Fantasy Football Today - 2026 Training Camp Risers & Fallers + Mid-to-Late Round Running Backs to Draft (08/05 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: August 5, 2026

Help us raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital here: https://tinyurl.com/FFTDonate2026Adam, Dave and Heath break down the late-round running backs you should be targeting, and the ones to a...void, as well as training camp risers and fallers to know before your draft! They sort through key backfield battles including Rico Dowdle vs. Jaylen Warren (2:23), RJ Harvey vs. J.K. Dobbins (8:31), and Jonathon Brooks vs. Chuba Hubbard (20:15). After covering news and notes from training camp (35:53), find out the latest risers & fallers, including updates on Malik Nabers' injury recovery (44:00) and the Patriots RB1 battle between Rhamondre Stevenson & TreVeyon Henderson (53:15). To wrap things up, the guys answer a listener email to reveal a league draft order. Don't miss this packed episode full of draft strategy, camp buzz, and late-round sleepers to help you gain an edge.Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcastsWatch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is fantasy football today from CBS Sports. What a play! Can you believe this? It's a no idea. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Up to the races and he stays on his feet. It's just going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
Starting point is 00:00:19 Well, you thought two episodes was enough to cover running backs? You don't know fantasy football today. Welcome to the show. It is Wednesday, August 5th, and this is part three of our running back. Preview. Some of the greatest hits from last year, round six and beyond, were all round nine or later. All right. The guys have really made a difference.
Starting point is 00:00:41 Again, this is what I talked about on a previous show. ADP is kind of out the window at this point here. Round nine, we had Travis A. Chan last year, but that was a weird circumstance because Tank Bigsby got traded so close to the start of the year. Cam Scadaboo was round nine. Javante Williams was round 10. Quinchon Judkins, round 11. Rico Dowdell won 189th overall.
Starting point is 00:01:02 He ended up being pretty good. Kenneth Gainwell went 323rd overall. He ended up helping people win leagues. All right, welcome to the show. Let's get right into it. We're going to ADP review. The first half of this is going to be about running backs. The second half is going to be rankings, risers, and fallers based on some preseason buzz.
Starting point is 00:01:18 We start with round six, Jadarian Price, and Jalen Warren. And really, DeDarion Price is the only running back in round six right now. So we'll go like rounds six and seven, maybe even a little beyond. We got Price, Warren, Pollard, and we'll stay there because the next one is RJ Harvey, and we're not drafting him with Price, Warren, and Pollard. By the way, before this, we had David Montgomery, D'Andre Swift, Bejel Tootin. So, Dave, at this point in the draft, with Judarian Price, Jalen Warren, and Tony Pollard, do they feel kind of like the guys that went before them, Montgomery and Swift and Tudin,
Starting point is 00:01:56 or do they feel like a little step down? Depends on which one you're asking about. I think two of them are a slight step down, and that's the veterans. It's Pollard and it's Warren. And we'll see about Price, but the reports have been good out of Seattle. The highlights have been nice, too. This is a rookie who looks like he's going to get some opportunities to be not just the 1A, but the lead back in Seattle's offense.
Starting point is 00:02:24 And that's a pretty good spot as long as Zach Charbonnet is on the Pup list. We don't know how long that's going to be. that's one of the hurdles that you have to think about when you draft price because it's not a guarantee that he's going to be the main guy all season long. Not a guarantee he's necessarily going to be the main guy even in week one. It's just right now he's getting the first reps with the first team in 11 on 11 padded drills. That's a pretty telling sign. It's him doing more in passing drills. You've probably seen the highlights of him catching passes down the sideline.
Starting point is 00:02:53 I doubt he's going to do a lot of that in the pros in his first year. But the mere fact that he's doing it kind of shows off. some of the things that he can do on top of the athleticism that we already knew about from his days at Notre Dame. And so I feel like if this drumbeat continues, he's going to tick up into that previous group. And he'll be around five pick. And that could be a little rich because we just don't know when Charbonnet is going to come back. Heath, what does Tony Pollard represent to you as RB 28? Does he represent one of the last guys who looks like a clear-cut,
Starting point is 00:03:27 starting running back for his team? One of the last guys that we are confident is a clear-cut starting running back, and we are not that concerned about their injury risk, because you do still have Bill left who may be the clear-cut starter in Washington. You do still have J.K. Dobbins left, who we think is the clear-cut starter, except we don't know how long he's going to stay healthy. I will say, this is right in the middle of the blob for me at running back.
Starting point is 00:04:01 And it kind of stretches from Pollard, Jalen Warren, Ramandre, Travion, Bucky, David Montgomery, Tuton, and even Rico Dowdell are all in that 11 to 12 fantasy point range for me. Okay. And you did put Jalen Warren in there. Who do you guys like better? Warren or Dowdell? I think I'm getting to a point where I'm going to prefer
Starting point is 00:04:25 Dowdle. I certainly would rather have Dowdell at his ADP than Warren at his ADP. But there was a report this week in the Tribune Review in Pittsburgh that Dowdell has emerged as the RB1 early in camp. And the worry I had coming into the preseason in this point of the year is that they could end up just rotating drives and be one of those annoying two-headed
Starting point is 00:04:46 backfields. And I don't even know if it's going to be that. We might see Rico is the one. A and Jalen Warren in that Kenneth Gainwell role, which sounds exciting because Gamewell had five plus targets per game, but it's a different offense and there's more passcatchers there. And I'd be surprised if Warren had that type of target volume. Interesting. Yeah, it's Warren just slightly.
Starting point is 00:05:08 I do think that the Dowdle history with Mike McCarthy is a little bit concerning. The Warren history with Aaron Rogers might cancel that out. They're both high-end RB3s. And this is PPR. But in half-P-R, Heath, are you going Dowdle and non-P-P-R? I don't see a big difference. Rico Dowdell has been very similar the last two years as a pass-catcher to Jalen Warren. Agreed.
Starting point is 00:05:31 Yeah, I think the point I've made before is whoever gets that third-down role could be a PPR almost must-start like Gainwell was, because last year, Gainwell was the third down back. Yeah, that's if Aaron Rogers' recent history without Mike McCarthy in terms of running back targets holds up. Yeah, because... Right. My theory is that it will because he can't move anymore and he's got to get the ball out of his hands so quickly. And my theory is that he has Michael Pittman now also
Starting point is 00:06:01 and he has a head coach who knows how to design plays that get wide receivers open. And so he may have more quick. And for what it's worth, most of the reports that I've seen about Rogers having success early on have been deep shots to D.K. Metcalfe. Yeah, I saw that too. Yeah, well.
