Fantasy Football Today - Sophomore RBs! Will This Class Bounce Back? Could Ashton Jeanty be a Bust? (02/25 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: February 25, 2026

We start with some Sophomore running back trivia (2:10)! Who led this class in Fantasy Points per game? Who led in rushing touchdowns? Then we've got your news and notes (5:45) with a lot of notes from NFL general managers speaking at the Combine ... Let's talk more about this RB class starting with our Top 3 for 2026 (14:45). It's Ashton Jeanty, Omarion Hampton and Cam Skattebo in some order. Who's #1 in this group? Are we overlooking the severity of Skattebo's injury? After that discussion, we debate which sophomore RBs could be overdrafted (26:00) ... Will any of the RBs drafted in the first two rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft be complete busts (29:05)? We make bust cases for Jeanty, RJ Harvey, TreVeyon Henderson and more. Then, we give you some sleepers (38:30) and go through more names (42:15) including Kaleb Johnson, Trevor Etienne, Devin Neal and Jacory Croskey-Merritt ... 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 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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What a play! It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races, and he stays on his feet. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Aschen, Genti, Omari, and Hampton, Quinn John Judkins, Cam Scataboo, and more. We're talking about the sophomore running back class. We had very high expectations for this class as rookies,

and I think you'd have to say they really disappointed us. So they have to make it up. They have to make the episodes this year by being awesome. Welcome everybody to fantasy football today. Thank you for bearing with me. I know I don't sound great. But I'm happy to be back on. Sorry, I missed the show on Monday.

And I'm here with Dave, Heath, and Jamie. I've already made one big mistake. I'm going to start with some trivia. But Heath, you're not allowed to play. I'm sorry. It's okay. I mean, somebody else should get to win sometimes. Because I set the notes to everybody with the answers to the trivia questions.

Heath looked at the notes, which he was supposed to do, but he's been eliminated. So, okay, let's go. Sophomore running back trivia. Which rookie running back from last year led the class in fantasy points per game? Camp's got to move. Oh, come on. That was easy one, though. He was, he's right.

Did you guys know that? Yeah. Yes. Okay. All right, fine. Where did he finish per game? Wasn't it like 19 points per game or that might have been, that might have been just like in the games where he was like,

like, you know, not a backup. Like, you take out the... He was like 15 or something. Yeah, I'm 10. It's literally on my laptop in my lap right now. 16 on the dot is what I have. Yeah, but I didn't say how many did he average? I said, where did he finish?

And he finished his RB 10 per game. So hold on one second thing. Oh, now he's got to get his sound effect. Yeah, there it is. Okay. What? Nothing. It took you 45 minutes to hit the X sound effect.

Next question. There were 49. running backs with 100 or more carries in 2025. Which two running backs were last in yards before contact per carry? Both of them were rookies. Heath, are you going to ruin this one? No, he's not. I'd like to hear it.

Ash and Gentie was one of them. Ashen Gentie was one of them. Yeah. Gentie and? Was it what he marked? No. I don't know. Quinn John Judkins.

Quinn Sean. I think Judkins was last and Genty was second to last. Okay, don't worry. The Heath portion of the show is coming up soon. Which 2025 rookie running back led the NFL in carries of 50 or more yards and with how many?

That would be Trevion, wouldn't it? Four? Hey, Dave, good job. How many 1,000 yard rushers did this class have? None. Correct. Isn't that same? that Ashton Jentney played a full season to get a thousand years.

Yes, that's very sad. And who led this class in rushing touchdowns? Jackson Dirk. Was it Henderson? It was. That crazy? Nine. Wow.

Yeah. Nine times. All right. Heath, good job. How many rushing touchdowns did Jackson Dord have? Six. Six? I don't know.

I don't know. I'll take the over. I'll take the over. You're the giant superfan. I think you're mistaken me. Oh, I was going to do my Dan impression, but I can't. You're mistaken me with someone else. He had nine.

Oh, he had nine. Okay. I wasn't sure if he had that many, but I figured it was more than six. Yeah, but if you remove three of them, which came, I don't know. Anyway, Heath, what's coming up on FFT Dynasty? Oh, just had a great show yesterday with Alfredo Brown, talking about the upcoming free agents and what our hopes are for them and Dynasty. We are moving quickly towards the rookies.

I think we're going to do a two-man rookie mock with myself and Theo Griminger on Friday. And I'm trying to decide just how deep I'm willing to go on that. I don't think we're quite ready for two rounds of a rookie mocks. We'll probably go at top 16 to give you a few of our favorite round two guys, but we're going to need more information before we get all the way into round two. We have got a lot of news and notes as the GMs are speaking, and we've got their takeaways from some press conferences here.

