Fantasy Football Today - RB Risers, Bold Predictions, Drafting Old Guys (09/01 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 1, 2025

How do you balance old players vs. young players on your roster (4:00)? If you draft Christian McCaffrey, does that rule out Mike Evans and Tyreek Hill? After that discussion, we react to the news of Quinshon Judkins' impending return to the Browns (8:15), and then we take a look at the running backs who are rising in average draft position (11:15). Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Ollie Gordon and Bhayshul Tuten are on the list ... News and notes (22:35) and Heath's bold predictions (26:40)! Dak Prescott and TreVeyon Henderson could be league winners! ... We revisit bold predictions (36:45) from Dave and Jamey and then get some last minute draft tips (47:30) about tight ends and rookie RBs ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop our store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop.cbssports.com/fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT DFS on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5zU7pBvGK3KPhfb69Q1hNr?si=1c5030a3b1a64be2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FFT team on Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @FFToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @AdamAizer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JameyEisenberg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @daverichard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @heathcummingssr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday 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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It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off 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. Hey, let's go, everybody. Welcome to the show. It is week one time, but also still a lot of drafts going on. It's Monday, September 1st.

We welcome you to fantasy football. Today, presented by BetMGM, the sportsbook born in Vegas. Good morning, Jamie, good morning, Heath, don't care about you. Good morning, Dave Richard. Sleep in today? Oh, yeah. Didn't get out of the parking lot at Hard Rock until maybe 1215. Wow, that's three hours past your bed time.

Ah, dude, I am hurting this morning. headache from you can probably guess my hips were hurting that's a new one you're old talk about old guy problems my ankle is like immobile and I sound like halfway like cliff kingsbury this morning so I apologize for that but what a night Adam I wish you were there it would have been great to have celebrated with you let's go Keynes for any Notre Dame fan out there And there probably are a lot because, you know, it's Notre Dame. There were a lot of the Hard Rock last night. I'm going to stop talking about it now because you don't want to hear about this.

Let's get into fantasy football. Today we're going to do Heath's bold predictions. Last Monday on CBS Sports Network, we had Jamie, Dan, and Dave give their bold predictions. So we won't spend much time on that. You can listen to that one from last Monday. We'll run through them again. This will be mostly Heath's bold predictions. We have Quinn's News.

We have the biggest ADP risers and we have some last-minute draft tips because we still, I mean, you guys would know better than me, but I think we still have, based on CBS leagues, a lot of drafts in the next two or three days, right? I have three today. Yeah. Four today. I just added one. Four today.

Three tomorrow. And what's tomorrow? Tomorrow, soon as it. And the leftover leagues will be on Wednesday, so I'll send that out today. And, Jamie, I'm here to help you. I'm going to give you some last minute draft advice, okay? Okay. Okay.

Thank you. All right. So I have an interesting draft date. You have a slow draft going on right now? Do we? Well, we do. Me and Dave do. You guys are too scared to do the G8teen League.

All right. Geotines are scary, man. Here's one word. Get your head cut off. Anyway, I was helping my friend out with a draft over the weekend, and he had the seventh pick. He took McCaffrey, A.J. Brown in the second round. Then the round three, he was like, man, I think you should take Mike Evans here.

It was a three receiver league. So we take Evans. Round four, Tyreek Hill is that. And based on ADP, Tyreek Hill, Mike Evans, and Devante Adams could all be late round three early to mid-round four picks. And especially if you start with Christian McCaffrey, I wonder how you guys approach that because I like being young in fantasy football, but I think we've talked about Evans and how attractive that value is now if it's mid-to-late round three.

And then Tyreek, I don't really understand why Tyree Kill has fallen as much as he has since the John Hussmith trade. I mean, we were talking about him as a second round pick after the John Hussmith trade. Now I keep seeing him going late third or into the fourth round, and there's no on-field reason for it. It's just the oblique injury, I think, but he's going to be ready for week one.

So anyway, talk about the balance, and I use those two guys specifically, but then there's also Devante Adams with now the Stafford injury. The balance heath of age versus, well, I was going to say age versus beauty, but it's nothing about that. But young versus old.

Yeah, I would certainly, rather be drafting young players than old players. I don't think with Tyreek, it's just the oblique. I think that we made excuses for how bad he was last year relative to the Tyreek Hillbar. And the excuse was, well, he was hurt all year. Well, he's at the age and he's hurt again. And so people are maybe thinking he's just going to be what he was last year. I still have Evans and Adams and Tyreek ahead of all of the rookie wide receivers. Um, I would strongly prefer Ladd McConkey and JSN over those guys, but I'm not quite ready to go with the rookies over the old guys. Um, and I think Evans is a little bit of a tricky one because, I mean, he might be a top 10 wide receiver for the first month of the season.

And it might be pretty crowded in the second half. But for if you want to get off to a great start, and that's something I noticed. I've already done my first run through of week one projections. And you're going to see some of the old guys. I avoided in drafts that look a lot better in week one projections because they're currently healthy. Okay. But how do you balance that trio of old wide receivers versus, say, Trevion Henderson or

let's say a Garrett, young guys in their prime? Garrett Wilson is not in that conversation at all for me. Okay. So Travion Henderson, Omari and Hampton, how about like a Ken Walker, young running backs, let's say. I think that has more to do with how you've started. your team. As of right now, I have Henderson and Walker ahead of all

those guys. Dave, I do think that this is an important conversation specifically for the Christian McCaffrey manager. Because if you go or let's say Derek Henry, if you go with one of the two old running backs early, should that change your

thoughts on, you know, being old in rounds three and four? Well, let's first look back at last year. How many of these old guys played like they were old guys? And don't tell me they weren't old last year. Well, I think the question is,

does one year of evidence make up for decades? Decades of what? Older running backs underperforming. I don't know. I think it's a case-by-case thing more than anything else at this point. And I'm more concerned about the older receivers than I am Derek Henry. All the other older running backs, I think we've discounted. And McCaffrey isn't 30 yet, and he's healthy.