Starting point is 00:06:17 So I'm just, I think last year's offense, was designed to throw it to tight ends and running backs. That's what Arthur Smith does. That's a good point. And look, I certainly don't expect 73 catches for the third downback and another 40 from the other guy, or 40, yeah, 40 for Warren. That's what we had last year.
Starting point is 00:06:39 So, all right. So, all right, that's Judarian Price, Jalen Warren, Tony Pollard. Dave, it sounds like Judarian Price is the guy that could really emerge from that group for you. Yeah. And Heath, you want to give a quick word on price before we move to the next round? Yeah, I've got price kind of a little bit lower, I think, than Dave does.
Starting point is 00:07:04 If I was picking one guy out of this group that I think is the best pick, it would be Tony Pollard. And I set it on running back preview part 17 that I thought that Pollard had a lot of similarities to Buck Irving and Travis H.N. and they're going two to three rounds earlier. So I love the value on Pollard. Okay, moving down the board a little bit, R.J. Harvey, does anybody want R.J. Harvey in round seven? No. I've got him at the very end of round seven.
Starting point is 00:07:34 I usually end up drafting him in round eight or round nine because it seems like everybody else just totally hates him. But, no, I think round eight's better. I don't want to say I totally hate him, but I totally hate the role that it looks like he's, ticketed to have. The opportunity for him to be the lead back in Denver went out the window when Sean Payton started talking about how good Harvey was as a pass catcher and how they needed to address their run game. And then they did address the run game by bringing back Dobbins on a two-year
Starting point is 00:08:05 deal and drafting Jonah Coleman. And so Harvey for me is like a round 9, 10 pick in full PPR. I'm really out on having him on my squad. The only thing that I hesitate is, with that and I think it's not like a lot of people seem to agree with that more than I do. But it's not like they spend anything at all on Jonah Coleman. Fair. Or on Dobbins, right? It's not like Dobbins signed a huge deal. I mean, there's a lot of running backs to get drafted on day three that never do anything at all in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:08:38 It's true. There's also a lot of running backs that drafted on day two and after a year in the league, their coach is sour on them. Or put them in smaller roles. Just have to look at how useless he was. was in the 10 games that Dobbins played. He averaged five carries and two and a half catches per game, RJ Harvey. We kept saying, hang on him, hang on him, hang on him. We got lucky.
Starting point is 00:08:57 I mean, I guess it's not lucky when J.K. Dobbins gets hurt. It's almost expected. And then after J.K. Dobbins got hurt, R.J. Harvey was the number 14 running back per game, even though he only averaged 3.4 yards per carry. But he got 13.7 carries and 3.1 catches per game. So that's what you need. If Dobbins plays 16 or 17 games, and he's already promised us that he will,
Starting point is 00:09:22 is Harvey going to get more than 7.5 touches per game? I would hope so. Otherwise, he's a bust. All right, Heath says yes. Then we have Chuba Hubbard, and we have Remandre Stevenson, and then we have Rico Dowdle. So we've got, and then we have J.K. Dobbins.
Starting point is 00:09:38 So we've got four guys, Hubbard, Ramondre, Dowdell, and Dobbins. Does anything separate those four because they're they're in I guess similar situations. Chubbard, Stevenson, Dowdell, Dobbins, Heath? I pretty strongly prefer Romandre Stevenson. Just because, I mean, first off, he's on an elite offense. Second off, we've already seen him hold off Trevion Henderson for one year.
Starting point is 00:10:11 And I think, like, I guess probably. enough. I am nervous about him being overrated on draft day, and that's with him being taken in this range. Everybody seems to remember how last year ended for him, and it was amazing. I mean, he was better than Christian McCaffrey. He was almost 27 p.pr points per game in his final three games, six touchdowns, three point three targets per game, favorable matchups. Everything kind of fell into place for Ramandre. And then I don't think he was particularly great in the playoffs. He averaged 13 PPR points in the playoffs games. He had a touchdown.
Starting point is 00:10:47 It was in garbage time in the Super Bowl. Look, weeks one through 15 last year, a lot of those games that he was in, 11 of them, he was sharing with Trevion. He averaged nine PPR points per game. I can't lose sight of that. And so I don't mind drafting him as a high-end RB3, but I don't want to draft him thinking, all right, I'm going to be good with 12 plus PPR points per game from him. When he didn't do that for the majority of last year, and he was sharing.
Starting point is 00:11:14 with Trevion for every single game pretty much that he played in those first 11 on his season. Yeah, I think some of the positives for Ramandre Stevenson, he was the goal lineback. So we like the Patriots offense, and he was the goal line back last year. He was just better in everything than Trayvion Henderson last year. He is probably going to be their past protector based on early camp reports. And there's also this. I mean, just before he got hurt, he was starting. to sort of separate himself from Trevion Henderson. They were giving him a lot of work,
Starting point is 00:11:49 and then he got hurt, and then it was a split. It started as a split, and then they're like, Trayvion's are a guy, weeks five through seven. He played more than 70% of the snaps in all three games. He had 13, 18, and 14 carries. And then he got hurt, and it became more even. And then the playoffs came around, and they really favored Remandre. So those are the pros. The cons, I guess I would say he was RB 22 per game last year, which is much better than his ADP. His ADP is RB 30, 31, I think, right now, Ramandre. But, you know, he's extremely efficient last year, especially as a receiver. Never really saw that from him in the past. I would take Dobbins over him. Dobbins is also the goal lineback, I would think. Unless they signed Tayson Hill, then I'd
Starting point is 00:12:31 changed my mind. But I think Dobbins was probably, he wasn't better in full PPR. They're about the same and not in half PPR. Yeah, I'm going to say, I'd take Dobbins over Ramandre. Tell me I'm wrong. You're not, especially if you're getting Dobbins around later. All right. Well, Heath said he'd take Remandre. Dave would take Dobbins.
Starting point is 00:12:55 And. No. Dave, you have Dobbins ahead of Remandre? No, Romandre ranked ahead. But if I'm getting Dobbins around later, I'd rather have Dobbins. Okay. Right. He's saying he would take Dobbins ahead of Remandri.
Starting point is 00:13:05 So he is wrong. You need to tell him he's wrong. Yeah, you should have told me. wrong. Adam, you were wrong. It's close, though. All right, and then we talked about the Steelers guys. All right, let's move down the draft board here. Who's up in rounds nine
Starting point is 00:13:20 and maybe into round 10? Oh, Kyle Menangai, and I think Blake Corum is probably going to be after that. So is there a difference between the two? Do you have a preference Heath, Menangai and Corum? I have Menangai higher currently.
Starting point is 00:13:36 If we miss another week of camp, that will probably change. No, he's already back. I think Menongay is more likely to have a few more catches. I'll just take the running back in the Rams offense. It's the only difference for me. Do you think both of them could be league winners top 10 running backs if the starter gets hurt? Yes.