So let's get to the news and notes, and then we'll talk more about the sophomore running backs. All right, the Jets plan to keep Breeze Hall. Boo. Quinchan Judkins will be ready for training camp, and he had a nasty injury. It was a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle, and it was in week 16,

but he'll be ready for training camp. Buffalo is going to give Keon Coleman. All of his opportunities, Dave. If you broke up with him last week, any chance you guys get back together? You and Keelman? No. I don't know what that means. They're going to give him all of his opportunities.

Well, they're going to give him the opportunity to go out and succeed. Okay. And I'm sure by the time training camp is over, he'll be like fourth at best on the start. Well, Houston is, Joe Mixon's not expected to be on their depth chart. They're expected to release Joe Mixon. The Falcons are giving Kyle Pitts the franchise tag. And they won't commit to a starting quarterback right now, and they will release Kirk Cousins. How about Jamie?

Well, isn't that them kind of committing to a starting quarterback? No. They have two quarterbacks who are capable of starting. They're going to release one of them. Well, if the season started in May, but it doesn't seem like they're, it doesn't seem like they're sold on Michael Pennix. Does it, does it? Am I, am I missing? I wonder if Arizona makes the move that a lot of people have been talking about and bring

brings in Malik Willis if Kevin Stefanski wants to reunite with Jacobi Brescett. Sure. Wow. Nice bridge. Yeah, sure. But Arizona already has that bridge if they're looking for a bridge.

Obviously, you're right, you're right, you're right. If they're going to pay Malik Willis, they don't necessarily need a bridge quarterback anymore because they're basically investing in Malik Willis as being their primary quarterback for multiple years. Man, that sounds sort of scary. Jamie, have out a couple of teams where the head coach is giving up the play calling duties.

Carolina, it's going to be offensive coordinator, Brad Idzik calling plays. He does not have regular season play calling experience. And the same thing with Davis Webb in Denver. Sean Payton's been a head coach since 2006, and he's always been the play caller, but that's going to change. So Panthers and Broncos, their head coaches are giving up play calling duties. I don't think we'll notice it probably as much in Carolina just because of what we're looking at from their play. So I don't think it's going to necessarily change. Oh, my God, we've got to back off or get so excited about Tedaroa McMillan.

We'll see that the running back is there. I think we'll probably still feel the same about those guys. In Denver, it might change a little bit just because Sean Peyton's been such a creative play caller, certainly involving his running backs in the passing game. So maybe some of the concepts change there for what Davis Webb wants to do. But I think, again, you're probably just going to approach these players the same way because the influence will still be there from these head coaches, and that's probably what matters most.

I think I'm hopeful that maybe in Denver, like that's probably not going to be better, maybe. But what I would be hopeful for is like we don't have to involve 17 different potential pass catchers in the operation. We could maybe solidify the target tree just a little bit. I just hope they don't stop throwing to the running backs, which has obviously been a Sean Peyton staple. RJ Harvey Harvey had four or more targets in six of his last seven games, including the postseason. And, you know, he wasn't doing much as a rusher. so he really needed those catches. It's still Peyton's offense,

and it's still Canalis' offense. So, again, like whatever little wrinkles that they decide to do, you know, calling plays versus installing plays are totally different. And what's going to happen if either of these offenses get off to a bad start, a month into the season and they're not close to where they were last year? I wouldn't be surprised one bit if Sean Payton says, all right, I'm taking it back. Same thing with Canales and Carolina.

The Ravens have offered Center Tyler Linderbaum, arguably the top free agent on the market. A market setting contract, they've said. Todd Bowles says he wants Mike Evans back in Tampa Bay. Cleveland GM Andrew Barry won't commit

to a week one starting quarterback. Even saying Deshawn Watson, I guess, is a chance. We'll see. Detroit GM Brad Holm said that conversations with David Montgomery are fluid.

Montgomery has no guaranteed money left on his contract. Seattle wants, Ken Walker back. The Eagles did not, I mean, they kind of said that they like AJ Brown and they want to add good players, not get rid of them, but also Nick Seriani couldn't guarantee that AJ Brown would be on the team next season. Houston GM, Nick Casario said that C.J. Stroud is their quarterback and he ain't

going anywhere. And how about this, Kansas City GM, Brett Veach, Heath. He said that the Chiefs want to get more explosive in the run game. He also said he's hopeful that Travis Kelsey will return in 2026. If Jeremiah, Maya Love is on the board, ninth over. Overall, do you think the Chiefs are drafting him? No. Really?