People are way more concerned about McCaffrey, who was a year younger last year, but had the injury and then hurt himself again leading up to week one, and then that cost him basically the year. I can't help myself. I still think Christian McCaffrey now has this huge upside, and there are people that have CM, CPS, PTSD, and it's okay. And if you don't want to draft them, that's fine. But if a ton of drafts have happened already, I'm pretty sure McCaffrey was the first round pick in almost all. them. The ADP would suggest that. Paring him with an older receiver later on doesn't bother me one bit. I'm trying to win the league this year. Okay. All right, let's talk about the big news here. Quinshawn Judkins, according to Mary Kay Cabot, who covers the Browns, Quinchon Judkins

could be back with the team as soon as this week. I don't know exactly what that means. Jamie, what's your interpretation of this? And we're going to talk about the biggest ADP risers, and one of them is Dylan Samson, who is probably a half. head of Jerome Ford. I mean, if you look at ADP, he's just behind him. But since he's such a fast riser, it's probably not really showing where he's going. But 147th overall is the ADP for Dylan Sampson. But Judkins could be back with the team as soon as this week.

That's the report. And what do you think about that, Jamie? So I was encouraging for Quintan Junkins to get his career started. So we'll see how this all plays out. I would anticipate a probably two to four month ramp up period for him because he missed all of training camp. Week. Hopefully you meant week, not month? Two to four week ramp up period for him to get ready for the season.

So, you know, they don't want to rush him back, will be my guess. And, you know, make sure he learns everything he needs to learn. You know, he may have, you know, an accelerated process with that. So who knows? But I would think for week one, you're looking at Samson and Ford. For week two, you're probably looking at Samson and Ford. And then we see what happens moving forward from there. So if you are drafting and we find out that Judd can.

signs, then he should be the first Browns running back selected. As of today, I would take Samson as the first Browns running back. All right. Dave Heath, how are you guys drafting the Browns running backs? Samson Judkins Ford. Agreed. Would you take Olly Gordon or Browns running back? When I woke up this morning before I saw the Judkins knew Samson was one spot ahead of

Wally Gordon. Not going to do that now if Quintan's coming back. I think you draft Quinshom with the idea that he'll be a potential starter for your team by mid-October. Okay. Would you take, I'm just looking at ADP, Javante Williams or A. Brown's running back. Javante. I think if we know for sure Quinshawn's going to be back, like today, I might take Quintan over Javante thinking.

the whole course of the season. It really matters about your build, too, because if I already have two running backs in the first six or seven rounds, I don't really ever even consider Devante. Yeah. I'd rather get the high upside guys who could help my team later in the year.

But if I need a starting running back, Javante is definitely better than those guys. I feel like you should get a bowl of soup and an ugly hat if you draft Javante Williams. Oh, it looks good on you, though. This is a, just keep in mind. Hold outs, hold ins. he's he's not done anything yeah for sure right that's why you can't count on him until october

at the earliest all right well let's get into the biggest average draft position risers it's pretty much all running backs and right now jacori kroski merritt is shooting up the draft boards on cbs he is now going 81st overall ahead of caleb johnson jacori krosky merritt ahead of kailet joseph johnson right behind tyrone tracy junior uh jamie is this an overreaction rb 28 right now for Bill Kroski Merritt. Slightly, but we'll find out in a few days if it was worth it, you know, if he comes out and dominates carries for the commanders. So, I mean, I'll stick to what I've been saying since the Robinson trade.

I think Echler's role does not change dramatically at all. He's going to still be the change of pace guy and be the guy that plays on passing downs, and we'll find out if Kroski Merr is going to significantly handle the majority of, is going to handle the majority of carries comparatively to Chris Rodriguez or anybody else there. So, I mean, as I said, I would take him over Caleb Johnson, if that's the next running back we're talking about because I think there's more upside for him this season based on his opportunity and his role on his team. So it's a little bit too soon for me, for both those guys personally, but I think this is sort of the right range of running backs. I think, like, I've spent a lot of time in the last few hours comparing my week one projections that I did last night. and player props for week one.

And so I may insert a little bit of that today. For commanders, Jacori Crosky Merits over under for rushing yards in week ones, 33 and a half. Chris Rodriguez is 28 and a half. Austin Eccler is 20 and a half. But I think the thing that there's a lot of uncertainty that's being expressed by the market there,

we don't really know. The thing that is instructive is the two that are probably more stable Jaden Daniels and Austin Echler, if you combine their over-under for rush attempts, it's 14. So if you think about the fact that 14, 13 to 15 rush attempts per game are going to somebody

that's not Giacori-Kroski-Mirate or Chris Rodriguez. He better completely obliterate Chris Rodriguez in that split. There can't be much of a split at all between those two, or Chikori-Kroski-Miris not going to be very good. Well, okay, so he's going as RB-28 right now on CBS.

Let's talk about what Brian Robinson Jr. did last year. So he basically was the guy. Echler would mix in, but Echler was very complimentary back. But also he had 20 catches in 14 games. So this is probably what you should expect from Kroski Merritt. It's not a lot of catches. He barely did that in college. Brian Robinson Jr. was the number 21 running back per game in non-PPR.

But in full PPR, he was number 30 per game. However, he did leave two games very early, one with an injury. One was week 18. he scored a combined seven PPR fantasy points in those two games. If you remove those two games, you look at the normal Snapshare games or there were some blowouts in there.

So like non-injury, non-leaving early games for Brian Robinson Jr. He was about 13 PPR fantasy points per game. And that is basically what Tony Pollard and Dandre Swift were last year. It's borderline RB2. It's around RB24.

You're hoping that Krosky Merritt could be even better than that. But, you know, but Brian Robinson, Jr. average 4.3 yards per carry. He scored eight touchdowns in 14 games, but more like 12 games, you know, obviously. He was on pace for 11 touchdowns in his healthy, like, normal games. So can Kroski-Mere be better than that? I don't know. You might be setting yourself up for a guy who's not going to catch a lot of passes.