Starting point is 00:13:58 Yes. Yeah, that's an easy one. Those are good guys to get. In between Menangai, who's RB 34 and Coram, who's RB 37, We have Kenny Gainwell and Rashad White. So we've got Menangai, Gainwell, White, Rashad White, and Corum from rounds nine and then into 10. Dave, any strong thoughts on that group?
Starting point is 00:14:23 Give me the names one more time. Sure. Menongai. Kenneth Gainwell. Rashad, Gainwell. Rashad White and Blake Corum. I've got White currently the highest of the four with the idea that he's locked into. at minimum the passing down's role in Washington.
Starting point is 00:14:41 I know that Crossky Merit is working on his receiving game and he's doing some good stuff with it, added some muscle. It sounds like he's having an okay camp, Crossky Merit. But Rashad White was added for a reason. And it's not like he's got the same type of upside as Coram and Menonga. Like, if you told me, Kyron Williams and DeAndre Swift and Jacori Kroski Merit all decided to take a six-month tour of Europe. and now their backups are the starters.
Starting point is 00:15:10 I'm pretty sure White would be at the bottom of that list. But because he's got a locked-in role where I don't have to worry about getting lucky with touches or anything like that from week to week, I'd rather have him in full PPR ahead of the other two guys. I'm not entirely sure that if everybody stays healthy, he has as many touches as the other two guys. Which other two guys?
Starting point is 00:15:32 I'm sorry, I'm a little lost. Which other two guys? Monagai and Quorum. But I would take Bill over all these guys. Same. Oh, you're a Bill guy. Dave is too. Dave is a Bill guy.
Starting point is 00:15:44 All right. I mean, within reason, are we talking round six or round eight? He has a round 1080 piece. So I love that. I'm a Bill guy. So what, all right, I got to take a break. When we come back, I want to know your expectations for the commander's backfield. And do you just think Bill is going to be a guy who kind of like J.K. Dobbins might get a lot of carries, but almost no catch.
Starting point is 00:16:05 because we do have Rashad White there, obviously. We'll break that down. Also, we haven't gotten to the Vikings backfield. We've got to talk about Jonathan Brooks. All of that when we come back on fantasy football today. Okay, we're back here, and I may have sounded like I thought Jonathan Brooks was on the Vikings with the way I promoted that.
Starting point is 00:16:22 I was saying two separate thoughts. We've got to talk about the Vikings and Jonathan Brooks. But I think a better question here just to kind of lump everything in, is if you look at the Panthers, the Steelers, the Vikings, and the commanders. Do you have clarity in any of those situations right now on August 5th? Again, that's the Panthers, Steelers, Vikings, and commanders backfields? The most clarity I feel, because like, listen, how much clarity do we have about anything?
Starting point is 00:16:55 But the most clarity that I feel is that Bill is going to dominate early down touches, and Rashad White is going to play most of the third downs. I feel like you could replace Bill's name with Jordan Masons and Rashad White's with Aaron Jones, and you could say the same thing about the Vikings. My worry is that the Vikings find another running back and make that an even bigger mess in Minnesota. And other than that, I agree with Heath on Washington. And I think there's something to it with Rico Dattle just knowing not just the report that we got, but the whole track record of him with Mike McCarthy,
Starting point is 00:17:34 I think it's valid. And he's the one that I think will end up leading the Steelers and carries this year. But by enough, what we really don't want is a small margin of Dowell having maybe 30 to 40 more carries than Jalen Warren, but not having enough catch. We don't want neither guy to matter to be consistent. We want one guy to have consistency.
Starting point is 00:17:58 Take the job and run with it. And I think Jordan made it. I mean, it sounds like Jordan Mason is like a cheaper version of J.K. Dobbins, a lot cheaper. He's going 120th overall. Probably on a worse offense. On a worse offense. Probably with the worst offensive line. But from what I understood, he's the guy.
Starting point is 00:18:15 And Aaron Jones is like the third down guy maybe, right? Yeah. Yep. And a lower rushing average. Well, Jordan Mason's had a great rushing average, though. I mean, he's been a very efficient rusher, and he was terrific with San Francisco. He didn't catch any passes. I think he has 26 catches in his career or something like that.
Starting point is 00:18:33 But is that not to Cory Kroski Merritt? I mean... Oh, I think he said he was J.K. Dobbins. No, they're all the same. I mean, if they're all going to be the first and second... I feel the most confidence in Dobbins. I'm sure we all do. I would think, anyway.
Starting point is 00:18:44 You're taking Bill or Dobbins? Bill. Oh, really? I guess I'm not... I guess I didn't know about all this Bill buzz. I really thought it was still a competition, and maybe Rashad White was going to be the best player. What am I missing here?
Starting point is 00:18:58 You've missed the start of camp. where Crossley Merritt's done some good things, expanded his game a little bit, paid attention to what the coaches asked him to do, and he's trying to do it. And Dobbins is the same story with him every year. He's an excellent running back. He's got to stay on the field,
Starting point is 00:19:16 and now he's got competition for playing time, not only from Jonah Coleman, who's flashed in camp, but RJ Harvey has a role carved out. And let me tell you something. Dobbins is a touchdown-dependent fantasy running back. And if this team gets Taysome Hill, then I don't think I'm drafting any Denver running back. I already said that.
Starting point is 00:19:35 I completely agree. But look, man, Bill better score touchdowns too because he's not going to be the passing downs guy. Right. But when we're talking about taking a running back in the middle of the late rounds, getting somebody that has some breakaway speed, seems to be getting better as a player, whose efficiency will rise playing next to Jaden Daniels, that's appealing. That's great value. I don't like that value in round six. and I'm okay with it like seven, eight turn,
Starting point is 00:20:02 but that's not where he's going. I'm drafting him way ahead of consensus. I love J.K. Dobbins, and he might be the most talented back that we're talking about right now, but are we, I feel like we're just kind of glossing over
Starting point is 00:20:14 or ignoring the fact that he's played 32 football games in eight seasons, or in five seasons. You're right. And listen. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah. No,
Starting point is 00:20:22 I just think, like, we can argue about how real injury risk is, but, like, his is pretty obvious. real. It's a great point. Jacori-Crossi, Merritt, if he can, you know, really be the guy who really leads the team in carries, not by a small amount. This Washington team in two seasons with Jaden Daniels has produced the fifth most rushing touchdowns and the fifth most running back
Starting point is 00:20:47 rushing touchdowns in the NFL, 18 running back rushing touchdowns in 2024, 15 in 2025. So, yeah, touchdown dependent, sure, but this offense produces rushing touchdowns. All right. So Minnesota, we have Mason. I'm guessing you guys aren't really drafting a lot of Aaron Jones. He's actually going ahead of Mason. Yeah, definitely not at that type of price. Okay.
