Fantasy industry vets Joe Dolan and Tom Brawley are bringing it all season long on the fantasy free agents podcast unrestricted, unaffiliated unparalleled fantasy football analysis. I am back in the United States and that means the fantasy free agents podcast is back. I'm Joe Dolan. That's Tom Brawley. I'm back from Canada. I did two shows up there one with Tom one with Greg Cosell. Make sure you check those out from last week talking training camp and preseason Tom. It's draft season, buddy. Oh, yeah. This is this is the real weekend whenever it it starts to really heat up. I know you're going out to Canton this weekend for The is it the Kings legs again the Kings plastic. I'm going out to Canton. So those things those are coming up. I mean, we've already done some drafts on SiriusXM, but I do know Tha most Hometown leagues have not drafted yet. And that's why this week Tom. I'm going to say it we're going to start today and we're going to do for podcast this week. We might have to excuse me. I am going to do for podcasts, but you and I are going to do three. I'm just breaking this news to you. Oh, really? Yes, we're going to do. You are draft plan podcast this week. Okay. So here's what we're going to do. We're going to start with running backs. Today. We're going to do wide receivers tomorrow and I think on Friday we're going to do the quarterback and tight end plans together, but we are going to do our draft plan podcast today so we can have all three of those out and then we can have them to the repeat to the people before the weekends when our cheat sheets are updated. So let me remind people We are going to have everything you need to draft. We have articles up on fantasy for agents.com. Okay, Tom's been killing it with that. I've been slacking. I've got to pick my vacation last week. I was it was sort of vacation. I mean I was doing some work. I've been slacking. No, I'm just curious. I mean, you know extra podcast for both of us. 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They are PDF printable cheat sheets, you go to the our homepage and go to the download section Tom. We have a PPR positional tier cheat sheet Anon PPR positional cheer tears cheat sheet say that five times fast. Yeah, really easy there. We have it. Top 150 PPR cheat sheet. We have a top 115 on PPR cheat sheet and as a bonus, we have a PPR auction positional tiered cheat sheet. Okay, so we have all of that and now Tom we're going to talk you through our draft plan. We are going to talk you through our the way we draft in a snake draft and we are going to go by position. I think that is the easiest way to go and we are going to get into that very shortly. Running back position on this very podcast, but Tom we have to start with some wide receiver news Antonio Brown is a psycho. Oh, that's a breaking news there or is that more like developing news over the last three years here. So it's developing. All right. Here's the Saga if you haven't heard and if you haven't heard you've really been living under a rock. But Tom we wanted to wait until this kind of came to a head and started its day new mall before we really got into it. Well, that's what we're doing. In right now Antonio Brown a the frostbitten feet from the cryotherapy chamber. Not even the biggest news. The biggest news is he wants to wear his old helmet, which is no longer approved by the NFL. He filed a grievance to wear this old helmet. He lost that grievance at some point. He threatened apparently to retire if he wasn't allowed to use this helmet. He's not retiring but not lost the grievance Tom right before we started recording this podcast. Antonio Brown took to Twitter and asked for his old helmet model and said he'll send back an autograph Traders helmet in return. Yeah. I mean it's on Twitter asking for this. Yeah, if anybody out there has a large shut, you know the model that he's looking to get in contact with Antonio Brown. I think he should get a little bit more than it's a signed helmet G's think you should get like a trip out to the Training camp and I think the Raiders would probably pitch in for that expense. But you know, this has been quite the roller coaster who would have guessed that, you know, the whole helmet Saga would be even more crazy than you know, Antonio Brown freezing his feet in the in a chamber. I mean look, I understand. Why okay, he's an all-time great in terms of production Tom and this piece of equipment on the field that it's an extension of your body. Okay, I understand. I he wouldn't would rebel against this. However, he said well, they're given special treatment to Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers who also wore a I don't want to say the same helmet but also wore an old style. That's no longer approved. They changed their helmets. I was gonna say they also had the update their yeah, they have to get the newer models. This isn't like, you know, there's not like the Old grandfathering Law, you know, I mean, I'm thinking back to like the The Shield the visors for like hockey. Layers back in the day like if you started in the league and he didn't, you know, you didn't have to wear them. I mean, this is a universal, you know for everybody and I think the whole retirement talk that was just, you know, a negotiation but you know, he was trying to to Bluff the the NFL and you know, they can't make an exception for one player. So, you know now it's it looks like it's finally settling down here. I guess he's going to try to find one of these updated models from the last 10 years and I guess that we will start to see him actually on the practice field and on the field for week one here. It sounds like the foot ailment won't shouldn't hinder him for too much longer here either. So Adam schefter and Mike Florio reporting that this is today, August 13th. He is reporting to the Raiders today. So it's not a problem with the Raiders. Apparently Tom. Just this has nothing to do with the Raiders. This just has to do with his personal grievances with himself. And with the NFL. That being said Tom. I know we'll talk about the wide Draft plan tomorrow on Wednesdays podcast. What the hell are you doing with Antonio Brown you have first say and well essentially you have final say for our wide receiver rankings. We do collaborate but you have final say what are you doing with Antonio Brown? Where are you comfortable drafting? This guy? I'm still really haven't moved him down much. He's after my Kevin's here for a swim. You know, he's the wide receiver night. I still think there's a little bit of a gulf between, you know, you know Evans and Brown's tear with like Keenan Allen and Ty Hilton and those guys I don't think this is really threatening Week 1 but it does speak to the mental state of Antonio Brown, you know, maybe you know, he pulled the Antics at the end of last year where he skipped the game. So, you know anything is kind of possible with him, but he still he still one of the Supreme Talent at the position, so I can't knock him down too far, but it's not certainly not the most settling thing. Having him on your roster. You never know what he's going to do week to week. Well look Tom if he was still on the Steelers and he was a model citizen. He's a top five pick, right? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, he's up there with probably Hopkins and Adams as a top-three pick if not above them. So he might be the number one. So you're already getting the new quarterback and the crazy discount with Antonio Brown your it's a essentially Tom. It's around and a half discount right now. From what? But he typically would be so that discounts already built in the question is is that this count enough? Yeah. I don't know. I mean he has the the talent and the skill level to be the wide receiver one this year if everything works out, but you know, he also could go off the deep end and you know play in four games and retire or something. So there is a little bit of floor coming in here with all the crazy that's you know, been surrounding him for the last, you know, basically since last summer so I mean there is a lot bigger floor here a lot lower floor for Antonio Brown there than there ever has been with him and the last seven years Tom. We're going to get into the wide receiver and we're we're wide receiver draft plan and where will draft a Antonio Brown tomorrow but right now without further Ado, let's get into our running back draft plan. What's up listeners? 