I don't know. I guess it might be, it might be overreacting. I do think if you're going to Azer stat Brian Robinson Jr. stats from last year, you should consider that 40% of his catches last year came in four games that Austin Echler didn't play. Right. He's a great point. Like, when those two played together, Robinson was just over 11 points per game and Echler

was just over 10 points per game. Eich. That's not good. And that's like 10, whether it's full PPR, half PPR, non-PPR, because he barely got the ball. We're also talking about a 30-year-old Austin Echler. Right. We missed time last year. You missed games with the concussion last year.

All right. Nick Chubb is up 18 spots to 112th overall. He's ahead of Giovante Williams, just behind J.K. Dobbins and Tank Bigsby. This is Nick Chubb. In the Fantasy Pro's real-time ADP, he's 115th overall. So it basically matches the CBS ADP. And he gets the Rams in week one.

They added Puna Ford in the offseason, hoping to bolster their run defense, which was not good last year. The Bucks usually have a good run defense when Vita V is healthy. The Jaguars, that's a great matchup. It looks like on paper. The Titans usually have a good run defense when Jeffrey Simmons is healthy. And the Ravens usually have a tough run defense.

So I don't think it's a great schedule for Nick Chub before their by week. And that's by week is week six. Maybe Joe Mixon's back at that point. But Dave, I saw a tweet from you about Woody Marks. So what do you want to say about the Texans backfield? I think Woody Marks is the one to go after. It's almost like what Heath was saying. saying with the draft build.

If you need a running back to start week one, I think Nick Chubb is the one. And it's just based on what I saw on film. It's not based on anything else. But Woody Marks looks like he could end up being the best running back for Houston. As far as like, you know, agility, explosiveness compared to Pierce compared to Chubb. So I don't mind like grabbing him with a later pick. I don't want two Texans running backs on my team, though.

Okay. All right. I'm going to run through the rest here real quick. Ali Gordon is now 124th overall. He's up 18 spots. Devon H.N., last we heard, is expected to play week one. But obviously, you can see the appeal there. Braylon Allen's up seven spots to 125th overall.

Who are you guys taking? Ali Gordon or Braylon Allen? Alan. Okay. Bejal Tootin is up nine spots to 140th overall. He's ahead of Jerome Ford. He's kind of in the same spot as Dylan Samson. Would you rather have Bejel Tootin or a Browns running back?

When does Judkin sign? I'm drafting today, so I don't know. Let's just go with that. It's Tootin. It's long-term in mind, and he's still available in almost half of CBS Sports Leagues. I'd still go Samson over Tootin, but I guess it's possible that one of VTN or Biggsby gets traded in the next couple days.

Well, no. What if you need a running back in week one? You need a running back to begin the season. It makes perfect sense to go with Sampson over Tuton in that situation. Who do the Browns have? I'm sorry. The Bengals. Oh, the Bengals.

And by the way, normally we'll have our WaverWire column up on Tuesday. Usually today, every year I do sort of like a last look at ADP, first look at the waiver wire. So those stories, I'll be up. We're actually doing four stories at each position. So I'll be up by the end of the next. Right. Trade chart will be up soon, too. Projections will be up by the end of the day.

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Okay. You know, Adam, the Hurricanes aren't the only Florida team to have won a great game this week. Look at this guy over here. Because I can't help but notice Jamie's hat. And she's representing his gators. Nice 55-0-0 beat down over an opponent

just as good. is Miami's Long Island. Florida State had the biggest win. Yeah, Florida State had the biggest win. You guys had a great win. It was awesome. Oh, if that game was 90 seconds longer, I don't know if it would have been a win. But it was what it was. But congratulations to the Gators on their dominant win over Long Island.

Listen, man, we got September 20th is right around the corner. We can't play with you guys. Oh, I don't know about that. You might lagway is good. I'm a big lagway. You have a defense now. We do. But I don't know if we got a offense.

Yeah, by the way. You got the 2026 number for an overall pick? Who? I don't know about that. Malachi Tony. No, your quarterback. Oh, Carson back. No, I was wrong about him.

You can walk that back. Come on. I was wrong about him. He doesn't have the arm. He's going to flip-flop on this four more times throughout the season. No, he's going to have a really good year. He's going to go for three. $3.50 and 4 against Florida.

And then it's going to be, I told you, he's the greatest quarterback of all time. No, he might win the Heisman, but he's not, I don't think he's really an NFL prospect. You said, number one overall pick. If Tyler Shuck can get drafted in the second round, I think Carson Beck can be drafted in the first round, but not number one. I did say it was a horrible take. What happened? Arch Manning. What was that?

What happened? All right. Anyway, news and notes, Eagles, Cowboys, Thursday night, Landon, Dickerson, star offensive guard for the Eagles, trending toward playing, which I think would be good news for Barclay. A.J. Brown is also going to play this week. Hopefully people picked up on the sarcasm there. Minnesota wide receiver Jalen Naylor is trending toward playing this week.

Look, it's week one. I know we're not going to tell you to start Jalen Naylor, but in deep leagues, I don't know what the deal is with him in Thielen, but he scored a touchdown in both of the games that Addison missed last year. He only had four targets in those games. But it's, you know, it's a deep league thing, Monday night at the Bears. Let's get to that news. Jalen Coker, Jailen Coker's out four to six weeks with a quad injury.

Can they get Adam Thielen back? They have Hunter Renfro back. And I really like the schedule for Carolina at Jacksonville, at Arizona, which might be tough. Atlanta at New England, Miami, Dallas. That's the first six weeks for Carolina. So Heath, you want to talk about this one here? What do you think about this for the Panthers receiving corps? I think it gives Xavier Leggett a little bit more of a runway to get off to a good start.

A lot of people are expecting Coker to be much better than him, and he was much better than him as a rookie. But Liget still has the better, forgot the word that we use, pedigree. And now there's some target opportunities available for him. It may also, I think the guy, after you said that schedule that I've just been thinking and really came out this way in week one projections is, we may, after a month, feel like we were really too low on Chuba Hubbard again. Yeah, that's a good point. And Tatian Sanders, too. It says you on Chubba.

I had him as a three-four turn guy all summer. And I love that schedule for him to begin the year. I think I have my three-four turn guy, too. Oh, all right. Then you're not too low on him. Well, we might be. Dallas. Do you think it could be better, like, to begin the year than some of the studs that were taken ahead of them?