Starting point is 00:21:12 I've got Aaron Jones at round 11. And that feels a little too high. So let's go a little bit lower than this. Real quick, give me a 10-second answer. Heath. What are your expectations for Kenny Gainwell in Tampa Bay? I have him projected for about 10 touches per game, probably catch 45 passes, 50 passes. And what about Jonathan Brooks?
Starting point is 00:21:40 I think you're a little excited about him now. Everybody's excited about Jonathan Brooks. Projections just throw out the window because he has to earn it first. But we are very hopeful that he just takes the job from Chuba Hubbard. And I've asked four different people on FFT Dynasty over the last month, what's the highest Jonathan Brooks could be ranked in the... the dynasty running back rankings if everything goes right, just to give you a feel of what everybody thinks there, the talent is. And the answer has been between top 12 and top 20 for all
Starting point is 00:22:08 four of them. We just hope he takes the job and stays healthy. And if he does, then I think he's probably better than everybody we're talking about. Yep. He's going 108th Jonathan Brooks. So that's the 9-10 turn. And I think that's going to go up. Yeah. It'll go up 10 spots. If he stays healthy for the next two weeks. Fair. Yeah. Okay. Zach Charbonnet is RB 42, and I kind of feel like he's in his own world. We don't know what his status is. He hasn't been ruled out for week one.
Starting point is 00:22:41 Obviously, Judarian Price is there. But just hypothetically, if Zach Charbonnet were playing in week one, where do you think his ADP would be right now? It's RB 42 in round 12-ish? Yeah, 12. Dave? RB 30, round 8. My bad.
Starting point is 00:22:59 Yeah, I agree with that round eight. Round eight. And would you still take price ahead of him? No. If he's healthy and ready to go, then probably not. Really? Okay. Yeah. Because you figure he's going to be the goal line back.
Starting point is 00:23:17 And the third downback. So he'll lead that team, or at least that backfield. I can't say that team. He'll lead that backfield in targets, catches, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns. And then because of the goal line, also rushing. touchdowns, it turns Judarian Price into a trapback.
Starting point is 00:23:35 And there's I don't think it's a zero chance that he's just the lead running back. I want to... Oh, I do. I don't think he'll be the lead running back. So I just want to bring up one thing and I agree with what you guys are saying.
Starting point is 00:23:52 He'll be the goal line back, but I think it's important just to note it for all of you. They've had the same head coach for two years, right? Am I crazy? This is year three. This is year, right. So in 2024,
Starting point is 00:24:06 in the 11 games that Ken Walker played, he had nine goal line carries and Zach Charbonnet had four. Last year, last year, Sharbonet had 12 and Walker had seven. So just saying it's basically even over the last years, but one year they used Charbonnet
Starting point is 00:24:23 as the goal line back, the year before that. They really didn't. But I think he probably would be. All right. Now we start to get to mostly handcuffs here. We've got Woody Marks as RB 43, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Alvin Camara, Chris Rodriguez, maybe not a handcuff. Isaiah Pacheco, Tyler Alger, maybe not a handcuff. Taj Spears, Dave, these names again are Mr. Plow. Woody Marks, Tyrone Tracy, Alvin Camara, Chris Rodriguez, Isaiah Pacheco, Tyler Alger. Thoughts? Tracy is the one I like the best. of the group simply because if something were to happen to Cam Scataboo, we've already seen it. Tracy becomes a startable fantasy running back. We are talking late enough in the draft where
Starting point is 00:25:09 you can go ahead and take chances on these guys where you can just put them on your bench and see what happens for the first month, see what their roles are. That probably applies mostly to Rodriguez, maybe to Marx too, and I guess Camara to a degree. I just don't think everybody is very confident in any of those guys, but certainly Camara and Marks, carving out a larger role than expected in the early going for their team. And I think I probably am the Woody Marks guy in terms of projections. I do think he's going to probably have a little – I think he's going to have a little larger role than everyone else does.
Starting point is 00:25:44 I've got him just ahead of Tyrone Tracy. It's a great question here from the chat. How did you get Pacheco? In my league, the guy who drafted Gibbs took Pacheco 101. Yeah, I don't know, man. It's got to be – hope you're not in the league with that. lunatic but what about that's going to be a fun one
Starting point is 00:26:01 to dig in at you all year long yeah yeah I know what about Algier and Chris Rodriguez do you think those guys could emerge as the main running backs for their teams oh boy go ahead he's I think
Starting point is 00:26:18 it's more likely that Chris Rodriguez does because Liam Cohen gets irritated at Bachel Tutin over something and goes with the guy you trusts I think it's more likely, I'm not saying this will happen, but if I Alger has a week or two where he's the lead running back, it's week one and two,
Starting point is 00:26:37 where they're just like doing the dumb thing where we make the rookie earn it. And we see a little bit more of Tyler Algear early in the season. He's not going to take the job from Jeremiah. I love though. What role do you think Al Jir has in this offense? Great question. Open question. You have other people can answer.
Starting point is 00:26:56 I think by like the fifth game, of the year he probably has seven touches or something like that a week it's my guess do you think they put him in goal line situations just because he's a hammer it could yeah he's got that history yeah i've got him at uh seven and a half touches per game for the season so how do you feel about having a running back who's projected for seven and a half touches per game who might be the goal line back on a team that's projected to win four and a half games and figures to be trailing a lot yeah I think we can move on. I've never drafted Tyler out here this year.
Starting point is 00:27:31 But Rodriguez, I would say one thing for Rodriguez is, you know, Tudin did come into the NFL with a fumble problem. And Liam Cohen's talked about how he sort of put that past him and he's thinking about other things. But that still exists in his history. And that's one of the easiest ways to lose your job. Did he have two fumbles in the same game last year? Don't remember.
Starting point is 00:27:53 Thought he had a fumble on a carry and a fumble on a kickoff and he got hurt on the kickoff? maybe I made that up. I don't doubt. So Braylin Allen had a fumble on a carry and then he got hurt on a kickoff and towards ACL. There's that. I'm looking right now. All right, we can finish up here, guys.
Starting point is 00:28:11 We got Tai J. Spears has RB 49, Brian Robinson Jr. 50, Tank Bigsby, Keaton Mitchell, Jonah Coleman for Denver. Keaton Mitchell's on the Chargers now, by the way, Dylan Samson, Breelin Allen, James Connor, Kamani Vidal,
Starting point is 00:28:27 Emmanuel Wilson, Emmett Johnson, Heath, who are some of the late round handcuffs that you like to target? So one of my favorite targets right now, because he's almost free, is Mike Washington. We talked about him a couple of weeks ago. I think he'll be the clear backup to Ashton Genty, and he has big, big play potential, and maybe we see him just a little bit more than we think we're going to. I also like Dylan Sampson quite a bit, because I think he's a very good rusher. He has passing game chops and Judkins is coming off of that injury. And then I think Pacheco is probably next.