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So go download the anchor app or go to Anchor dot f m-- to get started today and thanks for listening to the fantasy free agents podcast unrestricted, unaffiliated unparalleled analysis for your fantasy football and bedding needs. Tom there is a Mount Rushmore at the running back position. It's a qualm Berkeley Christian McCaffrey Alvin Kamara and Ezekiel Elliott, whatever whatever way you want to rank those guys, that's the Mount Rushmore if you have or and for pretty much the entire offseason if you have had a number if you have had a top for pick you've drafted one of those guys and whatever preference. You know, we have our rankings up. But if you told me you preferred one of those guys over the other three any one of them I wouldn't yell at you. That's just the way it is. That's the importance of tearing because if you have a guy that you prefer over me, that's okay. If you we have them in the same tier my question to you is if you have a top for pick right now and we're drafting today. Are you comfortable taking Ezekiel Elliott with one of those top four picks? I think I would take David Johnson if I had the fourth pick just a just a little bit of a hedge, but I know I know we were talking a little bit. I saw that you've picked Elliot ninth overall iíve taken him seventh overall. He's falling a little bit. But yeah, I think I would probably go Johnson right now at number four over them. But anytime, you know Zeke's if he gets into the bottom half of the first round and I'm definitely going, you know, definitely select them. I think this whole Hold on situation will resolve itself in the next couple weeks before the start of the season, but I just don't see Jerry Jones not paying him at some point here. So yeah, I I would had it a little bit with the i--'cause I still think David Johnson is a good, you know, good pick here at the fifth spot. But yeah, well, how are you feeling about the whole situation? I think he's not missing any games at all. And that's why I haven't moved them down. We've had them number one on our rankings all offseason. I don't think he's Missing games now if you want to hedge a little bit, I understand that but I got yelled at for taking Ezekiel Elliott at night. And of course everybody said well, that's what people that's what people said about Le'Veon Bell. It's a different situation. Tom Le'Veon Bell wasn't under contract last year now he does do is he needs to accrue more service time before he gets the free agency. So I mean it's a totally different situation here. So yeah, it's I'm I'm still taking Ezekiel, you know, if he's almost universally the fourth. Right now all those for now as you and I have said I've seen him fall farther, but I am still taking him with one of those pics right now. Now if you want if you want to take David Johnson Tom tell me why you're up on David Johnson because now I'm looking at nff see a teepee our friends at the nff. So you by the way, you could still sign up to kick Tom Bradley's ass view the show notes and you'll find out how for the two hundred thousand dollar grand prize in the road of wire online Championship, but David Johnson right now via. NFC ATP, he's sitting at an average pick of 5.50 Ezekiel Elliott is that 5.25? So those of you over the last week drafting in the NFC have agreed with Tom there Elliott and David Johnson are almost there separate tear right now after the top three Tom. Did you see enough in that preseason game that really well-designed screen to David Johnston to thank you know what Kliff Kingsbury is going to know how to use this guy or at least better than Steve wilkeson. Bonehead Steph Sam. Yeah, I didn't really see anything. I mean, I I've been pretty high on the potential of this Kingsbury offense the entire season, so that's why I you know, I feel like I can, you know take David Johnson over Elliot at this point. But yeah, I'm with you there. I don't think Elliot's missing any games, but I think there's at least a small chance that you know, it could extend into the season, you know, maybe it's a couple games or you know, there's still enough of potential for Um to miss games that I think David Johnson's a close enough talent that I would take him over. Okay, Tom. So we've established with the top five picks. I'm still taking Elliot for Simplicity sake let's say Elliot goes in the top five picks in your hometown draft whether he goes one through five he could fall because people are scared that changes things. But Tom if we talked about every possibility, this would be a four-hour long podcast. What are you doing with the running back position? The rest of the way is Le'Veon Bell? Sixth player or do you think a couple wide receivers come off the board before Le'Veon Bell and James Conner Joe Mixon. Whoever you value next. What do you think at The Wider? What do you think is going on at the running back position. Do you have wide receivers at six and seven? Yeah, I do have Davante Adams in the Hopkins at six and seven right now. But Bell is in that next running back tear for me. He's he's kind of separated a little bit from some of the other running backs here, you know. Like Nick Chubb and James Conner and and Joe Mixon here. So he's kind of he's almost in like a tear by himself here behind the the top five here. You know, I've had no problem taking him eighth ninth, but I've seen a lot more people aggressive with him and taking him ahead of the receivers, which I'd also don't have a problem with but personally I've been going with the receivers there in the six and seven spots. Yeah, if you feel like you if you have the sixth or seventh pick and you feel like you need a Running back Le'Veon Bell is probably your guy. That's that's the guy you should be going into your drafts targeting. If you feel you need a running back. Now Tom. I have been really adamant that I think the bat in a redraft league. I'm I approach it differently in best ball, but in a redraft league if I get to the back end of the first round and let's assume this is a 12 team League I get to that back end. I think it's a good spot to go receiver receiver. But on the back end of the first round if you are somebody who is at admit that you need a running back with your first two picks. Tell me where to stop here. Tell me where you would not be comfortable taking one of these guys one of these guys in the first round James Conner. Dalvin cook Nick Chubb Joe Mixon Todd Gurley, which of those guys are you comfortable taking in the back end of the first round? I'm comfortable with the first the first couple guys there. I'm not comfortable with Kirk girly at this point. I honestly I haven't I'm just avoiding Todd Gurley this year. I just I'm not there's just too much potential for him to miss time and you know, even if his play is just You know 10% off from what it has been in previous Seasons, you know that could go, you know his his upside potential could go way down. So I girly has one got been one guy. I haven't been really drafting at all. And you know, I wouldn't invest a pic in him and they end of the first round but I'd like all I've I have plenty of Connor and cook and chub and mixing at this point. I have no problem with those guys at the end of the first round, you know, if you have a pick at you know at the turn and you know start of the second there as well. It's the Duke Johnson trade. Nick Chubb is the number eight running back off the board in nff. See a teepee that's significant. He's ahead of cookies ahead of girly. He's ahead of mixing. So he's moving up average pick of 14 .39 Tom. He is gone as early as number six. So there are people high on Nick Chubb but for the sake of this exercise consider him a late first early second round pick and you are comfortable with him there. Yep. He's locked in for a huge workload. Those first eight weeks of the season. They have no depth behind him at this point, you know, maybe they make a move or you know, whenever cut start coming in but it's he's key looks locked in for 80 90 % of the snaps. And yeah, I have no problem with being aggressive with chub. He could be in one of the best offenses in the league and we saw what he could do whenever he got his chance to play at the end of last season. Okay. So with Nick Chubb and I just want to throw this out there to people you're saying, you know for the first eight weeks of the Season then cream hunk comes back understood completely. Stood that being said Tom eight weeks is a lot of time and wings in weeks one and two mean just as much as winds and weeks 11 