Also, it would be difficult to be less explosive at running back than they were last year. Dolphins GM, John Eric Sullivan. Just on that note, Ben Johnson was raving about Eric B. enemy's involvement in the Chicago run game. Okay. Dolphins GM, John Eric Sullivan said that everything's on the table in regards to Tua, and they're also, the dolphins are not actively shopping A-chan or Waddle. GM Omar Khan of the Steelers says the team,

wants Kenneth Gainwell back. He's a free agent. And ESPN reporting that Kyla Murray has not spoken to Cardinals GM, Monty Austin for it since the end of the season, even though the GM said that they have spoken. So if that's true, it's not great communication there between Kyler and Arizona's front office. Anything that really jump out that I missed or that I mentioned? Anything big takeaways from what the GMs were saying? I think, I mean, I think the biggest thing is just how excited do people want to get about Kyle Pitts and Kevin Spanski's offense? I think you ought to get more excited about it than most people. You know, I think the great thing is we talked about this last week that there's this,

like after you get past Bowers and McRide, there's this tier of Fannin, Loveland, Warren, maybe Kraft, maybe LaPorta. Maybe Kyle Pitts now too. Like you don't have to elevate him to what, listen, the upside of Kyle Pitts skills. in Kevin's Tepansky's offense is as good as any tight end. But you won't have to draft him until the end of that second tier. My only fear is who's the next tight end that they bring in

to play alongside Kyle Pitts or behind Kyle Pitts because that's kind of also been a Stefansky staples, that there's been a second guy there. And now you have Najoku as a free agent. Is that something that maybe he wants to do because he likes him as a playmaker? Is it a rookie tight end?

that maybe he's a small factor but a factor. You know, we've seen how pits has been used. And let's not forget, the guy who's not calling the shots essentially for the Falcons, it's a plus, I think, is the guy that helped him get a thousand-yard season as his quarterback, Matt Ryan. You know, so I'm sure those conversations are being had about maybe how to use pits. I don't know. You know, Matt Ryan obviously knows a lot about the NFL talking to a head coach.

So, you know, we'll see what the personnel looks like, but I think this was definitely a positive. I mean, we said this once he got hired. Like the tight end that's going to be in Atlanta was going to be a pretty good thing. Okay. We'll take a break. When we come back, we'll talk about this sophomore running back class

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Okay, give me your top three. Who are your top three sophomore running backs for 2025? Jamie, Dave Heath. Scatibu. Judkins, Harvey. What? N'uh.

That's not, I don't think it's accurate. That's not your rankings. No Hampton, no Gentie. Oh, I'm sorry. I was thinking,

I was kind of like just going past the obvious. Excuse me. Hampton, Gentie, Scataboo. Hampton, Gentie, Hampton, Scatibu. I think that's probably right.

I've got, I've got Judkins and Hampton pretty close. So what's your top three? Gentie, Scataboo, I'll go Hampton. Okay. Man, the faith in Scataboo is something. All right, let's, we come back to it.

No, let's stay on that. We'll do another question. Sophomores later. Go ahead. I don't know for most of these guys, it's more hope than it is faith. like as you said they didn't give us the upside we were hoping for last year so it's not like put you say the faith in scadabu how about the faith in gentie to be the number one well who has him won jammy and heath i have hampton hampton one davy you have david jentie is one for me so

okay why don't we start with hampton versus gentie jammy why hampton over gentie um Mike McDaniel, offensive line getting healthy. We'll see if there's anything more than Kamani Vidal as competition. That will change some things. But if it's just Vidal, I'm not really concerned about that. So I think Hampton's going to come back from the injury situation when he was healthy last year, certainly once Najee Harris got hurt. And then as we saw some flashes at the end of the season, but that was without the offensive line.

Like, to me, he's got the most upside in the best situation. Okay. He also had 32 catches in nine games. He was on pace for 60 catches. Ashton Genty had, what, about 50 catches? He had 55 catches in 17 games. So a little bit of an edge last year in receptions for Hampton, but pretty close. Dave, why Genty over Hampton?

I believe that Ashen Genty may not be like quite as great or maybe great, maybe not be the right word. Not as fast. not as hyper-explosive as O'Marion Hampton, but I think he's got a better chance to wrangle the majority of touches, even if it is in Las Vegas, even if his offensive line isn't going to be as good, and certainly even if Clint Kubiak, the play caller,

doesn't carry the same type of prestige when it comes to running backs as Mike McDaniel does. I just think it's going to be more opportunity for him. I don't think you can get much worse than what we saw from him last year, an average 14.4 p.pr.m. points per game last year with a crap offensive line, bad offense in general. He's still going to see a ton of opportunities. He's still going to dominate near the goal line.

He'll still make a bunch of plays after first contact. There's still a lot to really like about Gentie. I just think the overall workload will be better for him. And I think that that's enough for me for now to put him ahead of Amarian Hampton when I think both of them are going to be in better situations overall. So some of this is, I mean, all of it. at this point is obviously projecting, but I am hopeful that the Raiders' improvements on the offensive line are at least equal to the guys, the chart, they're not going to be as good as the

Chargers, but if you're talking about the Chargers versus last year in totality versus the Chargers this year in totality and the Raiders last year, I think the improvement can be bigger for the Raiders. And I think Kubiak can be just as big of a boost to this offense as McDaniel as to the Chargers, potentially a bigger one. Yeah, so I hope that that offense. is better, that offensive line is better because it was horrible for the Raiders, but Colton Miller only played four games. These are their left tackle. But how else are they going to get better? They're not going to draft an offensive lineman in the first round. I don't know what they're going to do in terms of free agencies, but they're going to have.