Starting point is 00:29:04 Okay. Dave, any- That wasn't a joke. Oh, yeah. Any final thoughts, Dave? Jonah Coleman is one that I've obviously talked about a lot. That goes away if Taysam Hill goes to the mile high city. Kaelin Black in San Francisco.
Starting point is 00:29:19 I know he just got hurt in practice, just like everybody else on the 49ers. So I might pivot back to Jordan James, who's out with a lot of. a fractured rib. Ray Davis has been one of my favorite guys to draft just because James Cook, huge workload last year. And we've seen Davis do well when he's had the opportunity to be the feature back. And one of the guys I'm drafting with my last pick in a bunch of leagues for now is James Connor, just on the chance that the Cardinals move him.
Starting point is 00:29:46 He could be a guy that I take with my last pick and cut before week one if he's still on the Cardinals by then. That's a good idea. Thanks. So, yeah, it's a great idea. Guys, we did it. Two and a half episodes. That's all we needed for running backs.
Starting point is 00:30:01 Longest running back preview in FFT history. Yeah. What do you think we're going to do for wide receivers? Hopefully better. I've got two fumbling with two fumbles, one lost. Same game. Your memory is razor sharp. Great stuff.
Starting point is 00:30:20 Yeah, people are, yeah, I'm wearing a collard shirt today. Deal with it. I get dressed up. sometimes. To go out in public, right? To go out in public, yeah. Yeah, because the show that thousands of people watch is not public. It's almost weird if I wear a collared shirt on the show.
Starting point is 00:30:38 We've got to be cash. We've got to be super cash on the show. No, Eric, in our chat, this is not a 35-minute episode. This is only part one of the episode. We're going to do rankings, risers, and followers now. But first, let's take a little time out here to talk about the FFT Open. And just the draftathon in just. general. All right, this is our basically month-long drive to raise money for St. Jude. Our goal is
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Starting point is 00:32:05 Atlanta. I think we, you know, we, for fantasy purposes, we like bad defenses. Well, unfortunately. This one just got worse. Yeah. Jalen Walker, their second year edge rusher. I don't know if they've confirmed it yet, but suspected that. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:32:19 They did? Okay. Yeah. Towards ACL. That stinks. And their other second year. edge rusher has got a potential suspension looming, but we don't know about that. Meanwhile, Ian Rappaport thinks Tuatunga Viloa is likely to be their week one starter,
Starting point is 00:32:35 which makes sense because Michael Pennix Jr. is not even back yet. Kyle Menangai did practice. That's good. It was in individual drills. Kenyon Sadiq had a setback with his recovery from hernia surgery, but Aaron Glenn is confident he'll be ready for week one. That's Jets, Rookie Tideen, Kenyon Sadeek. Big contract for Zay Flowers, four years and 140. million as an extension with $108 million guaranteed for flowers.
Starting point is 00:33:00 Meanwhile, rookie wide receiver Jacoby Lane has had a good camp according to ESPN's James and Hensley. Tampa Bay wide receiver Tess Johnson has a groin injury. Dave, what are you hearing or seeing about the Dolphins wide receivers? Malik Washington's had a great training camp. So he built off of what he did in mini camp. Bobby Sloick talked to the media yesterday and said that Washington seems to that he and Willis are on the same page, and that connection is just grown and developed, and they're trying to get other receivers on the same page with Willis as Malik Washington has been.
Starting point is 00:33:34 Last year, he was very much a short area target for Miami. So like screen, slants, all the layup stuff that we talk about at him, he's going to be able to do those things and contribute that way to the dolphins. But he's got good speed, too. So I wonder if they try and find ways to get him involved in the intermediate area. Not a big guy, but someone who could end up, we talk about Dulcich leading this team in targets. Don't be surprised if it's Malik Washington leading Miami in targets and being a decent fantasy receiver who averages,
Starting point is 00:34:05 I don't know, I mean, we're talking a lay-round guy, so 10, 11 ppr points per game, someone who absolutely should be on a fantasy roster. Sure. I think I'd rather draft him than Wondale Robinson. Whoa. Not me. I'm still team Wondale all the way,
Starting point is 00:34:19 but is it out of line? to say that he could be Miami's version of Wendell Robinson and the answer is no. Yeah. Omar Kelly of the I think he's in the Sun Sentinel. He said that Caleb Douglas
Starting point is 00:34:34 is the most talented wide receiver on the team. Also, do you mention Greg Dolsich. Dolcich is injured right now. Should be back next week. Right. So I wonder if Douglas does take that step forward. He's interesting.
Starting point is 00:34:47 Certainly in training camp he has compared to where he was in minicamp. He's probably going to be more of that perimeter type receiver for Miami, whereas Washington will work inside the numbers. If you're in a tight end premium dynasty league or something, Zach Ertz has been cleared for football activity. He tore his ACL last year. Doesn't currently have a team. Detroit signed a running back, Rahim Blackshare, probably a special team's thing. I put in my notes that Parker Washington is going to the Hall of Fame. Every time I open Twitter, there's a Parker Washington story.
Starting point is 00:35:17 But honestly, it's everyone in Jacksonville. I mean, it's Brian Thomas Jr. It's Chris. It's Chris Rodriguez is first day back. He's looking great. It's Bejal Tootin. It's just everyone. So I'm kind of over it, to be quite honest. Although I think Parker Washington has had the most steady drumbeat buzz. He had a bad day, according to reports.
Starting point is 00:35:38 I think it was yesterday. Finally. Yeah. Finally somebody stinks. Chicago safety, Kobe Bryant, out eight to ten weeks with a knee injury. I don't think if I repeat, this is a repeat from yesterday. Let me know. I don't think I got to this yesterday.
Starting point is 00:35:54 ESPN's Benjamin Solac said that Colston Loveland is the son of the Bears solar system of receivers. I like that. I've heard something similar. Not quite as, not quite as well put as Ben did put it. But obviously something similar. McCoy Lemon and Devante Smith both have hamstring injuries,
Starting point is 00:36:16 but nothing serious. I know Michael Wilson missed Monday's practice. Mike Evans has a very minor quad strain. I didn't even know about Kalin Black's injury. They're all injured. Washington's still interested in Stefan Diggs, according to ESPN. A couple of Chiefs-wide receivers have minor injuries, Cyrus Allen and Xavier Worthy. Same with Cleveland rookie Casey Concepcion.