Kairn, Hampton, Cook. It will be interesting to see if this Rico Doudal playing on third downs, it matters. Right. Yeah, I don't know that it will. He, I think I have a third down note on him. I don't know that he played a lot of, he must have played third down.

Anyway, Chubbard, by the way, has been one of the worst receiving running backs just in terms of efficiency in the NFL. So I do think that could go down. He had 43 catches in 15 games. But after the first two games last year were horrible for the Panthers. Bryce Young was playing. Then he got benched.

From weeks three through 16, you were talking about the number eight running back per game in full PPR in Chuba Hubbard. All right. Next up, the Cowboys signed to Ron Bland, four-year, $92 million extension with $50 million guaranteed. There was also a podcast, was Albert Breer talking about how some people on the Cowboys

didn't love the ego of Micah Parsons. Trayvon Diggs, by the way, their other cornerback. He may not be ready for week one. He's recovering from a knee injury, and that game is just a few days away at Philadelphia. But he avoided the Pupplest, though. What did you say? He avoided the Pupplest.

Yeah. He might miss a few. I think he even said he'll be back no later than week four, I think, Diggs said. Trayvon Diggs. Buffalo defensive tackle, Dwayne Carter, is out for the season with a torn Achilles. He's a rotation piece for them. And Kansas Citywide receiver Jalen Royals is likely out this week.

They're playing at the Chargers, but that game's in Brazil on Friday. Is there a, with no Rishi Rice, no Jalen Royals, I don't know how big of a deal of that is. Is anyone thinking about Marquis Brown for maybe 10 PPR fantasy points or anything, or anyone else?

Get ready for six juju catches. Yeah. But these are like DFS plays. I'm not starting these guys. I haven't been hit by injury. It's week one. Who am I starting juju or Hollywood over? No, it'd be like the 16 team leaguers,

you know, something like that. Triple, Okay, so let's get into bold predictions, but first, it is now time for the Hymn of the Week, sponsored by producer Jordan Peel's upcoming sports horror film, Him, only in theaters on September 19th. Now, today we're going to do the Him of the Year, and we're going to make an early MVP prediction. Let's call it a fantasy MVP prediction, and I don't want to put that on it, Heath, but it's a possibility. Okay, okay, okay, go for it, Heath. Who's our him of the week slash him of the year?

A lot of leagues out there. You can still get Trevion Henderson in round four, and he could absolutely be your fantasy MVP if you get him in round four, especially in a full PPR league. Everybody knows what Trevionn Henderson can do in the passing game. I expect him to lead, I predict boldly, that he will lead all running backs in targets and catches and finish top 10 at the position in full PPR.

And you know what? I'm not so sure he's going to be. be so hamstrung in the running game either one of the week one lines that i love to see is he and remandre stevenson have the same number of rushing yards for their over under 42 and a half there's a saying about wide receivers or really fast guys if he's even he's leaving that's true about travion henderson with his speed it's also true about him with remandre stevenson in this running back competition if they're even week one it's not going to be close by week four fired up for that one All right, that was our Hymn of the week.

Sponsored by the upcoming film, Him. Producer Jordan Peel invites you to the football, sports, and horror event of the season, which asks the question, what are you willing to sacrifice? See him only in theaters on September 19th. And this transitions into Heath's bold predictions. Travion Henderson leads all running backs and targets and catches and finishes top 10 at the position. Meanwhile, last week, Dan on the bold predictions said,

George Pickens is going to be a top 12 wide receiver. You have one that might make that true or might accompany that. Let's get your Dak Prescott, bold prediction. Dak Prescott will throw for 5,000 yards and finish as a top five quarterback. We've seen this before. A high volume pass offense, Dak threw for 4,900 yards in 16 games once in his career, through for 44 and 45 already. It's going to be a career year for Dak.

with maybe his best set of past catching weapons ever. Dak Prescott, top five for the season, not for week one. I think I'm the only one left in our office league, right? The 20-team office league? Right, Dave, you're out. I'm not in it anymore. For a couple years. Larry Hartstein, who does a great job for us on sports line.

Just, he picks right after me. So I had the first overall pick, hit, second overall pick. He just stacked, Dak, Prescott, George Pickett, and Jake Ferguson. It's a tight-end premium league. And so I was actually waiting to see what he was going to do because I wanted Pickens. If I took Pickens, I was not going to take Ferguson. I was hoping for actually Pickens and Tyler Warren. He ends up taking Pickens.

I take Warren. He takes Ferguson right after me. So I'm curious to see how that's going to work out for him. Dak Prescott has been a top four quarterback per game in three of the last six seasons. One of those seasons was only four and a half games. He's been a top eight quarterback per game in four of the last season. And it's pretty much every other season. It was 2019.

It was 2021. It was 23. He's due. Okay. All right. Next, bold prediction. Oh,

you have a DeAndre Swift one. Wow. All right. What do we got? DeAndre Swift will set a career high in yards from scrimmage, which his career high right now is at 1350. He'll set a career high in touchdowns, total touchdowns, which his career high right now is 10, and he will finish as a top 12 running back.

I'm not going to even get into it here because this has been your call for a long time not this specifically but you've been the big DeAndre Swift guy and you've been the big Jerry Judy guy so what's your next bold prediction? I think I said this bold prediction back in February but Jerry Judy will be a top 12 wide receiver for as many games as Joe Flacko starts

and how many games yeah how many games are you thinking that's going to be? I think week one could have a big impact on that because we know how the bingles usually start and we know how bad their defense is if they if the browns pull off the upset they're five and a half point underdogs then it might be halfway through the season it might be a little bit longer i think listen it's going to also depend on if dylan gabriel or shradore sanders look any better in practice than they did in the preseason yeah yeah but they're going to be practicing

scout team there i don't know how many opportunities those guys are going to get to like practice with the ones. Cleveland's buy is week nine. Before that buy, Cincinnati week one. After that, it's Baltimore, Green Bay, Detroit, Minnesota, Pittsburgh. That is a gauntlet for the Brown's offense. I wonder if people are going to try to trade Judy if he gets off to a huge game. It should be a sell-eye.