I don't think that there's any reason to think a day two offensive lineman can't make this offensive line better. Sure. But that's one of how many offensive line. Well, they have a hundred million dollars to spend too, don't they? Right. So, okay. And if Tyler, if Tyler is going to end up being. thing. Stay right. Like, who are the free agents? The free agents that they get, this is to your point, Heath, the free agents that they get will be better than the players that they had. Those will be improvements, but it's

not like, they're not going to, they're not going to pull a Chicago Bears where they go from crappy offensive line to, wow, legitimately one of the best offensive lines in one off season. It's not going to happen. I mean, they could. Yeah, I don't think we know. They did, because I don't know if there's enough out there

for them. They traded for two of those guys, right? One of them. The Bears, yeah. The Bears traded, I think they traded for at least one, at least one player via trade. And we don't know, like, I don't think Juan Taylor is probably going to be on the Chiefs. He's probably going to be a salary cap casualty in the next week or so, maybe two. There's going to be other offensive linemen who haven't been cut yet who are going to become available.

Like, I don't think the current offensive line free agents class is necessarily what it's going to be in a couple weeks. All right. I am sure that way. They're, this should be, you know, and they could also, you know, if they trade in Max Crosby, then they're getting either plenty of draft capital or players. And you would hope that that's one of the routes that they go is to try and not just get it. You know, that there was that one, I think Crosby for, I think it was ESPN, Crosby for DJ Moore was. And the first, you know, and draft pick swaps.

Like, you'd love to see them get some sort of offensive line help. It's going to be better. It can't get worse. So it's going to be better. You know, Colton Miller being healthy. and different coach, different system. Like all those things are pluses for Gentie. I just feel like Hampton, you know,

has a slightly better ecosystem around him right now. You know, on top of the fact that his quarterback is going to open things up for him more so than Mendoza will early in the season. Hopefully by the end of the season, things will change. But, I mean, these are two guys that are clearly going to be drafted in the first two rounds. You know, whoever goes first, that's probably up for debate. I'd be surprised if Hampton goes ahead of Gentie, barring, again, whoever the competition is,

because Gentie's still going to carry a little bit more name recognition. Hampton went in the February mock draft we did. Hampton went with the 13th pick to Jamie, and then Gentie went three picks later to. Eric. Gunther. Okay, next question. Let's talk about Cam Scadaboo here.

And, you know, I think you look at Tyrone Tracy, and Tracy did a solid job down the stretch last year. So it didn't, it didn't take long for Scataboo. to overtake Tracy. It was basically week two or three. Week two, he started getting

more carries than Tracy. Then Tracy got hurt, I think, in week three, and then Scatibu had this four-game stretch where he was, you know, getting 25 carries, 15 carries,

19 carries, 16 carries, with 2, 6, 2, and 3 catches, scoring at least 13 fantasy points in all four games, scoring 18 or more in two of them. He was really good. And Tracy missed two of those games.

But, all right, Scatabst. Dave is coming off an open tibia fracture, a ruptured deltoid ligament, and a dislocated right ankle. So how much does that matter when we talk about scataboo? And real quick, he went in round three to you, 3.7. I don't mind at this point believing that Camp Scataboo is going to be participating in training camp and should be up and running and okay for the giant. and I'm comfortable with the game plan of drafting Scataboo and then looking for Tyrone Tracy four or five rounds later

and locking up the Giants backfield. And we can talk all day long about Matt Nagy and what that means and all the other brain power that they have on the offensive side of the ball. It's still John Harbaugh at the helm in New York. And I don't think Harbaugh is going to say, okay, it's bombs away time with Jackson Dart and we're just going to completely forget about the run.

I think the run will still be an important part of what they do. I think they will try and manage Scataboo's workload and not give him what you said, 25, 19, whatever touches per game. But I do think he's got potential to be one of the better fantasy running backs that you can draft and get him in round three. If he does manage to come back from the injury and he's healthy for the whole year, he's going to return really good value if he does that. The safeguard is having Tyrone Tracy for the games that Skadbu misses. Tracy, you said it.

He finished the year fine. he's going to be the guy that goes into your fantasy lineup. So that combo handcuffing them together, I think that's kind of the necessary thing that you should target if you're going to draft both, if you're going to draft Scadaboo with an early round pick. Okay. Next question.

I may lower Scataboo a little bit, just thinking about this, but is he the same guy? Because I think he had that tightrope procedure that Tony Pollard had, right? Oh, I don't know. in terms of the, my Google searching suggests that he did. Somebody can confirm that.