Starting point is 00:36:37 Yeah, he got lit up in practice and walked off with his arm like this, holding his arm. It looked like a bad shoulder injury. That makes me nervous because he's one of my favorite guys to get in the late rounds, too. And AJ Brown dislocated his thumb, but he's, He's fine. He's fine. Frank in the chat says Cole's son, Loveland.
Starting point is 00:36:56 Cole's son, Loveland. Yeah, I like it. Maddie says, Adam was the little boy on the commercial that hugged the bear for Snuggle Bear Softener. I thought you were in the bear costume. Oh, yeah, good call.
Starting point is 00:37:13 Heath, you good? Yeah. There he is. All right, we'll take a break and do some rankings. rankings, risers, and fallers when we come back. Let's do it. Rankings, risers, and fallers, all subject to change.
Starting point is 00:37:28 We're going to update this every week. But Malik Neighbors is one of the headliners here, Dave. And you said you were willing to take him in round two. Are you still willing to take Malik Neighbors in Round 2? Definitely. But it's late round two. We're not going to go crazy with it. But the mere fact that he's practicing in full,
Starting point is 00:37:44 starting to do team drills with the Giants, looks like his old self, ahead of schedule based on what John Harbaugh was saying. during the off season. These are all really good signs. And if he's his old self, or even 90% of his old self, then you know he's going to get target volume. We've seen number one receivers in Matt Nagy's offense has got good target volume before.
Starting point is 00:38:05 He can end up being a receiver worthy of a first round pick, which is where we were drafting him last year. So getting him in late round two, it doesn't feel like we're drafting him too close to his ceiling. And the fact that he seems to just be making progress day by day, not on the pup list. I think he's going to be ready for week one. I think he's going to end up being pretty good this year.
Starting point is 00:38:26 Where do you have, Heath, neighbors? Late round, or mid-round three, not quite as crazy as Dave, but I have definitely moved him up. I'd like to see a little more. I did see not every Malik neighbor's training camp video has looked just like Malik neighbors. I think he's got a little ways to go so. And there was also a report that said that there's not. no guarantee at this point he's going to be a full go for week one. So I'm going to hold off just a little bit because I don't think the situation is exactly
Starting point is 00:38:59 the same as it was the year that he was so incredible his rookie season. I think we'll see a lot more running from the Giants this year. That I tend to agree with. I'm looking at NFC ADP, the more high stakes leagues from just August 1st or August 5th. How many leagues? 22. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:39:23 That's a decent sample. And this is the problem I have with taking Malik neighbors at the end of the second round. He's going in between George Pickens and Nico Collins and before Rishi Rice. So you really have to take him
Starting point is 00:39:34 over players that have been great, you know, very recently. So it's a tough call. Like, you know what I mean? I'd understand if you were going in between Devante Smith and and Jeremiah Love or something like that. But Nico Collins, George Pickens.
Starting point is 00:39:50 Anyway, can I ask you guys about Rishi Rice? I think I'm going to forget because the video of him at training camp that I saw a few days ago was not good. He looked pretty slow. But the post route that everybody, the post route scene around the world? Yeah, yeah. And he's recovering from a knee injury. So are we?
Starting point is 00:40:07 Yeah. What's he known for? Heath, what is Rishie Rice known for his deep downfield routes? Yeah, I think he was just gassed once he ran five yards. He doesn't run. He doesn't run. I used to it. Not used to it.
Starting point is 00:40:18 And he's not going to have to do that. So I wouldn't freak out. I'm putting it on my radar. If he's not looking great this camp, I think that we can't just ignore the knee. I think today was his first day being cleared for 11 on 11. Yeah, Mahomes also participating without issue. That's been the case all along, just like neighbors.
Starting point is 00:40:39 If there's a thing to worry about with Rice, it's Kenneth Walker being awesome. Cyrus Allen, I know he's banged up, same thing with Worthy, but those guys carving out roles in the offense. They've got a whole bunch of options now, and they don't have to, you know, hammer the X button to Rishi Rice anymore. I know, I hope that I come to regret this, but I am so not buying the Cyrus Allen stuff. Oh, I'm not, I don't want them for fantasy unless it's like last round pick type. I think like best case scenario, he's the wide receiver for.
Starting point is 00:41:18 Right. Oh, yeah. But they definitely can get the things that they wanted out of worthy this year, provided that he's healthy. Thornton's got his role. They've got speed for days now. Alan can at least contribute. He might run 20 routes a game.
Starting point is 00:41:36 The point is that it's just like I said, they've got options. They've got different ways to go with the football now that they didn't have last year. And I think it's going to make them a more explosive offense and a more diverse offense. And that means that there is a. going to be this huge target volume for Rishi Rice. Well, listen. Potentially, potentially. If Rishie Rice continues to be the player he's been since the last six games of his
Starting point is 00:41:59 rookie season, then even if he's going 24th overall, he's one of the best values in fantasy. He has performed like he should be going more like 12th overall. Yeah, but it's just, it's a very different situation for him. Yeah, they have a running game now. That doesn't matter. They've been the 19th. Last year they were the 19th best offense. So if they have a running game,
Starting point is 00:42:25 it could just mean they have a better off. I shouldn't say that doesn't matter. It might not matter. They might just be better. They might just finally be a better offense. All those short targets that he had were extensions of the run game because they couldn't run the ball.
Starting point is 00:42:36 But he's their best receiver. In what way? I mean, he's better than Kelsey. Every way. Like, they don't have any other good receivers. Okay. If they had another. good receiver than he might not be because he is very limited and kind of gimmicky.
Starting point is 00:42:52 But all the rest of them are also bad at other things. I think it's possible that Xavier Worthy that we don't know yet because of the shoulder injury suffered in week one. That maybe he's a better receiver than we know. Right. And we're not racing to draft him either. If you're getting him at a good value to be on your bench, a guy that you wait and see what happens with, I mean, he's in the right offense to pop off.
Starting point is 00:43:13 It's just a matter of will he? Is he? That's what I'm saying. The Chiefs haven't been that offense in three. years. I still think they could be. Especially now that the run games there and it forces defenses to change the way that they're going to play.
Starting point is 00:43:28 A lot of this definitely changed when they signed Walker. And who knows how long Walker will be healthy for. It is not a guarantee of there are no guarantees in football and certainly no guarantees on who the best guys in this offense will be other than Mahomes getting his provided that he's healthy. That makes me nervous to take rice. in the top 20. I feel like Heath's going to kill me today, by the way.
Starting point is 00:43:54 Just... No, Heath looks like that every time. He doesn't like when I talk about the Chiefs' offense like that. No, no, it's 100% right. You've got your bold prediction that's about eight months old now that has about four or five months where we find out if it's true. It may be true. There's not...
