Fantasy Football Today - 🚨 Akers, Taylor and Hines are OUT: Ranking the Replacements (10/15 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: October 15, 2022

Darrell Henderson, Deon Jackson and Phillip Lindsay are in play this week with Cam Akers, Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines out. How should you value these guys and who should you start them over? Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collection Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario. All right, we've got some big running back news to cover here. Welcome to a bonus episode of Fantasy Football Today. Adam Azer and Heath Cummings here on Saturday afternoon. Cam Akers, we talked about this on our mailbag show, which we recorded on Friday. Cam Akers out this week for personal reasons.

And of course, we send him our best. We hope everything is okay for Cam Akers. Daryl Henderson thrusts now into his starting role against the Panthers. Meanwhile, Jonathan Taylor and Naeem Hines, both out. We saw Deion Jackson and Phillip Lindsay kind of split the work last week. They will be facing the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Heath, how do you rank those three running backs? I'm guessing Henderson, Jackson, Lindsay? It is Henderson, Jackson, Lindsay. Henderson and Jackson are a little closer than Lindsey is to the group, but they're all low-end number two running backs this week. All potential starting options. Deion Jackson was rostered in pretty much all the leagues I'm in.

I did go pick up Phillip Lindsey, and I may start him in a couple places. I think it's really tough between him and James Robinson. Let's see. So just checking on the stats from last week, Jackson, who's rostered in about 50% of CBS Sports League's Phillip Lindsay, 3%. Jackson had 13 carries and

four catches. Phillip Lindsay had 11 carries and three catches. So Jackson was better, better yards per carry and whatnot, but also obviously more familiar with the scheme and the team. But you love that. I mean, they combine for seven catches, so don't overlook that. And yeah, so Henderson is a guy who was a must-start running

back last year before his injury, before he started really splitting with Sonny Michel. Why don't you rank him higher this week? I don't think the situation in Los Angeles is near as good as what it was last year. Last year, they were one of the best offenses in football and won the Super Bowl. This year, they have been an undeniably bad offense. The offensive line is terrible. I don't think the situation is near as good, and I don't think Daryl Henderson is the type of running back who overcomes that situation.

When you look at the Bills-Chiefs game, Clyde Edwards-Hilaire, Devin Singletary, do you like any of these replacement running backs better? I like Clyde Edwards-Hilaire, Devin Singletary. Do you like any of these replacement running backs better? I like Clyde Edwards-Hilaire better than all of the replacement running backs. I like all of the replacement running backs better than Devin Singletary. When I say replacement running backs, I'm specifically talking about

these three. I assume you are as well. Yes. If I included Benjamin, he would be ahead of everyone we've talked about so far. And Ken Walker. Ken Walker is, for me and full PPR, right behind Daryl Henderson. Okay, I just got an email. I wish I had more types of these, but would you start Deion Jackson from Jonathan,

Deion Jackson or Romeo Dobbs or James Robinson, half PPR? I'm going to go with Deion Jackson. Okay, and that's what I said as well. All right, so that's's – yeah, go ahead. Any guy you had in your lineup who you viewed as a flex or you were really disappointed that you had to start them at running back this week, like for me, the Ezekiel Elliott group, A.J. Dillon, James Robinson, even Melvin Gordon at this point after the news report came out that Latavius Murray would play

and Nathaniel Hackett's excited to see what he can do. I'm starting Deion Jackson over those guys. You're starting him over Melvin Gordon, huh? I am. Okay. Just want to mention the Jaguars, who the Colts are playing this week, are getting, it looks like a little healthier. A couple of their defensive tackles who were questionable.

They still are questionable, but they were able to practice. Limited practice. And the linebacker, Foye Oluokun, all limited practice this week. So it looks like their defense could be in good shape, better shape than what we've seen recently. They haven't missed Foye yet, right? He's played every game. He's played every game.

But Foley Fatukasi, their starting defensive tackle, missed last week, got hurt against the Eagles, and that's when their run defense really suffered. I don't know if it's coincidence or not. Okay, so just wanted to kind of give everybody a frame of mind based on how should you be feeling about these guys. Low-end starters, but some potential here. And Phillip Lindsey is widely available,

so if you're desperate, you might be able to use him. Thank you, Heath, for your time. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday, my friend. And for Heath, I'm Adam. We'll talk to you later. We'll talk to you Sunday morning with probably a very similar show on Fantasy Football Today in 5.