But we have seen guys able to come back and play, but not be the same type of rushers in the first year back after that. Yeah. I think it's kind of, you can almost sort of put them in the same situation with Quinshot Judkins, you know, coming back from significant injury as well, and you're getting coaching changes and things that should be beneficial to both of them because the offenses in general should be better,

depending on what the quarterback situation looks like in Cleveland. But you have two guys that are looking like they're going to be somewhat featured options. I would say Judkins has a little bit of an edge or scataboo, at least on paper right now. But can they, you know, come back to the level that they were at pre-injury? You know, so you have a Brown's offensive line that's going to be worse. Coaching should be maybe a little bit better from a running standpoint just because that's what Monkin's been so successful at. But I'm a little concerned about both in terms of, like, you know, Dave said, can he make it through the seasons for Scataboo?

Like that's something that is hard to sort of look at and say the way that he runs, is he going to be that type of guy? Judkins, I think it's a little bit safer to say that. And keep in mind, you know, he missed all of training camp because of his off-field situation. So, you know, there was a ramp-up period for him. And by the time he got going, it was, okay, everything was just a terrible offense in general. So some of the things he did were pretty impressive, especially like that Packers game, for example,

when Green Bay's defense was whole. dominant and he still had a great game. So there's lots of love about both these guys. But I think you look at it and say, can they return at the same level, at least initially in 26? There's got to be a little bit of caution there. Okay. Let's go to our next question here. Who will be overdrafted? Which sophomore running back will be overdrafted? Scada. Woody marks. Yeah, Woody sounds like a pretty good answer. I'm not sure where they're going to end up. So I don't know what's fair to say. if we're overdrafted or not.

Well, I guess if we're looking at it from that perspective, it's probably Trevion. That's what I was thinking, yeah. Yeah, I don't know where Trevion's going to go, but he went with the 10th pick of round four in our draft a few weeks ago, whereas Ramandre went with the ninth pick of round five. So Trevion went around. That sounds good to you?

That sounds good to me. I'm not quite, just tell me why you drive. draft Travion over Ramandre after the way their seasons ended. So the playoff part of it is a little bit concerning, but I think before that we saw they were pretty close to a 50-50 split, and Henderson is a much more explosive player, so more likely to turn those touches into bigger gains, and it's year two for Henderson. So hopefully he doesn't start isn't as big a hole as he did as rookie year with Rabel. I've been drafting Woody Moore, I think I drafted him in one of our last.

two drafts, but I didn't draft them in this one, but he went in the eighth round, middle of the eighth round. So you guys said Woody Marks might be overdrafted, at least two of you did. That's not overdrafted. I agree. Okay. That's what I was thinking, too. That felt good.

What do we think about Woody Marks? He's still the guy there. Well, if he's still the guy there, he's not going in round eight. It'll go significantly higher. And he still might be overdrafted if that's the case. Yeah, he didn't really do much that was so impressive. He averaged Woody Marks average 3.6 yards per carry. along of 23 yards on 196 carries.

And he wasn't, he was billed as the, as a great pass catching running back. He had 24 catches in 16 games. The Texans were 24th out of 32 teams and running back targets. They didn't trust them at the goal line. Yeah. You don't want to make too much of yards per carry because if we're going to knock Woody Marks, then we can't be that excited about Gentie or Judkins, for example. I think they were both 3.6 or 3.7 yards per carry.

I can give you some examples of rookies who struggled in that department and went on to have great careers. Levy on Bell, Christian McCaffrey, Joel Mixon, was horrible as a rookie in yards per carry. But, I mean, he, but at the same time, he really didn't do anything all that impressive, Woody Marks. So we'll see what happens. But let's say they don't bring any major competition in. Let's say it's a day three running back or something like that. Woody Marks is the starter going into camp.

Jamie, what round are you taking him in? Six at the earliest. Yes, that's what I was going to say was six. Okay. Let's see. Next sophomore running back question. Are you worried that any of these guys are going? And let's think more of the guys who are drafted on day one or two, first three rounds of the NFL draft. Are you worried that any of them will be complete busts in the NFL?

Sure. I'm worried about a couple of them. I'm worried about... Guys, where does that? I mean, Caleb Johnson is an easy one. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. His... Yeah. Yeah. What if Trevion doesn't turn the corner, doesn't become the 1A in New England, much less the guy who's featured and becomes a superstar.

What if he's just wedged into splitting reps second year, third year with the Patriots? That worries me. Quinchon Judkins was not a breakaway running back at Ohio State, and he was sharing with Trayvion Anderson their last year there together. and now here he comes in his second season coming off of an injury, that Brown's offense looks horrible right now. Todd Monkin worked wonders with Derek Henry as is running back. What's that offense going to look at?