Starting point is 00:44:16 Listen, I think when it's been... decades since your team has won a playoff game. Nope. Then they win a playoff game? Yeah, they did. Then those things can be a little bothersome to you, but the Chiefs could have five years where they're just awful, and I wouldn't care.
Starting point is 00:44:33 You know what we say in times like this, Heath, when we know we don't have much of an argument, we people like me, we say Nixon five. And that's all that's it. Mix in five. We just say Nixon five. Bejel Tootin is also one of Dave's risers, and so is Jonathan Brooks.
Starting point is 00:44:48 I think we just talked about Brooks. Why is Tudin? Is Tudin at risk of becoming a fall or again now that Chris Rodriguez is back? I suppose it's possible. Everybody in Jacksonville is getting glowing practice reports. And so I'm waiting for the seven straight days of Chris Rodriguez looking like a bulldozer. What did they say about him before? Like he's a glass eater.
Starting point is 00:45:10 That's fun. We'll see how it goes. But if Tudin continues to be the first guy up in drills and continues to impress all the beat reporters out there. That matters to me. And I think that Tootin is starting to cross that line from high-end number three running back who might have a shot to low-end two running back that we actually can trust to start the season. And Jalen Coker and Chigalconquo are your last two risers for now. Jalen Coker, where is he in your rankings? Coker is still in those late rounds. If you need an exact spot, I will look him up, control F, this MF, there he is, 115. So our round
Starting point is 00:45:48 10 pick for Koker. And O'Kako is in that same exact range, just somebody who's got some upside that you're drafting with a late round pick to be your streaming tight end to begin the year. If he assumes the Zachert's role with the efficiency we've seen from him earlier in his career, he's going to return really good value. So just looking at Jalen Koker's average draft position on NFC since August 1st, it's 118th.
Starting point is 00:46:14 But what's interesting, the two guys around him are George Kittle and Isaiah likely. So if I could tell you that you can go into your draft getting Kittal or likely in round 10, how much would that influence your draft strategy? You would influence mine quite a bit. Yeah, I'd want those guys. Yeah. One of them.
Starting point is 00:46:34 Yeah, exactly. I mean, I'm taking likely ahead of that anyway. Heath, let's talk about the Patriots backfield a little bit here because Ramandre is a riser and Treviana Faller for you. Yeah, I mean, it's just more reporting. courts that nothing has changed and Trevion is still struggling with the same stuff and Ramandre is still the lead running back and I think I had these guys originally about 10 spots apart in my running back rankings right around RB 22 or 23 and 32 or 33. I actually have Romandre higher in the
Starting point is 00:47:06 projections now. Still rank Trevion higher because I think he has more upside but Trevion's fallen to RB 24 in round six. Romandre for me is right there at the six seven turn. turn at RB 27. Obviously, things aren't going to play out the same, but for what it's worth, in weeks 1 through 8, 12, 13, 15 through 18, and the playoffs. Those are the games where both running backs played. Ramandre Stevenson had 188 carries and 44 catches. Travion Henderson had 163 carries, so that is 25 fewer, and 30 catches, 14 fewer.
Starting point is 00:47:46 So that is what? 39 more touches last year in the games they both played for Ramandre Stevenson and from the three yard line or closer Ramandre had eight carries and Trevion had two. And they both averaged
Starting point is 00:48:00 4.4 yards for carry by the way, which is cool. Josh Downs is a riser, Heath. Yeah, it sounds like he's been awesome. They are talking more and more about using him in two wide receiver sets. They are using him downfield more. Alec Pierce is not there.
Starting point is 00:48:16 I think Dave probably had him as a faller. We'll talk about that in a minute, but maybe I'll just say what Dave's going to say. But I think that really matters for him to me more than it would for another wide receiver because he is allegedly going to do something new this year. He's going to do something besides run straight down the field and catch 40-yard bombs. And he's not getting an opportunity to practice that with his quarterback. And so I worry about the timing. I worry about his ability to actually do that.
Starting point is 00:48:46 And Downs, I project to be the leading target earner for the Colts if it's not Tyler Warren. Dave, your thoughts on the Colts receivers? I mean, we're drafting it like it's going to be Warren, and I wouldn't be surprised by it at all. And we know the bare minimum of Josh Down's role as a slot receiver who can work inside outside, kind of fits that mold that we've talked about for other wide receivers. who have taken a step forward over the last few years and still could. So I like that. Poor Alec Pierce with this injury, of course it's going to be a problem if he's not
Starting point is 00:49:23 participating in training camp soon enough. And that just means that the first part of his season, he's going to be rounding into game shape, getting on the same page again with Daniel Jones, getting that timing and rhythm down. And can you do the things that a number one receiver is supposed to do? Remember, he's getting paid like a number one receiver. So I don't know if I'm excited about Pierce anymore. his ADP will fall.
Starting point is 00:49:47 The longer he's on this Pup list, his ADP will fall. And it might get to a point where I am going to take him. And if I've got an IR spot, I'll put him in there if he starts the season on the pop list. But even if he doesn't, it wouldn't surprise me if Pierce ends up being good in the second half of 26, just as he was good in the second half of 25, because the injury slows him down to begin the season. Why is David Montgomery a faller?
Starting point is 00:50:12 Montgomery is a faller just because of what I would talk about. And that was during the running back preview a day or two ago. The offensive line not being great, all the talk about Woody Marks, he talked about how he likes Woody Marks and the role could be a little bit bigger for him. If he's going to do what Joe Mixon did two seasons ago, Woody Marks needs to not be a factor. The offensive line needs to be strong. And I don't know if those two things are necessarily going to happen.
Starting point is 00:50:39 So I don't want to draft Montgomery too close to the ceiling. and I think round five could be round four is the ceiling. Round five might still be a little too close for my taste. Are you guys taking Bejel Tootin or David Montgomery? Oh, man, I knew you were going to ask that, and I've gone back and forth between them. I have Tootin one spot higher. Tootin.
Starting point is 00:51:03 Montgomery 29th for you, Heath. You're the low guy on him and the high guy at Marks. What other running backs do you have behind ahead of Montgomery, Heath? Judarian Price Okay, okay, wow Jaylon Warren Remondry Warren Remondry?
Starting point is 00:51:19 Okay I just, I think Like, and the thing I wrote about this And he's Montgomery was on my Do Not draft list That I think's been published Otherwise I'm just giving something away
Starting point is 00:51:30 But he could At his round 5 ADP And I acknowledge that like There's a chance that he scores 12 touchdowns And makes this look dumb I don't think there's really Another path to him making that look dumb. I think Woody Marks is going to have the passing downs.