I expect so, yeah. Yeah. All right. Last one. This one is great. This cracks me up. Wow, go ahead. Cooper Cup and Devo Samuel will outscore

Garrett Wilson and Marvin Harrison, Jr. on a per game basis. I think of there a prop that you had on Cup that you mentioned? His week one prop, if you're a believer in Cooper Cup like I am, his week one prop is absurdly low. Three and a half catches 31.5 yards against San Francisco. Are you hammering it? You know, I don't, I don't talk about that. I can't do that, actually, no.

But if you could, if you had to recommend it, Mr. Poppinski, for example. I have in the chat, Cooper Cup projected in week one. This is a better way to answer the question, right? Sure. For five catches in 51 yards. There you go. Okay. Cooper Cup and Debo Samuel outscore Garrett Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr.

And this is expressing both, I've been. been the high guy on both those guys all summer, so that's not surprising. And I'm pretty terrified of Garrett Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr. I feel like I know what to expect from Garrett Wilson. Obviously, we don't know what's going to happen. But I can at least come up with a thought in my mind of, oh, okay, I know Justin Field's history. I know Garrett Wilson's done in three years. I know the Jets want to run the ball, whatever.

I have no idea what to expect with Marvin Harrison. None. As of right now, I'm just mostly expecting what we got last year. I'm not. They'd be so stupid to use him, to know everything that we all know and to not change the way they use Marvin Harrison would be, I think, pretty ridiculous. But that doesn't mean I'm super high on him or anything like that,

but I have some optimism that they will do things to get him going. All you've heard all off-season is Kyla Murray talking about how he knew he needed to have a better rapport with Marvin Harrison, and they did this and they did that, and they have a better rapport. and, you know, they seem intent on making this work. So they are, I feel like they have to design some easy catches for him. Get him the ball at the line of scrimmage, wide receiver screens, those types of things. Horizontal movement, not just vertical.

Have to do it. I still just sounds crazy talking about him because he was like the best wide receiver prospect in so long. I just don't see the speed to be great. I don't know. No, I don't either. I shouldn't say that. I'm concerned about the speed. Go ahead, David.

Right, but I think he can be a well-rounded receiver in other way. and I'm taking the leap of faith that the Cardinals will see that too. We already have one bet, Heath and I do, between Camara versus DeAndre Swift. We can make it two bets if I take Harrison and you can have your pick of Cup or Debo. This is a bold prediction.

This is not how we have things. All right. You have a rank that way, don't you? I have, I think I have Debo ahead. I didn't have Cup ahead. Is there, name a couple of other receivers you have ranked ahead of Marve. Jerry, Judy.

Huh? Jerry Judy. I believe I have Marv over Jerry Judy We could do that one too All right, that's two You guys keep making bets What is the bet? We'll figure out something

Do at the end of the year Listen, bragging rights are important On this show, I think All right, Dave's bold predictions from last week Were Breece Hall and Tyreek Hill Have great per game averages

After they get Hold on, hold on, hold on We could take some suggestions on the bet Yeah, sure What should be? I'm up to Adam, Jamie, You guys could think of stuff.

No, Jamie, we're not doing a hair bet or an eyebrow bet. I'm so bad at this. Yeah. I think you guys have to write a parody song and perform it. It's got to be about fantasy football. I think if let's include both bets because this is not insignificant. Okay. But I will send Dave a care package from Joe's in Kansas.

city if he wins both bets. Okay. And what do you want? I would like, like, you've, and this is dumb of me probably, because I've already had you take me to a pizza place. Yes, no, I'll take care of you. I'll take care of you. But I think we should get some, whatever you say, the best Chicago style pizza is that I'm

assuming that you find in a food court on Michigan Avenue. Oh, man, I always want to make a... What if I don't... What if I want Heath's meat? I know what you mean, Dave. I'm just going to leave it by that. I want slow, smoke, cooked, burnt ends. I almost want to make a bet with Heath

so I can be in on this and give you actual good New York pizza instead of the garbage that Dave gave you when you guys were in New York. Oh, it was so bad. It was terrible. All right, Dave's bowl predictions. Breeze Hall and Tyree Kill

have great per game averages after they get traded. Do you still think they're going to get traded or do you think it's possible? I think they'll get traded at some point. Tyreek more than Brice.

Terry McLoren finishes as a top 12 wide receiver from Halloween through New Year's. That looked cooler before McLaren signed his extension. But even so, I still expect a slow start for Terry McLaren.

And by the time we get to November, he'll be slam dunk, wide receiver one starting material. Man, he had such a big finish from trying to find it. I know, I know. 15.8 or more PPR fantasy points in 12 of his last 15 games, Terry McClure.

Next up, Tyler Warren leads to the Colts in targets, catches receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. We know you love him. I'm saying that one for months. Jackson Dart becomes a top 12 fantasy quarterback and Caleb Williams does not. I will buy you a New York City pizza place. I will buy you a restaurant if Jackson Dart is the top 12 quarterback. Can I go a step further?

Sure. I think the Giants make the playoffs. Oh wow Can I go a step further The Hurricanes with six national championships in a row No I think the Giants can win the division No they can't

Just stop right now I think I really do think they'll make the playoffs Going back to the Breece Hall one Does this matter Week 1 rushing lines Oh yes What is it? Brees Hall 48.5

Braylen Allen 26.5 it's a Steelers. I would, yeah, it is a Steelers. I wouldn't touch the Breece one. I might give away the Brailin one on the player prop show Friday, 1 o'clock. All right. Next up, Rishie Rice will disappoint and fail to match the 16.4 PPR fantasy points per game he had in his prior 17 full games, including the postseason.

Yep. All right. Slow, obviously, he's not playing the first six weeks of the season. That's the equivalent of missing out on a training camp's worth of work. Comes back, slow start, by week, week 11. Okay, maybe he starts to get into the swing of things. But everybody else in that offense will already be on the same page as Mahomes. And I'm kind of scared it's going to be a lost-ish kind of year for Rishi Rice.