Their offensive line is a humongous question mark. We're talking about the Raiders' offensive line being a problem. The Browns could be, the Browns might have a worse offensive line next year because they don't have very many people under contract, I don't think. I'm concerned about Judkins not ever being able to get it going. and Henderson not ever having the opportunity to get it going. Harvey makes me nervous, too, just because he's a guy that struggles to run between the tackles.

And guys like that, if they don't get it, they'll never be the featured guy. And I wonder who's going to be the guy that's going to get paired with RJ Harvey this year because I don't think he's going to be in a solo situation. We know Sean Payton's history. So is it going to be more of a physical runner? And they use Harvey more in that change of pace, pass-catching role, which is what he was basically sort of pigeonholed in before J.K. Dobbins's injury. Or as we saw at the end of the season, like, he struggled in the featured role. And thankfully for him, and, you know, we got a lot of great

fantasy production out of it. But thankfully for him, it was J.L. McLaughlin and, you know, not anybody significant to take away touches from him. So is it J.K. Dobbin's back? Is it somebody better, you know, that can stay healthy for a full season? Do they go in the draft again? I loved Harvey's situation, but he didn't, I think, take advantage of it fully, at least in the way I wanted to see. So that's a big step for him going into a sophomore season. Can he do a better job, you know, just not trying to bounce everything outside? It's a great attribute to have when it's working, as we've seen from Ken Walker throughout his career. But sometimes you've got to just take those, you know, two, three-yard runs and push the pile a little bit.

And I don't know if he's capable of that consistently. I've got two more. Woody Marks could very easily be the one B back in Houston if the team finds another running back. And remember, he was not exactly a top prospect coming into his rookie year either. And then- They also traded up for him, though.

That's something to keep making. Sure, but now that they've gotten a year of him, and they didn't give him, you know, they still kept them from having a huge workload. Like I said, like trusting him near the goal line. Like, that's something that they just wouldn't do.

Well, I was thinking he had as good a workload as anybody you could find. Maybe, but he didn't get a lot of touchdowns and he didn't get a lot of touchdown opportunities and they gave him to Nick Chubb. And I don't know if Chubb was lighting the world on fire. Maybe it's just easier to give it to a veteran who they trusted to hold onto the ball more in that situation. All right. Who else? Because he wasn't a day two pick. He was a day two pick. Right. And here's another day three pick who could see his role get usurped as Chikori Kroski Merritt. And he was fun down the stretch and he had some great moments. I, Heath has talked about the track record of day three running backs and. how they don't seem to really stand the test of time in the National Football League, and I'm worried that he could be another one. That for now we're drafting with, I guess, I don't know where he's been going in our mocks off the top of my head. I would imagine it's moderate draft capital for our fantasy leagues, but the commanders could do a couple of things that could really make him useless for fantasy.

Jamie took Jacori Kroski-Marret with the first pick of round eight. That was before what he marks. That's worth it for now. I don't think he's going to go for much higher than that when we get to August. Okay, I was kind of hoping, I was asking about the high-end running backs and if we thought they'd be busts. It's such an obvious signal that you're under the weather that you kept asking for day one and day two running backs, and Dave kept giving you day three running backs, and you didn't explode in anger. No music to play me off.

I mean, it could obviously be a bust just based on X-Q-Q-Q-P. Yeah. You can make the case for all of them. Right. It was a very underachieving year. I mean, my goodness, especially when you look at per carry stuff. But they went to some bad situations. Gentie and Judkins went to some bad situations,

not in terms of opportunity, but the offensive lines were just awful. Is anybody worried about Gentie? You know, I think about Gentie as, I mean, obviously I think he's really good, but it took us, it's taking us some time to think that maybe Marvin Harris, Jr. is just not as good as what we thought.

And Harrison Jr. didn't work out at the combine. And neither did Gentie. I just think we also, though, have to put this in context. Like, we're talking about how disappointing these guys were and how disappointing the class was. And three of them were top 16 in fantasy points per game. And six of them were top 26 in fantasy points per game. Like six, a fourth of the top 26 running backs were rookies.

But you know Genty was a bust. Right. Because we were kidding in a round one. We were idiots and I was an idiot and drafted him in round one, sure. Well, he was a bust in context to what Bison Robinson was a bust too. Like, you know, same situation. Like we got so excited by a situation and collegiate profile on all these things. The one thing that makes me a little concerned about Genty is like he's obviously on a bad, bad franchise.

You know, can they turn things around? They've gone through, you know, a couple of regime changes. Obviously, they're going through another one right now. He had a lot of work in college, you know. And the mileage is going to maybe limit what the long-term potential could be. So we may get a good two- or three-year run out of Ashen Gent team. Maybe that was part of the problem. You know, he was coming off the season with over 370 carries and 400 total touches.