Starting point is 00:51:46 And if they can't block up the inside stuff, then maybe we get more of the outside stuff. And I think that's Woody Marks. I guess I'm just trying not to care too much about the past catching stuff because, again, there just aren't that many running backs that play all three downs anymore. So none of the guys going in that range are three down backs. I mean, Tudin certainly isn't going to play. we know that's the Quinn Allen's role. Now, two minute drill, four minute drill,
Starting point is 00:52:17 that could be a factor. And I don't know who's going to be that guy. But I don't know. I just feel like, look, obviously they're going to talk up what he marks. He's a second year guy on the team. They're not going to, like, just kill the guy and bury him. Montgomery, they traded for Montgomery for a reason.
Starting point is 00:52:32 He's going to be their lead back. They usually have a, you know, an average offense, not a great one, not a bad one. What's that? No one's denying that. It's just how effective of a leadback will he be. 10 touchdowns?
Starting point is 00:52:44 How big of a lead does he have? How big of a little? Oh, I think he's got a pretty sizable one. This coaching staff, yeah, of course they're not going to poo-poo Woody Marks, but their action spoke volumes last year. So unless Woody Marks has taken some real big steps, I don't think he's touching goal line or short yardage, especially when they have David Montgomery on the team. Here's a stat for you.
Starting point is 00:53:07 Here's a question for you. Do you think David Montgomery will have 18 touches a game? No. I'm going to take the under. Okay. Well, then never mind. But if you do think so, over the last three seasons, 36 running backs have averaged 18 or more touches per game with a minimum of eight games played. Only three of the 36 were worse than 20th per game in PPR.
Starting point is 00:53:32 So if you think Dave Montgomery is getting 18 touches a game, most likely he's going to be a top 20 running back. But these guys do not think it, and that seems a little aggressive, I guess. All right. Anyone else? Yes. Jacoby Myers, I think was a faller. Dave, I think you've had him as a faller. Jacobi Meyer. Sure, because there's just been so much excitement about Washington and Brian Thomas Jr. and even Travis Hunter that Myers is starting to kind of get overlooked a little bit. And I think there's a role for him in fantasy. He's another one of these guys that might just belong on a bench and be 11 PPR points per game. Or maybe in a deeper league, he's going to be in your starting line of?
Starting point is 00:54:12 those three receiver leagues, you can make the case for Jacoby there. But I wonder if BTJ has his head on straight and he knows what he's doing, he's going to get targets. If Washington has emerged as a go-to guy for Trevor Lawrence, he's going to get his targets. I don't know. What's left for Jacoby? Do not drafts for me.
Starting point is 00:54:31 I feel like this is what Jacoby does. He's not doing anything exciting. Nobody has any reason to say anything exciting about him. And he's going to go catch 70 passes for 800 yards. and probably score five touchdowns. And I don't, like, I'm not excited to draft him. I'm not trying to make the case for him. Right, what's the upside?
Starting point is 00:54:51 I'm not. Yeah, I don't think there is much. But I think the upside is downside for everyone around him because he's still getting six targets game. Yeah, but, you know, he's going, right? Just before Chris Godwin, before Quentin Johnston, just after Wondale Robinson, Mackay Lemon and Michael Pittman.
Starting point is 00:55:13 I'd rather draft him than Wondale. I think I have him ahead of Godwin, but I'd rather after him than Pittman. But I think he and Pittman are just so similar. They're close. I've got Pittman a step ahead. Oh, it's interesting. I think Pittman, I mean, I don't like Pittman on the Steelers,
Starting point is 00:55:35 but if they were both the number one receiver for a good team, I would like Pittman better than. Myers. All right. Anyway, let's read an email to finish the show. This is a fun one. Fantasy Football at CBSI.com is our email address. And it's from Michael.
Starting point is 00:55:52 And he says, dear Jalen, Jackson, Aaron, and every good player on the Knicks, he knows how to get my attention. Very good, Michael. All right. I made this request last year, and the league loved it, so I'm trying again. Below are the names of each of my league members. members. Pick our draft order. Okay. Oh, I'd love to do this. Make a nice charitable donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for FFT today in our draftathon. And we're on it. It doesn't have to be a ton. Yeah, actually, I love this. There's 12 guys in the league. I think you owe it. I think we've earned it. Between the 12 of you, you know, 10 bucks each to St. Jude.
Starting point is 00:56:37 I don't think it needs to necessarily be that much. 10 bucks each? Let's put it at 10 bucks each. Listen, $120 to change you. I would not turn my nose up at that. I'll do a private video doing the draft order for 120 bucks. Let's cut it in half. 60 bucks.
Starting point is 00:56:56 And if any league wants it, email me. At that point, we might as well just do it now on the show like Adam planned on. Yeah, we are doing it on the show. They're going to be true to their word that we're putting in their own mouth. They're not giving their word. We're just talking. We're giving it four of them. They are going to make a donation.
Starting point is 00:57:11 All right. So I'm going to read the team name and you tell me what pick in the draft they should have. We'll alternate. Heath can go first. Slim Finity Stones. Six. Dave, the hit squad. We have to keep track of which numbers have been taken.
Starting point is 00:57:27 I got you. Six is off the board. That's not us to do? I got you. Hit Squad. One. Playbook Princess. Why'd you put Hit Squad one?
Starting point is 00:57:38 I was such a bad pick. Too bad. Three. Dave, the Vamps. Twelve. Heath, XG4 the win. 11. Dave, Femfetal.
Starting point is 00:57:53 14. No, it's a 12-team league. I said 14! I'm going to put four. Fine. Four for Fem Fatal. Heath, CMC 101. This is the defending champ.
Starting point is 00:58:05 Ten. Okay. Dave, the Jiggy franchise. Nine. Terrible name. Heath, draft hustle. Eight. Dave, coffee. Three spots left.
Starting point is 00:58:18 Coffee bandit. Who's still listening to this? Seven. Snyder finally gone. We should do this every show. Three. No, we already used three. No, we already did three.
Starting point is 00:58:30 Okay. Two and five are left. Two and five. I'm going to go two. All right. That means. Streaming Willie Beeman is picked. All right. Thank you guys. Great content.
Starting point is 00:58:44 Yeah. Listen. If other league, you know what? How about this? If you're a league that wants this done on FFT, 100 bucks, St. Jude. Next one. Next league that does it, gets it. If you want it done off of FFT, 60 bucks is the price. I'm just, I want to thank that that league for helping us avoid the travesty of doing a show in less than an hour. All right, RV preview part four tomorrow. Now, wide receiver preview. Part 1 of 4. Now up to tomorrow. We'll talk to you then on Fantasy Football today.
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