and 12. And one thing you should be doing if you have chub and you're worried about Kareem hunt coming back throughout those first eight weeks be proactive in finding a guy who if in the event cream hunt comes in and takes a significant chunk of Nick jobs work that you could be comfortable plugging into your lineup just be a little bit more proactive, but Nick Chubb I Be with you for the first two months of the season will be a significant factor in winning fantasy football match ups. Yeah, and maybe you know, if you are in a review draft and you have chub, they're having whoever takes Kareem Hunt is, you know, probably going to be pretty unsatisfied with having him just wasting a bench spot in the first couple, you know, maybe by week three or four maybe you can be able to swing a bench receiver or something for Kareem Hyundai might be a nice little strategy because you know, we'll probably get the cream, huh Little bit later here, but he's been bit. Well over well over drafted all summer long. Okay, so we're going to have Connor chub cook and mix in all in that tear that back end of the first early second round. You've already discussed girly. Let's consider him persona. Non grata at this point. I'm probably not going to take him unless he's a super late second round or early third Tom in my experience. I have found people take him before I'm willing to exactly then that that situation you just laid out. I I haven't seen it yet this summer. I mean, he's usually he's usually off the board by 1820 picks into dress. Okay top. So, let's say you take you take a running back in the first round at the back end of the first round and it's that from that tear. We just discussed the Connor Chubb cooked here. Are you comfortable going running back running back to start a standard draft where there's waivers and there's waivers and there's trades and you set your lineup every week because That's typically something I would avoid doing. Is it something you think you can build a winning team by doing? Yeah, I did. I mean I'm not shying away from a but it's not a preferred star for me. I typically like to get a pass catcher and a running back in the first couple pics at the first two picks, but there are some, you know decent options in the third round at receiver. You can you know, you can get a guy like Marty Cooper or you know, Stefan. Diggs and Adam thielen that you know, the tap the potential be wide receiver ones, but I think you're leaving yourself a little bit. Then I like a lot of the running backs in the third round. So I've greatly preferred going running back or receiver, you know running back tight end in the first two rounds. I like I agree with you my typical start this year. I would say if I'm picking from that spot or honestly from anywhere is in some combination of my first two picks. It's going to be a running back in a wide receiver. That's my most I'm in start but if I'm picking at the back end of the first round Tom, I am much more likely to go receiver receiver than I am to go running back running back. I agree with you there because I like a lot of the the receivers there you get Michael Thomas Odell Beckham Juju, Tyree kill if you want to be aggressive, so and I like a lot of the running backs that are kind of hanging around at the end of the third early fourth. Here are some of the running backs Tom with NFC atp's in the second round it. Over the last week. They're the same guys who are going at the tail end of the first round as well. It's chub. It's cooked girly Mixon and then it all slips into kind of the third round here. And I want you to tell me which of these guys you're comfortable taking at the back end of the second round. Let's say you start with Christian McCaffrey or SE Kwang Berkeley at the top of the draft and you're saying you know, what I do want to go running back running back. Well, here are some guys who you might have to consider Melvin. I actually I'm I'm more worried about Gordon missing games than I am Ezekiel Elliott. That's why I've moved Gordon down my board and why I haven't move Zeke down carry on Johnson Leonard. Fournette Damien Williams, Aaron Jones. Which of those guys are you comfortable taking in the second round? All right. Carry on Johnson. I've started to take a little bit at the end of the second round and Damian Williams. I'm Still In on Damien Williams. I'm not I'm not all. Why I you know, I Andy Reid was talking about the committee stuff last week, but I'm still in on him. He came back to practice last week and immediately took his this week. He came back yesterday and immediately took back the RB 1 spot. Hey, if he's going to become start becoming cheaper going in the third round. I'll gladly take them there. You know, I'm surprised at some of these, you know Leonard fournette and best balls, you know, he's been kind of late 3rd round guy so his prices Currently you're starting to rise here in high-stakes Leagues with the sharp. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think I'm quite comfortable taking him with the tail end of the second round just yet. But yeah carry on Johnson. I'm Damian Williams are two guys that you know, I've been targeting at the end of the second round and those are pretty much the two guys who based on what I've seen are the only ones where I would say, I'm pretty confident. Those guys are second rounders at this point. I at this point after the Theo Riddick trade, I'd consider carry on John. And a steal in the third round. Oh, yeah. I mean he's been you know staple for me basically between the pics of 22 and 28 or so. I mean if he's around in that spot, I haven't been too. Shy to take him there. Okay, Tom. So now we're getting into that third round. You said you love the running backs in the third round and this is why I don't like starting running back running back because I completely agree with you the third round running backs, I think are great this year. And like I said, I'm looking at the nff see a teepee. I actually stretched to put some of these guys into the second round Melvin Gordon carry on Johnson Leonard. Fournette Damien Williams, Aaron Jones Devonta Freeman and Marlon Mac according to the nff see a teepee over the last week are all third-round picks. I've it's hard for me to argue against those guys and that's why I think I'm absolutely pivoting away from the running back position. Even with one of my first two picks weather. Now. You said you're way more in on Kelsey than I am you and I have had that discussion. But if you take a running back in a receiver or you take a running back in a tight end receiver tight end or receiver receiver, which I think is a very viable start at the back end of the first round this year. You can get a really nice upside running back in the third round and the guy I want to focus on here Tom is Devonta Freeman because if I start receiver receiver, Think Devonta Freeman is the guy. I'm targeting in the third round only because the reports are coming are coming. Very good at a training camp. He has an RB overall our be number one season like he finished as the number one overall running back. I think four or five years in the past. That's a long time. But we know he has that kind of ability. I think he is a great bounce back handed it with no Tevin Coleman there with the improvements made along the offense of line to Anchor my backfield if I Art receiver receiver in a draft. I agree with you. I've taken him quite a bit here. Just great situation. All of Coleman's touches out of this backfield. They drafted it, you know drafted offensive lineman, you know picked up guys. So this everything is pointing towards them wanting to run the ball more and you know, they're red zone woes from the last two years ago. Freeman could be a big, you know, he could help fix that up quite a bit. And yeah, I've been targeting him, you know. I've been taking Travis Kelce at the end of the first round just just cuz I like a like a lot of these running backs that are available here in the third round as I touched on I like fournette a lot at the end of the third round. I haven't done too much Melvin Gordon, but he typically goes before, you know, I'm comfortable taking him but you know, I can't I don't have many issues with Aaron Jones or even a Marlin Mac here in the middle to the third round here. I don't have any guys that I'm kind of shy away from that group. And and by the way when I say I say Devonta Freeman is the guy I'm targeting maybe you can respond and say Tom. Well, you know what