other place to start here and I'm fascinated by how you're
going to stack these top 5. Especially after we have
interesting free agents, Josh Jacobs is included in that list
and then obviously young player on the back end and Kenneth
Walker. But let's start right at the top of Christian.
McCaffrey, I mean, to me, I think,
I think as you get deeper and it gets, it gets harder, right?
And so it gets more nitpicky. I don't think anyone's going to
question, Christian McCaffrey and Shanahan prove the health
right
Eckler to is obvious.
Berkeley, you know, Assuming he's back with the Giants and
a ball. We expect that to be the case.
He's number three
to me it gets interesting after that, right? When you start
getting into the, you know, again Jonathan Taylor. So we
just mentioned
Shane stitching is going to be the new head coach of
the Colts. They need a quarterback, they need a quarterback and
stitching. Obviously, in Philadelphia used, a multiple
running back
kind of approach, but
he didn't have a Jonathan Taylor and his team.
The expectation here is that it will be a run, heavy team will
be a team that runs the ball, effectively. Tells going to get
a lot of work. Jacobs had five makes me nervous.
He's a, we interviewed him another guy that, by the way,
pick the Eagles, I believe. And that we interviewed J but easy
got a route for
and seems like he's coming back to the Raiders.
I think that would
be the betting favorite, but certainly, it's just difficult
because you know which team these other guys are going to
be on, you know, right. Actually you know their
environment whereas Charles Jacobs could theoretically go
anywhere.
I think that Taylor is an interesting one because Tyler
Was The Runaway number one pick?
Not just consensus number one, across the board going to this
season. And then I think the sneaky thing with Taylor is
a when he was healthy, he was fine. Like you kind of live in
our expectations, had
massive game against Houston and week one had a massive game
against the Raiders in Jeff's out of those first game as
coach, but just dealing with the ankle dealing with bad
offensive line and lumps. He's got huge upside. But to me
the most interesting name
on that list of 10 is Kenneth Walker
where we talked to Tyler Lockett on radio row.
And Tyler Lockwood said that Ken Walker was the
That's rookie he'd ever seen and that's something we're
obviously you know your pump up your teammates. We don't have
to say that you know there to that extreme and obviously his
explosion not the best. Rookie running back East. Yeah, just
best rookie group. That includes DK
Metcalf. Yes, exactly. That's what I took away.
Yeah, well, no, I think with Walker just his explosiveness
the way he closed the season as well even on the bum. Ankle
like he basically one them that game against the Rams
down the stretch to get them into the playoffs. He's got
immense Talent immense upside. I think they can upgrade
the offensive. And he is a guy like no one would be shocked if Ken
Walker is the number one running back in fantasy next
year that's in
play. Oh, it's 100% in play, you know, it's interesting.
There is
anyone else jump out to you or the top 10 Nick Chubb because
Nick Chubb, DeShaun Watson came back and thrust was clearly
evident you wonder what a full training camp looks like for
that offense with DeShaun Watson under Center, Nick,
Chubb was great, which
a Kobe prosthetic quarterback, if this offense, improves Watson,
what is that going to open up for chub? He's somebody that
could finish as a top five guy.
He could but he Coastal finishes like running back, 15.
I mean, think about this right cream. I know it's free agency
to? Yeah. Final eight games this season had just one
rushing touchdown. Now my expectation here was stefanski
stefanski they're always going to run the ball but like
they've had to be
Nick. Chubb, doesn't catch the ball. His fantasy value is
entirely based on three things on volume, on touchdowns. And
the fact he's just really, really good at football. Like,
I mean, I he's
he's one of if not the best Pure Runner in the game,
but
But if this offense is more open with DeShaun Watson. If
it's more past friendly, right? I mean, we saw Donovan people's
Jones, kind of, you know, have a mini break out this year and
obviously Amari Cooper had a very nice here
just another system assuming joke who's back as well. He
suddenly there's some pass catchers there in Cleveland
DeShaun Watson, we think is going to be a very good NFL
quarterback again.
And so do they need to run the ball as effectively? Yes.
Cream hot could move on, but they have dear Ernest Johnson
who they like a lot as well. Also, that's the only question
is is like instead of 22 carries a game is he getting 17
15 and 17 and with DeShaun Watson there who's also
a mobile quarterback
to the the 12 touchdowns become nine because Watson keeps three
himself, some version of that sure. And then so there's
there's more wide range of outcomes with chub
more of a wider range of non-injury outcomes with chub
than I think there are other guys in the top 10. Yep,
I think he's got a fairly High floor, just because of
the offensive line, but maybe a lower ceiling.
Maybe for you. It would take like Jonathan Taylor with your
first pick at picking up five or whatever. Who's very high
variance could be the best running back. Will could be,
could have the season that he had this year then child is
probably a good support piece for that just because he's got
the
high floor. Yeah, the other one. That's interesting. There
is Joe Mixon. Right?
You know, is so
and again this is this is you know, florio's beat more than
mine. But you know there's a scenario in which
Joe makes it is not on the Bangles next year. Obviously
there were some off-the-field issues again that
As its head recently and
you know, seems like that got solved. Who knows though. But
like, you know, some ijp writes a really good player, and they
like him and then you sort of think about the fact that
they've,
they're going to have to pay Borough. They have to pay Jamar
Chase. Like they've got some,
they've got some cap. They need to free up. Yeah, I think
they'd rather keep that chased, e Hagins combo for Borough and
just go cheap after cheap at running back in the future. So
that's one to keep an eye on moving on, so and fixes on
another team
than that change. Is the equation.
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