All right. And we've got Jamie's bold predictions after this break on fantasy football today. We'll be right back. Jamie's bold predictions, Justin Fields will lead all quarterbacks in rushing yards. Jordan, this one's pretty bold. Jordan Mason, Zach Charbonnet, and Braylon Allen will all be the best running backs on their respective teams this season without an injury.

What do you rank the likelihood of those three guys leading their teams in rushing without an injury? Mason Charbonnet Allen. Mason Allen Sharbonnet. The best second year wide receiver this season will be Ricky Pearson. Woo, man. Spicy take. Nothing to do with what I'm wearing.

Gators, head. to tell. Oh, you're violating my rule. Didn't I say this rule on the air or no? If it's your rule, I don't care. Right, right, right. Right. It's such a great rule. Okay, no, this stem from a word. You wear my shirt from when I was 10 years old. You can't tell me anything about how to dress. No, I wear your shirt. I don't wear a hat. The rule is you cannot wear multiple pieces of sporting attire of the same team unless it's game day. It's either the shirt or the- I figured you guys would be decked out in hurricane stuff. Well, you were right.

Well, that's fine. You can break the rules for that. Number four, 10 rookie running backs. I'm glad you have a rule about clothing. Ten rookie running backs will finish in the top 30. You wore a hoodie to the beach. Fashionista anima. I didn't wear a hoodie to the beach.

According to that. I didn't. I didn't. When you made your wife, you're wearing a hoodie at the beach. No, I didn't. I had my laptop. I was wearing a hoodie. I don't know.

I was wearing a hoodie. You wore a laptop? Maybe it was on your chest there. None of God compete. Yeah, that could absolutely be. 10 rookie running backs will finish in the top 30 in PPR, points per game this season. That would be crazy, man.

Ted, a third of it being in the rookies. Yeah, well, Gentie, Hampton, Henderson, Harvey, Kroski Merritt, Jaden Plu, Bejel Tootin, Ali Gordon, Dylan, Samson, and Woody Marks. So, why don't you just name the rookie running backs that you, You don't think. Caleb Johnson. Right.

Not in there. I don't think Caleb Johnson will be a top 30 running back. Yeah. But that's a great takeaway because some people are still, people drafted them in the mid rounds

and they want to know what to expect. And now you're telling them that Woody Marks will have a better per game finish than him. All right. We can do last minute draft tips. There's also a surprise segment on here called, I'm about to drop two players from Jamie's team. Oh, I love that segment.

I can do it or Jamie could do it. You can do it. Go ahead. All right, let's go. I'm going to share my screen in a moment. I think a YouTube poll for which players it is. All right, we could do that. We can do that.

So, you know what? Why don't you guys tell me about your Labor Day plans real quick while I... The fun part about this is Adam commissioned one league that I'm in with him. I believe I commissioned like five that I'm in with him. Yeah. So payback will be fun. But I'm not breaking any of the rules. You're cheating.

Well, you did break one rule when you wouldn't allow the trade that I made because you just decided on a whim that it wasn't allowed. I thought the trade decision. was a bad job of commission. And I think the abuse of the not dropping players. So at some point, I've been very tempted to drop a player from Dave's team in Yolo multiple times. It's been my silent protest that Adam... Jamie is a serial hoarder. Well, it's been a silent protest.

But I think what you should do is just whoever the last two ads were, you just take them off the team. Right. That's the solution if you do it at all. But I think you should have given Jamie the opportunity to make it right. No, that's not. The opportunity. This conversation's been going on for three weeks. Yeah.

It's been, he's not quite the opportunity. All right. So if you've given him the opportunity and he hasn't done it. And then Heath, you could do this to me. So I'm not going to be whiny if you ever do. But you should take away the last two people.

So my wide receivers are pretty thin, Adam. That's dangerous to, where's Jamie's team? Dangerous to take away the last two. Let me see, transactions, ad drops. So the last two were Chris Roder... I could drop Chris Rodriguez and Diami Brown.

I could do that. But the problem for Jamie was two players were no longer... Two players were... Jamie Brown's not on his team, so that'll be hard to drop him. Exactly. Two players are no longer pup eligible. And this is a deep dynasty league. So it's like nothing on free agency.

So come on, just pick two players to drop, please. I'll do it after the show for you. All right, thank you. I do not believe you. If you don't do it after the show, I'm dropping... I'm going to drop The rule is that he can't change his lineup, right? As soon as he changes his lineup,

they're going to go on his bench and I'll have an illegal roster. I just don't like, obviously Jamie is waiting until the second before Thursday night to drop these guys. And it's really not in the spirit of the rule. Either was you disallowed my trade. So you caused the problem.

No, it was because you broke the rules to make the trade. No, I didn't. Yes, you did. You had an extra player. I told you to drop the player. And then you were like, hold on, I'm going to trade them. No, you can't do that.

You can't make a trade. on a player that shouldn't be on your roster to begin with. There was no rule that suggested that. I did say, yes, there, okay. You said this red thing, this red alert here. Ian Rapporteur just tweeted that Devon Aitchin will practice today, according to Mike McDaniel. So that's-Hill and Darren Waller.

Good news. Oh, by the, okay, honestly, the dolphins are so interesting, one of the most interesting teams to me this year. I'm going to stop sharing this screen now. And they have, I think, a very favorable schedule. And it's early. I really feel like, it's. If there's one team in football that needs to get off to a good start,

it might be the Dolphins because they've been a bit of a circus and their coach could be on the hot seat. Oh, yeah. That could be. Their dogs on the road at Indianapolis, but it's a winnable game. Like, they've got four winnable games in their first five, I'd say. Jaylon Warren assigned it to your contract extension with the Steelers.

Oh, very nice, very nice. Great. It's the Colts, the Patriots, the Bulls, the Jets. No, come on, no. All right, last minute draft tips. I don't think their schedule's that easy. Do you guys have any last minute draft tips or would you like me to give mine?

I'd love to hear yours. Okay. And we have a whole show tomorrow. I want to hear you argue with Jamie Moore about the rules of a fantasy league. Yeah, just make them up as you go. I'm not making them up? You're changing a rule like currently in our league.