I'm not mistaken for what he did his final season in college. It was a lot. You know, and so can he get to the level of consistent superstardom or is just going to be a 14-15 p.m.m. PBR point per game type of guy because of all the work will get until they decide to replace him. I just wonder if we see, look, they went into 2025 with Rahim Moster, at 32 years old as the backup. Do they go out and they add somebody else to, you know,

hey, we want to share, we want to give this guy this role. We want to, you know, make sure Gentis playing at his best and not necessarily getting overworked because we wanted to be this generational player for several years. And when we do get Mendoza up to speed and we do get this franchise ready to go before his rookie contract runs out that he's still this elite level player, I just think, again, expectations versus production, like, he could be a really good fantasy option. He'd be a really good NFL running back.

Can he be generational? Like, Bejan right now looks like he could be generational. Like he's coming off such a huge season in 2025, and the arrow is clearly pointed up. I hope the same thing happens for Genti, but I'm a little concerned. All right, I've got to get a break in here. I'll let Heath have the last word on Gentie if he wants it.

And then we'll talk about some sleepers in this sophomore running back class and anyone else we may have missed. And we'll be right back on fantasy football today. Heath, was there anything you wanted to say about Gentie? No, I just thought that, like, watching him play that we saw enough to say that he is very, very good. The situation was very, very bad. We'll hope the situation gets a little better. All right.

Give me a sleeper or sleepers in 2026 from this running back class. DeGlein Sampson? Gregory Cross Camer for Jamie, Dylan Sampson for Heath. Why? I don't know. Is Tootin considered a sleeper? as of now. Okay.

What do you think the odds that they just turn the backfield over to Tutin are? I don't think they're particularly high. I think it's possible. You could see if they go cheap at that position. Like a Tutin, and I'm not saying this guy, but this type of play, like an Isaiah Pacheco, you know, somebody that's just going to a new team, you know, a veteran guy like that. Like, that'd be great for Tutin. How are we feeling about Kyle Monong guy?

Devin Neal Devin Neal's a good one Yeah I think Neil's more of a sleeper Monong guy is probably going to be already Like even if Swift stays he's going to be drafted In the first probably seven rounds Yeah Okay

Heath you said Samson is that because of Judkins's injury Right yeah And he's already shown that he can be a pass catching back in the NFL Could just be one injury away from a lot of work You mentioned that they're not trading him but Ali Gordon if the Dolphins trade Devon H.N. Yeah, except when H.N. was out, it was Jalen Wright. Oh, I'm not saying he's going to be the featured guy,

but I think if you're looking at it, they'll probably share Gordon and Jalen Wright. New coaching staff. They can change it up any way they want if they do that, but I'd be surprised if they did that. Jamie, you talked about Jacori Kroski Merritt. It's interesting. Jacob really had me believing in him.

And it looked like, and it looked like, You know, that it was going to come true because he looked so good at times, making guys miss. And then he got these opportunities, and he just stunk. It just really struggled. It did big games. I think first off, you know, the whole offense was a disaster. I mean, you know, when Jay and Daniels was playing, he wasn't playing healthy,

and then he missed six plus games, whatever it was. Like, there's got to be some more consistency from just personnel. And, you know, offensive line is a big part of this. But if you're just looking at what his chances could be, especially if you're seeing some of the rumors if they come true, you know, Rashad White going there as the past catching type of guy. I don't know if he's necessarily going to be the 1A in terms of carries, which he could be.

But that's certainly the case. I think that's a good pairing, you know, for a guy that could be a physical running back in Crosske-merit and a guy that can be sort of a change-of-paced guy, past catcher that he's been in Rashad White. I just think you get a healthy J&D and Dan and just get a better offense in general. And so touchdown opportunities will be there for him. He's certainly explosive.

He's one of these guys that fell in the draft, not necessarily because of talent, but because of situation. So it could, again, it's not somebody you should be investing a lot of draft capital in. I believe I took him in that draft. I think I went running back, running back, if it's the one you're referencing, our post-surable one. I started with Hampton and James Cook at 12 and 13. This was the third running back that I drafted, maybe the fourth,

but not somebody that I would be looking to have to play if I don't need him, but certainly can crack a fantasy lineup if things are going well for him. So I don't know if we're going to get a lot of receptions. from Chiquary Crosky Merritt, that just doesn't seem like the way that they'll use him, certainly with whatever, you know, guys he's sharing the backfield with. If it's Rashad White, then definitely no.

But can be a touchdown guy, can be a thousand-yard caliber rusher if he stays healthy and gets that type of workload. So it end up being in that, you know, borderline RB2 flex range as a season goes up. I'm going to throw out some more names here, and you can just give me a quick reaction to them. Caleb Johnson, he was a third round pick.

He was the only running back taken in the third round last year. He did basically, nothing for the Steelers. Dave, Caleb Johnson. You might be inclined to light one of your last picks on fire with him just in case he ends up having a nominal role with the new Steelers coaching staff. I think you can be more hopeful if their quarterback is not named Aaron Rogers. I don't know. I don't think it matters what their quarterback's name is.

