 24:50not like he's going to go from 0 to 60
703. 24:52or 0 to 100 right away because there's
704. 24:55there's no reason for them to. They
705. 24:56spent that first round pick on Jarian
706. 24:58Price for a reason and it's to really
707. 24:59help them to start the season.
708. 25:01>> Headliner Nation, that will do it for
709. 25:03part two. And again, if you missed part
710. 25:05one with all of the AFC teams, that link
711. 25:08is down in the description below. Tons
712. 25:10of fantasy nuggets cuz we talked about
713. 25:12like 90 some odd players or something
714. 25:14crazy like that. Some of them a little
715. 25:16bit more in depth, but we gave you a
716. 25:18little bit of information on all of the
717. 25:20running backs that you should be keeping
718. 25:22an eye on for fantasy football purposes
719. 25:24this season. So, make sure you like the
720. 25:25video, make sure you subscribe, [music]
721. 25:27and if you haven't checked it out, make
722. 25:29sure you check out part one.
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