guys I don't like his injury history. The guy I'm targeting there is Aaron Jones who also has an injury history, but maybe you say, you know, he's younger he's going to be in that new offense. And that's fine too. What I want to point out is I want to look at the big picture and how you're developing your team here. So I think any of these guys are spectacular number two running backs if they're your second back. I think they're totally fine number. One backs if you start with to pass catchers with your first two picks, I want to ask you a couple questions here though. Tom number one. What are you doing with Leonard fournette because I don't know how to Value him. I'm afraid that this is going to be the year, you know cam Robinson just came off the pupae. So the offensive line gets a boost. They have professional quarterback play with Nick Foles. I do get worried that I'm not buying in this year. And this is the year that there that he's going to come out and go for 1,500 yards from scrimmage because I'm not buying in and And somebody mentioned this to me and John Hanson today. We did The Morning Show on Sirius XM. They said there's no Vibes with Leonard fournette. And that's a good thing and II agree. Love it. I love it. There hasn't been a lot of noise out of camp and I've been all over he's been one of my most drafted, you know running back so far this year. I just love the situation no Blake Bortles anymore. What a drag he was for the entire offense, you know, he's going to be facing lighter boxes playing with Nick Foles. No, TJ Yeldon, I Like this has kind of been going under the radar. I mean for net, you know caught 22.8 catches in per game in his first two first two seasons here. Maybe that could be on the rise here. Maybe he starts averaging, you know, close to three to four catches a game, you know, the receiving numbers could be going up for them. Of course it all comes back to to injuries here. But I feel like that can be said for a lot of these guys down here with Freeman as well. That's why these guys are in the third round so Yeah, I've I've loved one or fournette old all summer here and his price is pretty appealing to me. Okay, so it's impossible with the Melvin Gordon situation to make this podcast really up-to-date because Tom every day that goes past makes it less likely that he's going to sign a contract before the season starts and every day that goes past is yet another opportunity for more reports to come out so you could be listening to this on Friday of this week and the Mission that we have is out of date. It's just the nature of it with what's going on with the holdout and obviously the deeper we get closer to the season the more likely he is to miss games. But as we're sitting here on August 13th, where would you be comfortable drafting Melvin Gordon? I would say about 30 picks in that's I haven't seen him get to that spot too much, but maybe that could start happening here the deeper we get into August. So yeah, that's about About where I you know, you know, maybe not quite at 30 but like 28 to 32 ranges, you know past the early third round here and into the into the middle part of the realm the problem is like like I've I like Freeman I like fournette. I like these other guys and there's no threat of them sitting out. So, you know, I tend to lean toward those guys a little bit more still what about two guys who I kind of view similarly Marlin Mac and Derrick Henry. They're both in the NFC South. They both have really good pass catching running backs behind them. And I think they're both really products of the offensive line. The better the offensive line is the better they are now, of course that's going to be the same case for everybody Tom, but I think these guys especially are reliant on the offensive line. I don't view either of them as an exceptional Creator, but they have that straight line explosiveness. They are not necessarily guys who are going to contribute in a big way in the passing game. And and they're kind of Fringe third fourth round picks Mac. Almost always goes before Henry. How are you valuing those guys? Do you prefer one over the other and how do you feel about them in the context of your roster? Yeah. I agree with Matt going slightly ahead of Henry here. If you just look individually at the Situation's, you know, the offensive lines. I'd give a slight Edge to to Mac, you know with the wand missing. Yep, the first four games of the season, that's a big Knock for Henry Mac. Also. Yeah, I think that he plays for the better team. I think the Colts are going to be playing with leads this year there. I think they're one of the favorites for the AFC here. I can't say the think same with Marcus Mariota leading the Titans here. They're going to be playing a lot of tight games. They're going to be playing on low-scoring games. So, you know Max going to be playing in the more prolific offense. So I've favored Mac All Summer Long here, you know, I wish he Did more as a receiver but you know, situationally I still like a lot of the factors working in his favor. Okay. So do you feel good about either one of those guys as your number one back if you start receiver receiver? Not know. I would have a little bit of reservations. You know, I might number one back. I want to be of receiving threat to have three down potential to be a Workhorse potential and I don't see it with those two guys, even though we saw a little bit with Derrick Henry at the end the last season but you know those games kind of played out in their favor, you know, I don't think Dion Lewis is exactly dead and gone and and Tennessee as well. So yeah. Don't feel great about you know, leading my team off with them. I'd much rather do it with a four net or Freeman who I think have much better chances of being. Yeah, and here's what I'm getting at. Let's say I'm picking at the end of the third round and there's a big run on running backs in the third round that I didn't anticipate. I started receiver receiver. I was picking I was picking 10th and I opened with Michael Thomas and JuJu Smith Schuster just for an example I said, you know what I had to take the best available players and those were the two best players. I skipped on some running backs. I like because I like those guys as the two best players my goal after taking those guys. I want to get Leonard fournette or Devonta Freeman in the third round. Save those guys are gone. Say Melvin Gordon's there, but I really don't feel good about Gordon as my number one running back right now because he's holding out and the best running backs available are Marlin Mac and Derrick Henry. I'm with you. I think I'm pivoting away from those guys. I might take another receiver to either plug into the third receiver spot or a flex take Zach ertz or George kid'll and then wait until the fourth round to take my next running back. I agree with You those are guys I would skip over if I'm drafting them as my rb1. I try to go for somebody who has a little bit more receiving upside and I would say you know what? I'm going to start pivoting to more of a 0 RB Approach at that point. That's a bold move. I've never really gone to the 0rp, you know too much. You know, I've been playing fantasy for 15 16 years, I guess at this point. I haven't done that too much. But you know if you do that, who are you? You looking at in terms of guys that you would be targeting, you know say in the fourth and fifth round here if you go with another receiver. So here are two guys who I really really am going to point out and at the only reason I'm pointing these guys out Thomas because of upside as a receiver. I think I would be more comfortable taking either ertz or Kettle or a receiver as my number 3 receiver in the back end of the third round and then taking Josh Jacobs as my number one running back only because I feel like he could be a major contributor in the passing game and I want those calorie-rich. Fantasy touches like I would rather have it sounds weird to say because I have Marlin Mac and Derrick Henry ranked ahead of him. But I would rather have Jacobs in a PPR is my number one running back than either of those guys those guys I think provide a safer floor for an RV to and then there's the guy I've drafted a metric ton of and that's Mark Ingram. Yes. I like him a lot. I feel like he's finally just looking at this NFC data here. He's finally starting to rise. Here a little bit but he's still 45, you know 45th pick overall in the rankings still feels like he's been slightly undervalued. I