Days before the season starts, you are changing a rule. That's not talk about that because that's not my fault. Without a vote. No, that's not true. I ask the whole league. It's not my fault that you never responded. I'm doing that for the benefit of the league. By the way, Mike McDaniel's record with Tua Healthy is what? What do you think?

I'm going to guess it's six games over 500. Wrong. I'm going to guess it's even 500. Wrong. I don't have a guess. These nine games over 500 went to him. Hey. 20 and 11.

Wow. All right. My two tips. We have a whole episode on CBS Sports. 31 games in three years. For God's sake. My two tips. We have a full episode tomorrow on last-minute draft tips.

You can hear from the other guys. But here's two from me. After George Kittle comes off the board, don't take a tight end until round eight. So you get Leporta in round five in leagues. You get Kelsey there, Hawkinson. It's a big mess. And there's a lot of guys who are in the same tier. So just wait it out and see who falls to you.

And the other thing, the other angle of this that I don't talk about a lot is that I love, I think we love the wide receivers from rounds five through seven, five through eight, good running backs in there too. You don't want to miss out on those to take a tight end that might not be better than the guy that's going several rounds later. So that's how I've been drafting. Who are you passing on in that range? So basically what I...

You personally, if you forget about how drafts go, who are you passing on? it's a somewhat complicated question because basically I have a tier there of I think five tight ends Laporta, Kelsey, Hawkinson, help me out there. Nojoku. I would say it's those four.

I would not put Andrews in there. And what I'll do is I'll look at those four and if any of them fall the round eight, I'll take them. And if they don't, I'll pass on them. And if I don't get one of those, then I'm probably taking Tyler Warren in round nine. Not if you're drafting with Dave.

Well, that's true, but I feel like you guys follow the same strategy. I don't see you take any of those guys in rounds five, six, seven, really, right? I usually take Najoku in round seven that there's nothing else that I like, and I've already gotten everything but a quarterback. I am thrilled to get any of those four that you mentioned in that tier in round seven. Okay, so it's round seven for you. All right. It's round eight for me, but round seven for you, that's fine. Again, two receiver versus three receiver league might make you go to round seven.

But fair enough. And also typically, in most drafts that I've seen, by that point, Kelsey and Leporta are gone. Right. Right. That's the interesting thing about those guys is they could all be fast, well, three of them could be really fast starters. Nojoku with Flacco, we've seen them average 18 fantasy points per game with Flaco. Kelsey without Rashi Rice and in good shape could have a blitz to start the season. Hawkinson without Jordan Addison for three games.

You may be prepared to feel bad about passing on those guys in round six or seven for the first month of the season. Ingram, while healthy with the young receiver still learning their way, yep. Yeah, but again, but Ingram's not going in that range, so you could wait there. Well, neither is a joke. I mean, he's just sort of creeping in there now. And then my other draft tip is I really think you need a draft rookie running backs. I think this might be bold, but I think 10 of them could finish in the top 30. I heard that.

Now, listen, we've been... So your two tips are just Jamie's advice, great or late, and draft rookie running backs. Oh, I got an email that another podcast used Greater Late last week. But they usually credit us, though. Okay, I hope so. I don't know if they did, but they usually do. There's seven million fantasy football podcasts.

If we're not saying the same thing as other people, then there's something wrong. Greater Late took me years to come up with, Heath. Like, that was really tough. I mean, Jamie said it. it once and then you started repeating it. Stop! This is going too far. No, but seriously, we've been blessed with a really good rookie running back class and be in on it. And I think it's really easy to do. I'm looking at some ADPs. Ashen Genti's

a one-two turn pick, not just CBS, but... Before you go into it, how many do you want? Two. That's it? Oh, I'm fine with more, but... Oh, okay, you want at least two. Yeah. Okay. But I don't know. I mean, I say at least one. A lot of good running best. But yes, I think at least two. You should, if you don't get one of the first, you know, five or six, then there's no reason why you shouldn't take a Bejel Tootin or a Jaden Blue or... Right.

Just take a shot on. I have a draft tonight that's keep her starting round 13. And for the most part, everybody's keeping four guys. And I won the league last year. I have the 12th pick. I'm very tempted to start my draft with Henderson and Hampton, my first two picks. Are you able to keep them next year? No.

You only keep guys drafted out in round eight or later. Right, right, yeah. But on that note, Dave, I do have another keeper draft tonight where I was the second worst team. And it's the first, first Joe Mar Chase has kept. I had Bajan, I can't keep him anymore. So Robinson will be the first player taken in a regular redraft league. I would take McCaffrey second, but I'm going to take Gentie second to keep him as a first rounder next year when I win the league and he'll be 12th. Yeah, anyway, Genties at the one-two turn.

This is CBS ADP and Fantasy Pro's real. time ADP, which is the 24 hours thing, I think. Omari and Hampton is basically at the 3-4 turn. He's RB 16 on CBS, RB 14 on Fantasy Pros. Three-four turn, that's crazy. Yeah, 37th on CBS, 35th on Fantasy Pros real-time. Trevionn Henderson, 43rd on CBS, 46th on Fantasy Pros. Crazy.

That's, thank you for all the people in the chat who were telling me, you're never getting Trevian Henderson in round four. His ADP is literally in round four. Right. Those would be the first two that I'd really try to target amongst this rookie class. Because Gentie is gentie, and if you really want them, you'll find a way to get them in round one, unless you're picking too early in round one. But those two guys, if you really want to start digging into the rookies, those ADPs are great. Hamptons is three, four turn, or two, three turn?

Three, four. Dude, the next one's going to be wild. I love that bargain. I love that. That's my favorite H of the triple H. R.J. Harvey, 57th on CBS 60th. on fantasy pros, he's R. B. 23. Can I give my Broncos rushing lines? Yeah. Oh. Week one, rushing yardage. J.K. Dobbins, 44.5. R.J. Harvey, 32.5. Russia, Tempts. J.K. Dobbins, 11.5. R.J. Harvey, 8.5.