If he just can't pick up an offense, which seemed to be part of the problem in Pittsburgh, then he's just not going to play. Okay, how about Trevor E.TN for Carolina, fourth round pick? It's an interesting one with the situation being what it is right now. So if they don't bring back Rico Dowdell and Jonathan Brooks can't get on the field, then maybe he's the one B, or he's the backup to Chuba Hubbard, and opportunity would certainly be there for him. He's a talented kid, for sure.

That'd be a good late-round pick if he's a. if we're talking about, you know, taking a handcuff in the Panthers back, though. Let's stay in the fourth round. Heath, Jarkquez Hunter, for the Rams. I don't have very much reason at all to be optimistic, but maybe if two guys get hurt, he gets a chance. Let's go to the fifth round.

We've got, Heath, I'll throw it back to you. Jordan James for the Niners, Jaden Blue for the Cowboys, DJ Giddens for the Colts. Jordan James. We did have a report last week or the week before that the 49ers still have big plans for Jordan James. So if he can go into the season as the number two running back

behind Christian McCaffrey at his age and injury history with all those touches, then I think we'll definitely be drafting Jordan James. Who are the other guys? I think just in the case of James, even if he's third. Yeah. So if they go McAfree, Garando, James, and it's James and Garando, we're competing in this camp and offseason for that second spot. There's still reasons for optimism.

Yeah, is Jaden Blue for the Cowboys and DJ Giddens for the Colts? Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if Jay and Blue was a little bit better in his second year. He started to get some opportunities down the stretch. Javante's still going to be the main guy. They're paying him like it. He's earned it. There's no question about it.

Is Jaden Blue the change of pace running back while Javante's healthy? And then if something happens to Javante, does Blue pick up a lot more work? Maybe. These are two guys that if an injury occurs to the starter will be run. running to pick them up because of what the potential opportunity would be. I like that running thing. That was good. We've got round seven was actually pretty good, but round six was Ali Gordon to the dolphins,

Devin Neal to the Saints, Collelle Mullings, to the Titans, and Taj Brooks to the Bengals. Ali Gordon, Devin Neal. Colell Mullings, Taj Brooks. Dave, is there anything left to say about those guys? No, we talked about Gordon. Neil could have an opportunity to have a role in the Saints run game. I don't think there's much there for the other two. Neil is somebody I will draft almost in every league I do if it stays as it is for the Saints.

So Ken J. Miller is coming off in ACL tear. Alma Camaro is going to be 31 or 32. Hasn't stayed healthy to the last two seasons. And clearly this coaching staff was part of the group that drafted Devin Neal. And they liked what I think, at least I like, I think they like what they saw from him down the stretch. So I don't think it'll ever be a superstar, but certainly can get opportunities and touches and can be a potential flex option.

And then we have Damien Martinez, who the Seahawks took in round seven, but he actually is now with Green Bay. And Kyle Menangai and Chkawarikrowski Merritt were seventh round picks. So that's pretty wild for them to have the roles they had. Breshard Smith for the Chiefs, LeQuint Allen, for the Jaguars,

Phil Maffa for the Cowboys. Heath, any names I said there that are interesting? Damian Martinez, Breschard Smith, obviously Menangai and Bill, but LeQuint Allen and Phil Moffa, too. Yeah, I think Brashard Smith and LeQuint Allen both have a chance to be a third downback who maybe matters in PPR. If things go, if the chiefs just bring in early downs back only and the Jags let Travis E.T.N. go. but it's like a hope of maybe a flex who matters, so not somebody I'm currently drafting. I think if you look at Allen's playing time

versus lack of touches is pretty glaring because he was their third down back portion of the season. They never used him at all. It was basically like an extended offensive linemen. Right. They liked him in pass protection. Yep. I'm trying to think there are any undrafted free agents. I think Rahim Sanders of the Browns

was an undrafted free. agent. He was. Probably the only one that, you know, mattered at any point last year and he didn't matter much, but you got in there, I think after the Judkins injury a little bit.

Jawar Jordan was a second year undrafted player, if I recall, so he wouldn't qualify for this podcast. And I'll leave for the Ravens. Oh, yeah. Okay, anything else, guys? I'm about to pass out.

Good job. Way to fight through. You're a warrior. You have a fever? No, no fever. So you're not really that sick. No, not that. Yesterday was rough.

Not that bad, though. What was the worst thing? Yesterday? What's that? No, Monday. Monday wasn't great, but Tuesday was much worse. Anyway, back on the mend and looking forward to talking about sophomore wide receivers next year. Luther, next show tomorrow.

Luther Burden. Oh man, I think third best yards per outrun of a rookie wide receiver in the last 13 years, something like that, with a minimum of 50 targets. So we'll discuss him and Tedrold the villain and more. Thank you, Jamie. David Heath. I'm Adam. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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