mean we touched on it, you know a bit earlier this summer but man he looks you know, if their offense continues to be run heavy as we expect. I mean, he has the real potential to catch 20. Yeah. I did not catch to get 20 touches of game in this offense. So still feel like he's been slightly under valued here and they can run. Plays as well. So there's there's room here for a guy just as Hill is a big big sleeper for a lot of people they really like his upside. There's room for multiple running backs to make an impact in this offense. So I love Mark Ingram's price. I like Josh Jacobs at his price. He hasn't risen past that for that late 3rd or the early 4th, Tom. I'm very much willing to take him there and then let's get into two more guys. Chris Carson has had a lot of Camp pipe recently. They're going to throw to the running backs more. Or he's still looking good. There is up. There was a window here and I'll let fully admit I missed it where he was consistently available in the late fifties early sixties. It's just not happening anymore with Chris Carson. So he's in that range and there's also the rookie from Chicago David Montgomery who looked great in the first preseason game and that's what everybody wanted to see. He is now almost exclusively a fourth-round pick you are not getting David Montgomery later than the fourth round. Yeah going back to Carson and you know, I And Carson and Penny. I've been starting to add a little bit more to my my portfolio here. I you know, I'm probably sitting between 15 and 20% on those guys now, I just you know, Mike Davis, I mean he was averaging over 1000 opportunities a game last year. Those are gone then you know, those are going to be spread out between Penny and and Carson now, there's no real threat behind them to be that third running back and we know how much Schottenheimer wants to run the ball. Ball and you know, we've been getting reports, you know the from the first weeks at camp that they're going to throw to the backs more which makes sense. You know, you look at the receivers. They don't have Doug Baldwin anymore. They don't have a viable starting tight end that's going to be a receiving Factor, you know, they haven't rookie receiver and DK Metcalf that can he can run straight down the field. I mean, they don't have a lot of options for receivers right now. So it makes sense to get these guys more involved as running backs. I feel like maybe we Ben, you know the as a fantasy Community been sleeping on these two backs, you know all summer long here, especially with Davis is you know, his opportunities gone out of this backfield. I think by the end of the fourth round, you're really running out of guys you feel great about at the running back position. That doesn't mean you can't draft guys you like but these guys start to have warts. So let's get into the fifth round here Tom James White and Sony Michelle from New England Phillip Lindsay Tevin Coleman to Eric Cohen, my favorite of these guys is James White and that's obviously in PPR, but I think there's a legitimate chance. I mean that James White outside of Julian Edelman leads the Patriots and receiving. Yeah very, I mean we're we've seen all praising long to Kobe Myers Maurice Harris, they just cut Dantley. I mean, they've had you know, who's who of you know guys playing it receiver and Camp so far, you know it all indicate, you know, they Good for Eric's aubert at tight end after the cost gets hurt in the preseason. So they are a mess receiver that mean that means we're going to see a lot of James White featured on the backfield as a receiver here. So he's been one guy him and Carson or two guys in the fifth round that I've been targeted height. I haven't been too excited about the rest of the options here, you know, Tevin Coleman a little bit at towards the end of the fifth started the six, but you know Lindsay I Basically backed off completely here after you know having some interest in him earlier this summer. Michelle has been on my do not draft list and Cohen has been on my do not draft list. I just don't like the situation therefore for Toriko and in Chicago. What's up listeners? This has been kookiness producer of the fantasy free agents podcast. If you're listening to this you obviously like podcasts and I'll go out on a limb and say you like music too. It used to be looking for podcasts on one app and listening to music on another but now on Spotify you have all your listening needs including the fantasy free agents podcast for free. No, you don't need a premium account Spotify has a huge catalogue of podcasts on every topic and you can follow your favorite podcast. 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So there is a look and that might be a panic move because he had a good rookie season and he was a first-round pick so I'm looking at him like oh Why did they draft Damien Harris in the third round? It's just one thing where I can't wrap my head around the logic, so I haven't really bought into Michelle Lindsay. We've talked about him. I don't know why the Bronco seen insistent on forcing him out or at least reducing his role. However, we did get some news Thea Riddick's going to miss significant time with a shoulder injury. So at least maybe early in the season Philip Lindsay gets a shot to see what he can do. And then there's Tevin Coleman and Tom outside of James White. If I need an rb2 out of this group or an RB 3 if you go are be heavy, I kind of feel like Tevin Coleman is the best option of this group. I I like the offense. We know Kyle Shanahan knows how to use him. That's that's a really appealing spot. And because he's kind of a fifth sixth round French pick, you're not really paying up for him either. Yeah and his you know appeal has gotten a little bit better here with Jerick McKinnon. It sort of looks like he's at least going to miss the first six weeks of the season. Just there's been no good reports on him. So far this training camp. So that brings us back field down to two guys. And Coleman is looking a lot more appealing now and we know Shanahan what he can do with with his running backs and he's done it with Coleman before so he is one guy. I consider in the the bottom of the fifth and into the sixth round here Tom. I'm like you I've never gone full 0 RB, but what I have done is go Oh kind of modified 0 RB and that would be like say through my first five picks. I only have one running back and that sometimes that'll be by Design. Sometimes it'll be because that's the way the board Falls to me. And this is the range in PPR. I think it's easier to come up with your number two running back out of the guys. We just mentioned but also added some of these guys who according to NFC data or in the sixth and seventh round of ATP Austin Eckler who's a completely separate case because His ATP is inflated because of the Melvin Gordon situation Kenyan Drake Lamar Miller mile Sanders Rashad penny. Are any of those guys okay to you as an rb2, if you're really heavy on wide receiver at this point in your draft. I've been going in on Mile Sanders here and Penny and Richard Penny. I'd like both of those guys here. I think they have potential to you know, be Workhorse guys if they need to but even then they have you know, I think they're going to get enough touches each week that you know, they could be low end or B 2 is here. I mean, they're obviously You know their their past two dominating the back fields could be a little bit muddied, but they have there they would be better options as flex but I like the upside of both guys there especially if you know, they can work their way to the top here. They're both, you know high draft picks Penny was in the first round Sanders was in the second round, you know High pedigree. So those are two guys I've been going after here in that that seventh round and so the purpose of what what when people people talk about 0 RB or even what we're talking about kind of the modified 0 RB, you're not necessarily saying hey, I'm really comfortable going into the season with these guys. It's my number to running back. That's not what you're saying. What you're saying is I think between these guys that I'm going to draft in the middle rounds and the waiver wire. I'm going to be able to find somebody who I'm comfortable with as a number to running back Meanwhile my strength at the wide receiver and tight end position is going To carry me until I find that guy. That's the whole philosophy. Yeah, and I got another guy in the zone that would kind of fit that