I think that's also worth saying. I do think that I'd love to come away with some rookie running backs, including guys that are starting. we could see a little bit of a slow start for these guys. That's pretty typical for any running back that's not drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. They almost never, even second round picks, almost never come in and have a big workload immediately. So it is worth... Oh, we're going to have a lot of panic on Monday,

a week from today, of... I can't believe that the Chiefs did that to O'Marion Hampton. Najee played more than I thought, and Dobbins did this compared to Harvey, and why did Henderson only have this many carries compared to Vermont. I mean, we're going to get a lot of that, a lot of them. Oh, I would

love to look at some of the tweets from last year after Derek Henry had 13 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown and 10.6 fantasy points at the Chiefs in week one. He's washed up. He's slow. No, no one says washed up anymore because they're all wrong. He's washed, he's slow, this and that.

Yeah. Okay. And Jacori Kroski Merritt, as I mentioned, he's a riser. He's 81st on CBS. That's R.B. 28. But Jacori Crosky Merritt is 99th in the fantasy pros real-time ADP, that's RB-35. Huge difference between RB 28 on CBS, R-B-35

on fantasy pros. And then Caleb Johnson is R-B- He will have the best week-one of all the rookie running backs. There's a bold prediction. Not Gentis got to be. All right. Cross-Kamara's facing the Giants. Caleb Johnson, 84th

overall on CBS, 81st in Fantasy Pro's real-time ADP. That's RB 28 or 20. I'm too high Okay For who I'm sorry Caleb Johnson Yeah way too I

Jamie doesn't even hear his name anymore That's how He doesn't even exist I let's see How many rookie rookie drafts I think I've done Five Four non-startups

So taking out your draft Heath One was Adams I drafted Quinn John Jodkins Around 1 One was Heath's YOLO League I drafted Caleb Johnson round one. I'm loving those two.

Well, it just begs the question. I don't know why. I get there's excitement after the NFL draft, but why don't we do for rookie drafts later? Why do people do them so early? I was just looking. I have 10 dynasty rosters and I have zero Caleb Johnson. I have 13 redraft rosters. I have one Caleb Johnson. And you can guess who I drafted that team with. I'm not even that high on him. I just, I think, you guys are a little too low. You're the Caleb Johnson guy. Apparently.

I did like that one draft where you took him ahead of Jalen Warren, prove a point. I would do that. I'm not going to re-litigate that one. All right, we have one last draft-a-thon question from our buddy Matt Walters. Is he in the chat today? Or is he having a Labor Day fun day? He's analyzing his FFT Dynasty League roster because the Dynasty League has been completed. We didn't quite get it done last night like I wanted to, but it's over with.

and Matt has his team. So he's probably just going through trying to figure out who he's going to start, who he's going to put on his practice squad, all those things. Okay.

So Matt Walters has actually donated a lot to St. Jude. He's been really awesome listener, viewer, and contributor. So he says, if the guys could go

on a nice bro date with any of the other guys from the show, I'm talking dinner, movies, carnival, walk in the park, and text each other

when they get home safely, who would they pick to go with from the show and why? Adam, without a doubt. Be my first pick, of course. By the way, Dan and Jacob are included in this, according to Matt. You, without a doubt, you'd be the cheapest of all of them because you don't drink.

That's true. And I like burgers more than steak. So, yeah, it would be pretty cheap. Dave would get me to bed early. So I'd be done by. We'd have an afternoon. Go, you know, five o'clock, have a nice dinner. I would definitely make her.

You can watch Dave. Dave is the best person. to ever watch order food because you will say, I like the hamburger. Can you make a chicken? Can you fake it? I literally go to the same place, like, once a month to get the exact same thing. And it's a salad with chicken, and I have them turn the chicken into a burger, have them take the beats off the salad, bring an extra dressing on the side.

Like, I'm Mr. Customizable when it comes to order. But that's how it should be. Why should I take a meal exactly as it comes if I don't like something on the meal? We had, I'll let you get to see if you guys want to guess and good opportunity to give him a shout out. My son turned 16 yesterday. Hey. I'm almost done spending three hours a day driving him around, which would be awesome.

But now you're about to spend $3,000 every six months insuring him to drive around. Yeah, that's not going to be great. But he got his choice. He's got a choice between, he had a choice for lunch and a choice for dinner. You guess what a 16-year-old chooses if he just go eat wherever you want. Pizza. We ordered in lunch from a fast casual, and we went out to just a regular restaurant for dinner. Flanagan's.

No flanigans. Raising canes. It's too bad. Dave has a Flanagan's cut. Oh, that's great. Oh, boy. I'm going to say like a Mexican place, like a Taco Tuesday place, wherever that is. It was definitely Chipotle for lunch.

That is, like, if you're a high school basketball player, it seems like they all are just obsessed with Chipotle. College kids, too. Yep. And 41-year-olds who, yeah, also. Yeah. Did you have the other one? What was the other one?

It was Texas Roadhouse. Oh, nice. Yeah. Oh, nice. And got a strip steak, so good for Lucas. By the way, to answer this question, I would choose Dan. I think we'd get a tennis game in, probably. But I think it would depend on what you're doing.

You met at a tailgate that left you. Yeah, I would. Because you guys have done so much worse. David, never got your answer. Who are you going on your bro date with? I think it depends on what the date is. Like if it's a Keynes game, it's obviously going to be you, Adam. If it's an NFL game, it's probably Jamie.

If it's food, like, it's going to get pizza. It's got to be me. No, I was going to say you for like meats and stuff like that, for sure. If it's to a casino, it's Dan. Jacob would be good for a game too. Do I, do I really have to go out with you guys, though? No, you do not. You can definitely not.

All right. I'll be, I'm just going to go out on my own. You're just going to bed. That is a good way to go out. We will end our show that way. And we will talk to you tomorrow. on fantasy football today. If you're still drafted...

Wait, why wasn't Thomas included? Take it up with Matt Walters. He didn't put him in parentheses. I would hang out with Thomas, though. He might be second on the list for me. Thomas would hate hanging out. He's a little too cool for me. I think Thomas is probably going to want to stay out too late.

No, I don't get that vibe, Thomas. He's got golf the next day. All right, we're out of here, folks. Talk to you tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your holiday. See you. Paramount Podcasts Now streaming

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