as Darrell Henderson behind Todd Gurley a he's another guy. I've been considering it looks like his prices dropping here a little bit, but he didn't have a great first preseason game but there's still obviously a lot of potential there with the girlies injury risk. Now. Let's talk about Kenyan Drake Tom. I'm totally out. I just I haven't liked his price if he slips into like the eighth round. I'll probably start Investing but I really hated it when he was a fifth round pick. I'm still not happy with him in the sixth or seventh round. But I'm okay with that a little bit more Lamar Miller is a guy I drafted a ton of early but I think one of the main reasons his price was suppressed outside of the fact that people think he's boring which he is but he's produced is people were afraid they were going to acquire running back and they did they did acquire Duke Johnson and that's gonna knock his value down pretty significantly. Yeah. I think we could see a pretty even split. In this backfield with Lamar Miller and Duke Johnson, so I won't be jumping in on Miller here. I would need really need to see his price fall into the eighth Round Kenny Drake is the same deal. I think they're going to be a split backfield as well with balázs, which is you know, why I'll be drafting Duke Johnson and Kaylin balázs a lot more than these two guys. They're going for five rounds T. / so those are the two guys. I will be investing in those back fields. Let's get into the next tier of running backs. These are guys going off in the seventh and eighth round. Sounds Tom we're really getting into the dregs now Darius guice. I have no idea how to Value him. Although I have dabbled when I've seen him fall into the late 8th early ninth round, especially in best ball. I'm okay paying that price latavius Murray. He's going in the eighth round seventh eighth round cusp. I'm okay with that price for him. Same with Royce Freeman Roy streaming just doesn't excite me. You know, I didn't think in college. He did anything really? Well. He did a bunch of things. Recently and if that excites you okay, they've been talking him up, but they had Lindsay who was better last year. They signed Riddick who's now injured which probably helps matters Jordan Howard. I like way more and best ball Beaker and look I understand everybody is better and best ball because you don't have to pick and choose their big weeks, but he into me is especially a best ball guy because he's so touchdown dependent and then there's a guy who's been making Camp splashes Tom and a guy I want you to talk about Jalen Samuels of the Pittsburgh Steelers who it looks like Pittsburgh is intent on giving a role independent of James Conner potentially as an HVAC as a fullback as a swing tight end. He did all of those things at South Carolina. The question is Tom. Do you think Jalen's Samuels can get enough opportunities per week to be a decent flex play at the running back position. Yeah. I think that's what you're actually hoping for if you're taking Samuel. The spot. I don't know if he has enough upside, you know say if Connor goes down and I think that they could Elevate Benny Snell into some early dental work. I don't know if Samuels workload would expand to too much if there was an injury ahead of them, but I think there's real potential for him to start catching a few more balls that you know, the receiving depth chart as a little unsettled right now with, you know, Antonio Brown gone and You know James Washington showed a little bit in the first preseason game and but it's still pretty unsettled after after Juju Smith Shuster here. So I think Samuels has the potential to be worked into the passing game every week and have some Flex Appeal here. So, you know, I just don't know if he has the high high up side at his price. So we're looking at anybody in here that you're okay with is kind of a number 3 Type running back if your wide receiver heavy, I'd live been Both latavius Murray and Royce Freeman, you know, I just been buying in on the Freeman and everything. We've seen this offseason. They're trying to work him in Moore and his price hasn't been too too bad here at about 90 picks overall. I mean, it feels like that's been that way all summer long. So even with all the talk that you know, he's gonna you know be seeing a bigger workload his price really hasn't risen much all summer long. So, you know, if I'm in the eighth ninth round and need that fourth or third or fourth running back, I've been looking at Freeman a little bit and latavius Murray. I'm surprised that he's down to 85th 85 overall in the ATP here for the nff. See I mean, he's I didn't I his price must be dipping a little bit here. I still like them a lot here. I think he's going to get a lot of touchdown opportunities and he should be good for 10 to 12 carries per week in the backfield. Let's get to the next four guys Tom in the NFC ATP over the last week and I think these are for guys that I'm valuing very differently. Ronald Jones is 40th. He's kind of a ninth round pick then there's these guys who are all 10th round picks by ATP Duke Johnson, Carlos Hyde and Kaylin balázs the guys. I want to highlight here Duke Johnson and Kaitlyn balázs 10th round is still not too expensive for me to take Duke Johnson. I loaded up on them early because he was super cheap and I was hoping he got traded. Well he did if he's going in the 10th round. I'm still in on that price for Duke Johnson. I That he's going to rise above that though. And in which case I still feel pretty good about him as a number three in a PPR. So I'm high on Duke Johnson. Kahlan balázs. I'm going to take a guy who has that kind of physical ability. And as the chance to be his team's leading rusher anytime in the 10th round Carlos, I think stinks now if you want to if you want to say all Kansas City is going to use a committee. I'd much rather Tom invest as you said and Damien Williams or on the super cheap end in Darwin Thompson. I Carlos Hyde stinks. So I have no Carlos Hyde, and another guy I've planted a flag on I have zero of is Ronald Jones. I just had none of them. Yeah, you're speaking my language in this group here at cream hunts kind of in this this area to I know I separate him Tom because he's the single most overdrafted player and fan. Yeah. So yeah, I I'm out on him. I'm out on hide. I'm out on June's and Duke & Duke and balázs or guys. I have been drafting in this range. This is a this is to typically my quarterback rating. Range will get into my quarterback drawer quarterback draft plans later in the week. But this we're getting into the 10th 11th 12th round here. This is where I'm usually loading up, you know getting my first quarterback II left Kareem hunt out because Tom his ATP is ridiculous. Okay, he's a tenth round pick his highest pick in the last week in the NFC is 72nd overall. That's the end of the sixth round. He is guaranteed Tom to miss eight games guaranteed. You're gonna blow a sixth-round pick. That is absurd to me. Yeah have fun. I mean and Nick Chubb is pretty good at football. So it's not like he's gonna just supplant him as the starter. So yeah, I'm right there with you. I don't I don't know what people are thinking with, you know, wasting a pick and the 11th, right? I don't care be in my draft draft on that high. I like it. Yeah. So here's my Approach with cream hunt especially if I drafted Nick Chubb. I'm gonna let somebody overdraft cream hunt maybe once we get to the 12th 13th round and that's when I'll start to consider him, but he almost always goes off the board before then. So I'm gonna let somebody draft him in the ninth tenth round laugh at them for doing so make them realize three weeks into the season that they are wasting a roster spot on a guy and then I'm going to let them drop cream hunt. I'm going to let somebody else pick them up and then that other person's going to drop cream hunt when they need to pick somebody up and then may become weak. Six or seven when I know what my roster should look like then I'll pick up cream hunt. But Tom I'm gonna guess in like 50% of leagues. He is not going to be on the team that drafted him come week 10, I would agree with that. I see him being very frustrating for owners. Most of the most of the free sites that you know, they don't have you know spots where you can you know, stash a suspended player, you know, they have to be on IR or injured of some sort. So he's just gonna be wasting one of your six or seven Ross. Four spots bench spots. That is I don't get it. Okay, Tom. I'm gonna I'm gonna go to the next six running backs here ATP 45 to 50 at the running back position. And these guys are all 11th 12th 13th Round Guys. And as I mentioned before that's where the rounds really start to muddy together. Like I'm never going to say Tom. Oh, why are you taking that guy in the 11th round? He should be a 13th round pick the gaps between these rounds are so much smaller than the gaps between the first and the third round. It's they're basically the same round and it's just on people going and drafting the guys. They like tell me of these six guys. Which guys do you like Devin Singletary from Buffalo the rookie running back Damien Harris New England. Rookie Peyton Barber who is still the Bucks lead back LeSean McCoy Justin Jackson from the Chargers and Matt Breeden one name stands out to me and that's Breda. Yeah pretty looks like a nice value now, especially with McKinnon's status here. I've been And a lot of Damien Harris from earlier this summer and wish I would have had a little bit more Singletary. I'm going to try to jump in on him a little bit after you know watching him play in the first preseason game and how many you know kind of reps. He got with Josh Allen there and played he know he played significant snaps. So yeah, I'm with you with Breda and Harrison Singletary Jackson, I typically feels like maybe his price is a little bit lower here and you know in my in the best balls, I typically do it. Like he's a tenth or eleventh round guy at this a hundred thirty first. Overall. I would consider I'm there. I'm a more likely to select him than I am to select Eckler at this point Eckler is Eckler easy way out of price. I mean if Melvin Gordon signs an echo or pick is going to look bad right away. I'm like Heckler to and I think he's somebody who on a good charger team can have independent Flex value of Gordon. The problem is the Chargers Ran So Few plays last year. And Gordon was so heavily utilized that echo or even though he was so efficient just didn't get enough snaps to make an impact because they ran so few plays Jackson is the guy. I'm willing to invest in in the event Gordon holds out because he's much cheaper. So that's the guy I'm going to invest in I have no LeSean McCoy. He was terrible last year. He's somebody who at least at the very least is cheap this year Peyton Barber. I don't know if you can make a single more boring pick in fantasy, but I mean There's still a chance. He leads his team in rushing. So yeah, I did it last year. I'm not I'm not jumping back on that train. I had him in a couple legs last year and he was he did he brought nothing to the table. So on the Jackson part and just the thing to remember from the preseason here, you know, we do get a little bit out of the pre season. He scored at the goal line Eckler fumbled at the goal line. That is something the stash away for your for your self if Gordon would sit out and you know, that that does take away from hecklers value. You know, he's not going to be the preferred to option at the goal line Tom there. This next range actually has some guys I really like Drafting and these are Arby's 51 through 57 9 Hines. I have a ton of Dion Lewis. I am starting to get a ton of Tony Pollard at a Dallas Justice Hill from Baltimore Alexander Madison, the founding father. He's up in Minnesota, Adrian Peterson and Darwin Thompson and these guys These are these guys are dirt cheap. We're talking 12th to 14th round picks. I have a ton of Heinz only because I view Heinz is somebody who is a Marlin Mac injury away from being the lead back in an excellent offense. Now, I don't think he's a great Runner but he called over 60 passes last year and at this price I'm willing to draft him Dion Lewis. He's now the cheap member of the Titan backfield. He was overpriced last year. I bought in when he was overpriced, but I'm buying back in because his price is so low anybody else hear that you're really We interested in because these are really nice rb5 kind of roster fillers and even handcuffs in the case of somebody like Madison. Yeah, I'm with you on Hines and Louis, you know, they have some independent value, you know, if you're getting a pinch first couple weeks of the season and you have to start one of these guys, at least they have the potential to catch some passes, but they could get some big rules. If there's injuries ahead them, you know going down this less iíve Darwin Thompson is a guy I've been you know picking especially if I've taken Damian Williams in the second round as a little bit of a handcuff are I have been fading Carlos Hyde all summer and Thompson look pretty good in the first preseason game. So Pollard is a god. It's he's risen really quick. He was a guy that was you know, 200 some pics in just a few weeks ago. And now he runs with the first team and the whole is he qle it situation, you know, I did like him. I took him a couple times in the eighteenth round earlier this summer. That's a Aggressive price but might be you know, good insurance. If you are still aggressive and take Elliott with those in those first five picks there. He'll I haven't done the hill too much here. I just don't know. I think he needs to have you know situations as a receiver and I just don't know if he's going to get enough of those playing with Lamar Jackson. So I don't have much Justice Hill Alexander Madison. I just kind of have viewed him as a thousand cook handcuffs. Oh and Peter. In no, thank you. Yeah, we're still we're 57 running backs in Tom. I'm going to have you look at the nff see a teepee. Is there anybody below are B-57 that you actually really kind of like and thing can be a contributor and season-long fantasy contributor a yeah. I mean I've taken some Ito Smith as you know, kind of insurance for Devonta Freeman that you know, I do like Freeman spot here, but hehe, I mean there are signs that maybe hate his body is breaking down with something. His injuries that he suffered the last two three years. So I've taken some Smith Gio Bernard Jamal Williams CJ Anderson, Mike Davis. These are handcuffs. Yeah. These are the premium handcuffs in my opinion. Take that most don't forget Chase Edmunds. He's a premium handcuffed to yeah that him as well. But you know, I like all those guys because they've come in in the past and you know, they can they can lead a backfield there, you know, they can catch the ball a little bit. So Those are some of the guys I've looked at, you know, if we go really deep, you know, I I can't see anything. I drafted a bunch of Goofs Edwards. Okay, because I think they're going to run the ball a lot. And now this is best ball in and it's in the event that that Mark Ingram goes down. I would obviously prefer Justice Hill as well if Mark Ingram goes down but Edwards did a nice job last year. So I've drafted a ton of him. He's all the way down at our be 73, so I've been in on him, but Tom, I think that 57 cut off here. The NFC a VP at that at Darwin Thompson, that's kind of where it really starts to fall off because you even mentioned Ito Smith the camp reports on you know, Smith are not great right now and Brian Hill looked pretty good in the preseason and they also have qadri Alison. So just keep that in mind, but we're really in handcuffed territory here and then that gets into that gets into the discussion of handcuffing Tom if I have a deep bench. I'm talking like a tour deeper. I'm okay with carrying a handcuff. I'm Carrying more than one really in most instances. And if I have a shorter bench, let's say five or six. I'm just going to take the risk and not and not carry one if somebody else wants to carry my handcuffs and waist a roster spot. Just betting on an injury then so be it. Yeah. I'm right there with you and that's where we are. Once we get outside of this top 50 pics here. It's really about preference. Well, you know, once you start getting this deep into a draft if there's guys that you like Or that you want just go after them, you know after the after the 12th or 13th round, there's no sense in waiting around if you say you really like Tony Pollard from just a week ago. He was you know, probably going, you know, 180-190 and you see how his price has risen. So if there's someone you like once we start getting into the 13th 14th 15th rounds just go after them at the running back position in a standard draft Tom. I'm probably going to have let's say let's say the Over/under is typically 5 at running back. I guess you can go with four and a super shallow league. If you're in a deep League, there's going to be six. I typically draft six in a best ball and those were 18 round drafts, but I would think in most Hometown leagues you're going to carry five on your roster. So you want a Bell cow and the other thing to focus on here and Tom not even necessarily in PPR. I want guys who can catch the football. Yeah. That's a nice bonus. That's why like I said earlier like I've liked having nayeem Hines on my rosters or Dion Lewis, Matt Breda guys with some versatility that if I have to use them in a flex spot, they have the potential to catch a few balls help you out there and you know, maybe they can break a bring a long run or score a touchdown for you as well and the key draft plan to make with the running back position Tom is your draft is never over at the draft at the running back position. We're talking about Damien Williams right now is a second third round pick in fantasy football. He was on nobody's radar last year. Phillip Lindsay until late August was on nobody's radar last year. So keep an eye out for everybody, and anybody who's getting snaps early in the season is worth a look on the waiver wire now, some guys are going to be better than others Tom, but I will guarantee you somebody who was not mentioned on this podcast, and we talked about 60 plus guys. I will guarantee you somebody who was not mentioned is going to be a top 25 fantasy running back this year. That's just the way it works. It happens every year. At this point there's running back has the most injuries that you know, it's the most attrition, you know season in season out. So that's why it also is the most volatile, you know, picking these guys at the top of the drift. There's going to be a handful of these guys that don't play no more than eight games. It's just just happens every year so you can got to stay on top of things. Keep track of depth charts it even keep track of the preseason depth charts here, you know who's playing ahead of who and you know, just the Hierarchy of these back fields in the preseason does matter Tom we're going to wrap up the podcast with our team to a days. That was our running back draft plan stay tuned for tomorrow. That's Wednesday the 14th. We're going to go with our wide receiver draft plan Tom. That one's going to be probably as in-depth as this one was and then we're going to combine the quarterbacks in the tight end draft plan simply because they're easier to do and we're going to put that out on Friday right after I talked to Greg Cosell on Thursday. So we have a busy week coming up to get you guys ready for your drafts, but Tom we have to Tin you are team to add a series. We are starting to get close to wrapping it up. But we're going to go to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC for little fantasy and bedding preview for San Francisco. Yeah, the 49ers went for and 12:00 last year. Of course. They had the big Jimmy Garoppolo injury, which had them go under there a twin total 360 yards per game last year which ranks 16th. Not too bad with Nick Mullens at the quarterback position for most of the Year score. Offense 21.4 which was twenty first place for games sixty two point seven, which was 20th key offensive players lost. None of note here. So keeping this, you know group pretty much intact. They've added some keep key players here though, Tevin Coleman Debo Samuel Jalen Hurd, Jordan Matthews. So, you know added some weapons around that Jimmy Garoppolo going into this season on account of targets 64, which was 25th and 29th. Not 2019 season win total is 8 with pretty even money going to both sides of the over and the other under it - 115 so they've set a good line. You're telling me apparently I put those numbers in a couple weeks ago though. I think I did see that there has been some money towards the over here. People are remembering that you know, Kyle Shanahan is a very good coach and Jimmy Garoppolo, you know did so some good signs before the injury last year. So there are very intricate intriguing team for Fantasy as well, you know, interesting back fields and interesting receiver is receiving course here. I just want to focus on the receiving Corps Tom really quick and we'll talk about it more on tomorrow's wide receiver draft plan podcast, but there's been some bad reports about Dante Pettis in training camp. He was a guy who's kind of in the sixth seventh round range at the wide receiver position who I'm not kind of scared to draft. Is there anybody in the later rounds that you're looking at at the wide receiver position based on what you've seen thus far in training camp. Yeah, I've been on Debo Samuel a little bit here and I've liked this price a little bit and I've we moved him up here. Jalen Hurd is a guy to keep an eye on though. I you know with Samuel going, you know, and thank you want 36th overall people have kind of forgotten about Jalen Hurd, but they use the sixty seventh overall pick on him. And now we have Trent Taylor goad going down. So, you know, he's an interesting guy, especially if you're in a dynasty League, I would not wait around on Jalen Hurd, but it's going to be Sting out of him. I mean Shanahan came out yesterday and said Pettis is got to compete for starting a starting role. I mean to come out and publicly say that you're supposed number one receiver needs to start competing. That is a terrible sign for Pettis. We've knocked him down about eight or eight or ten spots here from his, you know, early 30s position at the beginning of August here. Yeah. I wonder if I wonder if Dante Pettis almost came into the offseason a little bit. Old thinking I don't want this is my job. I'm buck. And yeah, and he needs a kick in the pants Tom. That's something we're gonna have to monitor throughout the preseason. But let's wrap up the podcast by going over to the AFC and a team Tom that hey I'll admit look sharper on the field than I anticipated during the preseason and I mean both in terms of how they played and how they looked out there in those new digs, huh? Yeah, I'd like those New Jersey. They put York Jets. Maybe they did look pretty sharp in those jerseys. last year, they want four and twelve went under their 6th win total 299 yards a game 29th scoring offense 20.8 23rd Place for game 60 point seven, which was twenty sixth key players lost Isaiah Crowell James Carpenter Jermaine Kearse Spencer Long Andre Roberts client Walford Dakota Dozer and they'll know if he could say any of those are extremely seriously, but that a lot of bodies gone key additions levy on Bell Jamison Crowder collect a assemble a and on the kind of targets here. I'll by the way they just add it back Khalil and Alex Lewis only. Oh, yes one big big big Acquisitions, especially Cleland terms of for what it does for Donald. Yeah. Thanks for adding those in here. I did. I put these lists together at the start of training camp. So they're not completely up-to-date on account of targets a hundred seventy eight with eight which is eighth overall and the 2019 when Total is it 7 and 1/2 little bit of money going towards the under it - 130 even even money towards the over. Once again. I haven't updated those numbers for you know after the first preseason game, but that might be changing after they look sharp on that first opening drive with Arnold in the boys. Yeah. I'm wondering if there's a decent bet to be made on the Jets to make the playoffs and they might not be one of the six best teams in the AFC Tom, but they play in the weakest division that always helps and And you know, they finish four and 12. So they're going to be flying the other, you know, last place teams in the divisions, you know it, you know across the AFC so that also will help with schedule the ease of the schedule are so yeah things are feeling a little bit better here Donald made some big steps towards the end of last season. He played really well in December had of course had the big connection with Robbie Anderson. You know, Robert Anderson was a big fantasy Championship guy so, you know, Thing is pointing in the right direction. We talked about last Friday Adam gase running a little more Tempo than we saw at any point last year with the dolphins in that first preseason game. Which yeah, I would love to see that continue. Maybe get a little bit more ownership on the Jets of if I know that they're going to start, you know, running off 60 plus game, you know plays per game here the entire point of this podcast this week is to get you ready to draft for this weekend. 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